What's on in Mattapan?
46 upcoming events
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Events in Mattapan
Thu24
Today
At 1:30 PMFree
🎯Board games🌳Outdoors
Puzzles & Jazz
Mattapan Library
At 3 PMFree
🧾Drop-in services
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
Mattapan Library
At 3 PM
✂️Workshop👴Seniors
Senior Sewing
Mattapan Library
At 4 PMFree
🌳Outdoors🤝Volunteering
Green Thumb Gardening Club for Kids & Teens
Mattapan Library
At 4 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Information Session for Adult English Learners
Mattapan Library
Fri25
Tomorrow
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Tomorrow · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🗣️Language café
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Group
Mattapan Library
Tomorrow · 10 AM
✂️Workshop🗣️Language café
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Group
Mattapan Library
Tomorrow · 10:30 AMFree
🎨Creative workshop🪇Music for toddlers1–4 yrs
Wiggles and Wonders for Ages 1-4
Mattapan Library
Sat26
Saturday 26 September
Mon28
Monday 28 September
Mon 28 · 2 PMFree
🧾Drop-in services
Information Session for Adult English Learners
Mattapan Library
Mon 28 · 2 PM
🗣️Talk
Information Session for Adult English Learners
Mattapan Library
Mon 28 · 3 PMFree
🎯Board games🌳Outdoors0–12 yrs
Drop-In Board Games
Mattapan Library
Mon 28 · 3 PM
✂️Workshop👴Seniors
Senior Sewing
Mattapan Library
Tue29
Tuesday 29 September
Wed30
Wednesday 30 September
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Later
Thu 1 · 3 PM
✂️Workshop👴Seniors
Senior Sewing
Mattapan Library
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Fri 2 · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop👴Seniors
Senior Painting Workshop
Mattapan Library
Fri 2 · 10 AM
✂️Workshop🗣️Language café
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Group
Mattapan Library
Mon 5 · 2 PM
🗣️Talk
Information Session for Adult English Learners
Mattapan Library
Mon 5 · 3 PM
✂️Workshop👴Seniors
Senior Sewing
Mattapan Library
Tue 6 · 10:30 AMFree
📖Story time📚Literature
Storytime with Laura Macias: A National Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Mattapan Library
Tue 6 · 6 PMFree
🎸Jam / Open mic
Mattapan Monthly Open Mic
Mattapan Library
Wed 7 · 2:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Get Ready to Vote: Finding Reliable Sources and Fighting Misinformation this 2026 Election Season
Mattapan Library
Thu 8 · 3 PM
✂️Workshop👴Seniors
Senior Sewing
Mattapan Library
Fri 9 · 10 AM
✂️Workshop🗣️Language café
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Group
Mattapan Library
Fri 9 · 10:30 AMFree
🪇Music for toddlers📖Story time3–5 yrs
Storytime with Laura Macias: A National Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Mattapan Library
Tue 13 · 3:30 PMFree
👾Video games🏆Tournament
Teen Gaming Tournament
Mattapan Library
Thu 15 · 3 PM
✂️Workshop👴Seniors
Senior Sewing
Mattapan Library
Thu 15 · 4 PMFree
🐣Animals
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Mattapan Library
Thu 15 · 4 PMFree
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
Mattapan Library
Thu 15 · 4 PM
The Fun and Exciting World of Animals
Boston Public Library – Mattapan
Wed 21 · 3:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Bike Repair Workshop with Boston Bikes
Mattapan Library
Sat 24 Oct · 2 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
The Toni Morrison Reader: Tar Baby
Mattapan Library
Tue 10 Nov · 3:30 PMFree
👾Video games7–11 yrs
Roblox Coding with Arrayscape
Mattapan Library
Thu 19 Nov · 4 PMFree
🐣Animals
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Mattapan Library
Thu 19 Nov · 4 PM
📖Story time🐣Animals
The Fun and Exciting World of Animals
Boston Public Library – Mattapan
Sat 21 Nov · 2 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
The Toni Morrison Reader: The Song of Solomon
Mattapan Library
Thu 10 Dec · 4 PM
The Fun and Exciting World of Animals
Boston Public Library – Mattapan
Thu 17 Dec · 4 PMFree
🧾Drop-in services
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Mattapan Library
Sat 19 Dec · 2 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
The Toni Morrison Reader: Beloved
Mattapan Library
Thu 7 Jan · 3:30 PMFree
Professor Bugman: Entomology Adventures
Mattapan Library
Sat 23 Jan · 2 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
The Toni Morrison Reader: On Morrison by Namwali Serpell
Mattapan Library
Tue 23 Feb · 12:15 PMFree
Author & Illustrator Series: Matt de la Peña
Mattapan Library
See also in Mattapan
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM
🎙️Small gig
Hippie Hour / The Reckoning Crew
The Midway Café, Jamaica Plain
Mon 28 · 4 PMFree
🎫Concert
Experimental Music for Kids: Bromp Treb.
Jamaica Plain Library
Tue 29 · 6 PM$0
🔬Experimental🎷Jazz
DeShaun Gordon-King's Sound Ritual: Changemakers
94 Green St, Boston
Mon 5$0
🎸Jam / Open mic🌳Outdoors
Singing Circle | Jamaica Plain
Hope Central Church, Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA, Boston
At 7 PM
🎸Jam / Open mic
The Open Circuit
The Substation, Boston
Sat 26 · 3 PM
🎸Rock🎙️Small gig
The Tragic Affair (MCR Tribute Band Served in Drag) The Park Hill Romance | This Time It's Personal | Violent Brides
The Midway Café, Jamaica Plain
At 5:30 PM
🌳Outdoors
Afterglow at the Arnold
Explorers Garden, Boston
Wed 30 · 5 PM$0
🎪Street party
$1 Wing Wednesdays at Sam Adams
Samuel Adams Boston Brewery
Tomorrow
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Samuel Adams Boston Brewery Octoberfest Celebrations
Samuel Adams Brewery, Boston
Sat 26 · 6 PM
⚡Electro🎤Hip-Hop
stoic da poet's Internet Search Party
Boston Cyberarts
Sat 26 · 10 PM$26.38
🎉Club🌴Reggae
REGGAE & DANCEHALL PARTY BOSTON | LIPSTICK & SNEAKERS
Sorrel & Lime, Boston
Wed 30 · 6 PM$0
🤝Volunteering❓Quiz
JP LUCE Trivia Fundraiser
Drawdown Brewing, Boston
Fri 2 · 9 PM
💿DJ set🏠House
SIREN: DEEP SEA – WERME / Miss S. Peace
The Jeanie Johnston Pub, Boston
Fri 2 · 10 PM$23.18
🎉Club🌴Reggae
Dancehall Meets Soca!!
Sorrel and Lime, dorchester
At 5:30 PM$115
🌳Outdoors🎪Street party
Afterglow at the Arnold
Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain
Tomorrow · 7 AM$0
🌳Outdoors
Sunrise Sing | Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Boston
Sun 18 · 10:30 AM
🌳Outdoors
Roslindale Open Streets
Roslindale
Sun 4 · 7 PM
📜Poetry📜Poetry slam
Slam Adams: Boston Poetry Slam at the Sam Adams Boston Brewery
Samuel Adams Boston Brewery
Mon 5 · 8 PM
👑Drag show
Jojo's Bizarre Dragventure
The Midway Café, Jamaica Plain
Tomorrow · 8 PM
🎤Stand-up
Overtime Comedy – Live Stand-Up Show in Roslindale
The Substation, Boston
Tue 13 · 6:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Topical Popsicle: Improv Comedy Show
The Midway Café, Jamaica Plain
At 6 PM
🖼️Exhibition🌳Outdoors
Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
Sat 26 · 11 AMFree
🗣️Talk
Unveiling The Shroud: Conversations about Death & Dying
Grove Hall Library, Dorchester
Fri 2 · 9 PM$44.52
🍽️Food
From Glasgow w/Love: Whisky, Tartan & the Tartan Army
The Haven, Boston
Mon 28 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Information Session for Adult English Learners
Codman Square Library, Dorchester
Wed 30 · 1 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Hispanic Heritage Month Films at Connolly
Connolly Library, Jamaica Plain
Sat 26 · 3:30 PM
🍽️Food🌳Outdoors
Roslindale Dumpling Festival
Adams Park, Roslindale
Sun 27 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🌳Outdoors
The Science of Fall Leaf Color
Hunnewell Lecture Hall, Boston
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