64 FREE things to do in Boston this week: Apr 22–27, 2025

Spring has sprung in Boston. Enjoy the beautiful weather as you explore the best FREE events in the city from after-hours museum parties and cultural festivals to markets, volunteering opportunities, and more.&nbsp; 1) Japan Festival Boston ‘25 (Sa-Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/japan-festival-boston-2025-boston-1014170">bit.ly/4joG</a> 2) Free Sailing on Boston Harbor (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/courageous-sailing-open-house-saturday-4-20-free-sailing--2-charlestown-1015055">bit.ly/cc-9</a> 3) Bos Freedom Rally 60th Anniv (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/1965-freedom-rally-60th-anniversary-boston-1014740">bit.ly/E-sL</a> 4) Boston Common Greek Fest (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/29th-annual-greek-independence-day-parade-festival-of-boston-boston-1015578">bit.ly/7i-G</a> 5) Celtics Playoff Hub <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/boston-playoff-hub-2024-canal-street-to-transform-into-car-free-zone-during-bruins-and-celtics-home-playoff-games-boston-456255">bit.ly/j-ii</a> 6) Navy Yard Earth Day Fest (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/earth-celebration-harbor-park-pier-5-boston-navy-yard-boston-1015546">bit.ly/4c-I</a> 7) Indie Bookstore Crawl (Tu-Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/metro-boston-indie-bookstore-crawl-2025-boston-1016818">bit.ly/3-jd</a> 8) Earth Day Music Festival (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/earth-day-n-night-experience-medford-1014569">bit.ly/4j-R</a> 9) Brighton Bazaar Half-O-Ween (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/how-bazaar-half-o-ween-night-market-boston-1016620">bit.ly/c-C0</a> 10) Harvard Art Museums @ Nite (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/harvard-art-museums-at-night--53-cambridge-1016386">bit.ly/4-Ip</a> 11) Charles River Cleanup (Fr-Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/26th-annual-earth-day-charles-river-cleanup-boston-1015873">bit.ly/l4-x</a> 12) FOUND Earthfest Market (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/found-earth-fest-boston-vintage-market-cambridge-1016319">bit.ly/3N-w</a> 13) Free &amp; Cheap Water Taxis <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/free-water-taxis-ferries-around-boston-harbor-summer-2023-boston-426893">bit.ly/ii-t</a> 14) NBA Playoffs Pop-up Bus (Fr) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/nba-playoff-pop-up-bus-boston-1015779">bit.ly/4-IK</a> 15) Boston Comics in Color (Fr) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/boston-comics-in-color-festival--6-boston-1016351">bit.ly/4-Ao</a> 16) United We Rage March (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/united-we-rage-march-to-protect-the-people-and-the-planet-boston-1015924">bit.ly/9-mN</a> 17) ‘Moana 2’ Screening (We) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/cambridgeside-presents-free-big-screen-showing-of-moana-2-cambridge-1016606">bit.ly/4-yN</a> 18) Spring Blooms Around Boston <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/10-places-to-see-spring-flowers-around-boston-in-2023-boston-374810">bit.ly/-l1K</a> 19) ‘Legally Blonde’ Screening (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/sunday-scaries--5-jamaica-plain-1010687">bit.ly/c-CB</a> 20) Greenway World Tai Chi Day (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/world-tai-chi-day-with-bow-sim-mark-tai-chi-boston-453407">bit.ly/3SyC</a> 21) Arts Thu: Astrobio &amp; Music (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/artsthursdays-astrobiology-music-cambridge-1016028">bit.ly/n7-i</a> 22) Hell Night Hot Sauce Market (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/hell-night-hot-sauce-market-at-castle-island-south-boston-south-boston-1015441">bit.ly/4-iB</a> 23) Great Bookseller Bake-Off (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/the-great-bookseller-bake-off-2025-cambridge-1016817">bit.ly/ci-p</a> 24) Dudley Farm Day (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/dudley-farm-day--2-boston-1013713">bit.ly/4js6</a> 25) Arbor Day Tree Planting (Fr) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/arbor-day-tree-planting-2025-boston-1015874">bit.ly/3-c8</a> 26) Hyper-local Art Market (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/hyper-local-art-market-somerville-1016762">bit.ly/ll-D</a> 27) Muddy River Cleanup (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/17th-annual-muddy-river-cleanup-boston-1015872">bit.ly/5-cL</a> 28) Dorchester Flea Market (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/dorchester-neighborhood-flea-market-boston-1016990">bit.ly/4-My</a> 29) Neponset River Cleanup (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/neponset-river-spring-cleanup-boston-hyde-park-mattapan-and-dorchester-canton-dedham-dover-foxborough-medfield-milton-norwood-quincy-randolph-sharon-stoughton-walpole-westwood-445804">bit.ly/3xF-</a> 30) Abilities Dance Performance (Fr-Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/abilities-dance-boston-presents-the-fourth-iteration-of-our-intersections-series-highlighting-bipoc-and-disabled-honorees-past-and-present-april-25th-26-2025-cambridge-1016042">bit.ly/4-xp</a> 31) Fly Together Open House (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/fly-together-fitness-spring-open-house-watertown-1016503">bit.ly/7x-m</a> 32) Mostly-free April Events <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/84-things-to-do-in-boston-for-10-or-less-april-2025-boston-1015878">bit.ly/-IpI</a> 33) Quincy Market History Tour (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/free-history-tour-of-quincy-market-boston-1016307">bit.ly/4-dT</a> 34) Allston Zone 3 Spring Concert (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/allston-pudding-x-handhold-spring-concert-series-boston-1015864">bit.ly/3-ah</a> 35) BPL Science Trivia (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/april-nova-science-trivia-boston-1016659">bit.ly/c-3g</a> 36) Mt. Hope Tree Planting (Fr) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/mount-hope-cemetery-tree-planting-boston-1016417">bit.ly/3-jv</a> 37) Neurodivergents Unite (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/neurodivergents-unite--7-somerville-1016146">bit.ly/3-cq</a> 38) Craft @ Diesel Cafe (We) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/free-craft-hangout-somerville-1016867">bit.ly/4-8X</a> 39) UMass Egg Hunt (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/umass-boston-s-annual-community-easter-egg-hunt-boston-1016174">bit.ly/4-lG</a> 40) Fenway’s Got Talent (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/fenway-s-got-talent-2025-boston-1015584">bit.ly/4j-N</a> 41) Yoga @ The Liberty (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/complimentary-yoga-with-equinox-the-liberty-hotel-boston-1016518">bit.ly/6-mb</a> 42) ‘Survivor’ Watch Party (We) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/survivor-weekly-watch-party-cambridge-1014610">bit.ly/4-mt</a> 43) SoWa Sundays (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/sowa-sundays--82-boston-1014984">bit.ly/3-Sq</a> 44) Jazz Fridays @ The Fed (Fr) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/jazz-fridays-at-the-fed--7-boston-1016208">bit.ly/3-cr</a> 45) Drag Bingo @ Vera’s (We) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/drag-bingo--21-somerville-1015117">bit.ly/4-Pc</a> 46) RuPaul’s Drag Race (Fr) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/rupaul-s-drag-race-screening-boston-1012139">bit.ly/4j-Z</a> 47) Coffee + Crafts (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/coffee-crafts--16-boston-1010654">bit.ly/3-q0</a> 48) Jeopardy @ Long Live Rox (We) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/jeopardy-bar-league-at-long-live-roxbury--14-boston-1012709">bit.ly/4c-Y</a> 49) 30+ Trivia Nights in Boston <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/20-trivia-nights-in-boston-for-every-day-of-the-week-boston-371544">bit.ly/-BAZ</a> 50) Jamaica Pond Fun Run (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/jamaica-pond-parkrun-boston-389476">bit.ly/3-XM</a> 51) FREE 5k @ Danehy Park (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/danehy-park-parkrun-cambridge-425744">bit.ly/3m-y</a> 52) Karaoke @ Sidebar (Th-Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/karaoke-weekly-sidebar-boston--265-boston-1010554">bit.ly/cX-5</a> 53) Friday Night Trivia (Fr) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/friday-night-trivia-boston-1000308">bit.ly/42-n</a> 54) 13 Places to Watch the Sunset <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/13-best-places-to-watch-the-sunset-in-boston-boston-1004383">bit.ly/s-Et</a> 55) 10+ Free Wkly Wine Tastings <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/10-free-wine-tastings-in-and-around-boston-boston-1000348">bit.ly/6-Vg</a> 56) Sunday Trivia @ Noir Bar (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/free-sunday-night-trivia-at-noir-bar-cambridge-1010371">bit.ly/4c-H</a> 57) Poetry Open Mic Night (Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/poetry-open-mic-at-trident-boston-446048">bit.ly/5c-0</a> 58) Venture Cafe Gathering (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/venture-cafe-cambridge-thursday-gathering-cambridge-411320">bit.ly/4-Aa</a> 59) Harvard Art Museums (Tu-Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/free-admission-to-the-harvard-art-museums-cambridge-423522">bit.ly/-5Yw</a> 60) Free Places to “WFH” <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/boston-s-best-places-to-work-remotely-that-aren-t-a-coffee-shop-boston-445814">bit.ly/iy-i</a> 61) ICA Free Thursdays (Th) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/free-thursdays-at-the-ica-boston-193">bit.ly/5-z1</a> 62) Nov Project: Harvard Stairs (We) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/november-project-stair-workout-at-harvard-stadium-allston-400368">bit.ly/3-rx</a> 63) Live Irish Music Seisiúns (Sa-Su) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/traditional-irish-music-sessions-at-the-druid-cambridge-239715">bit.ly/3-rD</a> 64) Seaport Smalls: Live Music (Sa) <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/seaport-smalls--66-boston-1011729">bit.ly/4j-e</a> All FREE experiences this week:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/?day=12&amp;year=2022&amp;month=6&amp;week=1&amp;tags[]=FREE">bit.ly/3tsEkRG</a> Download our new app:&nbsp;<a href="https://apple.co/44SaYfo">apple.co/44SaYfo</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; List permalink: <a href="https://joyraft.com/event/64-free-things-to-do-in-boston-this-week-apr-22-27-2025-boston-1017044">bit.ly/4lFLz28</a> Advertise with us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/advertise">bit.ly/--ad</a> -- 📸: @angeliquemarkowski

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S17: interest based

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