Events · Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline

Boston events on Saturday, Dec. 5Sunday, 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, Dec. 521 events · 33 ongoing

8:00 amto 11:30 am
2026 Boston Jolly Jaunt
Boston Common, 0 Charles Street, Downtown
$35
9:00 am
Jingle All the Way 5K
One Seaport, Seaport Boulevard, Seaport District
$23.39-$44.79
10:30 amopens today, through Dec. 6
The Gingerbread Man by WonderSpark Puppets
Puppet Showplace Theater, 32 Station Street, Brookline
$18.50
10:30 amopens today, through Dec. 6
The Polar Express at the Coolidge
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline
Ticketscoolidge.org
11:00 amto 5:00 pm
First Church in Jamaica Plain Holiday Craft Fair
First Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
See listingfirstchurchjp.org
11:30 amto 12:30 pm
Home For The Holidays Starring John O'Neil
Club Cafe (Napoleon Room), 209 Columbus Ave, South End
Free
noonto 1:15 pm
My Botanical Life with Hemlocks
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Lawn, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
Free
1:00 pm
Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings
TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, West End
Ticketsnhl.com
2:00 pmto 3:00 pm
Author Talk: Paul Lewis on How "The Raven" Became America's Most Famous Poem
Boston Public Library, Brighton Branch, 40 Academy Hill Rd, Back Bay
Free
2:00 pmto 4:00 pm
Drawing into the Solstice: An Introduction to Drawing
Boston Public Library, Brighton Branch, 40 Academy Hill Rd, South End
Free
2:00 pmto 6:00 pm
Holiday Grown Up Book Fair at Aeronaut Brewing
Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
See listingportersquarebooks.com
2:00 pmto 3:00 pm
Royal Portraiture of Amenhotep III at Thebes
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
Free
6:00 pmto 9:00 pm
CAIR-MA Annual Banquet
UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester
Ticketseventbrite.com
6:30 pmto 8:00 pm
Around the World with Sparkling Wines at Commonwealth Wine School
Commonwealth Wine School, 35 Dunster St, Cambridge
$90
7:00 pm
Rosebud Baker: Paper Bag Princess Tour
Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville
Ticketscrystalballroomboston.com
7:30 pmthrough Dec. 6
Cirque Dreams Holidaze
Boch Center Shubert Theatre, Downtown
$39.50
7:30 pmclosing night
Gianmarco Soresi: The Misery Loves Tour
The Wilbur, 246 Tremont St, Downtown
See listingthewilbur.com
8:00 pm
ALLEYCVT with Lucky
Roadrunner, 89 Guest St, Brighton
Ticketsaxs.com
8:00 pmclosing night
Brett Eldredge: Glow 10 Year Anniversary Tour
Boch Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Downtown
Ticketsbochcenter.org
8:00 pm
Sol y Canto
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Cambridge
$35
10:00 pmto 2:00 am · closing night
Franky Rizardo at Royale
Royale, 279 Tremont St, Downtown
Ticketslink.dice.fm

Also on this day: 33 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
Adia & Clora Snatch Joy, The Huntington Theatre · 7:00 pm · through Dec. 13
Langston Hughes' Black Nativity, Emerson Paramount Center · 8:00 pm · through Dec. 20
Holiday Market at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market · 11:00 am–7:00 pm · through Dec. 24
Holiday Pops 2026, Symphony Hall · 7:30 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
Boston Ballet: The Nutcracker, Citizens Opera House · through Dec. 31
Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold, The Charles Playhouse- 74 Warrenton Street · 7:30 pm–9:30 pm · through Jan. 3
The Slutcracker, Somerville Theatre · 8:00 pm · through Jan. 3
Mexodus, Loeb Drama Center · 7:30 pm · through Jan. 10
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.