Free in Boston, week of October 26, 2026
Free in Boston, Monday October 26 to Sunday November 1, 2026: 529 events. Picks by day; every event links to its original listing.
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
- 7 PM Open Mic Night Bristol Recording and Voice Studios · Free
- 8 PM Sonic Morphology – Perspectives on Contemporary German Music Goethe-Institut Boston · Free
Wed Oct 28
- 3 PM East Boston Farmers Market Central Square Park · Free
- 5 PM Paper Stars with Michael Talbot Commonwealth Pier · Free
- 6 PM Halloween Movie Night: Hocus Pocus (1993) Honan-Allston Library · Free
- 6 PM The Human Skills Machines Can't Fake | AI-Native Series #3 Laugh Boston · Free
- 7 PM The Game Show WBUR CitySpace · Free
- 8 PM Watch Wednesday: Ghostbusters The Anchor Boston · Free
Thu Oct 29
- 8:30 AM Media in Motion II: Shaping AI for Critical Creative Futures Snell Library · Free
- 2 PM The HR Gameshow 225 Franklin St · Free
- 5:30 PM Greenway Fall Movie Nights Color Commons · Free
- 6 PM Speculative Worlds: A Conversation with R.F. Kuang Blackman Auditorium · Free
- 6 PM Self-Mastery: An Immersive Sound Experience with Marlene Boyette Boston City Hall · Free
- 8:30 PM Halloweekend Line Dancing Thursday Urban Wild Boston · Free
Fri Oct 30
- 10 AM Ruckus! Old South Meeting House · Free
- 6 PM Brewery Halloween Party Samuel Adams Boston Brewery · Free
- 6 PM Halloween On Birch Birch Street Plaza · Free
- 6 PM ABCD Community Heroes Celebration 2026 Boston Marriott Copley Place · Free
- 6 PM Black People Know Things Halloween Trivia Night Ula Café · Free
- 8 PM Desnuda Halloween w/ Joe Tagessian Desnuda · Free
Sat Oct 31
- 11 AM Dia de los Muertos Community Ofrenda ICA Watershed 256 Marginal Street Boston · Free
- 12 PM The Boston Open Market Boston Public Garden (Boston Public Garden) · Free
- 3 PM Opening Reception: "Lighting the Landscape" The Guild of Boston Artists (The Guild of Boston Artists) · Free
- 6 PM BLAIR PROJECT: Halloween Music Festival City Hall Plaza · Free
- 7 PM Halloween Party at The Chester Tavern! 1119 Dorchester Ave · Free
- 7 PM Halloween Party at the Sam Adams Downtown Taproom! Sam Adams Downtown Boston Taproom · Free
Sun Nov 1
- 11 AM SoWa Sundays SoWa Artists Guild · Free
- 7:30 PM Comedy at The 88 Club (Free!) - Boston, MA The 88 Club · Free