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abbreviations:
- ALS Allston
- BB Back Bay
- BH Beacon Hill
- BRK Brookline
- CAM Cambridge
- CHI Chinatown
- CHR Charlestown
- DNT Downtown
- DOT Dorchester
- EB East Boston
- FEN Fenway
- GB Greater Boston
- HP Hyde Park
- JP Jamaica Plain
- MAT Mattapan
- MH Mission Hill
- NE North End
- ROS Roslindale
- ROX Roxbury
- SB South Boston
- SE South End
- SOM Somerville
- Price Key:
- $ student budget
- $$ bit of a splurge
- $$$ when parents pay
CELEBRATE
YEAR ROUND
- First Thursdays Celebrations
- From 6-8 on the first Thursday of every month, shops, restaurants, and
artists’ works are on display on Jamaica Plain’s main streets.
JP (Centre & South Streets)
- For a complete list
- of all multicultural events and activities in the Greater Boston area visit the GBCVB at
www.bostonusa.com
- Latin parties, concerts, & events
- www.latinboston.com
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FALL
- Beantown Jazz Festival (September)
- Jazz fusion, contemporary jazz, blues, gospel and salsa
SE
- The Boston Arts Festival (September)
- Two-day outdoor festival featuring
performing and visual arts
Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, Atlantic Avenue
DNT
- Boston Blues Festival (September)
- Esplanade’s Hatch Shell
23 Embankment Road
BB
- Central Square World’s Fair
- (September)
Celebrating unity and diversity
CAM (Central Square)
- Boston Open Studios Series
- Boston
neighborhood artists (South End, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Fort Point
Channel, Dorchester, Roxbury, South Boston, Hyde Park, Allston, Fenway,
and Charles-town) open their studios to the public on select weekends
from Sept. - Dec.
www.bostonopenstudios.org
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WINTER
- Art of Dance & Music Kwanzaa Celebration (December)
- Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
41 Second Street
CAM
617-577-1400
- City of Boston’s 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
- The City of Boston offers two days of free events for MLK Day
DNT
- Joyful Noise
- (MLK Jr. Day, 3rd Monday in January)
Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University
45 Quincy Street
CAM
617-496-2222
fas.harvard.edu
- Boston African American Theatre Festival (Late January-Mid February)
- Calderwood Pavilion, BCA
539 Tremont Street
SE
617-426-5000
- Celebrating the Life & Achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- (3rd Monday in January)
The Museum of African American History honors MLK, Jr. on MLK Day
Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
55 Temple Street
BH
617-725-0022
- Chinese New Year Celebration (February)
- Beach and Hudson Street
CHI
617-542-2574
- Taste of the South End (March)
- Dozens of restaurants offer discounts on a night in March to benefit the Aids Action Committee
Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont Street
SE
www.aac.org
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SPRING
- Cinco de Mayo Celebration (May 5)
- Quincy Market, Fanueil Hall
DNT
- Kite and Flight Festival
- Music, kite-making, pony rides, etc.,
in Franklin Park
DOT
- Juneteenth Celebration (June)
- Franklin Park
ROX
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SUMMER
- 29th Annual Cambridge River Festival
- A day of music, dance, poetry, visual art, hands-on art activities, international food, and handmade arts & crafts for sale.
CAM
www.ci.cambridge.ma.us
- Cape Verdean Festival (July)
- North Stage at City Hall Plaza
1 City Hall Plaza
DNT
- Festival Betances (July)
- Celebrating the 19th Century Puerto Rican poet and activist, Ramon Betances at the renovated Center for Latino Arts
Villa Victoria
405 Shawmut Avenue
SE
iba-etc.org/claboston/festival.html
- Puerto Rican Festival
- and Parade (July)
Ramsey Park
1927 Washington Street
ROX
866-481-0695
- August Moon Festival (August)
- This annual Chinatown event commemorates the overthrow of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 AD.
617-542-2574
CHI
- World Music Festival (August)
- Boston City Hall Plaza
DNT
617-635-3911
- Dominican Festival and Parade
- Ramsey Park
ROX
617-201-2909
- Caribbean Carnival (August)
- Reggie Lewis Center
ROX
- India Day Festival (August)
- Esplanade’s Hatch Shell
23 Embankment Rd
BB
- Italian Feast Days
- (weekends throughout summer)
Processions
NE
- Summer Soul (late June - August)
- Dance the night away. Soul music
concerts starting at 6 pm
Boston Harbor Hotel
70 Rowes Wharf
DNT
617-439-7000
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