Things to do in Boston this weekend, May 29th - June 1st

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THURSDAY - MAY 29th

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.

V.oL.T.! @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM Experience the 1970s atmosphere with the powerful 11-piece band!

FRIDAY - MAY 30th

Pierce The Veil @ Xfinity Center @ 7PM With Sleeping With Sirens & Beach Weather

Bloc Party @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM With Blonde Redhead & joan

Mayday Parade @ House of Blues @ 6PM With Microwave, Grayscale, & Like Roses

Tennis @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Billie Marten

MIKE @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Navy Blue & Mike Shabb

OK Go @ Royale @ 7PM With L.A. Exes

WET @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Julie Byrne

ORBIT @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8:30PM With Eldridge Rodriguez & Harris

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SATURDAY - MAY 31st

Spring Fest @ Fisher Hill Reservoir Park @ 11AM This community festival supports environmental education and action and is perfect for families to enjoy games and activities and shop from local vendors.

Countess Cabaret @ Shubert Theatre @ 8PM Featuring LuAnn De Lesseps

‘Strip Zeppelin’ Burlesque Show @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM Niki Luparelli presents Strip Zeppelin - a live music and burlesque tribute to Led Zeppelin!

‘The Witcher’ in Concert @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 3PM / 8PM Witness the open-world RPG’s timeless score brought to life with a live orchestra performance, featuring folk metal band Percival, the original co-composers of the game’s soundtrack.

‘Frozen’ in Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 2:30PM
Rediscover the whimsical adventures of Elsa, Anna and Olaf with this unique and immersive experience.

Candlelight: From Bach to The Beatles @ The Huntington Theatre @ 6:30PM Hear a unique program featuring Bach’s classics and favorites from The Beatles.

Post Malone @ Gillette Stadium @ 6:30PM With Jelly Roll & Chandler Walters

Jet @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Band of Skulls

Kaonashi @ The Palladium @ 6:30PM With Sabella, Nailed Shut, Rakuyo, & more

Kids Rock @ City Winery @ 12PM / 5:30PM Benefitting MGH Sickle Cell Disease Center

SUNDAY - JUNE 1st

Free Jacks: Tribute to the Troops @ Veterans Memorial Stadium @ 1PM Free Jacks take on Seattle Seawolves, plus enjoy bars & fun zone, BBQ, live band, a post-match party, & more!

SomerStreets Carnaval @ East Somerville @ 2PM Enjoy delicious food, family activities and parade, live music, and explore over 30 vendors, restaurants, and artisans.

Boston Women’s Market Jamaica Plain @ Loring Greenough House @ 11AM Come shop, explore, and enjoy a day of local talent, beautiful gardens, and a vibrant community atmosphere!

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

ALL WEEKEND

THURSDAY & SATURDAY - ‘John Williams’ Playlist’ Concert @ Symphony Hall Keith Lockhart leads a program specially curated by John Williams, featuring his own masterful film scores and the music of the composers who have inspired him.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Massachusetts Poetry Festival @ Peabody Essex Museum The festival will feature workshops, headline readings, a small press fair, poet meet-and-greets and other exciting events for all poetry lovers.

All weekend - WBUR Radio’s 75th Anniversary Festival @ Various Venues Celebrate WBUR’s milestone anniversary with a weekend of panel talks and other live events featuring chefs, journalists, comedians, writers, and more as guest speakers.

All weekend - Festival of Films from Japan @ MFA Curated by the MFA, the UNIQLO Festival of Films from Japan returns with an electrifying selection of bold new releases. End 6/6.

All weekend - ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Ballet @ Citizens Opera House This poignant and graceful new production shares the tragic love story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ through the eyes of the remorseful Friar Laurence. Ends 6/8.

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 - ‘The Light in the Piazza’ Musical @ The Huntington Theatre 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 - ‘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 - ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion Set in Harlem, New York, this equally affecting and hilarious play follows a group of women whose life perspectives get altered by shocking news. Ends 5/31.

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.

ONGOING

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 6/15.

Ongoing - ‘Titanic: The Artifacts’ Exhibition @ The Castle at Park Plaza Embark on an interactive tour of the Titanic with incredible re-creations of the Ship’s interior and exterior, plus see authentic artifacts, recovered from below the surface of the North Atlantic. Ends 6/1.

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 - ‘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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