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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, September 5th - 8th

THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 5th

Jordan Davis @ Leader Bank Pavilion @ 7PM With Mitchell Tenpenny & Ashley Cooke

Josh Ross @ The Sinclair @ 8:30PM With Brandon Wisham

FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 6th

First Fridays @ MFA @ 6PM Enjoy art making, gallery talks, bites & signature cocktails, and music from MFA resident DJ Dayglow.

First Fridays: Earth, WInd + Fire @ ICA @ 5:30M Wear your atmospheric ensemble for a night of art, drinks, live music from Mint Green, waterfront views, and dancing with DJs Towfu and Mozes.

Rob Zombie @ Xfinity Center @ 6PM With Alice Cooper, Filter, & Ministry

Crumb @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Azymuth & Discovery Zone

PRAWN @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM With Joie De Vivre, The Big Easy, & Cape Crush

SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 7th

Mid-Autumn Festival @ Chinatown Main Street @ 10AM Swing on by to enjoy the annual mid-autumn lantern festival with food vendors, street shops, and live performances.

NIKI @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM With Allison Ponthier

Allen Stone @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Cassandra Lewis

Marika Hackman @ The Sinclair @ 8:30PM With Art School Girlfriend

SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 8th

Yoga & Meditation in the Galleries @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 9AM Start your Sunday with a meditative yoga session

Hush Club @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Photo Negative & Will Leet

ALL WEEKEND

THURSDAY & FRIDAY - ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ in Concert @ Symphony Hall Take an intergalactic, musical journey with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops as they perform John Williams’ iconic score to live picture.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Breakaway Music Festival @ The Palladium Featuring Tiēsto, Deadmau5, Big Gigantic, Illenium, & more!

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Tough Luck Alternative Music Festival @ Brighton Music Hall Featuring Young Culture, Jesse Detor, Monochromatic Black, Slamwich, & more!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Boston Arts Festival @ Columbus Park The annual festival showcases the best of Boston’s artists and musicians through live performances and shopping, so come out to show your support!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - New England Renaissance Festival @ King Richard’s Fairgrounds King Richard’s Faire is the premiere fall entertainment event for all things Renaissance.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - A Grand Suite from Harry Potter u/Symphony Hall Experience the story of ‘the boy who lived’ as John Williams’ magical score and a vivid narration conjure up this world of wizards and wonders.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - ‘Out of Sight…Out of Murder’ Play @ Footlight Club Set in an old mansion, this murder mystery comedy follows an author trying to finish his latest novel as the characters from the book mysteriously appear before him and take the story in their own hands.

All weekend - Art Documentaries @ MFA Go behind the scenes of the art world with this series featuring some of the best new art-focused documentaries.

All weekend - ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Play @ Loeb Drama Center All-star cast and production team including Rudy Pankow and Emilia Suarez stage Shakespeare’s iconic love story.

All weekend - ‘Next to Normal’ Musical @ Boyd-Quinson Stage Complete with an emotional pop/rock powerhouse score, this deeply moving piece of theatre explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness.

All weekend - ‘Constellations’ Play @ BCA Plaza Theatre Elegant and playful yet profoundly moving, ‘Constellations’ blends a story of love, honey, and the quantum multiverse.

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. Ends 9/22.

Ongoing - Artisan Market @ Rose Kennedy Greenway @ 11AM *Saturdays and Sundays. Ends 10/26.

Ongoing - ‘Portraits from Boston, With Love’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum LAST CHANCE - 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 - ‘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 - ‘Tau Lewis: Spirit Level’ Exhibition @ ICA Inspired by different social, cultural, and physical landscapes from her life, Tau Lewis upcycles found materials into intricately detailed soft sculptures, quilts, masks, and other assemblages. Ends 1/20/2025.

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 - 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.

Ongoing - ‘AI: Mind the Gap’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum
MIT Museum presents its latest riveting, interactive exhibit exploring the tremendous promise, unforeseen impacts, and everyday misconceptions of AI.

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