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THURSDAY - MAY 28th
Red Sox vs Braves @ Fenway Park @ 4:10PM Promotion: Red Sox x Dunkin Iced Coffee Hat
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.
ArtsThursdays: Free Night @ Harvard Museum of Natural History @ 5PM Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries.
‘ChaO’ Screening @ MFA @ 7PM *Part of UNIQLO Festival of Films from Japan
Jacob Collier in Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 7:30PM Seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist Jacob Collier lights up the stage in an immersive, boundary-pushing performance that encompasses classical, folk, jazz, electronica, and more.
Kurt Braunohler Stand-Up @ The Comedy Studio @ 7:30PM With Eugene Mirman
Ty Myers @ Leader Bank Pavilion @ 7:30PM With Lanie Gardner & Alex Lambert
Citizen Soldier @ The Palladium @ 7PM With Adelitas Way & New Medicine
Edwin Honoret @ The Rockwell @ 7PM With Cate Tomlinson
FRIDAY - MAY 29th
City Cinderella: A Bridgerton Ball @ The Huntington Theatre @ 7:30PM Get ready for a unique show featuring performances by iconic Boston drag icons, dancing, photo ops, and a ‘Diamond of the Season’ contest
Artful Evenings @ MFA @ 7PM This special event series includes entertaining and quirky tours and art-making activities for adults with rotating themes that connect the Museum’s collections to both pop and niche culture.
‘Princess Mononoke’ Screening @ MFA @ 7PM *Part of UNIQLO Festival of Films from Japan
An Evening with Darren Criss @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 8PM The Tony Award winner comes to Boston with a special concert!
R&B Favorites: Joe @ Agganis Arena @ 8PM With 112, Ginuwine, & Case
Khalid @ MGM Music Hall @ 7PM With Lauv & DJ Snax
Nate Smith @ House of Blues @ 6:30PM With Josh Ross & Brandon Wisham
Zeddy Will @ Big Night Live @ 6PM With BabyChiefDoit & 41
Destination Afropiano Party @ Big Night Live @ 10PM Featuring Poco Lee & DJ Neptune
Summer Kick Off Music Party @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM Featuring Hill House the Band, The Far Out, & All Night Boogie Band
SATURDAY - MAY 30th
Spring Fest @ Olmsted Park Allerton @ 11AM This community festival supports environmental education and action and is perfect for families to enjoy games and activities and shop from local vendors.
New England Hong Kong Festival @ Seven Hills Park @ 11AM This free & family-friendly initiative celebrates Hong Kong culture in Somerville! Food, live performances, local vendors, games & more.
Revere Beach Kite Festival @ 11AM Kick-off the beach season at this annual kite festival with live music, contests, and more family-friendly activities.
‘All About Marilyn’ Film Program @ The Brattle @ 1PM Enjoy a double-feature of ‘All About Eve’ and ‘Don’t Bother to Knock’ to celebrate the film icon’s Marilyn Monroe’s centennial.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ Play @ The Strand Theatre @ 2PM / 7PM This fresh and imaginative production sets Shakespeare’s heartfelt tragedy inside Friar Laurence’s greenhouse, where young love and peril grow side by side.
‘Strip Zeppelin’ Performance @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM Legendary chanteuse Niki Luparelli and her 6-piece band return to light up the ballroom with their signature tribute show to the one and only Led Zeppelin.
Don Toliver @ TD Garden @ 7:30PM With Sahbabii, Sofaygo, & Chase B
Method Man + Redman @ Agganis Arena @ 8PM With The LOX & State Property
Acid Bath @ Roadrunner @ 6PM With Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Primitive Man, & Final Gasp
Skillibeng @ Big Night Live @ 6PM With Moliy
K-Pop Rave @ Royale @ 10:30PM Featuring DJ Chen
Black Veil Brides @ The Palladium @ 6:30PM With From Ashes to New, TX2, & As December Falls
Chelsea Berry @ City Winery @ 7:30PM With Gatch & cellist Kristen Miller
SUNDAY - MAY 31st
Harvard Square MayFair @ 11AM Experience food inspired by cultures from all over the world, unique gifts and crafts, al fresco beer gardens, music, entertainment and dance!
Community Day @ Esplanade @ 4PM This free community celebration will feature phenomenal artists and musicians, along with family-friendly activities, lawn games, and free empanadas.
13th Curated Vintage Market @ Bow Market @ 12PM A vintage market of the season, this event features 80+ of New England's best vintage vendors in one place. You don't want to miss this one!
Symphony by the Sea in Concert @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 2PM Follow Antonio Vivaldi’s lively ‘Four Seasons’ with North Shore’s professional symphony orchestra, Symphony by the Sea.
