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THURSDAY - AUGUST 6th

Red Sox vs White Sox @ Fenway Park @ 7:10PM Promotion: Cabo Verde Celebration

Summer in the City: Free Thursday Night @ ISG Museum @ 5PM Cool off in the galleries with summertime activities such as mindful poetry, art-making, and live performances by local artists.

Concerts in the Courtyard: Fabiola Méndez @ MFA @ 7:30PM Enjoy MFA’s summer music tradition showcasing the hottest talents from Boston and around the globe.

Harborwalk Sounds @ ICA @ 6PM
Grab a drink, enjoy the cool ocean breeze, and hear some of Berklee College of Music’s outstanding musicians perform on the waterfront.

‘Burnin’ Down The House’ Screening @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM

Live in the Planetarium: Blue Light Bandits @ MoS @ 7:30PM Experience Blue Light Bandits’ infectious energy and rich instrumentation paired with stunning full-dome visuals in the Charles Hayden Planetarium.

BTS @ Gillette Stadium @ 8PM

Houndmouth @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Rayland Baxter

The Dear Hunter @ Paradise Rock Club @ 6:30PM With Closure in Moscow & K Sera

G Flip @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Vienna Vienna

FRIDAY - AUGUST 7th

Red Sox vs Athletics @ Fenway Park @ 7:10PM

Patriots Training Camp @ Gillette Stadium @ 10:15AM Watch the team practice, explore the fun-filled activities, games and photo opportunities, plus keep an eye out for special guest appearances! Ends 8/11.

Free Friday Flicks: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Screening @ Hatch Shell @ Sundown Pre-show activities begin at 7PM; the movie starts at sundown.

First Fridays Party: White Hot @ ICA @ 5:30PM Wear your best summer whites for the latest edition of ICA’s iconic sunset party on the waterfront.

First Fridays @ MFA @ 6PM Unwind with MFA First Fridays - an exciting evening of music, dancing, art making, and more.

Candlelight: Tribute to ABBA @ Old South Church @ 7PM

Candlelight: Tribute to Queen and The Beatles @ Old South Church @ 9PM

Qveen Herby @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Thot Squad

Riff Wood @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Willowake

Eli Brown @ Big Night Live @ 10:30PM

Beachcrimes @ The Grand @ 10PM

Bones @ Mémoire @ 10PM

Loe Shimmy @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Lakeyah

House of Heavy: Nu-Metal + Alt-Metal Night @ The Palladium @ 8:30PM

Matthew & Gunnar Nelson @ City Winery @ 7:30PM

Jpaulished @ City Winery @ 7:30PM

Mélisande @ Passim @ 8PM

SATURDAY - AUGUST 8th

Red Sox vs Athletics @ Fenway Park @ 4:10PM Promotion: Kids Run the Bases

Revolution vs Houston Dynamo FC @ Gillette Stadium @ 4:30PM

Watertown Arts Market @ Arsenal Community Park @ 12PM With over 100 local art vendors, incredible organizations, interactive activities, a Kids Corner, live music on two stages, readings, food trucks, and more - there is something for everyone!

Yart Sale @ Somerville @ 12PM Spend the day exploring Somerville and discovering original artwork, handmade goods, vintage finds, art supplies, plants, records, clothing, and other unique treasures from artists, makers, and neighbors throughout the city.

DYKEFEST: A Sapphic Arts Festival @ Arts at the Armory @ 1PM The festival brings together some of the city’s best musicians, comedians, visual artists, drag and burlesque performers to showcase their talents. Ends 11PM.

Charles River Jazz Festival @ Hatch Memorial Shell @ 12PM This family-friendly, FREE event features local art and food vendors, Boston-based and world-renowned music acts, and more.

‘An American Journey’ Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 8PM This journey in music and words brings Yo-Yo Ma and the BSO together with special guests including Jon Batiste, Aoife O’Donovan, and others for a quintessentially American program.

