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Boston events on Saturday, Nov. 21Sunday, Nov. 8 through Sunday, Jan. 31 · checked by a person, sorted by start time

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Sat, Nov 21 · Fenway Park

Harvard vs. Yale: The Game at Fenway ParkTickets

Nov 27 – Dec 31 · Citizens Opera House

Boston Ballet: The NutcrackerTickets

Sat, Dec 26 · Fenway Park

Wasabi Fenway BowlTickets

Dec 31 – Jan 1 · Copley Square & Boston Common

First Night Boston 2027Free

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Grouped by day, in start-time order. Multi-day runs appear on each day they play; exhibitions and markets sit in the “ongoing” row under each day.

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Saturday, Nov. 2127 events · 34 ongoing

8:00 amto 6:00 pm · last day
International psychiatry conference 2026 usa
Hilton Garden Inn Boston Canton 110 Royall St, Canton, MA 02021, United States
See listingpsychiatryconferences.org
9:30 amopens today, through Nov. 22
NEST: A Multilingual Puppet Show by Happy Theater
Puppet Showplace Theater, 32 Station Street, Brookline
$18.50
10:30 amto 11:30 am
Davey the Clown Show at the Roslindale Branch
Boston Public Library, Roslindale Branch, 4246 Washington St, Roslindale
See listingbpl.bibliocommons.com
11:00 amto 2:00 pm
Fixit Clinic at the Central Library
Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Back Bay
Free
11:00 amto 3:00 pm
Slug Fest at the Boston Nature Center
Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan
$12
1:00 pmto 2:30 pm
Get to Know Your Coyote Neighbors
Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan
$13
1:00 pmto 5:00 pm
TC5 Community Gift Back
339 Dudley St., Roxbury, MA, 02119
See listingtc5giftback.org
2:00 pmto 6:00 pm
Faneuil Hall Marketplace Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 4 S Market St, Downtown
See listingfaneuilhallmarketplace.com
4:00 pmto 9:00 pm
Bed By 10pm: 30+ Clubbing Night at Royale
Royale, 279 Tremont St, Downtown
Ticketslikeit-loveit.com
4:00 pmto 5:00 pm
Owl Prowl at the Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Lawn, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
Free
5:00 pm
Ali Siddiq: The Custom Fit Tour
Boch Center Shubert Theatre, Downtown
$35
6:00 pm
Boston University vs. Merrimack Men's Hockey
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston
Ticketsgoterriers.com
6:00 pm
Bright Futures Grand Drawing Gala
Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Ave, Back Bay
Ticketsbgcdorchester.org
6:00 pmto 10:00 pm
Earlybirds Club Dance Party at The Sinclair
The Sinclair, 52 Church St, Cambridge
Ticketssinclaircambridge.com
6:30 pmto 8:00 pm
Beyond the Basics: Bordeaux 201 at Commonwealth Wine School
Commonwealth Wine School, 35 Dunster St, Cambridge
Ticketseventbrite.com
7:00 pm
Boston Bruins vs. Washington Capitals
TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, West End
Ticketsnhl.com
7:00 pm
Ryan Hamilton: Making Good Time Tour
The Wilbur, 246 Tremont St, Downtown
See listingthewilbur.com
7:00 pm
The Menzingers with Hot Water Music and Weakened Friends
Roadrunner, 89 Guest St, Brighton
Ticketsaxs.com
7:30 pmto 9:30 pm
Arneis Quartet: Transcendence
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline
Free
7:30 pmclosing night
Kerryn Feehan
Nick's Comedy Stop, 100 Warrenton St, Downtown
$25
7:30 pmto 9:15 pm
Louise Alexandra: Crazy World of Love at Club Cafe
Club Cafe (Moonshine Room), 209 Columbus Ave, South End
$25
7:30 pm
Misleading Lady with Jolene Cuisine
The Huntington Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
See listinghuntingtontheatre.org
8:00 pmopens today, through Nov. 22
Ballet BC
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St, Downtown
See listingvivoperformingarts.org
8:00 pmthrough Nov. 22
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company at the ICA
Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
$60
8:00 pm
Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once
Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave, Back Bay
Ticketsberklee.edu
8:00 pm
Rucks N' Tucks Drag Lip Sync Competition
Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville
Ticketscrystalballroomboston.com
Time TBA
Harvard vs. Yale: The Game at Fenway Park
Fenway Park, Fenway-Kenmore
Ticketsgocrimson.com

Also on this day: 34 exhibitions, runs and markets

‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism, The Charles Playhouse - 74 Warrenton Street · 7:30 pm–9:30 pm · through Nov. 22
1972: A Rock Opera, Farkas Hall · 7:30 pm · through Nov. 22
The Getaway Driver, Central Square Theater · 7:30 pm · through Nov. 22
White Phoenix, Boston Playwrights' Theatre · 7:00 pm · through Nov. 22
Jessica of Venice, Boston Playwrights' Theatre · 7:00 pm · through Nov. 22
Dream Feed, Emerson Paramount Center · 7:30 pm · through Nov. 22
Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Nov. 29
Boston Harbor Distillery Beverage Garden on The Greenway, Rose Kennedy Greenway · noon–6:00 pm · through Nov. 29
Maverick Kings: Three Visionary Pharaohs of Egypt's Golden Age, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Dec. 6
Where's Boston? 50 Years Later, Boston Athenaeum · 9:00 am–8:00 pm · through Dec. 12
Finding Nemo, Wheelock Family Theatre · 10:30 am · through Dec. 13
Holiday Market at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market · 11:00 am–7:00 pm · through Dec. 24
Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
SoWa Christmas Market, SoWa Power Station · 4:00 pm–9:00 pm · through Dec. 27
Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Lyric Stage Boston · 7:30 pm · through Dec. 31
Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
Cynthia Daignault: Valley, Institute of Contemporary Art · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki), Institute of Contemporary Art · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Michal Rovner: Esther Scrolls, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · 11:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · 11:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Picasso, Miro, Dali: Unbound, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 24
Oyvind Fahlstrom: Are You Happy?, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Feb. 21
Donna Ferrato: 'Living with the Enemy' and the Power of Women, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Feb. 28
Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
90 YEARS at the ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Mar. 7
Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
Somerville Winter Farmers Market, Arts at the Armory · 9:30 am–1:30 pm · through Apr. 17
Places We Carry, Museum of Fine Arts · through Apr. 18
The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Naoko Matsubara's Woodblock Worlds, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through May. 16
Kawada Kikuji: Chizu (The Map), Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jul. 18

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Sunday 8:00 am · Franklin Park, Dorchester

Boston Half Marathon 2026The B.A.A.'s half follows the Emerald Necklace out and back from Franklin Park, presented by Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund. Watch anywhere on the course; the leaders are back by about 9 am.

Sunday 7:00 pm · closing performance · The Huntington Theatre, Fenway

Harper Lee's To Kill a MockingbirdAaron Sorkin's adaptation, nine Tony nominations, in its first regional production, directed by Loretta Greco. A month-long run ends Sunday; our listing shows 7 pm, so check the curtain time on your ticket.

Sunday 7:00 pm · The Wilbur, Theater District

DeRay DavisThe comedian and actor closes a three-comic weekend at the Wilbur, after Drew Dunn and Tim Dillon on Saturday. Boylston station is shut, so walk from Chinatown on the Orange Line or Park Street on the Red.

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About this list: 731 upcoming events from organizers, venues, libraries and the City of Boston, checked by Explore Boston editors. Times are Eastern. Forecast: National Weather Service, Boston. The Events Spotlight and Sponsored Events are paid placements when sold and are labeled as such.