Event: Esplanade 5k Run & Community Day
Date: MAY 19
Time: 9:00am
Race begins at 9:00am at the Hatch Shell, rain or shine. Online registration until 5:00pm day before race. In person registration on day of race. Registration fee applies. Community Day - AfroDesiaCity presents Groundbeat with music, dance, and storytelling.
Event: Charles River Swimming Club: Charles River Race
Date: JUN 15
Time: 8:00am
1 mile swim, loop between Harvard and Longfellow Bridges. Check-in 6:45am – 7:20am Starting line at riverdock by Hatch Shell. Rain date the following day.
Event: New England Film Orchestra
Date: JUN 22
Time: 6:30pm
Music and film under the stars. Family-friendly show with sci-fi and space film music.
Event: Boston Pops July 4th Concert
Date: JUL 04
Time: 8:00PM-11:00PM
Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops orchestra. Special guests Kelli O'Hara, The Mavericks, Darlene Love, and the Singing Sergeants from the US Air Force Band. Live broadcast and stream on Bloomberg TV/Radio, SiriusXM channel 119, and WHDH-TV ch7 8pm-11pm ET. Celebration concludes with fireworks spectacular and 1812 overture (begins at 10:30pm). Oval opens at 12:00pm. July 2nd and 3rd rehearsals are not open to public. For parking, road closures, concert guidelines & restrictions see Let's Go! The City of Boston: Parking meters are free with no time limit on Independence Day. MBTA: subway, bus, and rail is free after 9:30pm operating on a weekend schedule for July 4th.
American Icons: Christopher Wilkins, conductor. Joelle Lamarre, soprano. George Gershwin: Girl Crazy Overture, Jessie Montgomery: Freedom Songs, Randall Thompson: Symphony No. 2, John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme, The Cowboys Overture, Music from Jaws, “Viktor’s Tale” from The Terminal, “Flying Theme” from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Songs without Words: Christopher Wilkins, conductor. Aron Zelkowicz, cello. Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Hugo Alfvén: Midsummer Vigil (Swedish Rhapsody No. 1), Joel Hoffman: Self-Portrait with Gebirtig, Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Event: Landmarks Orchestra: Mozart & More
Date: AUG 14
Time: 7:00pm.
Mozart & More: Christopher Wilkins, conductor. Adrian Anantawan, violin, Val Jeanty: sound chemist. Wolfgang Amadèus Mozart: Lucio Silla Overture, Florence Price: Adoration, Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Souvenir de Porto Rico, Occide Jeanty: Quand nos Aïeux brisèrent leurs entraves (When Our Fathers Broke Their Chains), Val Jeanty: Faces, George Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Arabian Nights: Christopher Wilkins, conductor. Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, Gity Razaz: Mother, Akram Haddad: Arabic Singers Medley, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
Event: Boston Heart Walk Note: Location change
Date: OCT 26
Time: Check-in 9:00am. Walk begins 10:30am
*** Please note that the 2024 Boston Heart Walk will begin at the Boston Common, 1P Charles Street, Boston, MA 02116. 1 and 3 mile option walks. Support critical research for heart health.
