Things to do in Boston this weekend, June 12th - 15th

June 11, 2025

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THURSDAY - JUNE 12th

After Dark @ MIT Museum @ 6PM Enjoy an adult-only lively evening of entertainment, science, and tinkering.

Dave East @ Big Night Live @ 7PM With Garrett Mahoney

Allison Ponthier @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Hank Heaven & Analise

FRIDAY - JUNE 13th

Drum Set Clinic Workshop @ Berklee Performance Center @ 5PM Guest artist Carl Allen presents a drum workshop.

Rocky Horror Picture Show Performance @ Hanover Theatre @ 9PM Come see the Teseracte Players of Boston performing their twist on this cult classic show that is sure to thrill, chill and fulfill you!

Greer @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Chinese American Bar

SATURDAY - JUNE 14th

2025 Boston Pride For The People The Boston Pride For The People 2025 celebration will include a parade and a festival featuring educational booths, food vendors, musical performances, and more! ​

Topsfield Strawberry Festival @ Topsfield Common @ 10AM The 56th annual festival features 60+ artisans selling handmade goods, games, Capen House tours, live music, and, of course, lots of strawberries.

Father’s Day Pizza & BBQ Bash @ Ipswich Appleton Farms @ 12PM Don’t miss out on seasonal wood-fired pizza, signature pies, local beer & BBQ, and live music!

Block Party @ Bunker Hill @ 12PM Celebrate 250 years since the Battle of Bunker Hill with all-day live music, Irish dance performances, food trucks & street food, and more family-friendly fun!

Small Mart @ Crystal Ballroom @ 11AM
This market brings together an epic lineup of vintage curators, vinyl collectors, and independent artists & makers, all under one roof.

Select Market Outdoor Thrift Fest @ Time Out Market @ 12PM Shop from more than 40 unique vendors, enjoy live music, food and more!

Back Bay Shuffle @ The Huntington Theatre @ 7:30PM This one-of-a-kind Lindy Hop dance event features a fun beginner lesson led by BLH instructors followed by social dancing to music spun by the best jazz DJs in town.

The Fall of Troy @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With A Lot Like Birds & Closure In Moscow

Gallant @ The Sinclair @ 8:30PM With Justin Nozuka

Honey Revenge @ The Palladium @ 7PM With Daisy Grenade, Vana, & Nightlife

Pride Party @ Roadrunner @ 8:30PM Featuring Slayyyter, Detox, Isabella Lovestory, Empress Of, & more

SUNDAY - JUNE 15th

Simple Minds @ Xfinity Center @ 7PM With Modern English & Soft Cell

Saba @ Royale @ 7PM With Ovrkast & DJ Oreo

Karate @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Hilken Mancini Band

Papercut: Tribute to Linkin Park @ The Palladium @ 6:30PM With The Neverenders: Tribute to Coheed & Cambria

ALL WEEKEND

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Strawberry Festival @ Cider Hill Farm Enjoy free live music, outdoor hard cider bar, family-friendly activities, hayrides, food truck, homemade strawberries treats and PYO strawberries.

All weekend - ‘Noir City Boston’ Film Series @ The Brattle See classic American noirs with films from other countries that share the dark shadows and even darker themes.

All weekend - ‘Bleak Week’ Film Programme @ Coolidge Corner Theatre See screenings of ‘Funny Games,’ ‘Happiness,’ ‘Kids,’ and ‘Dead Presidents.’

All weekend - ‘Waitress’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre LAST CHANCE - Sara Bareilles’ uplifting and inspiring musical celebrates friendship, motherhood, and the magic of a well-made pie. Ends 6/15.

All weekend - ‘Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)’ Musical @ Loeb Drama Center Taking inspiration from traditional rom-coms, this funny and inventive new musical balances life’s sweetness and struggle as two characters discover the meaningful impact a stranger can make in life. Ends 6/29.

All weekend - ‘Hello, Dolly’ Musical @ Lyric Stage See one of musical theater's most enduring and acclaimed musicals bursting with romance, humor, and some of the greatest song and dance numbers in musical theater history. Ends 6/22.

All weekend - ‘T: An MBTA Musical’ @ The Rockwell LAST CHANCE - 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 - ‘The Light in the Piazza’ Musical @ The Huntington Theatre LAST CHANCE - A lush and soaring romance unfolds in this brand-new production of Adam Guettel’s sweeping Tony Award-winning score and Craig Lucas’ profound book on motherhood and familial love. Ends 6/15.

All weekend - ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession’ Play @ Central Square Theater George Bernard Shaw’s controversial yet empowering play follows the mysterious Mrs. Warren and her clever ways of manipulating a hypocritical society. Ends 6/22.

All weekend - ‘Our Class’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion Fresh from its New York premiere, this critically acclaimed play follows 10 Polish classmates - Jewish and Catholic - as they turn from friends to enemies in the 1940s Poland. Ends 6/22.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Open Market @ SoWa @ 11AM Sundays* One of the largest open-air farmer and artist markets returns this summer season! Ends 10/26.

Ongoing - Artisan Market @ Rose Kennedy Greenway @ 11AM Saturdays* Run by Somerville Flea, this summertime market features talented area artists, crafters, and independent designers. Ends 10/25.

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 9/21.

Ongoing - Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Mercantile Center This captivating 360º digital art exhibition invites you to step into the universe of the Dutch genius, Vincent van Gogh. Ends 7/27.

Ongoing - ‘Sara Cwynar: Alphabet’ Exhibition @ ICA In this exhibition, multi-disciplinary artist Sara Cwynar examines the excess of pictures in today’s image-saturated culture through a vast archive of visual material, including self-made, downloaded, and found photographs. Ends 8/3.

Ongoing - ‘The Visionary Art of Minnie Evans’ Exhibition @ MFA Experience Minnie Evans’ imaginative and intricately detailed drawings inspired by the artist’s religious beliefs, interest in mythology and history, and the landscapes in her native North Carolina. Ends 10/26.

Ongoing - ‘Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits’ Exhibition @ MFA Displaying 23 works by the artist, this exhibition explores Van Gogh’s tender relationship with one family who became subjects of his groundbreaking portraits. Ends 9/7.

Ongoing - ‘Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring approximately 110 works by Massachusetts-born artist, the exhibition explores the many ways Wilson called attention to racial, social, and economic injustices through his art. Ends 6/22.

Ongoing - ‘Landscape and Labor’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition explores works of The Hague School artists whose works offer an intimate and profound look at everyday life in the Dutch countryside. Ends 6/22.

Ongoing - ‘Robert Frank: Mary’s Book’ Exhibition @ MFA Celebrating the centennial of photographer Robert Frank’s birth, this exhibition takes an in-depth look at the personal scrapbook of photographs Frank made for his first wife Mary Lockspeiser. Ends 6/22.

Ongoing - ‘Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink’ Exhibition @ MFA Renowned for his modernization of Chinese ink painting, Qi Baishi’s works convey rural sentiments with bold landscapes, lifelike animals and plants, and lively and amusing figures. Ends 9/28.

Ongoing - ‘Rituals for Remembering’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition brings together works by influential Cuban artists María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Ana Mendieta whose art explores the notions of displacement, exile, and nature as transformative tool. Ends 2/15/2026.

Ongoing - ‘Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums The exhibition offers rare insight into the Norwegian artist’s innovative techniques and the recurring themes across his paintings, woodcuts, etchings, and combination prints. Ends 7/27.

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 3/29/2026.

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