Music From The Sole: House is Open, Going Dark 

Music From The Sole combines exhilarating tap dance with dynamic live music in House is Open, Going Dark, a performance depicting the creative process between musicians and dancers sharing intimate space. Known for their energetic, genre-blurring performances, this ensemble transforms everyday interactions into extraordinary art, providing audiences with an immersive exploration of rhythm, movement, and collaboration.  Friday, October 17, 8pm  Saturday, October 18, 2pm  Sunday, October 19, 3pm    Single tickets will go on sale August 7 at noon.    <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MWk3N2prc2p1NWdkMHRjYXFtbnU3MDIyZWQgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!</a> - October 17    <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MWk3N2prc2p1NWdkMHRjYXFtbnU3MDIyZWQgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a> - October 18    <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MDFyZjQ5OWVhcGQ1ZmlrNDJuMjg1MzJhY2QgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a> - October 19

Boston Arts Academy Theater 

What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow featuring featuring the Balourdet Quartet 

In this What Makes It Great? performance, Celebrity Series favorite Rob Kapilow unpacks the first of the late quartets of Haydn’s Opus 76. He reveals how Haydn playfully subverted expectations and how this quartet encompasses much of what made Haydn great over his long and innovative career. Joining Kapilow is the renowned Balourdet Quartet, fresh off major career milestones, including a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.celebrityseries.org/productions/what-makes-it-great-haydn/?utm_source=apap&amp;utm_medium=listing&amp;utm_campaign=2026listing">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar</a>!&nbsp;&nbsp;

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Biribá Union 

Biribá Union, featuring Mike Block, Christylez Bacon, and Edward Perez, offers a spirited blend of global musical traditions—jazz improvisation, Brazilian choro, hip-hop rhythms, and American roots music. Known for their engaging performances, this trio delivers an energetic musical journey that celebrates cultural diversity through inventive arrangements, vibrant improvisations, and captivating stage presence.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MzlydXZoMXUzZG1iNjU5OXQ3Y2pta2FhNGEgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Multicultural Arts Center

Yunchan Lim, piano 

Pianist Yunchan Lim showcases Bach’s Goldberg Variations, highlighting his versatile artistry: he captured the classical music world’s attention with Romantic-era virtuosity and now takes on nuanced Baroque clarity. Don’t miss Yunchan Lim’s Celebrity Series recital debut: be amazed by a young artist who can do it all.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.celebrityseries.org/productions/yunchan-lim-piano/?utm_source=apap&amp;utm_medium=listing&amp;utm_campaign=2026listing">Click here to add this event to your Google calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Symphony Hall

Matthias Goerne, baritone and Daniil Trifonov, piano 

Baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Daniil Trifonov offer a deeply expressive recital featuring Schubert’s profound late masterpieces. Combining Goerne’s interpretative depth with Trifonov’s fiery pianism, they deliver an emotionally rich performance exploring themes of farewell and introspection through moving renditions of Schwanengesang and Piano Sonata D.960.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.celebrityseries.org/productions/matthias-goerne-and-daniil-trifonov/?utm_source=apap&amp;utm_medium=listing&amp;utm_campaign=2026listing">Click here to add this event to your Google calendar!</a>&nbsp;

NEC's Jordan Hall

Dreamers’ Circus 

Nordic roots trio Dreamers’ Circus blends echoes of the past with the vital pulse of the present, creating magic in their evocative, vibrant arrangements and original compositions. Their new album and tour, Handed On, aims to spark an interest in folk music among listeners and practitioners of all ages and levels of familiarity. Experience the boundless beauty and joy of Nordic folk music, reimagined and shared by Dreamers’ Circus.  Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.  <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MzZhaW5taWY3Y2I2cTE2cTU4ZzI2MGM0ZXAgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>

Sol y Canto - Noche de Muertos and Mexican Songs 

Pan-Latin ensemble Sol y Canto returns to Neighborhood Arts to celebrate Day of the Dead with songs, stories, and artwork bringing the beloved Mexican holiday to life.&nbsp; Singer and percussionist Rosi Amador and guitarist and singer Brian Amador, alongside stringed instrument players and other special guests, perform traditional songs and poetic originals that will make you laugh, cry, and dance as you remember special moments and connect with the spirit of Dia de los Muertos.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NjBiZ3ZzNGxuN2E1bG4wMjNkbnZhbWZjMGEgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center

Cécile McLorin Salvant 

Whether unearthing forgotten rarities or performing 20th-century standards, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant makes every song unmistakably her own. Each song on her setlist unfolds like a fully realized drama: beautiful, complicated, and thought-provoking. Experience the artistry of an extraordinary storyteller when Cécile McLorin Salvant returns to Celebrity Series.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NDVxNjAyNnRjYWdtZXJjNDI0YjRka2w5dGEgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Berklee Performance Center

