Caleb Teicher and Conrad Tao: COUNTERPOINT 

Counterpoint is the latest collaboration between pianist and composer Conrad Tao and choreographer and tap dancer Caleb Teicher, last seen together on the Series in More Forever (2020). In this dynamic duet performance, the artists engage in a mesmerizing dialogue of harmonic, theatrical, and rhythmic interplay, bridging their disparate traditions and creating a collective experience that fires the imagination and opens the heart.&nbsp; Friday, February 7 at 8pm&nbsp; Saturday, February 8 at 2pm and 8pm&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=M3FjMjhvaWR2a2ZwNzE0aTE1MTFrYzk5b3MgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a> (February 7, 8pm) <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NW9sMWFqajdkODVpM2YzNjRodDAwOHNqbHYgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!</a>&nbsp;(February 8, 2pm) <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MXEydWhiYmNraGxzcjJzZThmZGZrNGJiOWMgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!</a>&nbsp;(February 8, 8pm)

Boston Arts Academy Theatre

Courtney Swain 

Courtey Swain, heard with Bent Knee at a Stave Sessions show in 2018, makes her debut as a headliner. A multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, songwriter, and sound artist, Swain is artistically fearless, conjuring soundscapes that surround audiences with murmuring, echoing electronics, providing a canvas for her vocals, live instruments, and witty, insightful songwriting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MHRxZ3Q3aGpwcjZqa3U2dXYyaGExYXBmOXQgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Crystal Ballroom 

Owls 

Called “a dream group” by The New York Times, Owls’ two-cello sound and eclectic programming—offering new works and their arrangements of music from the 1600s to the present—make them a must-hear group for adventurous music lovers.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MTU4ZGFhNHFmOTFhdmVhcG4zcWUwcmpuaDYgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Seth Parker Woods, cello and voice 

Hailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace” who possesses “mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink,” two-time Grammy-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods is a versatile artist and innovator across multiple genres.&nbsp;&nbsp; For his Celebrity Series debut, Woods pairs three Sarabande movements from Bach’s unaccompanied cello suites with 20th- and 21st-century works, including Fredrick Gifford’s Difficult Grace for speaking cellist and electronics.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NTV1MjVsZDdhNWIwZ2puYWQwNnNkbGtxb2sgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

The Westerlies 

The Westerlies are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet and Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon on trombone. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella, The Westerlies navigate a wide array of venues and projects with the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a family sing-along.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MTRjYmpnODcwZjFpNGo0OWhjaDQxN3NsYWQgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!</a>

Crystal Ballroom

Dover Quartet 

The Dover Quartet returns to Boston following their appearance on the Debut Series in 2018, marking a thrilling opportunity for audiences to experience their continued excellence and artistic growth. The Quartet will perform Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 alongside Tchaikovsky’s moving first string quartet, and Dvořák’s 1893 “American” quartet, written in an Iowa Czech immigrant community.     Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.  <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MW12MGVrYjNoM2s3NG52Nmd2aGs1cXEzNmsgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar! </a>

NEC’s Jordan Hall 

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano & Yuja Wang, piano 

Pianists Víkingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang have consistently wowed audiences as solo recitalists, chamber music partners, and orchestral soloists. This season, they come together on Symphony Hall’s stage for a two-piano and piano four hands recital featuring Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction, and more.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NWU2ZWsyb24xbjJlNnR2aWtpZnVocTNodDEgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Symphony Hall

Gray Space / Blue Skies   Jenny Oliver, choreographer and dancer   Steph Davis, composer and marimbist 

Dancer and choreographer Jenny Oliver partners with marimbist Steph Davis for Gray Space / Blue Skies, an afternoon of new choreography and commissioned music.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Boston-based dancer, choreographer, and teacher Jenny Oliver is 2023/24 Creative in Residence with acclaimed Black arts collective Castle of Our Skins, and serves as the head of Dance Performance at Tufts University. She co-creates culturally-responsive movement projects and experiences with museums and public spaces throughout the area: Friends of the Public Garden, the Peabody Essex Museum, the Museum of Science, and more.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Marimbist and composer Steph Davis uses artistic and philosophical traditions from across the African diaspora to fire audiences’ imaginations and inspire listeners to reach for collective liberation. Their work is inspired by the Black classical music tradition, various West African xylophone traditions, Africana womanist discourse, Afrofuturist aesthetics, and maat, "truth," the keystone of Egyptian philosophy. They tour the country as a soloist and as a chamber music partner, co-creating meaning and beauty with musicians of all kinds.&nbsp; Get excited for this creation by two engaging storytellers with big ideas, both committed to elevating the marginalized and inspiring audiences to strive toward empowerment, empathy, and liberation.&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=M20wcDY0YjkxODhtdDhidDRnaWlzOGFqbTUgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Multicultural Arts Center 