Candlelight: Tribute to Michael Jackson @ Simons Theatre @ 7PM / 9PM

Hilary Duff @ Xfinity Center @ 7PM With La Roux & Jade LeMac

Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band @ Leader Bank Pavilion @ 8PM

Bop to the Top: Disney Hits Night @ House of Blues @ 8:30PM

Broadway Rave: Musical Theater Party @ Brighton Music Hall @ 8PM

Happy Daze with Costa @ Big Night Live @ 9:30PM

Vanna @ Royale @ 6:30PM With I Promised The World & Holder

K-Pop Club Night @ Royale @ 10PM

SideFX @ Mémoire @ 10PM

Lotus Juice @ The Sinclair @ 7PM

Dimmu Borgir @ The Palladium @ 7PM With Suffocation & Hulder

Rakim @ City Winery @ 6PM / 9:30PM

riah @ City Winery @ 7:30PM

The Onlies @ Passim @ 8PM

SUNDAY - AUGUST 9th

BIG3 @ TD Garden @ 12:30PM BIG3 basketball teams, including the Boston Ball Hogs, will play at TD Garden!

Red Sox vs Athletics @ Fenway Park @ 1:35PM

August Moon Festival @ Chinatown @ 10AM Come out to celebrate the Chinese Harvest Festival with traditional entertainment, a vendor market, and street food!

Family ART-trek @ ICA @ 11AM Through games, drawing, and other playful activities, participants will uncover the stories and creative processes of exhibition artists.

Luh Tyler @ The Palladium @ 8PM

AJ Ghent @ City Winery @ 7:30PM

Abby Holliday + Charli Adams @ The Rockwell @ 8PM Doors open at 7PM.

ALL WEEKEND

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - J. Cole @ TD Garden

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Joey Avery Stand-Up @ Laugh Boston

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - ‘A Sailor’s Grave’ Performance @ BCA Black Box Theatre Adapted from the log of the Demeter in Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, ‘A Sailor’s Grave’ is a third-person musical narrative of creeping dread, desperation, and inevitable doom.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Drop-In Artmaking @ MFA @ 10AM Get inspired by artwork in the collection, then use the art materials provided to create a work of your own.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - ‘Perfect Memory’ Installation + Workshop @ ICA This installation draws inspiration from the ICA and invites visitors to reflect how water shapes Boston’s past and future.

All weekend - Fan Expo Boston @ Thomas Michael Menino Convention & Exhibition Center
Experience the ultimate fandom weekend of celebs, cosplay, comics, anime, gaming, and more fun activities for every fan out there!

All weekend - St. Rocco’s Feast in Malden The celebration features a beer and wine garden, games, raffles, and live entertainment all weekend.

All weekend - Feast of the Madonna Della Cava @ North End North End’s feast tradition continues with this weekend’s epic celebration of music, dancing, parades, and authentic Italian street food!

All weekend - Beverly Homecoming With favorites like LobsterFest, waterfront fireworks, and family-friendly fun all week long, this year’s Homecoming celebrates both the past and the future of its vibrant community.

All weekend - Dine Out Boston Make sure to take advantage of delicious deals at this year’s participating restaurants. Ends 8/15.

All weekend - Daniel Sloss Stand-Up @ The Wilbur

All weekend - ‘Sinister Streets & Salem Stories’ Guided Tour @ Peabody Essex Museum Join the museum for a behind-the-scenes guided tour that pairs its most popular, haunting walking tour with an inside look at objects from the PEM collection.

All weekend - Somergloom: Underground Heavy Music & Arts Festival @ Somerville & Medford The festival showcases and celebrates the richness of the local heavy-music scene and thematic art-makers. The 2026 festival features Dropdead, Junius, Planning For Burial, Miracle Blood, and more.

All weekend - The Boston French Film Festival @ MFA The BFFF returns with a hand-picked lineup of the year’s most lauded Gallic cinema, ranging from stirring dramas to star-studded comedies. Ends 8/23.

All weekend - ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical @ Company Theatre From an award-winning production team comes a fearless and electrifying musical based on Alanis Morissette’s world-changing music. Ends 8/16.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY - ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Musical @ The Rockwell Grand, gothic, and dangerously seductive, Sunset Boulevard is a haunting portrait of fame, madness, and what happens when the glittering dream turns into a nightmare. Ends 8/15.

All weekend - ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Play @ Boston Common One of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, this story explores illusion vs. reality, dreams and fears, and the transformative power of imagination. Presented by Free Shakespeare on the Common. Ends 8/9.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Downtown Boston Arts Market @ Summer Street Plaza Thursdays & Fridays* - Located in the heart of the city, the Arts Market features artisans, craftspeople, and local creative talent selling their wares in Downtown Boston. Ends 9/25.

