42M I go to a lot of shows but rarely hardcore/metal shows because none of my friends are into it. Big Fiddlehead/Have Heart fan and hardcore/metalcore in general.

Hi! 22. New-ish to Boston, lived here years ago. I would love to make some artist/nerdy friends here, but I'm not sure where to find them. People in my age range (Under 30, probably. Sorry!) preferred.

To get a simple read on me; my music taste is pretty much just Vocaloid. I like to draw, play video games (resident evil, fallout), and my usual thing to watch is anime.

It'd be nice to try out bakeries or cafes/bubble tea shops, go to museums, or even just find a quiet spot to draw together! If any of this resonates with you please DM, I'd love to chat more first before getting into anything!

Super embarrassing but my last attempt trying to find this before Friday anyone know any gas stations or liquor stores in Boston that sell it you will definitely be saving me !

Got 8 of us in Boston this weekend for a bachelor party (all around 30 years old) and looking for some local advice instead of ending up at tourist traps.
We’re after high-energy nights but not full-on college/frat chaos.

Think:
Packed bars
Good music (live band, DJ, throwback hits, house… open to anything)
Places where people are actually social
Easy to bounce between a few spots if needed

Specifically need recommendations for a Thursday night, Friday night.

Hi! I am looking for folks who can accompany me on hikes. I have two dogs and would love to bring them with me. If this sounds like you please dm. Thank you.

August 6th, 8 PM

Hi, It’s my first time making a post like this. I have a ticket for the BTS concert on August 6th at Gillette Stadium. The details of the seat are Section 240 , Row 17, seat 9. I want to sell it for $120, initially bought it for $195.

I really wanted to attend the concert but I can’t make it to the concert.

Please reply if you are interested, I am open to negotiating the price if that doesn’t work for you.

Thank you so much for your time.

Looking to find good nightlife for late 20s early 30s think 28-32ish. Trying to avoid the college crowd or 25 and under crowd. We like live music, good food, good drinks. Dive bars but also enjoy boujee cocktail bars too. All recommendations welcome! Thank you!! 🫶🏻

Hi everyone! My boyfriend and I just relocated from Milwaukee, Wisconsin! My birthday is in the next few weeks so I wanted to treat myself with a new haircut and my boyfriend needs a new one as well! We are located in the south end. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a hairdresser and barber thank you so much!

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a nice week! This weeks list belongs to the neighborhoods: the Puerto Rican Festival takes over Franklin Park for two days of music, food, and a parade, and NICE, a fest fills Davis Square with 80+ local bands. Add Shakespeare on the Common, three different outdoor movie nights, an old-time radio play, the French Film Festival kicking off at the MFA, and Ariana Grande playing three nights at the Garden, and there is genuinely something for every mood. A quick heads-up if you have Ariana tickets: two of the three Boston dates were rescheduled, so double-check yours before you head out. Have a great weekend!

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Picks of the Week!

🇵🇷 Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts (Franklin Park, Free, Sat & Sun 12-10pm, Two days of live music, food kiosks, and carnival rides, capped by Sunday's parade.)

🎸 NICE, a fest (Davis Square, Ticketed, Fri-Sun, 80+ New England indie bands across three venues, plus a vendor market and after-parties.)

🎭 Shakespeare on the Common (Boston Common, Free, Through Aug 9, A Midsummer Night's Dream returns for the 30th production of this beloved summer tradition.)

🕵️ The Maltese Falcon (radio play) (BCA, From $5, Thurs-Sun, A live 1930s-style radio broadcast of the noir classic. The most charming ticket in town.)

🇫🇷 Boston French Film Festival (MFA, $30, Opens Friday, The MFA's beloved summer festival kicks off a month of new French cinema.)

Thursday 7/23

🕵️ The Maltese Falcon: Opening Night | Plaza Black Box, Boston Center for the Arts | Pay-what-you-wish from $5 | 7:30pm | The Post-Meridian Radio Players recreate what it felt like to sit in the studio for an old-time radio broadcast, performing their own adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 noir. Opening night is pay-what-you-wish, so this is a genuinely great cheap night out. (Buy at the in-person box office to skip the online fee.)

🎬 Boston Landing Movie Night: The Grinch | Athletes Park, Brighton | Free | Doors 6:30pm | Christmas in July, unapologetically. How the Grinch Stole Christmas on an outdoor screen at Boston Landing, all ages. A delightfully silly way to cool off on a July night.

🖼️ Free Thursday Nights at the Gardner | Fenway | Free | 5-9pm | The Gardner's weekly night. Wander the Courtyard and galleries at no cost. Register in advance; day-of tickets aren't guaranteed.

🎨 ICA Free Thursdays | Seaport | Free | 5-9pm | The weekly free-admission night: galleries open late, harbor views, and the seasonal bar. Free tickets are released at 10am that morning.