Lang Lang, piano 

Lang Lang’s expressive piano mastery and passion are evident to audiences across the globe. He consistently and expertly conveys the sweeping drama of music through his gestures, expressions, and sumptuous playing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NDh1czRuNXFrc3BtczlucmRiNDlzNDc5MG4gY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Castle of our Skins Wind Quintet  

In partnership with composer Brian Raphael Nabors, woodwind players from Castle of our Skins perform the world premiere of a contemporary work that gives each player a moment to shine: to dazzle you, to move you, to make you think. Also on the program are woodwind ensemble works by composer/conductor/bass-baritone Damien Geter, musician and multimedia artist Mason Bynes, and Ghana-born American composer Fred Onovwerosuoke.  &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MzQxZDY5YXUzb3Y0cW44MnRxdGxvbGpnbzcgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Bethel A.M.E. Church 

Jason Moran, Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings  

Guided by Duke Ellington’s great canon, Moran takes a solo piano climb up “Mount Ellington” in this extraordinary celebration of the composer’s enduring legacy 125 years after his birth. Experience the timeless genius of Ellington’s music, brilliantly reimagined by Moran.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MHVlM2FicDEwMzN0ZjJob2xtbXZ1bmwzb2MgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Berklee

Leonidas Kavakos, violin & Daniil Trifonov, piano 

Two superstars join forces for a chamber recital spanning highlights of the piano and violin repertoire. Violinist Leonidas Kavakos makes a return to the Series for the first time since 2019, appearing with Daniil Trifonov for an evening of virtuosity highlighting 19th- and 20th-century classics from Beethoven, Bartók, and more.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NGFuY2FsamZuZDJlN3JiZWdtZDBlN2Z2ZzAgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!</a>&nbsp;

Midori, violin & Özgür Aydin, piano (Groton, MA) 

Renowned for the expressive agility of her playing, violinist Midori returns to the Series for the first time since 2012 with a program that lends her finely honed touch to songs of mourning and lamentation across cultures.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NDljMXZlc2E3c3EzNWg5bmU4ZXJjdmplY2QgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;</a>

Groton Hill Musicenter, Meadow Hall 

Wampanoag Nation Singers & Dancers 

This powerful, joyful, family-friendly performance offers a deep opportunity to learn and join the dancers in song and movement. Alongside the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, the audience is invited to honor the natural world and 12,000 years of ongoing Wampanoag culture. The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers ask for your participation in this event: please come prepared to dance and sing in the ways that you are able!   Saturday, March 8 at 2pm &amp; 4pm  <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NTc4MDYzZGZkNzY5NDZnbmZmdDZnN2JxZjEgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar! </a> for the 2pm <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NHBhMWIwMWYwMTlka3R0bHJkaDhmc2tubmkgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar!</a> for the 4pm

KODO Warabe 

Kodo returns to the Celebrity Series with Warabe, a soul-stirring program created to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary. In this performance, Kodo’s drummers, singers, and other traditional instrumentalists look to the group’s classic repertoire and early days, blending simple forms of taiko expression that celebrate their unique sound, resonance, and physicality. Come and experience the soul-stirring rhythm of life firsthand.&nbsp; Tickets will go on sale October 29 at noon.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=Mm0zNm1mdmtqYjFwcTBzMmtwbWE5bjc3b2cgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here to add this event to your Google 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

Discover kid-friendly fun in Boston, Massachusetts, and surrounding areas! Enjoy hands-on exhibits at the Boston Children’s Museum, explore the New England Aquarium, and visit the Franklin Park Zoo. Find parks, playgrounds, and seasonal events perfect for families across Massachusetts.

Top 20 kid-friendly things to do in Boston, MA

Kid-friendly things to do in Boston

Kid-friendly events

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.