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THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 26th
Taste of Downtown Boston @ Winthrop Center @ 5:30PM This event brings together local restaurants and food lovers for an evening of curated bites, signature cocktails, and featured beverages.
Museums at Night @ Harvard Art Museums @ 5PM Get ready for an evening of art, music, food, and more! This event is free and open to everyone.
The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans @ Scullers Jazz Club @ 6:30PM / 9PM Travel back in time to 1920s New Orleans as a talented live jazz band brings a night of soul, passion, and rhythm.
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer @ Simons Theatre @ 9PM Hear Hans Zimmer’s best soundtracks from ‘Inception,’ ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Interstellar,’ ‘The Dark Knight,’ and more.
The Early November @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Hellogoodbye & Punchline
Timecop1983 @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With The Bad Dreamers, Brent Michael Wood, & DJ Carbo
The Barr Brothers @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Land of Talk
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 27th
‘Dirty Dancing’ in Concert @ Shubert Theatre @ 8PM Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs.
‘The Choir of Man’ Concert @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM Featuring your favorite pop, classic rock, folk, Broadway and pub tunes, this feel-good concert pays homage to that gathering place we all love so much: your local pub.
Freya Skye @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Adrian Lyles
Sidney Gish @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Beeef & Winkler
Millington @ The Palladium @ 6:30PM With Have Fun!, Dead Wait, No More Almost, & Gold Star Blvd.
Ryman Leon @ City Winery @ 7:30PM With Sam Nicholson
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 28th
Black History Month Celebration @ MoS @ 10AM This day-long celebration highlights visionary people and communities that have contributed to science through featured talks, hands-on activities, an interactive scavenger hunt, and more.
The Jury Experience @ Regent Theatre @ 5PM / 7:30PM Enjoy an immersive theatre courtroom drama where you make tough decisions, dissect evidence, and give the final verdict.
Jerry Seinfeld Comedy Show @ Hanover Theatre @ 5PM / 8PM America’s premier comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, returns to Worcester to perform his signature stand-up routine.
GASH Party @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM Dragula personality and Boston Drag icon Throb Zombie is inviting all creatures of the night to a spectacle showcase of monster drag, immersive haunter theatre, and sinister cinema.
Mariah the Scientist @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM With 4Batz
Music of the Grateful Dead + More for Kids @ Paradise Rock Club @ 11AM Presented by The Rock and Roll Playhouse
Steve Aoki @ Big Night Live @ 9PM With Frank Walker
Ratboys @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Florry
One Last Anthem: A Dad Rock Night @ The Palladium @ 9PM Playing the music of Creed, Nickelback, Bush, & more
SUNDAY - MARCH 1st
Winter Asian Market @ Arts at the Armory @ 10AM Enjoy the finest authentic Asian food & drinks, handmade crafts & local artisans, and fashion, boutique & lifestyle brands. Ends 3/1.
Teen Sundays @ MFA @ 12PM Teens are invited to visit the museum on select first Sundays for activities such as tours, art making workshops, and artist talks curated for teens by teens.
Playdate @ ICA @ 10AM Bring your kids for fun art-making activities, story time in the galleries, and a chance to meet other families.
Goldmund Quartet in Concert @ ISG Museum @ 1:30PM Boston piano star Gloria Chien returns to Calderwood Hall to join the young German stars of the Goldmund Quartet.
Sons of Town Hall @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 2PM Two multitalented musicians brings us back to Salem’s maritime heyday.
Doddie @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Andy Louis
Aries @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Zack Villere
Foxy Shazam @ Brighton Music Hall @ 6:30PM With Descartes a Kant & Moondough
Briscoe @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Jack Blocker
ALL WEEKEND
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Boston Ramadan Night Market @ City Hall Get ready for a night filled with delicious food, shopping locally, and connections within the community.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Drop-In Artmaking @ MFA Get inspired by artwork in the collection, then use the art materials provided to create a work of your own.
All weekend - Beethoven & Adès in Concert @ Symphony Hall The BSO performs Beethoven’s joyous Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral,’ and kaleidoscopic selections from Thomas Adès.
All weekend - Boston Baltic Film Festival @ Emerson Paramount Center See the latest award-winning films from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
All weekend - 2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films Screenings @ ICA ICA presents its annual selection of Oscar-nominated live-action, animation, and documentary shorts you always wish you’d seen come Oscar night. Ends 3/8.
All weekend - Ultimate Double Feature Weekend @ The Brattle Enjoy a weekend of extreme cinematic indulgence with screenings of ‘Donnie Darko,’ ‘The Passion of Joan Arc,’ ‘The Evil Dead,’ and more cult classics.
All weekend - ‘Mario the Maker Magician’ Show @ Calderwood Pavilion It’s robots, magic, and slapstick in an hour-long interactive theater adventure full of hilarity for the whole family. Ends 3/1.
