Stony Brook Commons

Boston Pride Parade & Festival 2024 by Boston Pride For The People

The Boston Pride Parade kicks off at 11am in Copley Square. It proceeds through the South End via Clarendon and Tremont Street, returns to Boylston Street via Berkeley Street, and then continues to Boston Common At Charles Street. Staging area: The area for parade marching contingents to gather and organize will be along Boylston Street, between Dartmouth Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Some side streets intersecting with Boylston Street will be utilized as well.

Festival and CHP Block Party info:

Boston Common Festival Start Time: 12 p.m.
City Hall Plaza Block Party Start Time: 2 p.m.
Boston Common Festival End Time: 6 p.m.
City Hall Plaza Block Party End Time: 8 p.m.

*Please note that there are two festival exhibitor locations, one at the Boston Common and another at City Hall Plaza. The Boston Common Festival is held 12-6pm . The City Hall Plaza is a 21+ event, which takes place 2 to 8 p.m.

For the latest information about the Festival please visit:
www.bostonprideforthepeople.org

Nubian Markets 1-Year Anniversary Block Party

Nubian Markets is hosting our 1st Year Anniversary Block Party on June 1st! This is an opportunity to celebrate the community that has been brought together by Nubian Markets. The event is a start-of-summer activation in Roxbury that celebrates with family fun, health and wellness, foods of the African diaspora, and more.

We'll have:

Black-owned business sampling and sales
Kid's activities
Henna
Halal cookout
History of Bartlett Yard through Photography
Tabling with community organizations

Nubian Markets' Anniversary Celebration is made possible by support from Boston Medical Center and Black Market Nubian. This event is also in collaboration with Nuestra Comunidad's Cleanest Streets 2024 initiative by celebrating National NeighborWorks Week. . Thank you to these key partners!

Memorial Day Garden of Flags: 37,000+ flags on Boston Common

Our signature community building event! Since 2010, we and hundreds of volunteers have created a majestic garden of flags on Boston Common for Memorial Day weekend. Each of the 37,000+ flags we plant every year at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument represents every brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Revolutionary War. The completed garden is a breathtaking tribute to the true meaning of Memorial Day and a powerful message of community support to the families of these fallen heroes that their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Where:
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
139 Tremont St
Boston, MA
12 to 6 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

Jamaica Plain Farmers Market

Welcome to the Jamaica Plain Farmers Market!

Location and hours:
This market is located in the Bank of America parking lot at 677 Centre St, Jamaica Plain.

Saturdays 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm all year; Tuesdays 12-5pm June-November (Starting June 18, 2024)

Info:

The Jamaica Plain Farmers Market is a small neighborhood market, featuring only the freshest local foods. The vendors must produce or make their own product and due to the small area for the market, there are no crafts or other non-food items for sale. We have farmers who accept farmer market coupons, WIC, and SNAP.

Please try to walk or bike to the market if possible. You can also park in the lot next to the bank parking lot , but not in the bank parking lot – thanks!

Roslindale Plant sale

Join us for the much-anticipated 3rd Annual Plant Sale at Adams Park, Roslindale! Delight in a morning of botanical bliss as we showcase a diverse array of plants and greenery for sale. From vibrant flowers to lush foliage, there's something for every garden enthusiast to explore and enjoy.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 18th, from 9 am to 12 pm, and join us for a blooming good time at the Roslindale Plant Sale. Don't miss this chance to add a touch of nature's beauty to your home and garden!

Where:
Adams Park
Poplar St
Boston, Ma 02131
9 to 12 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

2024 Franklin Park Kite & Bike Festival

Saturday, May 18th, 12 – 4 PM

(rain date Sunday, May 19, 2 – 5 PM)

Franklin Park Playstead, 25 Pierpont Road

It’s opening day in Franklin Park! Don’t miss out on this 50-year tradition in our park.

You can make a kite, buy one, or bring your own!
Food trucks
Bikes to try for younger kids with Countdown to Kindergarten
Bicycle repair station by REI
Free helmets

Started in 1969, the Kite & Bike Festival is a Boston tradition that gathers more than 1,000 people at Franklin Park each May to enjoy picnicking, kite flying, bicycles & music. One resident describes the Kite & Bike Festival as “My favorite day ever in the twenty years I’ve lived in Boston!”

Picture endless blue skies dotted with colorful kites, children and families running and laughing across bright green fields — this event is not to be missed! Hosted by the Franklin Park Coalition. Check out photos from past festivals!

Duckling Day

Mother’s Day is Duckling Day!

