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Belonging in Boston: MOIA x SoFar Community Concert

The Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) launched the annual City of Belonging Festival on March 21, 2025, in observance of Immigrant Heritage Month. This event is part of the City of Belonging Festival's official MOIA events.

June 12, 2025
2025-06-12T17:30:07 - 2025-06-12T19:00:07

Join us for a special community concert in partnership with SoFar Sounds. We’re celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month. The artists for this special concert will be diverse, and food is included with your ticket. Guests can also sign up to participate in an Open Mic portion of the program.

Refreshments and food will be provided. Everyone is welcome to attend, registration is requested. Free tickets are limited, if you are unable to attend, please notify us as soon as possible so we can offer your spot to others who wish to join. 

 

 

June 12, 2025
2025-06-12T17:30:07 - 2025-06-12T19:00:07
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Edna Kelly’s Annual Doll Carriage Parade

Share the creative joy in this themed parade for children with prizes and activities. More information to come about this year’s exciting celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill!

June 14, 2025
2025-06-14T10:00:23 - 2025-06-14T15:00:23
June 14, 2025
2025-06-14T10:00:23 - 2025-06-14T15:00:23
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Touch a Truck

June 8, 2025
  • 10:00am - 2:00pm
  • Schrafft’s Center
    529 Main Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Bunker Hill Associates
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Posted:
  • Boston 250

     

    Bunker Hill 250

2025-06-08T10:00:42 - 2025-06-08T14:00:42

Join the Charlestown Mother’s Association for a fun, FREE community event with over 20 vehicles for kids of all ages to touch, climb on and learn about. Look for the free ice cream stand sponsored by the Schrafft Center, a roaming railroad and games organized by Knucklebones!

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Bunker Hill Associates logo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bunker Hill Associates' Charlestown Pride Week Event

June 8, 2025
  • 10:00am - 2:00pm
  • Schrafft’s Center
    529 Main Street
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Bunker Hill Associates
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Posted:
  • Boston 250

     

    Bunker Hill 250

2025-06-08T10:00:42 - 2025-06-08T14:00:42
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The Battle of Chelsea Creek

Join the East Boston community in celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Chelsea Creek!

May 24, 2025
  • 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Condor Street Urban Wild
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    East Boston Museum & Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    East Boston
  • Posted:
  • Boston 250

2025-05-24T10:00:49 - 2025-05-24T16:00:49

The lost battle of the Revolution, the Battle of Chelsea Creek saw colonial militia face off against British troops and the HMS Diana on Noddle's Island for a fight for vital supplies, culminating in victory for the Americans and the burning of the Diana, the first naval battle of the Revolution. This year's celebration will include reenactments of the battle, a petting zoo, pony rides, tours, games, food, and more!

Battle of Chelsea Creek - Save the Date 5/24/25 at Condor Street Urban Wild

May 24, 2025
  • 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Condor Street Urban Wild
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    East Boston Museum & Historical Society
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    East Boston
  • Posted:
  • Boston 250

2025-05-24T10:00:49 - 2025-05-24T16:00:49
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Caribbean Heritage Month Flag Raising and Domino Tournament

Join us in the City Hall Courtyard as Boston hosts its very first Caribbean Domino Tournament, celebrating the camaraderie and island spirit that dominoes inspire across the Caribbean diaspora.

June 10, 2025
2025-06-10T11:00:00 - 2025-06-10T16:00:00

Join us for a vibrant celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month at Boston City Hall! The day will include a flag raising ceremony, Caribbean lunch, and our first-ever Caribbean Domino Tournament featuring teams from across the diaspora.

🗓️ Event Schedule
  • 11:00 a.m. – Flag Raising Ceremony (City Hall Plaza)

  • 12:00 p.m. – Caribbean Lunch & Cultural Celebration

  • 1:30 p.m. – Player Check-In for Domino Tournament

  • 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Domino Tournament (City Hall Courtyard)

🏆 About the Domino Tournament

Who’s Playing:

  • Teams representing Caribbean Consulates General (rosters finalized after May 30)

  • Boston community members with cultural ties to participating countries, forming teams through local networks

What to Expect:

  • Island music, light refreshments, and plenty of good-natured rivalry

  • Spectators of all ages welcome—no registration required!

How to Participate:

  • Players:

    • If you are affiliated with a Caribbean Consulate, contact your Consul General by May 30 to be placed on a team.

    • Community members can email bianca.rose@boston.gov with "Domino Tournament" in the subject line to join an open roster.

  • Spectators: Free and open to all—come enjoy the energy!

♿ Accessibility and Language Access

City Hall Courtyard is wheelchair-accessible. Interpretation in Spanish and Haitian Creole will be provided. To request additional accommodations, please contact bianca.rose@boston.gov by June 3.

