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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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Tuesday, Dec. 222 events · 34 ongoing

7:00 pm
Alisa Amador
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Cambridge
$35
7:00 pm
Boston College vs. Stonehill Men's Basketball
Conte Forum, 2601 Beacon Street, Brighton
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Also on this day: 34 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
Holiday Pops Kids' Matinee, Symphony Hall · 11:00 am · through Dec. 24
The Holiday Sing-Along! by Sarah Nolen and Phil Berman, Puppet Showplace Theater · 4:00 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
Midwinter Revels 2026: An American Celebration of the Solstice, Sanders Theatre · 7:00 pm · through Dec. 28
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
Oh, Mary!, Emerson Colonial Theatre · 7:30 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
Murray Dewart and Debra Fleury at Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston Sculptors Gallery · 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
List Projects 36: Will Stovall, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–7:00 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.