Join the Friends of the Public Garden in Boston’s most beautiful parks for Duckling Day! A beloved Mother’s Day tradition for over 30 years, the event celebrates the children’s classic book Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. Your family can join hundreds of children parading through Boston’s most picturesque parks, dressed like characters from the story. Led by the Harvard University Marching Band, the parade will begin in Boston Common and end in the Public Garden near the famous Make Way for Ducklings sculptures. It’s the most adorable event in all of Boston!

Before the Parade at noon (free to watch), join us for Playtime on the Common, a vibrant array of family entertainment from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. All activities are included with event admission:

· New for this year: enjoy a performance by young lion dancers from the Woo Ching White Crane School
· Interactive Circus Games with Esh Circus Arts
· Jenny the Juggler
· Peter O’Malley, magician
· Jump, climb, and play with Knucklebones
· Meet our giant Duck!
· Visit with the Harvard University Band
· Make Way for Ducklings reading station
· A goody bag for every kid – full of Duckling Day-themed items!

Where:
Parkman Bandstand
Boston Common
Boston, MA 02111
10 to 12:30 p.m.
Admission:
$35-40

Spring Bird Walk at the Boston Nature Center

Join us to observe resident birds and spring migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite stomping ground for many bird species. A BNC naturalist will help us find and identify birds through field marks, sounds, and behaviors. Birders of all levels will enjoy these guided walks; beginning birders are encouraged to come! The trails are flat and easy to walk.

We have a Nature Center with bathrooms and a water bottle filling station, as well as a large parking lot.

PLEASE REGISTER at the following link: Spring Bird Walk (massaudubon.org)

Where:
Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center
500 Walk Hill Street
Mattapan, MA 02126
7 to 10 a.m.
Admission:
FREE

Japan Festival Boston 2024

JAPAN FESTIVAL BOSTON Returns After 5 Years!

We Missed You. We are happy to announce that your favorite Japanese festival experience in the heart of Boston is finally back.

Japan Festival Boston is officially back in 2024! Join us on April 27th and 28th, 2024 from 11am to 5pm at the historic Boston Commons for a weekend filled with music, food, games, Japanese goods, and much much more!

This year’s festival will feature various performances on the Main Stage and at the Gazebo. There will be cultural workshops at our culture tent. Kids games and activities at the Kids Corner. Vendors selling Japanese products, art, and various other goods. And also cultural groups, such as Ikebana, Tea Ceremony, martial arts groups, and so much more!

Where:
Boston Common
16 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02108
11 to 5 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

World Tai Chi Day with Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi

Once again, the students and teachers of Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi celebrate the biggest Tai Chi event of the year. Join us at Boston's Chinatown gate for demonstrations of Tai Chi, Pakua, and the many fist and weapon forms of internal Kung Fu.

The ancient art of Tai Chi is renowned for its health benefits, especially for older people. Whether you are new to Tai Chi or a long-time practitioner, everyone is welcome to attend this free event. The rain date is April 28.

Where:
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
185 Kneeland Street
Boston, MA 02111
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Admission:
FREE

Happy Birthday, Cowboy: A Boston Youth Poet Laureate Poetry Reading

On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, from 6 - 8 p.m. at Boston City Hall Plaza's Civic Pavilion, we'll be celebrating National Poetry Month with a reading featuring Parker-Vincent Alva, Boston's new Youth Poet Laureate! This is Parker's first public reading as Youth Poet Laureate.

Host: Boston's Poet Laureate, Porsha Olayiwola

Guest performances by: Crystal Valentine, Amy Luo, and more poets to be announced!

Light refreshments will be provided.

2024 Boston Marathon

Monday, April 15 -start times range from 9:22 to 10:30 a.m. 26 mile, 385 yard course between Hopkinton and Boston. The 122nd Boston Marathon - one of the city's biggest events of the year, and also known as the "Patriots Day Race" - features more than 25,000 elite runners from around the world competing in a route made difficult by rolling terrain and features such as "Heartbreak Hill." Although the winners complete the course in just over 2 hours, many participants are still running hours later. Registration to run in each year's race takes place in September, but you can watch from anywhere along the Boston Marathon route - or check out qualifying times.

One Boston Day

One Boston Day recognizes the resiliency, generosity, and strength demonstrated by the people of Boston and those around the world in response to the tragedy of April 15, 2013.

Ten years later, Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston invite community-based organizations, businesses, City workers, and residents to come together for volunteer events and acts of kindness in recognition of our City’s spirit of care for one another in response to the tragic events of April 15, 2013. Learn more below and share your acts of kindness with the world using the hashtag .

REGISTER YOUR ONE BOSTON DAY EVENT!