James Blake @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Swavay
Iration @ House of Blues @ 5PM With Tribal Seeds & Bumpin Uglies
ALL WEEKEND
THURSDAY & SATURDAY - Candlelight: From Bach to The Beatles @ Harvard University Hockey Center Hear a unique program featuring Bach’s classics and favorites from The Beatles.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - The WBUR Festival @ Boston University Enjoy two days of lively conversations, podcast tapings, musical performances — and plenty of surprises.
FRIDAY & SUNDAY - The Jazz Room: Tribute to Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong @ Harvard University Hockey Center Celebrate the legacies of music legends Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong as their timeless music reimagined by a talented live band.
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.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ in Concert @ Symphony Hall Featuring John Powell’s Oscar-nominated score performed live to picture, this concert promises is a thrilling experience for all ages.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - ‘The X-tet: Sounds from Turkey & The Ottoman Empire’ Concert @ The Multicultural Arts Center Boston Baroque’s premier period chamber ensemble presents a program that bridges past and present, featuring X-Tet and acclaimed ensemble DÜNYA.
All weekend - ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Ballet @ Citizens Opera House Become spellbound by the captivating allure of one of ballet's most cherished romantic fairy tale classics, ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ Ends 6/7.
All weekend - ‘Black Swan’ Musical @ Loeb Drama Center This bold new musical adaptation is a haunting exploration of ambition, power, and the cost of perfection. Ends 7/5.
All weekend - ‘Something Rotten!’ Musical @ Lyric Stage This musical comedy follows a brothers duo set out to create the world’s first ever musical production in the 1500s. Ends 6/7.
All weekend - ‘Thru Hike’ Musical @ Calderwood Pavilion Based on a poignant true story, this workshop production invites audiences into the first life of a new musical as it begins to find its shape on stage. Ends 6/7.
All weekend - ‘Oedipus el Rey’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion A searing tale of love, family, and prophecy, ‘Oedipus el Rey’ blends ancient myth with modern urgency and Chicano swagger with swaths of sly humor. Ends 6/14.
All weekend - ‘Eureka Day’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre Hilarious, razor-sharp, and all-too-timely, ‘Eureka Day’ is a satire about privilege, parenting, and the minefield of modern communication in an age of misinformation and moral conviction. Ends 6/28.
All weekend - ‘The Mystery of Irma Vep’ Play @ Central Square Theater Two actors wear a caboodle of wigs, perform umpteen lightning-speed costume changes, and create a fantastical cast of characters including a sympathetic werewolf, a vampire, and a mummy. Ends 6/21.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Open Market @ SoWa @ 11AM One of the largest open-air farmer and artist markets returns this summer season! Ends 11/15.
Ongoing - Dino Safari Experience @ CambridgeSide Based on actual science with life size dinosaurs and fossils, this immersive experience lets visitors explore life during the Jurassic, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods with realistic, life-size dinosaurs. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Discovering King Tut’s Tomb’ Exhibition @ Saunders Castle at Park Plaza 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 7/12.
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 - ‘Innovators and Influencers’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition features paintings and textiles made or inspired by women in China over the past four centuries. Ends 6/23.
Ongoing - ‘Subvert, Repair, Reclaim: Contemporary Artists Take Back the Nude’ Exhibition The exhibition brings together multimedia works by 12 contemporary artists who critically engage with representations of the nude in Western art history. Ends 8/2.
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 - ‘Lucy Raven: Rounds’ Exhibition @ ICA The exhibition presents two major works that speak to themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force, the legacies of which continue to shape the physical and imagined landscape of the Western United States today. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Derrick Adams: View Master’ Exhibition @ ICA Derrick Adams’ painting, sculpture, collage, performance, video, and public projects celebrate the beauty of everyday life, transforming these moments into an iconography that resonates with the richness and complexity of Black culture in our time. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Extra/Ordinary’ Interactive Installation @ ICA Experience scenes of everyday life through the lens of a retro View Master toy. Receive a surprise drawing prompt from a vending machine and use your imagination to turn the ordinary into something entirely new. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now’ Exhibition @ ICA Enjoy a dynamic display of works from 39 multidisciplinary artists affiliated with the prestigious African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP). Ends 8/2.
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 - ‘Celtic Art Across the Ages’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums Discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. Ends 8/2.
Ongoing - ‘Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum See artist Edmonia Lewis’ vivid, naturalistic stone sculptures that feature abolitionists and social reformers, engage with Indigenous identity and give new life to religious and mythological figures. Ends 6/7.
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