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Good evening Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend - July 18th - 21st

July 17, 2024

THURSDAY - JULY 18th

Noah Kahan @ Fenway Park @ 6PM With Mt. Joy & James Bay

FRIDAY - JULY 19th

‘It’s Happening with Snooki & Joey’ Podcast Live @ Big Night Live @ 8PM Your girl, Snooki and her best friend, Joey Camasta will be talking celeb gossip, hot topics, and, of course, getting WAY TOO personal!

Bernstein & Brahms in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 8PM Conductor Dima Slobodeniouk leads the BSO in Bernstein’s ‘Age of Anxiety’ and Brahms’ dramatic, sweeping Symphony No. 3.

Noah Kahan @ Fenway Park @ 6PM With Mt. Joy & James Bay

The Lox @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Tony Moxberg & STL GLD

The Early November @ The Sinclair @ 7:30PM With Hit the Lights, Cliffdiver, & 5ever

SATURDAY - JULY 20th

Mad Dash @ Lyric Stage @ 8PM Fresh Ink Theatre Company presents its annual Mad Dash that brings together Boston’s theatre community to write, rehearse, and mount an evening of new work in a single day.

Wagner’s ‘Götterdämmerung’ in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 8PM Hear some of the most stirring, powerful music ever composed as BSO performs Act III from Wagner’s Ring Cycle masterpiece ‘Götterdämmerung.’

Kane Brown @ Fenway Park @ 6PM With Jon Pardi, Locash, & RaeLynn

O.A.R @ LeaderBank Pavilion @ 6:30PM With Fitz and the Tantrums

Have Heart @ Roadrunner @ 6PM With Speed Gel, Initiate, Eye For An Eye, & Wound Man

Home Alone Fest @ The Sinclair @ 8PM Featuring Neemz, Latrell James, Shaykh Hanif, BML J.R and Tori Tori

SUNDAY - JULY 21st

Ives, Beethoven, and Strauss in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 2:30PM Hear Beethoven’s intensely emotional Piano Concerto No. 3, Strauss’ powerful ‘Also sprach Zarathustra,’ and Ives’ textured ‘Three Places in New England.’

Foo Fighters @ Fenway Park @ 5PM With The Hives & Amyl and the Sniffers

Old Crow Medicine Show @ Roadrunner @ 7:30PM With Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

ALL WEEKEND

All weekend - Cirque du Soleil @ Agganis Arena Cirque du Soleil reveals the hidden, secret world of insects in ‘OVO’ - a colorful, boisterous, and non-stop production mimicking the natural movements and energy of the ecosystem.

All weekend - Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival This New England staple summer event transforms the shores of Revere Beach into an awe-inspiring boardwalk and open-air festival, displaying works of world-class sculptors. The festival also offers vendors market, live music, interactive activities, amusement rides, and more!

All weekend - The Boston French Film Festival @ MFA The BFFF returns with a hand-picked lineup of the year’s most lauded Gallic cinema, ranging from stirring dramas to star-studded comedies.

All weekend - ‘The Queen of Versailles’ Musical @ Emerson Colonial Theatre Based on the wildly astonishing documentary and starring award-winning Kristin Chenoweth, this musical explores the true cost of fame, fortune, and family.

All weekend - ‘Gatsby’ Musical @ Loeb Drama Center F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ comes to new life in this world-premiere grand musical with a score by international rock star Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine.

All weekend - ‘Frozen’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre Thrilling and moving, this musical features the songs you know and love from the original Oscar-winning film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers.

All weekend - ‘The Lemurian Experience’ Musical @ BCA Plaza Theatre Combining captivating music and enchanting storytelling, this musical adventure brings the ancient mysteries of Lemuria to life.

All weekend - ‘The Winter’s Tale’ Play @ Boston Common This year’s Shakespeare on the Common presents ‘The Winter’s Tale’ - a captivating parable of betrayals, renewed hope, and the transformative power of time.

ONGOING

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 - ‘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 - ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ Exhibition @ MFA Enjoy an immersive and multisensory journey through Korea’s fascinating history, and celebrate its contemporary vibrant creative force. Ends 7/28.

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 - ‘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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