We're inviting Boston-based organizations and communities to host service events honoring One Boston Day. If you or your organization are hosting a community event for One Boston Day, please click below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aMxPDMcHVcuhsRj_PkN3NN6X6iFyxjS5z70UrvE-Q5A/viewform?edit_requested=true

ONE BOSTON DAY EVENTS:

Franklin Park Community Cleanup (April 13)

Create Your Own Boston Marathon Sign (April 14)

Stepping Strong Center Blood Drive and Trauma Awareness Activities (April 15)

and so much more....

For more events, click HERE

Where:
Boston
Surrounding areas
Boston, MA
9 to 11 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

Taiko Drumming in the Cherry Blossoms

Come celebrate Japanese culture amongst the Arboretum’s beautiful cherry blossoms, with Taiko drumming by local band KM2 + KASA Taiko, and calligraphy and Japanese games by the Showa Boston Institute. The Taiko drumming will be taking place from 6:00-6:30, with Showa activities before and after. Seating for the performance will be on the ground, but you are welcome to bring a blanket to sit on.

Accessibility: This program will take place on mowed grass in the Bradley Rosaceous Collection.

Audience: This event is appropriate for all ages.

Inclement weather policy: Participants will be notified via email at least 24 hours in advance if a program needs to be cancelled due to inclement weather, and will be notified by phone if a program must be cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice. Click here to view our full inclement weather policy. If you have questions about the status of a program, please email [email protected] or call the Visitor Center desk between 10:00am and 4:00pm at (617) 384-5209.

Registration: Registration is not required for this event but helps us to plan.

Where:
The Arnold Arboretum
125 Arborway
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
6 to 7 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

College Night: Hallyu!

Join us for College Night, inspired by “Hallyu! The Korean Wave.” In celebration of Korean art and pop culture, we’re welcoming college and university students to the Museum for a special evening of dance performances, art making, music, gallery talks, free food, and more! Admission—including access to “Hallyu!”—is free with a valid school ID.

Check back soon for a full lineup of events and activities.

Where:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
6 to 9 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

Blazers vs. Celtics Games

The 28th Annual Greek Independence Day Parade of Boston

The 28th Annual Greek Independence Day Parade of Boston will return on Sunday, April 7th at 1:00pm starting at Boylston & Exeter Streets and concluding at Boylston & Charles Streets. Immediately following the parade, the Boston Common will transform into “Plaka,” Athens’ central square, with a Greek cultural celebration packed with Hellenic heritage. The New England Evzones and local Greek dance troupes will perform dances from all over Greece, as attendees are encouraged to try their hand at Greek dancing and indulge in authentic Greek food which will be provided by Greek street trucks and vendors. In commemoration of Greece’s independence from Ottoman Rule, which began on March 25, 1821, this year’s parade is presented by the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of New England (FHASNE), supported by the Mayor's Office of Special Events and Tourism, and in cooperation with The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston (MBC) and The Consulate General of Greece in Boston.

Where:
Boylston & Exeter Streets
Boylston at Exeter Street
Boston, MA 02116
1 to 4 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

SoWa First Friday

APRIL AND ART ARE ALLURING.

There is only one 450 Harrison Ave.

April and art are a celebration of life in a new season. Find out by shopping for art at 450 Harrison Ave, Boston. Our many talented artists are waiting to meet you.

First Friday is April 5th, so save the date:

Friday, April 5, 2023, 5pm-9pm

And there are four SoWa Sundays in April. You’ll meet the artists in person. You’ll be the first to see their new works. You’ll love everything about the experience.

http://sowaartists.com

http://facebook.com/SoWaArtistsGuild

https://www.instagram.com/sowaartistsguild/

Rain or Shine! Easter Eggstravaganza Hunt. Also, congratulations to all the Winners that won Easter Baskets, Wealths and Celtics Tickets. It was a FUN Day and we hope you all enjoy it.

Womanimation! MassArt Encore Edition

A special edition comes to Massachusetts College of Art and Design on Saturday March 30th at 3:00 pm in the Design and Media Center (DMC) Lecture Hall, on 621 Huntington Avenue in Boston. The event is free and open to the MassArt community and the general public.

In the length of a typical 90-minute feature film, this special edition of twelve films from ten countries will entertain and challenge, with visual styles from stop motion to computer animation to 2D, often blending styles and materials to achieve distinctive looks.

A slideshow introducing the filmmakers will precede the program, and audience members will be given ballots to select their favorite films of the program. DJ Madame B will weave soundscapes created by women across the globe before and after the screening.

Festival organizers from MergingArts Productions, which produces the festival, will be in attendance to introduce the program.

The event is a SWAN Day event. SWAN Day is an international holiday held in March designed to showcase the power and diversity of women’s creativity.

