July

2018 Events Coming Soon

Chinatown Festival

The 14th annual Chinatown Main Street Festival will be taking place soon! Join us in Chinatown for this fun and festive event; lion dancing, Chinese Folk Dance, arts & crafts, food vendors - admission is FREE!

Harbor festival

100+ events, including music concerts, Revolutionary reenactments, walks, talks, cruises, a Saturday art fair at Columbus Park, fireworks Saturday night, and a Sunday tasting event with a clam-chowder competition at Long Wharf.

Beer Bash

What better place to celebrate our independence than where it all began – the Cradle of Liberty! Join us & Samuel Adams at the 6th Annual Independence Bash! Live Music by Sparks The Rescue. Pre party with Sam Adams: 9-10pm . Beer samples & special giveaways. FREE entry until 10pm/$10 after 10pm. Must be 21+ with proper ID.

Boston Pops 4th of July

Join us along the Charles River for celebratory fireworks! Music, entertainment, 10:30 p.m. fireworks, firing cannons, and ringing church bells to celebrate America’s birthday. Strict security.

ArtBeat

ArtBeat is one of the area's largest and most innovative arts festivals, with over a dozen bands, dance troupes, 75 craft vendors, food, and all-age activities. On Friday night from 6 pm to 10 pm we have music and interactive performances, then on Saturday we shut down Davis Square for the craft vendors, two stages of music, dance in the Somerville Theater, and a host of great interactive performances from 11 am to 6 pm.

Figment / Participatory Art

An explosion of creative energy. It's a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one weekend each summer, we transform The Rose Kennedy Greenway into a large-scale collaborative artwork - and then it's gone.