Things to do in Boston this weekend - May 22nd - 24th
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FRIDAY - MAY 22nd
Red Sox vs Twins @ Fenway Park @ 7:10PM Promotion: Roger Clemens 20-Strikeout Double Bobblehead
‘Angel’s Egg’ Screening @ MFA @ 7PM *Part of UNIQLO Festival of Films from Japan
‘Cecil B. Demented’ Screening @ Coolidge Corner @ 9:30PM
Zakir Khan Comedy Show @ Wang Theatre @ 7PM
Colin Quinn Stand-Up @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM
Abbas Wahab Stand-Up @ The Comedy Studio @ 7:15PM
‘Challenge Mania’ Live Show @ City Winery @ 7PM Stars from MTV’s hit reality competition series ‘The Challenge’ take the stage for a one-of-a-kind, interactive variety show hosted by Derrick Kosinski and Scott Yager of the wildly popular ‘Challenge Mania’ podcast.
‘Heated Rivalry’ Comedy Show @ Laugh Boston @ 7PM
‘Now Kiss’ Comedy Showcase @ The Rockwell @ 7PM Come for an unforgettable night featuring standup, sketch, improv – all the things!
‘Rock Bottom Improv’ Comedy Show @ The Rockwell @ 9:15PM Boston’s top veteran improvisers take the stage for a completely unscripted, high-energy comedy experience.
‘Ladies & Tangents’ Podcast Live @ Crystal Ballroom @ 7:30PM
Leslie Odom Jr. in Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 7:30PM ‘Hamilton’ star Leslie Odom Jr. joins the Boston Pops for an evening of world-class showmanship.
Candlelight: Tribute to Queen and The Beatles @ Old South Church @ 6PM
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons @ Old South Church @ 8:30PM
Lucinda Williams and Her Band @ Chevalier Theatre @ 8PM
Charlie Puth @ MGM Music Hall @ 7:30PM With Daniel Seavey & Ally Salort
The Sheila Divine @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Bird Language & Louder Joy
Wage War @ The Palladium @ 7:30PM With Nevertel & Orthodox
$50 + Ding Dong @ Big Night Live @ 10PM
The Black Angels @ Royale @ 6PM With L.A. Witch
Perreoland: Old School vs New School @ Royale @ 9PM
The Glitter Boys @ The Sinclair @ 10PM
The Whimbrels @ Deep Cuts @ 7PM With Thalia Zadek & Unmade Bed
SATURDAY - MAY 23rd
Red Sox vs Twins @ Fenway Park @ 4:10PM Promotion: Survivor 50th Season Day
Small Mart Pop-Up Market @ Crystal Ballroom @ 11AM Visit this curated, vibrant marketplace filled with more than 40 local artists, makers, and vintage vendors.
‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Screening @ Coolidge Corner Theatre @ 11:30PM
Dan Delray Stand-Up @ Laugh Boston @ 6:30PM / 9PM
Myq Kaplan Stand-Up @ The Comedy Studio @ 7:15PM / 9:30PM
Pink Martini in Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 7:30PM Pink Martini, featuring vocalists Storm Large and Jimmie Herrod, joins the Boston Pops for a glamorous, foot-tapping good time on a Saturday night.
Roberto Carlos @ Wang Theatre @ 8PM
Ari Lennox @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM With Lekan & Phabo
AfriCity Music Festival @ Big Night Live @ 9PM
All That Remains @ The Palladium @ 5:30PM With Born of Osiris & Dead Eyes
Robber Robber @ Deep Cuts @ 7PM With Empath & Clifford
SUNDAY - MAY 24th
Red Sox vs Twins @ Fenway Park @ 1:35PM Promotion: Kids Run the Bases
Black Owned Bos. Market @ Seaport @ 12PM From gifts and apparel to packaged foods and beauty & skincare products, the market features Black-owned businesses from the Greater Boston area.
‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Screening @ MFA @ 2PM *Part of UNIQLO Festival of Films from Japan
Tacarra Williams Stand-Up @ City Winery @ 3:30PM / 7:30PM
Miles Davis and John Coltrane Centennial Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 3PM Celebrate the 100th birthdays of two formative figures in jazz whose work defined key moments in the genre’s history.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ TD Garden @ 7:30PM
David Lee Roth @ House of Blues @ 7PM
Pedro Sampaio @ Big Night Live @ 9PM
Spinall Motion @ Mémoire @ 9PM
Conjurer @ The Rockwell @ 7PM With Snooze & Pains
ALL WEEKEND
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Fenway Vintage Festival @ Time Out Market Expect over 30+ vendors, Y2k, $10 piles, food & drinks, temp tats, tooth gems, free drinks, and so much more!