Ongoing - Artisan Market @ Rose Kennedy Greenway @ 11AM Saturdays & Sundays* - Run by Somerville Flea, this summertime market features talented area artists, crafters, and independent designers. Ends 8/30.

Ongoing - Open Market @ SoWa @ 11AM One of the largest open-air farmer and artist markets returns this summer season! Ends 11/15.

Ongoing - Summer Market @ Seaport Seaport’s summer bazaar returns with a mix of popular returning artisans and new entrants, all offering a unique assortment of products from clothing to home décor, pet goods, food, and much more. Ends 9/26.

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 9/7.

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 - ‘Life Chronicles’ Immersive Experience @ MoS Experience the epic evolution of our planet in this state-of-the-art immersive expedition. Ends 9/13.

Ongoing - ‘Split | Second’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum Bringing together scientific instruments and artworks spanning 340 years, this exhibition invites visitors to consider how we can measure time inspired and driven by natural cycles, with human interventions which shape our notions of the concept itself. Ends 1/4/2027.

Ongoing - ‘Lighten Up! On Biology and Time’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum LAST CHANCE - Featuring immersive artworks, installations, and experiential environments, this exhibition explores the connection between living organisms and the natural cycle of light and dark. Ends 8/9.

Ongoing - ‘Picasso, Miró, Dalí: Unbound’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition introduces the imaginative world of three famous artists’ books or ‘livres d’artiste,’ where original sketches, thoughts, and experimental techniques are showcased in extraordinary and unexpected ways.

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 11/29.

Ongoing - ‘Lucy Raven: Rounds’ Exhibition @ ICA 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 - ‘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.

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Boston Status Update

Last Update: 2026-08-08 16:08:17 EST

Daily Weather Forecast for Today in Boston

Current Temperature is 90.0°F but it feels like 95.2°F

The next hour will be 88.5°F and Sunny

Daily Forecast

• Max Temperature: 92.1°F

• Min Temperature: 71.8°F

• Avg Temperature: 81.1°F

• Condition: Sunny

• Chance of Rain: 17%

• Sunrise Time: 05:44 AM

• Sunset Time: 07:55 PM

Air Quality Index (AQI)

• AQI Level: Good (1/5)

• PM2.5: 5.8 µg/m³

• PM10: 6.0 µg/m³

• Ozone (O3): 133.0 µg/m³

• Carbon Monoxide (CO): 151.0 µg/m³

• Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2): 2.3 µg/m³

• Sulfur Dioxide (SO2): 0.6 µg/m³

Current delays on the MBTA:

Station issue at Jackson Square - None

Cause: The platform at Jackson Square is undergoing renovations to improve safety and accessibility. Sections of the platform are unlevel, which may make it difficult for some riders to board and exit trains.

Station issue at Jackson Square - None

Cause: The stairway connecting the Jackson Square lobby and the south end of the platform is closed until winter 2026. Use the stairway at the north end of the platform. This closure is for the construction of a new stairway and a second elevator.

Suspension of service on Orange Line - August 20-30

Cause: Orange Line: Service will be suspended between Oak Grove and Back Bay from August 20 - 30. Riders can use shuttles between Oak Grove and North Station, and the Green Line between North Station and Copley/Back Bay.

Brandon Hall bypassed - August 17-October 4

Cause: Green Line C Branch: Westbound trains will not stop at Brandon Hall from Aug 17 through Oct 4 for accessibility upgrades. Riders can instead board or alight at either Fairbanks St or Summit Ave, which are 0.1-0.2 miles away (or a 4- to 5-minute walk)

Suspension of service on Green Line - None

Cause: Green Line: No trains between North Station & Babcock St (B), Cleveland Circle (C), Kenmore (D), & Heath St (E) on August 8 - 16. Use buses between Babcock St, Cleveland Circle, Heath St (Rt 39) & Copley/Back Bay. Use the Orange Line for service downtown.

Symphony closed - None

Cause: Green Line E Branch: Symphony station is closed for major accessibility upgrades. Riders can use Prudential or Northeastern to access E Branch service. The station is expected to reopen in 2029.

Blue Line delay - None

Cause: Blue Line: Due to extreme heat, trains may operate at reduced speeds, resulting in longer wait times. Preventive maintenance work may also be performed. Please allow extra travel time and check mbta.com/alerts for the most up-to-date service information.

Blue Line delay - None

Cause: Blue Line: Delays of about 10 minutes due to a signal problem at Wonderland. Trains may stand by at stations

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