Where:
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, DMC Lecture Hall
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
3 to 5:30 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

Egg Hunt

Welcome to the Egg Hunt event at Johnson Park! Get ready for a fun-filled morning of searching for colorful eggs hidden around the park. The event starts on Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM, so make sure to arrive on time to join in on the excitement. Bring your friends and family for a memorable day of hunting and exploring. Don't forget to bring a basket to collect all the eggs you find!

Where:
Johnson Park
136 Green St
Boston, MA
10 to 11 a.m.
Admission:
FREE

Taylor Swift Trivia

Join us for Taylor Swift Themed Trivia Questions! Register here or walk-ins welcome.

Where:
Fenway Community Center
1282 Boylston Street (entrance on Jersey St.)
Boston, MA 02215
6 to 8 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

Women's History Month Celebration

Women’s History Month, held throughout the United States every March since 1987, commemorates and encourages the study and observance of the vital role women have played throughout our history. On Saturday, March 23, the Museum of Science celebrates women’s contributions to science, culture, and society with a special weekend event that includes Dope Labs, keynote speaker Dr. Sian Proctor, live presentations, activities, and more!

Use promo code WHM24 for free admission at mos.org!

Where:
Museum of Science, Boston
1 Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
10 to 4 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

PAX East 2024

PAX East 2024, the East Coast’s most-attended gaming event, returns to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center from Thursday, March 21 - Sunday, March 24, 2024.

Celebrate all things gaming at the 20th Anniversary of PAX, featuring:

An expansive expo hall with wall-to-wall developers and publishers, both local and from around the world, showing off highly anticipated titles.

In-depth panel discussions from top industry professionals and content creators.

Live events featuring iconic gaming personalities, Esports tournaments with some of the biggest names in professional gaming, and video game music concerts.

Where:
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
415 Summer St.
Boston, MA 02210

Admission:
$67

South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade 2024

The South Boston St. Patrick’s Day/Evacuation Day Parade returns to take place on Sunday March 17th 2024.

In Boston, St. Patrick’s Day is observed annually with a parade that takes place in South Boston, the city's predominant Irish-American neighborhood. The parade has been a tradition in South Boston for more than 110 years, with the first procession taking place in 1902. It includes various marching bands, police and army contingents, costume spectacles, novelty vehicles, and a general "green" atmosphere due to participants and onlookers wearing green hats and accessories to reflect the association of the color with Irish culture.

Where:
Broadway MBTA Stop to Farragut Road
W Broadway
Boston, MA
1 to 5 p.m.
Admission:
FREE

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Buffalo Exchange's 50th Anniversary Pop-up Shop

For vintage lovers and secondhand enthusiasts, an unmissable shopping event is on the horizon: over the weekend of March 16th and 17th, both Buffalo Exchange Boston locations are hosting a special two-day pop-up shop to celebrate 50 years of recycled fashion.

Where: Buffalo Exchange Boston (Brookline) and Buffalo Exchange Boston (Somerville)

When: Saturday, March 16 from 11am-8pm and Sunday, March 17 from 11am-7pm

Dine Out Boston 2024

Diners can choose from old favorites to the latest culinary hot spots, from nationally-known chain restaurants to local chef-owned bistros, from Asian or Latin fare to French, Italian, seafood, tapas and sushi, from the award-winning restaurants of Boston and Cambridge to the gourmet gems in the suburbs north, west and south of the city. So, get your taste buds ready!

Dine Out Boston is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of delicious deals at participating restaurants. Dine Out Boston formerly known as Restaurant Week Boston® is brought to you by Meet Boston twice a year, providing locals and visitors an opportunity to sample area restaurants at special prices.

Where:
Various Greater Boston Restaurants
139 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
12 to 10 p.m.
Admission:
Unknown

Oscars Watch Party at Trident Booksellers & Café

Welcome to the Oscars Watch Party!

Seating will be first come first serve.

Join us on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at Trident Booksellers & Cafe for a night of glitz, glamour, and movie magic. Get ready to cheer for your favorite stars and films as we gather together to celebrate the biggest night in the film industry. Seating will begin at 6:30pm. We will be staying open late to watch the full ceremony!

Trident's regular menu will be available as well as some specialty cocktails for the occassion! We will have our own voting session, games, wine tastings, and photo ops. Mingle with other attendees and discuss your predictions and opinions on the winners. Please come dressed to impress!!!

Don't miss out on this unforgettable evening filled with laughter, surprises, and unforgettable moments. Grab your friends, bring your enthusiasm, and be part of the Oscars Watch Party at Trident Booksellers & Cafe!