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- Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend - August 22nd - 25th
Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend - August 22nd - 25th
THURSDAY - AUGUST 22nd
Mars Symphony Concert @ MoS @ 7:30PM Immerse yourself in the real sounds of Mars’ winds, dust devils, and seismic rumbles, joined by orchestral melodies and stunning original visuals from the planetarium.
Harborwalk Sounds @ ICA @ 6PM Grab a drink, enjoy the cool ocean breeze, and hear some of Berklee College of Music’s outstanding musicians perform on the waterfront.
Cage The Elephant @ Xfinity Center @ 6:30PM With Young the Giant, Bakar, & Willow Avalon
FRIDAY - AUGUST 23rd
Vinyl Nights @ ICA @ 5PM Dance, chill, and enjoy an evening with great music, art, and creative vibes featuring DJs from Boston’s innovative nightlife scene.
Chipin & Elgar in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 8PM Hear the BSO perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 and variations of Elgar’s ‘Enigma.’
Candlelight: The Best of The Beatles @ Simmons Theatre @ 7PM Hear a string quartet recreate iconic songs from Alicia Keys, Sade, Childing Gambino, Frank Ocean, SZA, Miguel, & more!
Childish Gambino @ TD Garden @ 8PM With WILLOW
New Found Glory @ Roadrunner @ 7:30PM With Sincere Engineer
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore @ City Winery @ 7:30PM With The Guilty Ones & Dead Rock West
SATURDAY - AUGUST 24th
Boston’s Caribbean-American Carnival Parade @ Franklin Park @ 1PM A long standing tradition, the carnival is a celebration of culture, providing a platform for Caribbean artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs to showcase their talents and businesses.
Jamaica Plain Porchfest @ 12PM This community-run festival includes live music, dance, storytelling, games, and other activities aimed at strengthening the local community.
Beethoven, Brahms, Chausson, & Ravel in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 8PM Hear selections from Brahms, Beethoven, Ravel, and Chausson performed by the BSO together with Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
7th Annual Jazz+ Live @ Hanover Theatre @ 6PM Featuring Organ Fairchild
Avril Lavigne @ Xfinity Center @ 7PM With Simple Plan & Girlfriends
Bush @ LeaderBank Pavilion @ 6PM With Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox, & Bones UK
Something Corporate @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Hidden In Plain View
WHY? @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Baths
The Big Show @ Chevalier Theatre @ 7:30PM Featuring Russel Thompkins Jr. and The New Stylistics, The Temptations Revue, Eddie Holman & More!
SUNDAY - AUGUST 25th
Soulful Bliss Arts and Music Festival @ Lot Lab @ 3PM Experience a community-centered evening of local art and music, wellness programming, and delicious food.
Black Owned Bos. Market @ Seaport Common @ 12PM This monthly open-air market features Black-owned businesses from throughout the Greater Boston area. Enjoy special themed activities, delicious bites, kids zone, live music, & more!
Passenger @ House of Blues @ 7PM With SYML
Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Everything Yes
Charlieonafriday @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Vwillz
ALL WEEKEND
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Two-Day Art Workshops @ MFA
This weekend, the MFA is offering two-day workshops in drawing, bookbinding, and drypoint printing.
All weekend - Kenny Chesney & Zac Brown Band @ Gillette Stadium @ 5PM With Megan Moroney & Uncle Kracker
All weekend - Saint Anthony’s Feast @ North End Celebrate patrons Saint Anthony and Saint Lucy with colorful parades, religious services, strolling singers, live entertainment and an abundance of great Italian and American food.
All weekend - ‘Les Miserables’ Musical @ Citizens Bank Opera House LAST CHANCE - This Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon has taken the world by storm and has been hailed as one of the greatest musicals ever created.
All weekend - ‘Tootsie’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre LAST CHANCE - Based on the hit comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and ranked as one of the best comedies of all-time, ‘Tootsie’ will have the audience rolling in the aisles!
All weekend - ‘A Neufaust’ Play @ BCA Plaza Theatre Set at a small liberal arts college in Connecticut, this play offers a fresh new take on Goethe’s classic story of Faust’s deal with the devil.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience @ Franklin Park Zoo
Prepare to be dazzled by the magic of all-new lantern displays, immersive walkthroughs, enchanting interactive displays and Instagrammable moments at every turn.
Ongoing - The Lawn on D @ South Boston Waterfront This playground for adults offers interactive installations, foodie-friendly bites and drinks, community events, fitness classes, and fun lawn games all summer long!
Ongoing - Summer Market @ Seaport Seaport’s summer bazaar returns with a mix of popular returning artisans and new entrants, all offering a unique assortment of products from clothing to home décor, pet goods, food, and much more.
Ongoing - Artisan Market @ Rose Kennedy Greenway @ 11AM *Saturdays and Sundays
Ongoing - ‘Portraits from Boston, With Love’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum The summer exhibition explores how portrait photographs by artists from New York City, Boston, and Dallas reflect and refract multifaceted LGBTQIA+ experiences. Ends 9/8.
Ongoing - ‘Firelei Báez’ Exhibition @ ICA One of the most exciting painters of her generation, Báez explores the multilayered legacy of colonial histories and the African diaspora in the Caribbean and beyond. Ends 9/2.
Ongoing - ‘Wordplay’ Exhibition @ ICA Highlighting the rich interplay between imagery and text, the exhibition showcases how contemporary artists have played with words to animate and expand their art practices. Ends 1/5/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Dalí: Disruption and Devotion’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition juxtaposes nearly 30 paintings and prints by the outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí. Ends 12/1.
Ongoing - ‘Dress Up’ Exhibition @ MFA Through more than 100 works from the MFA’s collection including 20th- and 21st-century clothing, jewelry, accessories, illustrations, and photographs, this exhibition explores adornment and its role in the creation of a look. Ends 9/2.
Ongoing - Ancestors and Place: Indigenous North American Prints’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition features more than 30 works by Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada that explore the nuanced ideas of stewardship, history, colonization, and community. Ends 10/16.
Ongoing - ‘Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring 15 intriguing objects from 17th-century Netherlands such as paintings, prints, silver medals, and books, this exhibition compels viewers to reconsider their relationship to the world around them. Ends 11/3.
Ongoing - ‘Hyman Bloom: Landscapes of the Mind’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition invites visitors in the imagination of Hyman Bloom as he strived to capture the wilderness and mysticism of the natural world and its connection to the human psyche. Ends 12/1.
Ongoing - ‘Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum ‘Draw Me Ishmael’ is the first exhibition focused on the book arts of the hundreds of editions of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick - the most persistently pictured of all American novels. Ends 1/4/2025.