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THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 6th
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace @ Shubert Theatre @ 7:30PM With Rosie Flores
Emo Nite @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM Featuring Plain White T’s & We The Kings
GBH @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Slaughterhouse & The Mainliners
Sammy Virji @ Roadrunner @ 9PM With Sam Alfred & Club Angel
grandson @ Royale @ 8PM With Bob Vylan
The Lone Bellow Night 1 @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Caroline Spence
Militarie Gun @ The Palladium @ 7:30PM With Liquid Mike & Public Opinion
FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 7th
Snowport Holiday Market Opening @ Seaport @ 11AM
Season kick-off for the Seaport’s holiday market & winter activities.
First Fridays Party @ MFA @ 6PM
Unwind with MFA First Fridays, an exciting evening of music, live performances, dancing, art making, and more!
First Fridays: Glow in the Dark @ ICA @ 6PM Dazzle and be dazzled in bold neons, shimmering metallics, or eye-catching patterns, for an illuminating evening of dancing, music, art, celebratory drinks, and more.
Boston’s Biggest Drag Dunce @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM Enjoy a one night comedy drag competition!
Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes @ Simons Theatre @ 7PM Discover music from your favorite anime series like ‘ Tokyo Ghoul,’ ‘Naruto,’ ‘Dragon Ball,’ and more performed by a classical ensemble.
Matt Maeson @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Joe P
It’s Murph @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Westend & Twin Diplomacy
Loathe @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Spy & Trauma Ray
As It Is @ Brighton Music Hall @ 6:30PM With Cherie Amour & Bearings
Arcy Drive @ Royale @ 7PM With Mercury
The Lone Bellow Night 2 @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Caroline Spence
SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 8th
Cider Feast 2025 @ Lithuanian Citizens Association @ 12PM
Discover a huge selection of ciders and sours crafted by the most skilled makers from the Northeast and beyond.
29th Annual Comics Come Home @ TD Garden @ 8PM Featuring Conan O’Brien, Robert Kelly, Lenny Clarke, Sarah Silverman, & more
‘Godzillathon’ Film Marathon @ Somerville Theatre @ 2PM Get ready for a a 12-hour marathon of big screen monster favorites, including the original ‘Godzilla’ and other iconic sci-fi films.
I’m With Her @ Shubert Theatre @ 8PM With Ye Vagabonds
The Mars Volta @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Kiani Media & Feliz Y Dada
Sam Barber @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Crowe Boys
Alessia Cara @ Orpheum Theatre @ 8PM With Indy
Holywatr @ The Palladium @ 7:30PM With Slow Degrade
SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 9
Adult Night @ MoS @ 6PM Experience the Museum after hours at this adults-only night, revisit fond memories of exploring Science Park, meet other science enthusiasts, engage with museum educators, and more.
‘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.
NEEDTOBREATHE @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM With Bre Kennedy
Khamari @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Gabriel Jacoby
Joel Sunny @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Katie Lynne Sharbaugh
Nick Shoulders @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Jackson and The Janks
Boyce Avenue @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM With First to Eleven
Kelsey Blackstone & Snorkeler @ City Winery @ 7:30PM With Oliver Mann
ALL WEEKEND
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Steve Martin + Martin Short Comedy Show @ Wang Theatre With Jeff Babko & The Steep Canyon Rangers
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Harboring Creativity Art Event @ ICA Featuring the work of local emerging and established artists who live, work, or create in East Boston, this presentation is a wonderful reflection of the creativity and innovation of East Boston and its surrounding neighborhoods.
All weekend - The 38th New England Christmas Festival @ Earth Expo Center at Mohegan Sun With over 350 vendors, the New England Christmas Festival is an eagerly anticipated annual shopping event perfect to kick-off the holiday season.
All weekend - Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair @ Hynes Convention Center Mark your calendars for the ultimate book lovers and collectors event featuring first editions, manuscripts, autographs, maps, and more from national and international dealers.
All weekend - ‘Noirvember’ Film Program @ The Brattle Enjoy a program of film noirs released in the 1950s. Ends 11/20.
All weekend - Dvořák’s Masterpieces in Concert @ Symphony Hall Japanese violinist Midori joins the BSO in an evening performing Dvořák’s beloved pieces - Symphony No. 7 and Violin Concerto.
All weekend - ‘Jewels’ Ballet @ Citizens Bank Opera House Legendary choreographer George Balanchine was inspired by different jewels when he created one of the most influential and distinct neoclassical ballet works ‘Jewels.’ Ends 11/16.
All weekend - ‘Lizard Boy’ Musical @ Calderwood Pavilion Featuring a genre-blending indie-rock score, ‘Lizard Boy’ is a heartfelt and wildly inventive coming-of-age story about self-acceptance, connection, and becoming the hero of your own life. Ends 11/22.
All weekend - ‘Madagascar’ Musical @ Company Theatre Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria as they bound out of the zoo and onto the stage in this live musical spectacular.
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 - ‘Sardines’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre This deliciously authentic, insightful, and laugh–out–loud show created and performed by actor-comedian Chris Grace explores answers to life’s most difficult questions. Ends 11/16.
All weekend - ‘The 4th Witch’ Play @ Emerson Paramount Center Manual Cinema returns to Boston with their signature stage-magic to conjure ‘Macbeth’ from a brand new perspective. Ends 11/9.
ONGOING
Ongoing - ‘Sinister Streets’ Walking Tour @ Peabody Essex Museum This indoor/outdoor walking tour takes visitors through the dark side of Salem history - highlighting landmarks from the 1600-1800s. Ends 11/23.
Ongoing - Farmers Market @ Copley Square Fridays* - The largest market in the city, Copley Square Farmers Market offers a cornucopia of local produce, meats, dairy, baked goods, and prepared meals, as well as some non-edible products. Ends 11/25.
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 - ‘Deep Waters: Four Artists and the Sea’ Exhibition @ MFA LAST CHANCE - Weaving together artworks by four artists made over centuries and across the Atlantic, this exhibition follows a genealogical thread united by the sea. Ends 11/9.
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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