All weekend - ‘Hadestown’ Musical @ Emerson Colonial Theatre This award-winning Broadway adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell’s haunting, jazz-inflected folk opera follows Orpheus’ mythical quest to overcome Hades.
All weekend - ‘T: An MBTA Musical’ @ The Rockwell A musical love letter to Boston, “T” is the journey of three struggling Bostonians whose lives have been derailed by the MBTA’s shortcomings.
All weekend - ‘Penelope’ Musical @ Lyric Stage Blending sharp humor with a folk-pop score, this modern musical retelling of ‘The Odyssey’ gives Penelope a voice as she awaits her husband’s return, moving through her loneliness to discover her own strength. Ends 3/1.
All weekend - ‘The Bald Soprano’ + ‘The Lesson’ Plays @ BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre Ridiculous on the surface but razor-sharp underneath, this frenetic theatrical tour-de-force is simultaneously comedic and profound, asking audiences to laugh loudly but think deeply. Ends 3/8.
All weekend - ‘We Had a World’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion In this searing, funny, and deeply personal play, the author explores thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enduring love, and unexpected dishes of home-cooked spaetzle. Ends 3/15.
All weekend - ‘Little Women’ Play @ The Mosesian Center for the Arts Filled with laughter, love, heaps of New England charm, and sharp social commentary, Kate Hamill’s brilliant adaptation celebrates the classic novel’s spirit while boldly reclaiming it for today’s world. Ends 3/1.
All weekend - ‘The Moderate’ Play @ Central Square Theater Following a social media moderator in a post-pandemic reality, this haunting technological mindscape explores the essence of human connection. Ends 3/1.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Somerville Winter Farmers Market @ Arts at the Armory @ 9:30AM Saturdays - This weekly winter market features 70+ local food vendors with the best locally grown and regionally produced foods.
Ongoing - ‘Orchid Adventure’ Botanical Exhibition @ Franklin Park Zoo From rare species to exotic hybrids, Orchid Adventure promises an immersive experience that combines the enchantment of the animal kingdom with the delicate beauty of orchids. Ends 3/1.
Ongoing - ‘Discovering King Tut’s Tomb’ Exhibition @ Saunders Castle at Park Plaza NEW - From breathtaking golden artifacts to a state-of-the-art VR journey into the pharaoh’s tomb, this interactive exhibit is a unique chance to step into the wonders of Ancient Egypt. Ends 4/30.
Ongoing - ‘Music America’ Exhibition @ Wang Theatre Featuring more than 100 legendary artifacts, ‘Music America’ traces 250 years of music history, from early folk song books and hymnals to contemporary musical production.
Ongoing - ‘Lighten Up! On Biology and Time’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum Featuring immersive artworks, installations, and experiential environments, this exhibition explores the connection between living organisms and the natural cycle of light and dark. Ends 8/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Kelly Taylor Mitchell: mouth wide open’ Exhibition @ MFA Taking inspiration from various cultures and diasporas from the American South and the Caribbean, Mitchell explores traditional objects, divinities, and rituals. Ends 4/26.
Ongoing - ‘Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography’ Exhibition @ MFA Take a look at how different photographers employ the camera as a tool of transformation, taking everyday pictures from the ordinary to the strangely beautiful or even ominous. Ends 7/13.
Ongoing - ‘Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition draws on the MFA’s collection of Dutch art and Judaica to explore the different ways Jewish communities interacted with the artistic culture of Holland in the 1600s. Ends 12/1.
Ongoing - ‘One Hundred Stitches, One Hundred Villages’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition presents nearly 20 rarely seen kaleidoscopic Chinese patchwork textiles coming from remote provinces that reflect local styles and reveal artistic sensibilities and personal histories. Ends 5/3.
Ongoing - ‘An Indigenous Present’ Exhibition @ ICA Spanning 100 years of contemporary Indigenous art, this thematic exhibition features artworks that represent personal and collective narratives, describe specific and imagined places, and build upon cultural and aesthetic traditions. Ends 3/8.
Ongoing - ‘To My Best Friend’ Exhibition @ ICA Drawing from more than 50 artworks from the collection, this exhibition highlights a consistent interest in formal and material experimentation through works by historically underrepresented and women artists. Ends 12/31.
Ongoing - ‘Critical Thinking’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums With its unexpected juxtapositions among little-known prints, this installation is designed to generate experimental thinking. Ends 5/10.
Ongoing - ‘Double Happiness: Celebration in Chinese Art’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Presenting 30+ highlights from the museum's wide-ranging Chinese collection, this exhibition invites visitors to discover plants and animals, myths and symbols and decipher the Chinese character for "Double Happiness." Ends 5/3.
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 3/29.
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