Come share the rhythm, strategy, and pride of the Caribbean as we raise our flags and crown Boston’s inaugural domino champions!

 

June 10, 2025
2025-06-10T11:00:00 - 2025-06-10T16:00:00
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Pride in the Prado

June 17, 2025
2025-06-17T17:00:02 - 2025-06-17T19:00:02

Join your neighbors for the 4th Annual North End PRIDE in the PRADO. Enjoy an evening filled with joy and celebration for our LGBTQIA+ community and allies as we uplift and honor love in all its beautiful forms. Special performances by the North End Music and Performing Arts Center.

June 17, 2025
2025-06-17T17:00:02 - 2025-06-17T19:00:02
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Pride Potluck Picnic in the Park

June 1, 2025
2025-06-01T16:00:26 - 2025-06-01T18:00:26

Come together with friends and neighbors for a Potluck Picnic! Conveniently located across from the Boston Public Market. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage with the community while enjoying a chill social vibe and delicious food. 

June 1, 2025
2025-06-01T16:00:26 - 2025-06-01T18:00:26
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Equality Fund Grantee and Pride Celebration

June 12, 2025
2025-06-12T16:00:32 - 2025-06-12T18:00:32

Celebrating Pride is an annual tradition for the Equality Fund, the largest philanthropic fund dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in Massachusetts. Each year, this is a time when we announce new grantees, celebrate our nonprofit partners’ transformative work, and recognize our donors’ commitment to the Fund’s mission: to advance the equitable treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals and their families and support Greater Boston nonprofit organizations that serve and strengthen the LGBTQ+ community.

June 12, 2025
2025-06-12T16:00:32 - 2025-06-12T18:00:32
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"We Were Here Too" Artist Talk

 The Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston Programming

May 28, 2025
2025-05-28T17:30:53 - 2025-05-28T19:00:53

We Were Here Too Flyer by Roberto Mighty

We Were Here Too by Roberto Mighty, in partnership with the Freedom Trail® Foundation and Old North Illuminated, revives the memory of Boston’s colonial African-Americans, many of whom lived and worked in what is today’s North End. The project can be experienced worldwide via an online multimedia website, and locally via augmented reality in Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

Please join us for an artist talk on Wednesday May 28, 2025 at 5:30pm at the historic Old North Church, hosted by Old North Illuminated. Events are free, but accommodations are limited, so please sign up as soon as possible with the links above. Light refreshments will be provided. This project is funded by the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s Un-Monument Initiative and The Mellon Foundation. 

This innovative project honors the lives of colonial-era African Americans in Boston’s North End—many of whom were interred, or are believed to have been buried, at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, established in 1659 and recognized as Boston’s largest colonial cemetery.

This project honors historical figures, including Phillis Wheatley Peters, in 1773 the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry; Prince Hall, an abolitionist who fought in the Revolutionary War and founded Prince Hall Masonry; and Onesimus, an African who was instrumental in bringing knowledge of smallpox inoculation to America.

Blending history with technology, We Were Here Too invites the public to engage with a layered storytelling experience. The project features augmented reality, video interviews with historians and community voices, digital illustrations, archival images, voice performances, and historical content drawn from museum collections and archives around the world.

Roberto says, “I hope folks will experience this exhibit and learn that African Americans – free and enslaved – were living and working in Boston at the same time as Paul Revere, Abigail Adams and John Hancock. We were here, too.”

Funded by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture through a grant from the Mellon Foundation, “We Were Here Too” is presented in partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, The Historic Burying Grounds Initiative, the Freedom Trail® Foundation and Old North Illuminated.

May 28, 2025
2025-05-28T17:30:53 - 2025-05-28T19:00:53
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Small Business Month: AfroBiz Pop-Up Market

Get ready for a vibrant AfroBiz Pop-Up Market, showcasing the best of Afro-inspired products and businesses!

May 31, 2025
2025-05-31T15:00:00 - 2025-05-31T19:00:00

The AfroBiz Pop-Up Market: Boston Hub is a vibrant, open-air celebration designed to uplift and showcase small Black- and African-descended businesses in Boston.

This is your opportunity to meet potential customers, connect with sponsors, small business suppliers, and fellow entrepreneurs — and even spark future partnerships.

Whether you're an artisan, food vendor, wellness coach, designer, or creative entrepreneur, you are welcome to bring your own table and chair, sell your products, and promote your amazing business to an engaged and supportive audience.

The event will include live music, storytelling, a cultural showcase, and will be livestreamed across social platforms to maximize your visibility beyond the event space.Free and open to all — come shop, connect, and celebrate culture and commerce in the heart of Boston!

May 31, 2025
2025-05-31T15:00:00 - 2025-05-31T19:00:00
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