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92 upcoming events
We've rounded up 92 upcoming events in Massachusetts for free — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Massachusetts for free
Sat26
Saturday 26 September
Sun27
Today
At 6 PM$0
🏷️Other
Model Casting For International Runway Show
Boston
At 6 PMFree
🃏Trading cards
GameStop Magic Meetup - Commander
GameStop - 4669 - Amherst
At 7 PM$0–16.74
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Time/Play
Thomas Tull Concert Hall
At 7 PMFree
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Time/Play: Chamber Music for Violin, Percussion, and Piano
Building W18
At 7 PMFree
🎯Board games🌳Outdoors
Code + Counsel's Human-in-the-Loop Ping Pong Meetup
SPIN Boston
At 7 PMFree
🎷Jazz🎹Blues
Little Miss and The Boom
Lou's
At 7 PM$42.45–59.75
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Mike DiRubbo Quartet
Scullers Jazz Club
At 7 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at The Puddingstone Tavern
The Puddingstone Tavern
Mon28
Tomorrow
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
🏷️Other
VERT User Meeting : ASTRO & ASRT 2026
The Westin Boston Seaport District
Tomorrow · 6 PM$0
💿DJ set☀️Open air
RIDDIM on The ROOFTOP
Apex Rooftop Bar and Lounge
Tomorrow$0
🎤Stand-up
Comedy at The 88 Club (Free!)
The 88 Club
Tomorrow · 7:30 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
Fall into Joy
Prism of Brilliance
Tue29
Tuesday 29 September
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
♙Chess
Adult Chess Club
Lower Mills Library
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
🏷️Other
Beginning English Class (Valente)
Valente Branch
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Pollinator Stories: How Native Gardens Build Community (O'Neill)
O'Neill Branch
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
🖼️Art & Culture
High Beginner ESOL (Valente)
Valente Branch
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
CPL International Briefing: The Situation in Sudan (Main)
Main Library
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Galway Bay Irish Pub
Galway Bay Irish Pub
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
👾Video games❓Quiz
Monday Night Magic
The Hub
Mon 28 · 6 PMFree
♀️Feminism💼Career
Power to Pursue Boston Launch
Sam Adams Brewing Boston, MA
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Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🗣️Language café
Peer-Led Mandarin Conversation Circle
Chinatown, Boston Public Library
Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Paul Revere, Silversmith: Assessing his Craft and Legacy with Janine E. Skerry and Jeannine Falino
Paul Revere House - Hichborn House
Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
🏺Ceramics & pottery🗣️Talk
Crafting Reform: The Saturday Evening Girls and the Paul Revere Pottery with Nonie Gadsden
Paul Revere House - Hichborn House
Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Restoring the Plants, Restoring the Practice with Paula Peters
Paul Revere House - Hichborn House
Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Piece by Piece: Crazy Quilting and Making Memory in 19th-Century Massachusetts, with Tenesha Carter Johnson
Paul Revere House - Hichborn House
Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Lord Hobo Boston
Lord Hobo Boston
Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Remnant Brewing - Taproom Cafe and Smiles
Remnant Brewing - Taproom, Cafe, and Smiles.
Mon 28 · 6:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Sunset Cantina
Sunset Cantina
Mon 28 · 7 PMFree
📚Literature🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Read with Pride Book Club (Off-Site Program)
Somerville branch Library
Wed30
Wednesday 30 September
Tue 29Free
🗣️Language café
Drop-in ESOL Conversation Group (Level 2 and higher)
Central Library in Copley Square
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Tue 29 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Author Talk: N.K. Jemisin on Revolutionary Ideas in Fantasy Fiction
Central Library in Copley Square
Tue 29 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
AI Safety Awareness Project: Where's AI in 2026 and Where is it Going?
Central Library in Copley Square
Tue 29 · 6 PM$0
🔬Experimental🎷Jazz
DeShaun Gordon-King's Sound Ritual: Changemakers
94 Green St
Tue 29 · 6 PM$0–36.69
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Sherry Turkle at the Harvard Science Center
Science Center
Tue 29 · 6 PMFree
📚Literature📖Story time
Boston Baked Books: The Candid Life of Meena Dave
Fenway Community Center
Tue 29 · 6 PM$0–17.85
✂️Workshop🧢Hip-hop
Beginner Christian Hip Hop Choreography w/ Jessica Ruiz
Mango Studio Rental - Bishop Allen Dr.