🍷 BRIX Thursday Tasting | South End & Financial District | Free | 5-7pm | The reliable weekly pours at both locations, with a theme that rotates each week.

🎤 Ariana Grande: The Eternal Sunshine Tour | TD Garden | Ticketed (sold out) | 8pm, doors 6:30 | Night one of three. Note this show was moved from July 22, so check your ticket date. All three nights are sold out through the box office.

Friday 7/24

🎸 NICE, a fest (Day 1) | Davis Square, Somerville | $50-55 day / $135 weekend | Fri-Sun | The best local music weekend of the year, back after a year off. 80+ artists from all six New England states across Crystal Ballroom, The Rockwell, and a brand-new stage at Dragon's Lair (yes, the pizza place, decked out as a '90s Pizza Hut paradise with arcade cabinets). Plus a Small Mart vendor market and NICE@NITE after-parties each night. Comfortable shoes, earplugs, merch money.

🇫🇷 Boston French Film Festival: Opening Night | MFA | $30 | 7pm | The MFA kicks off a month of new French cinema with Bazaar (Le crime du 3e etage), a mystery-comedy about a Parisian couple who suspect their neighbor of murder. A playful Hitchcock homage. (Opening night is sold out, but Saturday and Sunday screenings are available.)

🎬 Free Friday Flicks: Zootopia 2 | DCR Hatch Shell, Esplanade | Free | Sundown (~7:30pm) | One of Boston's very best summer traditions. Bring a blanket, pack a picnic, and claim a spot on the lawn along the Charles. This week's feature is Zootopia 2. Free, open to all, and weather-dependent.

🎬 Friday Movie Nights at MIT Open Space: Space Jam | Cambridge | Free | 6:30pm | A movie under the stars in Kendall with snacks while supplies last. This Friday it's Space Jam. An easy, charming, no-cost date night.

⚾ Red Sox vs. Blue Jays | Fenway | Ticketed | 7:15pm | Toronto's in town for a three-game weekend series.

🌳 Summer on the Green | Boston Common | Free | 10am-6pm daily through Sunday | An outdoor shopping and entertainment pop-up on the Common, running all weekend.

🍷 The Friday Edit at DeLuca's | Beacon Hill & Newbury | Free | 4-7pm | The weekly tasting in the hidden wine cellars at both locations, no ticket needed.

Saturday 7/25

🇵🇷 Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts | Franklin Park Playstead, Roxbury | Free | 12-10pm | Boston's biggest cultural festival of the summer, in its 58th year and drawing 50,000+ people over the weekend. Live performances from local and international artists, kiosks of Puerto Rican food, arts and crafts, a health expo, and carnival rides. Genuinely one of the warmest, most joyful days on the city's calendar.

🎸 NICE, a fest (Day 2) | Davis Square | Ticketed | All day | Saturday is the fullest day of the festival. Notable names on the bill include Krill, Black Beach, Downtown Boys, Somos, Bay Faction, Mallcops, Twen, and Coral Moons. No headliners by design, just a full day of discovering your new favorite band.

🕵️ The Maltese Falcon | BCA | $15-20 | 2pm & 7:30pm | Two chances to catch the radio play today.

🇫🇷 French Film Festival: Promised Sky | MFA | $30 | 2pm | The 11am screening is sold out, but the afternoon show still has tickets.

⚾ Red Sox vs. Blue Jays | Fenway | Ticketed | 4:10pm | Saturday afternoon baseball.

🎤 Ariana Grande | TD Garden | Sold out | 8pm | Night two, and the only one of the three that was never rescheduled.

Sunday 7/26

🇵🇷 Puerto Rican Parade & Festival | Roxbury | Free | Parade midday, festival 12-10pm | The weekend's centerpiece. The parade steps off from Centre Street and proceeds toward Franklin Park with floats, dance troupes, singers, and honorees, then everyone spills into the festival grounds. If you only do one thing this weekend, make it this.

🛍️ Newbury Street Open | Back Bay | Free | Daytime | The pedestrian-only Sundays are a Boston summer staple. Eight blocks of shops, cafes, and galleries with no cars, so just stroll, shop, and eat outside.

📚 Elevee Book Club: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Back Bay (2 Dartmouth St) | Ticketed | 11am-1pm | Dive into Taylor Jenkins Reid's astronaut novel and talk all things bookish with fellow fans. A lovely, low-key Sunday morning plan if the festival crowds aren't your speed.

🧺 SoWa Open Market | South End | Free | 11am-5pm | The Sunday flagship: farmers and makers, food trucks, an outdoor beer garden, live music, and the open artist studios next door. My favorite lazy-Sunday wander.

🎸 NICE, a fest (Day 3) | Davis Square | Ticketed | All day | The closing day, with a final after-party DJ set to send the weekend off.

