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FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 28th
New England Harvest Feast @ Plimoth Patuxet Museums @ 5:30PM
Take a savory journey into the past and experience the living and dining experience of Pilgrims.
‘Hasan Hates Rony | Rony Hates Hasan’ Live Show @ MGM Music Hall @ 7PM Some of America’s leading comedians face off about America’s most urgent issues, air grievances, and debate each other in this unique live show.
Young Culture @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Wakelee
Emo-Pop-Punk Night @ Time Out Market @ 7PM Let your inner emo out with a live DJ spinning an all-emo set, themed drinks, and music videos on the big screen.
Reckoners + Quinn Sullivan @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Sonya Rae Taylor
The Pomps @ City Winery @ 7PM With Ben Basile
SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 29th
Lighting of the Ship @ Martin’s Park @ 5PM Bring your kids to this family-friendly holiday celebration featuring the annual lighting of the ship, Santa arriving by boat, live entertainment, holiday beverages, and more!
Sip & Shop Art Market @ EventThem Studios @ 2PM Browse unique creations from local artists and makers, find one-of-a-kind gifts, and enjoy an afternoon filled with creativity and community.
Herbstalk Wintergreen Market @ Arts at the Armory @ 10AM This lively marketplace features handmade herbal products and botanical goods created by New England crafters.
Totally 90’s Trivia Brunch @ City Winery @ 12PM Get ready for throwback jams, bottomless nostalgia, and questions about your favorite TV shows, movies, music, fads, and more.
‘Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet’ @ Shubert Theatre @ 1PM / 5PM Be transported by the magic of jaw-dropping acrobatics, larger-than-life puppets, and stunning hand-crafted sets and costumes.
Portugal The Man @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With La Luz
Neighbor @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Otis Grove
Bay Swag @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Chow Lee & Vontee The Singer
Vundabar @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Gymshorts
SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 30th
Boston Women’s Holiday Market @ Arts at the Armory @ 11AM Join Boston Women’s Market for a festive pop-up featuring 30+ local women makers, artists, and entrepreneurs.
The Bean & Barter Market @ Cambridge Community Center @ 12PM This pop-up mutual aid space allows artists, vendors, and community members exchange art & goods and acquire daily essentials for free while building community.
Brookline Murder Mystery @ Washington St / School St Become a Detective for a Day and solve a Murder Case: explore the city, follow traces, crack puzzles, collect evidence and catch the killer!
Harrison Gordon @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM With Heart to Gold & Aren’t We Amphibians
ALL WEEKEND
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Dvořák’s Masterpieces in Concert @ Symphony Hall Award-winning Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández returns to Symphony Hall to perform one of the most beloved works in the cello repertoire - Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Niki Luparelli @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM Comedian and vocalist Niki Luparelli presents her 'David Boobie,' a show that blends the best of David Bowie and burlesque.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet @ The Rockwell Shakespeare’s timeless examination of human nature is reimagined in this raucous, interactive and vibrant theater experience where no show is the same.
All weekend - Kilroy Square Holiday Market @ Quincy Square Don't miss two weekends of holiday shopping in Quincy featuring unique local vendors.
All weekend - ‘’Twas the Night Before’ Cirque Performance @ Wang Theatre Cirque du Soleil’s new festive show brings a flurry of love, Christmas cheer, thrilling acrobatics and hugely lovable characters that will create a new holiday tradition for families to cherish. Ends 12/14.
All weekend - ‘The Nutcracker’ Ballet @ Citizens Bank Opera House Boston Ballet’s annual production of ‘The Nutcracker’ is an exquisite spectacular featuring some of the world’s most challenging choreography and Tchaikovsky’s magical score performed by the Boston Ballet Orchestra. Ends 12/28.
All weekend - ‘The Nutcracker’ Ballet @ Hanover Theatre A holiday favorite, ‘The Nutcracker’ returns to the stage with beloved characters, glittering sets, and dancing that will lift your spirits during this holiday season.
All weekend - ‘Fun Home’ Musical @ The Huntington Theatre Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical, ‘Fun Home’ is a beloved, groundbreaking, and emotionally rich story of seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. Ends 12/14.
All weekend - ‘The Sound of Music’ Musical @ Company Theatre Revisit the world’s most beloved musicals with The Company Theatre. Ends 12/21.
All weekend - ‘Annie’ Musical @ Wheelock Family Theatre
Beloved family musical about Little Orphan Annie, kicking off its Boston run this weekend. Ends 12/21.