Tue 29 · 6 PM$0
🎾Racket sports🤾Sports & fitness
Southie Tennis Meet Up
Moakley Park
Tue 29 · 6 PMFree
🧾Drop-in services🗣️Language café
Drop-in English Conversation Practice (Central Square)
Central Square Branch
Tue 29 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Tuesdays
High Street Place
Tue 29 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Sam Adams Downtown Boston Taproom
Sam Adams Downtown Boston Taproom
Tue 29 · 6:30 PMFree
🪇Music for toddlers📖Story time
Storytime
Englehardt (Lowell) Branch Library
Tue 29 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop🪡Crafts
Knitting Group (Boudreau)
Boudreau Branch
Tue 29 · 6:30 PMFree
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🏛️Politics & Economy
Polyam Education Discussion with The Queer Neighborhood Council (Central Square)
Central Square Branch
Tue 29 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Artist Talk: Heather Kapplow
BCA Cyclorama
Tue 29 · 6:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Jalapeno's Grill
Jalapeno's Grill
Tue 29 · 6:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Olde Salem Brewing Company
Olde Salem Brewing Company
Tue 29 · 6:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at The White Eagle
The White Eagle
Tue 29 · 6:45 PMFree
📖Story time0–12 yrs
Pajama Story Time (O'Neill)
O'Neill Branch
Tue 29 · 7 PM$0
💿DJ set
Cassetti Spaghetti: All Cassette DJ Night
Deep Cuts
Thu1
Thursday 1 October
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Hidden History of Black Boston with Joel Mackall
North End Library
Wed 30 · 6 PM$0–55.20
✂️Workshop
3D Printing Fundamentals Tool Training
Technocopia
Wed 30 · 6 PM$0
🗣️Talk📸Photography
Bauhaus New England – Portraits of an Architectural Legacy
Goethe-Institut Boston
Wed 30 · 6 PM$25–30
🤝Volunteering❓Quiz
JP LUCE Trivia Fundraiser
Drawdown Brewing
Wed 30 · 6 PM$0
🧘Yoga🤸Pilates & stretching
STRONG Pilates in the Park
Charlesgate Park
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🎒Students
Panel: AI Product Development
Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 2nd Floor @Spark!
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
✂️Workshop💛Inclusivity
Citizenship Preparation Classes (Central Square)
Cambridge Public Library
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
🎒Students
Citizenship Preparation Classes (Central Square)
Central Square Branch
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
✂️Workshop🧾Drop-in services
Citizenship Preparation Classes (Central Square)
Central Square Branch
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
✂️Workshop🗣️Language café
English Conversation Practice, Intermediate (O'Neill)
O'Neill Branch
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
📚Literature📖Story time
Teens Read Book Group (Central Square)
Central Square Branch
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
STRIV Launch Party
MIT Sailing Pavilion
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk👴Seniors
Ages 55+ Senior Planet: Meal Kit Services
Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz🌳Outdoors
Trivia Night at City Tap House Boston
City Tap House Boston
Wed 30 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz🌳Outdoors
Trivia Night at Wachusett Brew Yard
Wachusett Brew Yard
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5
Brookline Village
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5
Brookline Village
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5
Brookline Village
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5
Brookline Village
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5
Brookline Village
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5
Brookline Village
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🗣️Language café
An Aprann Pale Kreyòl: Haitian-Creole Conversational Group (Central Square)
Central Square Branch
Wed 30 · 3:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Dogs for Better Lives, 5+ YRS
Medford Library
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar
O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar
Fri2
Friday 2 October
Thu 1 · 6 PMFree
📚Literature
Lantern Reads Book Group: The City We Became
Central Library in Copley Square
Thu 1 · 6 PM$12
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Ghost Walk: East Hill Cemetery 2026
Salem Museum
Thu 1 · 6 PMFree
🌳Outdoors🏃Running
River Fit Fall 2026: Paws in the Park w/ Pack Adventures
Fiedler Field, Charles River Esplanade
Thu 1 · 6 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Big Dig Walking Tour: From the Central Artery to the Rose Kennedy Greenway
The West End Museum
Thu 1 · 6 PMFree
💼Career🌳Outdoors
65th Boston Hardware Meetup @ Formlabs
Formlabs Twin City
Thu 1 · 6 PMFree
🎉Club🎒Students
Mass AI Coalition: College Night at WHOOP HQ
Whoop
Thu 1 · 6 PM$0
🎫Concert
Off The Rails Boston Soft Opening Event
Off The Rails Boston
Thu 1 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Trophy Room
Trophy Room
Thu 1 · 6:30 PM$0
✂️Workshop
Buyers & Brews: A Homebuyer Workshop
Dorchester Brewing Company
Thu 1 · 6:30 PMFree
🌐World music🎷Jazz
Thursday Live Cuban Jazz Fusion at Rosa y Marigold
Rosa y Marigold
Thu 1 · 6:30 PMFree
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Salem Haunted Happenings Grand Parade
Prime Group Shetland Park to Salem Common
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Thu 1Free
🎒Students🗣️Language café
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Group
Parker Hill Library
Later
Fri 2 · 6 PM$0–10
✂️Workshop🧢Hip-hop
Jazz Funk Fusion with Hugo Brument Master Dance Class
Endicott College Center for the Arts Tia's Black Box
Fri 2 · 6 PMFree
💼Career🎒Students
Cross University Student Innovators Mixer (CUSI)
200 College Ave
Fri 2 · 6 PM$27
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
MFA First Fridays
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fri 2 · 6 PMFree
🎉Club💿DJ set
Friday Live Music: DJ Evaredy
High Street Place
Fri 2 · 6 PMFree
🃏Trading cards
Friday Night Magic Casual Commander
Hits and Holos
Fri 2 · 6:30 PMFree
⚡Punk🎸Rock
Boston Fuzzstival 2026
The Armory
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Venues in Massachusetts for free
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319 events
Salem Athenaeum
296 events
Sturgis Library
225 events
Old Town Hall
221 events
TD Garden
191 events
Pandemonium Books & Games
177 events
The Rockwell
139 events
High Street Place
136 events
Brookline Village
130 events
The Burren
120 events
Museo de Arte de Worcester
118 events
Harpoon Brewery
109 events