645 events

  • Straight No Chaser at Orpheum Theatre Boston

    Orpheum Theatre · Boston

    Look up “holiday music” in the dictionary, and it’s likely that there is a photo of the nine-person a cappella group Straight No Chaser instead of a standard definition. For more than two decades, the group has provided the soundtrack of the season, bringing millions of fans to their feet while putting them in the...

  • Be Like Blippi

    Be Like Blippi
    Emerson Colonial Theatre · Boston

    Blippi and Meekah bring their high-energy live show to the stage, packed with music, laughter, and surprises, featuring fan-favorite songs like The Excavator Song and Dino Dance that spark curiosity in kids and families everywhere.

  • Boston Common Tree Lighting

    Boston Common · Boston

    The 84th annual Boston Common Tree Lighting. Mayor Michelle Wu is joined by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston. This is the 55th year Nova Scotia has given Boston a tree, in thanks for help after the December 6, 1917 explosion in Halifax Harbor.Free.

    Free
  • An Idiot’s Guide to Wine: Comedy over Wine

    Laugh Boston · Boston

    An Idiot's Guide to Wine pairs a stand-up comedy show with a guided tasting of five different wines at Laugh Boston. The show was written by Merrick Watts and is...

    $75
  • Michael Bravata: The Montcalms

    The Rockwell · Somerville

    Boston guitarist Michael Bravata plays his 2026 album The Montcalms straight through with a full band, including strings, and with musicians who played on the record. Doors are at 7:00...

  • Spoken Word Open Mic Night at Aeronaut

    Aeronaut Brewing Company · Somerville

    Come to Aeronaut for a different kind of Open Mic Night, where the only requirement is to share a piece of writing written by someone else. Short stories, poems, essays, tv monologues - all of it is fair game. Think of it like karaoke, but for reading! Sign ups start at 7PM, and the event...

    Free
  • Holiday Pops

    Holiday Pops
    Symphony Hall · Boston

    Holiday Pops brings you the magic of the season through a musical, multisensory experience that only the Pops can deliver! Gather 'round with your loved ones and take in the classics like “Jingle Bells" and “Sleigh Ride.”  

  • Michelle Wolf: Best Job in the World

    Chevalier Theatre · Medford

    A brand-new stand-up show from the chaotic mind of a mother of two who is typing this with one hand because the other is always holding someone or something. Michelle...

  • Lighting of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall

    Commonwealth Avenue Mall · Boston

    The City of Boston and the Friends of the Public Garden light the trees along Commonwealth Avenue Mall, the same night as the Boston Common tree lighting. The Common lighting page says this follows that celebration at about 8:15 PM. Free. This page lists 8:00 PM and does not give an end time. The address...

    Free
  • SoWa First Fridays

    SoWa First Fridays
    SoWa Art + Design District · Boston

    On the First Friday of every month, the artists, galleries, shops and showrooms of the SoWa Art + Design District in the South End open their doors to the public...

  • A Different Hue

    Galatea Fine Art · Boston

    A Different Hue at Galatea Fine Arts highlights work from four gallery members, including paintings by Maren Brown. The opening, during SoWa First Fridays, is free and open to the...

    Free
  • MFA First Fridays

    MFA First Fridays
    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston

    Looking to relax and have fun at the end of a long week? Unwind with First Fridays, an evening of music, dancing, art making, and more on the first Friday...

    Free – $30
  • Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes

    Old South Church · Boston

    Candlelight brings Favorite Anime Themes to the Sanctuary at Old South Church in a live concert performed in a room lit by candles. The concert runs 60 minutes, and doors...

    $31
  • The Tallis Scholars: Hail Mary

    St. Paul Church Cambridge · Cambridge

    The Tallis Scholars are back in Cambridge for their 38th straight season with the Boston Early Music Festival, and this year’s program is a Christmas one. Director Peter Phillips leads the British ensemble through Renaissance music written to honor the Virgin Mary: settings of the Ave Maria and Salve Regina by Josquin, Tallis, Lassus and...

    $30 – $140
  • Cirque Dreams Holidaze

    Cirque Dreams Holidaze
    Boch Center – Shubert Theatre · Boston

    CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE dazzles with a brilliantly breathtaking holiday spectacular for the entire family. As the original cirque holiday theatrical event, this annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around awe-inspiring contemporary circus arts. Guests of all ages will be on the edge of their seats as a cast of holiday characters come to life, captivating...

  • Mexodus

    Mexodus
    American Repertory Theater · Cambridge

    A story reclaimed. A legacy looped. You know the story of the Underground Railroad that ran north—but what about the one that ran south, across the Rio Grande into Mexico?...

    $45 – $106
  • Brett Eldredge: Glow

    Brett Eldredge: Glow
    Boch Center – Wang Theatre · Boston

    BRETT ELDREDGE has announced a 12-date tour where you wil; find Mr. Christmas himself performing original songs from his albums Merry Christmas (Welcome to the Family), Glow, and Mr. Christmas as well as holiday standards at historic...

  • A Carol Christmas

    A Carol Christmas
    The Footlight Club · Jamaica Plain

    Celebrate 25 years of The Footlight Club's annual fundraiser, A Carol Christmas! This evening of entertainment has become legendary filling Eliot Hall with laughter, harmony, and the warmth of the...

    $50
  • The Slutcracker

    Somerville Theatre · Somerville

    The Slutcracker is a beacon of joy that sparked worldwide interest upon its scandalous debut. It is beautiful. It is bawdy.But no children, please. This parody of The Nutcracker transports...

  • Berklee Turkish Ensemble

    Goethe-Institut Boston · Boston

    Join us for a concert by Berklee Turkish Ensemble led by distinguished musicians and Berklee faculty Utar Artun and Yağmur Soydemir. The Berklee Turkish Ensemble (BTE) presents a vibrant journey...

  • Abby Govindan: Pushing 30

    The Rockwell · Somerville

    Abby Govindan brings a new hour about dating, getting older, and breaking generational curses. Doors are at 9:00 p.m. and the show is at 9:30 p.m. The show is 21...