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This Week in Boston
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- Sun, Nov 1 Boston Harbor Distillery Beverage Garden on The Greenway Rose Kennedy Greenway
- Sun, Nov 1 Diwali Celebration at the MFA Museum of Fine Arts
- Mon, Nov 2 Boston Bruins vs. Vegas Golden Knights TD Garden
- Mon, Nov 2 Madra Salach at The Sinclair The Sinclair
- Tue, Nov 3 A Community Meditation Circle Boston Public Library
- Tue, Nov 3 Berklee Asia Rising: Celebrating Asian and Asian American Voices in Contemporary Music Berklee Performance Center
- Wed, Nov 4 AMA Boston: AI in Marketing: Beyond the Hype, Into Practice Workbar Downtown Boston
- Wed, Nov 4 Artist Talk: Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien at Harvard Art Museums Harvard Art Museums
- Thu, Nov 5 Boston Corporate Finance Community Gathers to Give Back 2026 InterContinental Boston
- Thu, Nov 5 Boston Lyric Opera: A Streetcar Named Desire Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
This week’s events are one click away: the full calendar lives at exploreboston.com/events, and the weekend’s best are already picked on This Weekend.
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Boston by Season
All twelve months →OctoberFall
- Head of the Charles Regatta on the river
- Peak foliage at the Arnold Arboretum
- Salem Haunted Happenings all month
NovemberFall
- Thanksgiving in Plymouth, America’s Hometown
- The Nutcracker opens at Boston Ballet
- SoWa Christmas Market in the South End
DecemberWinter
- Boston Common tree lighting
- Boston Tea Party reenactment, December 16
- First Night fireworks over the harbor
JanuaryWinter
- Skating on Frog Pond, Boston Common
- Free museum days on MLK Day
- Boston Wine & Food Festival begins
FebruaryWinter
- The Beanpot at TD Garden
- Lunar New Year lion dance in Chinatown
- Dine Out Boston set-price menus
MarchSpring
- St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston
- Evacuation Day, March 17
- Duck Tours season opens
AprilSpring
- Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day
- Red Sox home opener at Fenway
- Swan Boats return to the Public Garden
MaySpring
- Lilac Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum
- Duckling Day in the Public Garden
- Harbor Islands ferries start running
JuneSummer
- Boston Pride parade and festival
- Dragon Boat Festival on the Charles
- Juneteenth celebration in Franklin Park
JulySummer
- Boston Pops Fireworks on the Fourth
- Harborfest on the waterfront
- Shakespeare on the Common
AugustSummer
- Italian feasts in the North End
- Boston Caribbean Carnival
- Beach days at Carson and Constitution
SeptemberFall
- Boston Arts Festival on the waterfront
- Boston Local Food Festival on the Greenway
- Boston Film Festival