🇫🇷 French Film Festival: Nino | MFA | $30 | 2pm | A quiet, air-conditioned Sunday afternoon option.

⚾ Red Sox vs. Blue Jays | Fenway | Ticketed | 1:35pm | Series finale, with Kids Run the Bases after the game.

Ongoing / all-week options

🎭 Shakespeare on the Common | Boston Common | Free | Through Aug 9 | Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 30th production is A Midsummer Night's Dream, the same play that launched the tradition in 1996. Bring a blanket and a picnic.

🎭 Buyer & Cellar | Club Cafe | Pay-what-you-can | Through Aug 1 | A one-man comedy about a struggling actor who lands a job working in Barbra Streisand's basement mall. Yes, really.

🖼️ Derrick Adams: View Master | ICA | $20 | Through Sept 7 | A mid-career survey of the NYC artist's bold, character-rich work celebrating Black everyday life.

🌊 Lucy Raven: Rounds | ICA Watershed, East Boston | Free | Ongoing | Two US-premiere installations, including an enormous kinetic light sculpture.

🚣 Kayak & Paddleboard at Community Boating | Esplanade | $40 | Season | See the city from the Charles.

🎵 Berklee Summer in the City | Various | Free | Ongoing | Berklee students and faculty popping up in parks and squares all over town. Always worth stumbling into.

Anyone going from Boston and have room for one? Of course I’d help with gas! Do you want to go and figure out logistics together? I wish Mansfield was more accessible without a car!

I’m a 34 year old Black woman born and raised here in the city. Big women’s sports fan and music lover. I’m chronically ill so I’ve been laying low but I have to get to this show!

Does anyone know of any soccer leagues or pickup games around south Boston/ south shore?

i just moved here post grad and missing my gay friends. Looking to make friends with cool hot gays in their early 20s. i love to workout, run, yoga, party, dance. just always down for a great time.

this is not a dating post, not looking for romantic attention

Hi, I’m from Toronto and will be attending bts concert August 5 and 6. The event train ticket released today 11am and I checked at 1pm it’s already sold out. Can anyone please advise if there will be a second sell on tickets or other ways to commute?
I booked my hotel at Fenway & Boylston st for easy access to event train stop at back bay station. Never thought a train ticket would sold so fast:(

I bought two cuz it was cheaper than one Who wants to come

Hey! Anybody got any good hardcore, metal or rock shows or venues coming up near Boston that have a good environment for queer folks?

Also, for whatever it’s worth, I don’t have much money to spend currently (but who does?)

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Hello Theater friends or fans of Hadestown! The movie of the show will be running for 5 nights in Boston. Current plan is to go on Saturday if anyone would like to join me downtown :) I love this show, seen it a couple times before and am excited to see it on a big screen. Dw I won't be cheesy and sing along, but we can afterwards. (23M btw)

Hey y'all, I (28M) went to watch Paranormal Activity at the Ermson Colonial Theatre last night, and that was one of the best theatre experiences I've ever had. Amazing production, so I wanted to let people know that this is definitely an experience worth trying out (I didn't really see anyone talking about it on this subreddit, but perhaps the search bar failed me).

I'm seriously reconsidering going again, and I'd be happy to accompany anyone interested but less well-versed in horror. Or if people saw it, would love to talk about it!

Looking for a beginner gym buddy
I have been paying for my Planet Fitness Subscription for months now, without using it
I'm a beginner and looking for an gym buddy who wants to be regular
location - Planet Fitness Downtown

Hey guys, new here and to boston as of this spring. M 29 living downtown, and have 2 friends coming in to visit this Friday.

We originally planned to go see odyssey at one of the imax theaters... science museum or jordans furniture... but all showings sold out this and next weekend lol.

Then i tried to get some red sox tickets from friends/fam... but came up empty and tickets are a little to expensive now. (Curse this win steak... but also lfg).

Curious if you guys have any ideas for fun stuff going on this Friday night and saturday? Open to any and all ideas at this point lol, worst case... we'll end up at a bar somewhere. 3 single dudes, so I guess... any recs on that front?

Have a Friday night to my [29m] self and need to let my hair down and go dancing on a Friday night! Anyone who would want to meet up for a few drinks before, hmu!! Would love to get a group of fun loving people together

I (25M) am looking for M or F friend who is interested in outdoor activities such as archery, kayaking, camping etc.

I drive about 1 hr to go to this public archery range often, I have a full set for camping, and interest in water sport such as kayaking/padel board.

Just here looking for ppl to touch grass with and spend my remaining summer before my school starts.

Hi

I have an extra pass for an early screening of a movie

*One Night Only*

Showtime - wed 22 july, amc causeway 13, 7:00pm

Would anyone like to join me for this early screening

No charge whatsoever 🤗🤝

Lmk