Viano Quartet

Praised by The Boston Globe for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention,” the Viano Quartet has quickly soared to international acclaim. Winners of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition, they are among the most dynamic and in-demand string quartets of their generation. Single tickets will go on sale August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MW5rdmcxdmRwZWJpNzFrajNkMjNrYjFnMTUgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;&nbsp;</a>

Groton Hill Music Center

An Evening with Kelli O’Hara 

Kelli O’Hara will touch your heart, make you laugh, and wow you with her sparkling vocals whether she’s taking the stage in a Mozart comedy, Golden Age or world premiere musical, contemporary opera, or cabaret concert. In every setting, Kelli O’Hara shines. Be moved, be dazzled, be there for this unforgettable evening of song and storytelling.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MXVoYXBrMXNyOXFpMHM3N3NxamZqMmVkbmsgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Beatrice Rana, piano 

Called “a marvelously expressive interpreter with a keen sense of how to get to the emotional heart of a work” by Minnesota’s Star-Tribune, Beatrice Rana returns to Celebrity Series with a program that shows off her refinement and virtuosity. She brings her storytelling prowess and emotional expressiveness to two well-loved ballet suites: highlights from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NHMzcDZhOWs5NGNwMTY2bjY2NjhsYTMxOHAgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Camille A. Brown & Dancers - I AM 

Camille A. Brown created 2025’s I AM with inspiration from an unlikely source: an episode of HBO’s acclaimed sci-fi/horror series Lovecraft Country. Mirroring aspects of a character’s multidimensional journey of self-discovery and the power that comes with asserting who you are, Brown weaves a world of African diasporic dance styles into an energetic, spontaneous, immersive, and powerful work that The Berkshire Edge called “universal to human experience….it is good for the soul.”&nbsp; Friday, November 14, 8pm&nbsp; Saturday, November 15, 2pm&nbsp; &nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=N3E3aW5ubHRnYWxkOGVqaGNhcDNhbTAxbnEgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a> - November 14&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MnBtMDVrc2RpYWk2NTFzOWpnZHAyZHFlNDUgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a> - November 15&nbsp;

Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College

Jean Appolon Expressions 

Through a compelling blend of the time-honored and the contemporary, artistic director and choreographer Jean Appolon creates works that speak to Haiti’s rich cultural heritage and the Afro-Haitian roots of modern dance. Through movement, he tells deeply human stories about his homeland and its people. The program features highlights from Pouvwa and Traka.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NGNpdjJzNGhycGM0Zmc1MHNhc3FicmkzZzQgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Amaryn Olmeda, violin 

At just 17, American violinist Amaryn Olmeda is already carving out an extraordinary career—balancing her studies at New England Conservatory with a rapidly rising profile on the international stage.&nbsp;With dazzling agility, heartfelt lyricism, and a magnetic stage presence, Olmeda is already making her mark as one of classical music’s most exciting emerging talents.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MzVpZHZ1NTJmNjNpb2w1bXZ0NDVpMXJxajQgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Longy's Pickman Hall

Yo-Yo Ma, cello – The Bach Project 

Inspired by Bach’s ability to speak to our shared humanity, Yo-Yo Ma performs the six unaccompanied cello suites in a very special solo concert. Experience one of the greatest artists—and arts ambassadors—of our time, and celebrate music’s ability to inspire, uplift, and bring people together.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale on August 7 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MThuMWJwaGtxN21mNjVtZ2E3bjVmbGJtZ3EgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add to your Google Event Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

Questions & answers about things to do in Boston

Recs 💬

Community recs 💬

S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

The most fun and cool events happening around Boston

Hot and new things to do in Boston

Hot & new

Hot & new 🔥

S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend

This wknd

This weekend for you

S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

Top picks of the best things to do in and around Boston

Joyraft picks: Boston’s best things to do

Roundups ⭐️

Curated by Joyraft ⭐️

S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

This week in Boston 📆

This week 📆

S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

The newest events happening in and around Boston

The newest events on Joyraft

Just added

Just added to Joyraft

S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

Can’t-miss things to do in Boston 🚨

Can't-miss things to do 🚨

S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

Top 20: Joyraft’s most popular

Top 20

Top 20 on Joyraft

S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

The hottest events happening in Boston

Trending events on Joyraft

Trending 📈

S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

Free things to do in Boston

Free things to do

S19: interest based

Kid-friendly events in Boston

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.

Where

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Experiences

Boston Landmarks Orchestra: “Celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month”

J'Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano