Boston, week of October 26, 2026

What's on in Boston, Monday October 26 to Sunday November 1, 2026: 2,570 events, 647 of them free. A few picks per kind of event; every event links to its original listing.

2,570 events 647 free

• Mon Oct 26: 292
• Tue Oct 27: 388
• Wed Oct 28: 386
• Thu Oct 29: 354
• Fri Oct 30: 339
• Sat Oct 31: 493
• Sun Nov 1: 318

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Music 242

• Mon Oct 26 · 8 PM Bassvictim Roadrunner-Boston
• Mon Oct 26 · 8 PM L7: The Last Hurrah Tour 2026 The Wilbur
• Tue Oct 27 · 7 PM Maddie Zahm: Everything All The Time Tour Brighton Music Hall presented by Citizens
• Tue Oct 27 · 7 PM THE ARMY, THE NAVY: THE FAKE BRAVE TOUR 2026 Paradise Rock Club presented by Citizens
• Wed Oct 28 · 6:30 PM Candlebox - Can't Quit You Tour, Fall 2026 Citizens House of Blues Boston
• Wed Oct 28 · 7 PM After Brighton Music Hall

Comedy 62

• Thu Oct 29 · 7:30 PM Late Nite Catechism: Til Death Do Us Part Charles Playhouse Theater 2
• Fri Oct 30 · 8 PM Overtime Comedy at The Substation – Live Stand-Up Show in Roslindale The Substation · $12.51-$23.18
• Sat Oct 31 · 4 PM Jeff Allen Laugh Boston
• Sat Oct 31 · 8 PM Downtown Comedy Club: Spooky Stand-Up! Democracy Brewing · $23.18-$28.52
• Sun Nov 1 · 7 PM National Park After Dark VIP Q&A add-on The Wilbur
• Sun Nov 1 · 7:30 PM Comedy at The 88 Club (Free!) - Boston, MA The 88 Club · Free

Arts, theater & film 615

• Mon Oct 26 · 7:30 PM Michael Jackson's Thriller Live Main Stage
• Mon Oct 26 · 8 PM Hokus Pokus Live Emerson Colonial Theatre
• Tue Oct 27 · 7 PM To Kill A Mockingbird Huntington Theatre
• Wed Oct 28 · 8 PM Toad The Wet Sprocket - Rings: The Acoustic Tour The Wilbur
• Wed Oct 28 · 8 PM KATSEYE: THE WILDWORLD TOUR TD Garden
• Fri Oct 30 · 7 PM Paige Fish Red Room at Cafe 939

Tech, AI & startups 138

• Mon Oct 26 · 8 AM CDAO Fall 2026 Renaissance Boston Seaport District · Free
• Wed Oct 28 · 6 PM The Human Skills Machines Can't Fake | AI-Native Series #3 Laugh Boston · Free
• Wed Oct 28 · 6 PM Networking Night for Boston's Young Professionals Industrious · $22.11-$32.78
• Thu Oct 29 · 12 AM Agentic AI Summit Boston Boston
• Thu Oct 29 · 7 PM John Summit Td Garden
• Sat Oct 31 · 12 PM HTECH Conference @ Harvard David Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard University · $14.64-$44.52

Food & drink 236

• Mon Oct 26 · 7 PM BYOP Wine Industry Pumpkin Carving Night Boston Public Market
• Tue Oct 27 · 11:30 AM Market to Table at Oak OAK Long Bar + Kitchen - Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
• Tue Oct 27 · 6:30 PM Taco Tuesday: Tacos, Margaritas & Beats | DJ Deaf Tune Reunion BBQ · $0-$30
• Wed Oct 28 · 3 PM East Boston Farmers Market Central Square Park · Free
• Wed Oct 28 · 7 PM Ina Garten (All audience members regardless of age must have a ticket. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult) Emerson Colonial Theatre
• Sat Oct 31 · 9 PM After Brunch Halloween w/ Amal Nemer Pkl · $28.52-$49.87

Nightlife & dancing 307

• Mon Oct 26 · 7 PM Trivia Night at Trillium - Fort Point Trillium - Fort Point
• Tue Oct 27 · 6 PM OPM 65 Diwali Party 2026 DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston - Cambridge · $71.21
• Tue Oct 27 · 6 PM Trivia Night at High Street Place Food Hall High Street Place Food Hall
• Thu Oct 29 · 8 PM B-Girls: Global K-Pop Idol Berklee Performance Center
• Sat Oct 31 · 9 PM Trixie & Katya's Halloween Dance Party Royale Boston
• Sat Oct 31 · 10 PM Costa The Grand (Boston)

Family & kids 242

• Tue Oct 27 · 10:30 AM Toddler Story Time Roslindale Library · Free
• Fri Oct 30 · 6 PM Fall Teen Night & Fashion Show The Institute of Contemporary Art
• Sat Oct 31 · 1:30 PM Disney and Pixar’s Coco in Concert Live to Film Symphony Hall
• Sat Oct 31 · 7 PM Family Halloween Concert Old South Church in Boston (Old South Church)
• Sun Nov 1 · 10 AM Seaport Smalls 111 Harbor Way · Free
• Sun Nov 1 · 11 AM SoWa Sundays SoWa Artists Guild · Free

Outdoors 64

• Mon Oct 26 · 7 AM Unravel Boston’s mysteries with our outdoor escape game! Public Garden · $8.78-$15.70
• Mon Oct 26 · 10 AM Family Adventure: Franklin Park Zoo Boston Safari Franklin Park Zoo
• Tue Oct 27 · 10 AM Boston Back Bay Discovery Copley Square · $23.18
• Sat Oct 31 · 10 AM Boston Birding with Family Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center (Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center)
• Sat Oct 31 · 12 PM Wicked Plants: A Botanical Halloween Arnold Arboretum - Hunnewell Building
• Sun Nov 1 · 2 PM Amazing Commonwealth Avenue: In Full Fall Color! Alexander Hamilton Statue

Free 529

• Mon Oct 26 · 7 PM "Women Laughing": The Women Cartoonists of The New Yorker Massachusetts College of Art and Design · Free
• Tue Oct 27 · 5:30 PM As Long as the Sun Lasts: Artist Talk with Vivian Tran and An Hà Pao Arts Center · Free
• Tue Oct 27 · 7 PM Open Mic Night Bristol Recording and Voice Studios · Free
• Wed Oct 28 · 5 PM Paper Stars with Michael Talbot Commonwealth Pier · Free
• Fri Oct 30 · 8 PM Desnuda Halloween w/ Joe Tagessian Desnuda · Free
• Sat Oct 31 · 6 PM BLAIR PROJECT: Halloween Music Festival City Hall Plaza · Free

This week is over. The picks are what Boston Events listed during it; their links go to the original listings, which may have changed since. What’s on now: this week.

Week 2026-W44. Built from Boston Events’s listings of 2026-11-14; picks favour events several sources list, with a set time and place, over weekly classes and repeating series. Times are local (America/New_York).