The Daily Boston Brief · From the archive
Week Ahead — Sunday, July 26, 2026
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One pick for each day Monday through Sunday — a stacked concert week, free Shakespeare on the Common, and the Sox head west. 75 and sunny to start.
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| Weather 🌤️ 75° / 58° | The T Right Now ● RL ● OL ● GL ● BL Red: shuttles Alewife–Park St, regular service back the 31st · Green: Symphony closed, Summit Ave (C) bypassed · Blue and Orange clear · live status → | Roads Weekend lane closures and paving are posted on the state’s live map — worth a check before any longer Sunday drive. |
| The number: 266 — events on Boston’s calendar as day 207 of the year begins. Seven of our picks are below. see the whole list → | ⚾️ Sox dropped Saturday’s game to Toronto 6–0 and close the series at Fenway at 1:35 this afternoon — the last home game before a long trip west · full scoreboard → | 📅 The Week Ahead Seven days, seven things worth leaving the house for One pick a day — and it is a loud one for live music, with Tame Impala, Tim McGraw and Phish all in town, plus free Shakespeare and a car-free JP to round it out. | MON 7/27 | Three of the 2000s’ best Canadian indie bands on one bill by the water — a strong way to open the week. | | TUE 7/28 | The week’s biggest arena show lands at TD Garden — expect a full psych-pop light rig. | | WED 7/29 | Free orchestra on the Esplanade under the stars — bring a blanket and get there early for a spot. | | THU 7/30 | A stacked country night at Fenway Park — three headliners on one stage in the ballpark. | | FRI 7/31 | The jam-band faithful take over the ballpark — no two setlists alike, and Kenmore will be a scene. | | SAT 8/1 | Boston’s free summer theater tradition on Boston Common — pack a picnic and claim your patch of grass. | | SUN 8/2 | Centre Street goes car-free for the day — walk, bike and eat your way down the middle of JP. |
| The Red Sox wrap up their homestand against Toronto at Fenway at 1:35 this afternoon, then hit the road for a full week out west — four in Sacramento against the Athletics (Monday through Thursday, all late-night 9:40 starts here) and three in Los Angeles against the Dodgers over the weekend. Keep an eye on the roster too: the trade deadline is Friday, July 31, and Boston has been linked to a few names as it decides how hard to push. Scoreboard and schedule → | Via Boston.com Two arrests are tied to a recent run of phone snatchings downtown, and police are urging people to keep phones out of sight on busy blocks. Via CommonWealth Beacon A proposed statewide pause on new data centers is running into pushback on Beacon Hill, where senators are weighing the power draw against the revenue. Via Boston Restaurant Talk Three well-known spots are set to close — a notable shake-up in the South End dining scene, with more details still coming. Business An industrial-space firm is snapping up hard-to-find warehouse property in Hyde Park, a sign of how tight the market for local logistics space has become. | A full week ahead — pick your days. | ExploreBoston · 1 Beacon Street, Floor 15, Boston, MA 02108 |
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