All weekend - ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Play @ Emerson Colonial Theatre Experience the wizarding world like never before at this record-breaking hit that brings the beloved story to the stage through astonishing theatrical magic. Ends 12/20.
All weekend - ‘A Sherlock Carol’ Play @ Lyric Stage This fresh and charming reimagining of two of the most beloved literary characters is a Dickens of a yuletide detective story that’s as “good as gold.” Ends 12/21.
All weekend - ‘Kim’s Convenience’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion Humor and heart find their way onto every aisle in this award-winning play about one family’s small business survival in a rapidly developing city. Ends 11/30.
All weekend - ‘Summer, 1976’ Play @ Central Square Theater Taking place in Ohio during the second wave of feminism, this poignant and funny play follows an unlikely friendship between Diana, a fiercely iconoclastic artist, and Alice, a free-spirited yet naive young housewife. Ends 11/30.
All weekend - ‘Give Thanks for Chicago’ Film Programme @ The Brattle Enjoy a selection of films based in or about Chicago.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Holiday Shopping Market @ Boston Public Market This holiday season, shop from 30+ small businesses selling unique handmade gifts, organic and homemade products, and more for your holiday needs. Ends 12/21.
Ongoing - SoWa Winter Festival @ SoWa Power Station The annual festival brings 125+ of the region's best small businesses selling everything from specialty food, art, crafts, and other goods. Ends 12/28.
Ongoing - Snowport @ Seaport Find gifts, treats, and plenty of family-friendly activities and surprises in this one-stop wonderland you can enjoy all christmas season. Ends 12/28.
Ongoing - Holiday Shoppes @ Tuscan Village Tuscan Village is bringing back its open-air holiday market featuring 50+ small businesses and artisans. Ends 12/24.
Ongoing - Zoo Lights @ Stone Zoo Enter a winter wonderland of tree-lined paths lit by thousands of twinkling lights spanning Stone Zoo's 26 acres. Ends 1/4/2026.
Ongoing - Night Lights: Dazzling Gardens @ New England Botanic Garden Celebrate the season at the Botanic Garden with a winter light display like no other in the region! Ends 1/4/2026.
Ongoing - Edaville Festival of Lights @ Carver Experience one of New England’s oldest Christmas traditions featuring steam trains, Christmas lights, vintage amusement rides, Santa, and more! Ends 12/28.
Ongoing - Winterlights Winterlights returns to three special locations around Massachusetts with dazzling light displays, festive music, seasonal treats, and more. Ends 1/3/2026.
Ongoing - Historic Holiday Stroll @ Freedom Trail
Guided Dickens-inspired walk along the Freedom Trail highlighting Boston’s holiday traditions and lights. Ends 12/27.
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 - ‘Monsters of the Deep: Between Imagination and Science’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum Using historical prints, this exhibit traces the scientific process of observing, measuring, and describing that turned whales from monsters into mammals. Ends 1/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Martin Puryear: Nexus’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition brings together sculptor Martin Puryear’s diverse artworks, highlighting his elaborate craftsmanship and sophisticated sources of inspiration—from global cultures, social history, and the natural world. Ends 2/8/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor’ Exhibition @ MFA Follow the major chapters in seminal American artist Winslow Homer’s career and learn about the various environments—ecological, artistic, social, and economic—that shaped his enduring work in watercolor. Ends 1/19/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition brings together 35 of the finest works by pioneering Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch, whose still life paintings invite viewers to reflect on the beauty of the natural world and women’s role in 18th century Netherlands. Ends 12/7.
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 - Fall 2025 Exhibitions @ ISG Museum Paying homage to a seminal African American artist and lifelong Bostonian Allan Rohan, these series of exhibitions raise questions of whose legacy is preserved and what stories a metropolis reveals. Ends 1/19/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Portia Zvavahera: Hidden Battles / Hondo dzakavanzika’ Exhibition @ ICA Inspired by Indigenous Shona and African Pentecostal faith traditions, Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera’s exhibition centers around wild animals, where bulls, snakes, rats, and owls represent mysterious forces and potential threats. Ends 1/19/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums This exhibition celebrates the act of drawing using familiar tools—charcoal, chalk, crayon, and graphite, showcasing how simple tools can be powerful vehicles for artistic expression. Ends 1/18/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Jung Yeondoo: Building Dreams’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Photographing ordinary families and individuals, Artist Jung Yeondoo’s work invites viewers to take a closer look at those strangers we don’t notice and imagine their dreams. Ends 1/25/2026.
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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