Living - Events - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Boston is famous for its diverse events year-round

• Listings: Connect to online calendars and databases; show what's going on and where
  • Upcoming: Collaborative event calendar; shows upcoming events of all kinds: concerts, lectures, trade shows, community events, etc. as submitted by registered users; can view by date, venue, tag, submit group, or popularity
  • Globe: Arts & Entertainment section from Boston Globe
  • Phoenix: Boston Phoenix Arts & Entertainment; listings of music, movies, theater, food & drink, books, dance, art, comedy, and events
  • City Calendar: City of Boston Calendar; shows civic and government as well as entertainment, arts, cultural events
  • Happenings: SearchBoston.com calendar of events
  • Music/Pollstar: Pollstar, the Concert Hotwire for Boston; Pollstar provides worldwide concert tour schedules, ticket sales results, music industry contact directories, trade news and data services
  • MusiCal: Database of music events in Boston; lists the dates, times, places, and performers for music events in the area
• Performing: Boston is home to many performing arts and cultural groups
  • American Rep: American Repertory Theatre; resident at Harvard University's Loeb Drama Center
  • Ballet: Boston Ballet
  • Early Music: Early Music Boston
  • Emmanuel Music:
  • Lyric Opera: Boston Lyric Opera
  • New Rep: New Repertory Theatre; contemporary and classic repertoire; regional premieres and works by promising new playwrights
  • Opera: Opera Boston
  • Boston Pops: Summer music series; established in 1885 as "light music of the best class"
  • Philharmonic: Boston Philharmonic
  • Revels: Celebration performances; seasonal, year-round costumed performances with music, dance, drama, and ritual; noted winter solstice ritual
  • Symphony: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras; Symphony Hall in Boston; Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts.
• Periodic: Boston has many annual or one-day special events, ongoing summer concert series, and recurring trade shows
  • Anime: Convention; Japanese animation
  • Arts: Boston Arts events
  • Blues Fest: Boston Blues Festival; Boston Blues Week
  • Boat Fest: Boston Antique & Classic Boat Festival; Classic sailboats, powerboats, hand-powered craft on display; nautical market, entertainment and a Grand Parade of Boats
  • Book Fair: Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair; rare, collectible and antiquarian books, modern first editions, maps and autographs
  • Cyberarts: Boston Cyberarts Festival; international biennial festival of art and technology in all media; visual and performing arts, computers in traditional artistic disciplines, interactive worlds
  • Early Music: Boston Early Music Festival & Exhibition; concerts by leading early music artists, rare instrument exhibitions, lectures, master classes, and concurrent performance events
  • Festival Noir: Art show; fine art, Afrocentric art-to-wear, leather, hand crafted dolls, handmade jewelry, Kwanzaa gifts, Christmas decorations, resin figurines, children's clothing, rare and contemporary books, stationery products, hand crafted accessories
  • Fine Art Show: Boston International Fine Art Show; fine art fair
  • First Night: New Year's celebration; also Summer Beat series and Neighborhood Network, a community-based outreach program
  • Fisherman's Feast: Italian Festival; in honor of Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca
  • Flower Show: New England Flower Show; annual celebration of flowers indoor arena
  • Folk Fest: Boston Folk Festival; music, dance, boat cruises with sea shanties, children's activities, food, and crafts
  • Fourth July: Bston's Fourth of July Celebration; fireworks on Charles River
  • Harbor Fest: Boston Harborfest; independence day celebration
  • Hatch Shell: Hatch Shell outdoor stage; Esplanade on Charles River; outdoor concerts, movies; Earth Day concert in April; Fourth of July Boston Pops show
  • Lowell Music: Lowell Summer Music Series
  • St Patrick: St Patrick's Day Parade; informational links
  • Scooper Bowl: Ice cream festival; benefits cancer research
  • Spinazzola Gala: Anthony Spinazzola Foundation Friends of Spinazzola Grand Benefit Dinner; showcase of cuisine; raises money for Spinazzola foundation work for hunger-relief agencies, programs for the homeless, and culinary scholarships
  • Walk for Hunger: Walk for Hunger; Project Bread
  • Wine Fest: Boston Wine Festival

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