All weekend - CraftBoston Arts & Craft Fair @ Cyclorama This vibrant weekend market celebrates local artists, skilled makers, and creative entrepreneurs in a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere.
All weekend - Sam Sessions Music Festival @ Samuel Adams Boston Brewery Enjoy local acts performing back-to-back on two stages and sip newest release beer.
All weekend - ‘Reunion Week’ Film Program @ The Brattle Enjoy screenings of films celebrating 25th, 50th, and 75th anniversaries, including ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘An American in Paris,’ ‘Ghost World,’ & more.
All weekend - Campfire Festival @ Club Passim See your favorite local artists and discover new emerging talents at this annual music festival.
All weekend - ‘Swept Away’ Musical @ The Wimberly Theatre Featuring music from The Avett Brothers, ‘Swept Away’ is a gripping, heart-rending new musical about brotherhood, morality, and the cost of survival. Ends 5/23.
All weekend - ‘Something Rotten!’ Musical @ Lyric Stage This musical comedy follows a brothers duo set out to create the world’s first ever musical production in the 1500s. Ends 6/7.
All weekend - ‘Oedipus el Rey’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion A searing tale of love, family, and prophecy, ‘Oedipus el Rey’ blends ancient myth with modern urgency and Chicano swagger with swaths of sly humor. Ends 6/14.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Open Market @ SoWa @ 11AM One of the largest open-air farmer and artist markets returns this summer season! Ends 11/15.
Ongoing - Dino Safari Experience @ CambridgeSide Based on actual science with life size dinosaurs and fossils, this immersive experience lets visitors explore life during the Jurassic, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods with realistic, life-size dinosaurs. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Discovering King Tut’s Tomb’ Exhibition @ Saunders Castle at Park Plaza From breathtaking golden artifacts to a state-of-the-art VR journey into the pharaoh’s tomb, this interactive exhibit is a unique chance to step into the wonders of Ancient Egypt. Ends 7/12.
Ongoing - ‘Music America’ Exhibition @ Wang Theatre Featuring more than 100 legendary artifacts, ‘Music America’ traces 250 years of music history, from early folk song books and hymnals to contemporary musical production.
Ongoing - ‘Lighten Up! On Biology and Time’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum Featuring immersive artworks, installations, and experiential environments, this exhibition explores the connection between living organisms and the natural cycle of light and dark. Ends 8/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Innovators and Influencers’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition features paintings and textiles made or inspired by women in China over the past four centuries. Ends 6/23.
Ongoing - ‘Subvert, Repair, Reclaim: Contemporary Artists Take Back the Nude’ Exhibition The exhibition brings together multimedia works by 12 contemporary artists who critically engage with representations of the nude in Western art history. Ends 8/2.
Ongoing - ‘Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography’ Exhibition @ MFA Take a look at how different photographers employ the camera as a tool of transformation, taking everyday pictures from the ordinary to the strangely beautiful or even ominous. Ends 7/13.
Ongoing - ‘Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition draws on the MFA’s collection of Dutch art and Judaica to explore the different ways Jewish communities interacted with the artistic culture of Holland in the 1600s. Ends 12/1.
Ongoing - ‘Lucy Raven: Rounds’ Exhibition @ ICA NEW - The exhibition presents two major works that speak to themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force, the legacies of which continue to shape the physical and imagined landscape of the Western United States today. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Derrick Adams: View Master’ Exhibition @ ICA Derrick Adams’ painting, sculpture, collage, performance, video, and public projects celebrate the beauty of everyday life, transforming these moments into an iconography that resonates with the richness and complexity of Black culture in our time. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Extra/Ordinary’ Interactive Installation @ ICA Experience scenes of everyday life through the lens of a retro View Master toy. Receive a surprise drawing prompt from a vending machine and use your imagination to turn the ordinary into something entirely new. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now’ Exhibition @ ICA Enjoy a dynamic display of works from 39 multidisciplinary artists affiliated with the prestigious African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP). Ends 8/2.
Ongoing - ‘To My Best Friend’ Exhibition @ ICA Drawing from more than 50 artworks from the collection, this exhibition highlights a consistent interest in formal and material experimentation through works by historically underrepresented and women artists. Ends 12/31.
Ongoing - ‘Celtic Art Across the Ages’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums Discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. Ends 8/2.
Ongoing - ‘Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum See artist Edmonia Lewis’ vivid, naturalistic stone sculptures that feature abolitionists and social reformers, engage with Indigenous identity and give new life to religious and mythological figures. Ends 6/7.
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