Sip, Spin + Swoon

Come rock out for a special Valentine’s Day DJ Set with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamsfrrever">Jams Frrever</a>! Single? Taken? It’s complicated? Doesn’t matter — Sip, Spin + Swoon is for everyone! Whether you're celebrating love, flying solo, or just looking for a fun night out, join us at the taproom on Friday February 14th for craft brews, killer beats, and good vibes. Dance with your date, cheers with your crew, or meet someone new — either way, love is on tap (even if it’s just for the beer). ❤️🔥 When: Friday February 14th | 7PM til 10PM Where: Portico Brewing, 101 South St., Somerville

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Portico Brewing's Nightmare Before Christmas

Join us on Friday December 13th for a spooktacular Nightmare Before Christmas themed holiday party at the brewery! 🎃🎄 Come dressed as your favorite Tim Burton character, in an ugly sweater, or just rock your best winter onsie - we don’t care! Enjoy both eerie and Christmas-ey decorations, live music from Yours Truly Band and craft your best LEGO tree ornament that would make even Jack Skellington proud! When: Friday December 13th | 6pm - 10pm Where: Portico Brewing | 101 South Street, Somerville MA

Pup-O-Ween

Join us for the inaugural Portico Pup-O-Ween at Portico Brewing! Dress up your furry friend in their spookiest, silliest, or most creative costume and compete in our contests including Musical Sit, Treat Toss, and of course Best Dog Costume for a chance to win fun prizes. Enjoy seasonal brews, food from Taqueria El Barrio, goodies from <a href="https://scritchesandboops.com/">Scritches &amp; Boops</a> and more. We are working with one of our favorite local rescues, Great Dog Rescue New England, who will be accepting donations at checkout. Tickets are limited! Great Dog Rescue New England - Donation Site: <a href="https://gdrne.com/donate/">https://gdrne.com/donate</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portico-pup-o-ween-tickets-1024443416837?aff=oddtdtcreator">SIGN UP</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portico-pup-o-ween-tickets-1024443416837?aff=oddtdtcreator">Sign Up Your Pup!</a>

Portico Brewing Oktoberfest

Come celebrate Portico’s Second annual Oktoberfest! We’ll be offering up German beers and food specials, outdoor games, Steinholding competitions and live music in our Somerville taproom. Lederhosen and drindls welcomed, nay, encouraged! Live music starts at 3pm, food specials ‘til 8pm. Free entry! 🍻 German beers include: Bauhaus Festbier, Hurkle Durkle Dunkel, Kindred Kolsch, alongside mainstay Two Point Pils 🥨 German food specials from <a href="https://www.taqueriaelbarrio.com/">Taqueria El Barrio</a> 🪕 Live Music from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_ruth_and_ben_string_band/?hl=en">The Ruth and Ben String Band</a> 🍺 Steinholding competitions will be held twice throughout the day - sign up and compete to win some sweet prizes! (<a href="http://www.ussteinholding.com/info/official-steinholding-rules">It’s a thing</a>)

Pineapple Fresno Bashment: A Portico Brewing Hillside Harvest Mashup

Pineapple Seltzer Bashment A Portico Brewing x Hillside Harvest Mashup Featuring the Roots Rock Rebels! Portico teamed up with our good friends at <a href="https://hillsidesauce.com/">Hillside Harvest</a>, combining our brewing and hot sauce know-how to create a new hard seltzer flavor, Pineapple Fresno! We used fresh pineapple juice and added fresno peppers to give it just a touch of spice. To celebrate our creation, we’re throwing a party! Come beat the heat with a cold beverage… or don’t and add Hillside Harvest’s <a href="https://hillsidesauce.com/products/pineapple-fresno-hot-sauce">Pineapple Fresno Hot Sauce</a> to your seltzer! Event Highlights: <ul><li>Live Reggae - We’ll be featuring live music from the Roots Rock Rebels (@<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rootsrockrebels/?hl=en#">rootsrockrebels</a>) from 3:30 - 6:30PM! In between we’ll keep the Caribbean vibes going with non-stop Reggae tunes all day!</li><li>Jamaican Jerk Taco Special - chicken tacos marinated in Hillside Harvest’s Jerk Marinade made by <a href="https://www.taqueriaelbarrio.com/">Taqueria El Barrio</a>.</li><li>Giveaways - get a chance to win exciting prizes throughout the day!</li></ul>Date: Saturday August 3rd Time: 12pm - 10pm Where: Portico Brewing, 101 South St., Somerville, MA 02143

Cornhole Bar Tab Challenge

Cornhole Bar Tab Challenge at Portico Brewing The Gist Join Volo Boston for our first ever Bar Tab Challenge at Portico Brewing in Somerville! Enjoy the buy two get one taco Volo player special! Bar Tab Challenge -&nbsp;Compete for a chance to win a $50 Bar Tab! Register as an individual and choose who you want to play with on site in order to compete in teams of 2 to win the bar tab! The winning team will receive a $50 bar tab and a free spot in any Fall Portico Brewing cornhole league! - Single elimination tournament - One person to compete in airmail to determine seeding&nbsp; - Traditional scoring (can go over on 21) Cheers &amp; good luck! This event is free for Volo Pass members. $5 for non-members. Not a Volo Pass member?&nbsp;New members can use promo code&nbsp;HANNAH25&nbsp;to get Volo Pass for just $25 a month for the first three months!&nbsp;Sign up and learn more&nbsp;<a href="https://www.volosports.com/app/dashboard?show=volo-pass" target="_blank">HERE</a>.

Taproom One Year Birthday Party

Portico’s Brewery &amp; Taproom is Turning One! In celebration of our first year of life, we’re throwing a party! Come celebrate this joyous occasion with us on Saturday April 13th, featuring: 🎸 Live music from Yours Truly Band (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/_yourstrulyband_/?hl=en">@_yourstrulyband_</a>) from 3-6pm 🍻 Special anniversary IPA brewed just for the occasion 🎮 Video game stations and indoor/outdoor games 🥑 Food specials from Taqueria El Barrio, including two fresh tacos: Barbacoa and Pork Belly Free Entry | All Ages Welcome

Saint Craftrick's Day

Come join us at Portico Brewing for some free family fun at Saint Craftrick's Day!  We have partnered with Boynton Yards to present arts &amp; crafts, games, live music plus of course, beer!  🍀🍻🍀 Irish-session band style live performance by the <a href="https://www.thenewgrownupsband.com/">New Grownups</a> and Portico’s Irish Stout will be pouring on Nitro! Family Friendly Crafts and Games:<ul><li>‘All Things Green’ Word Scramble</li><li>Rainbow Maker Craft Activity</li><li>‘Pot O’ Gold’ Coin Flip Game</li><li>‘Don’t Get Buzzed’ Steady Hand Game</li><li>Shamrock Coloring Books</li><li>and a Juggler!</li></ul>Date: Saturday, March 16th Time: 12pm - 3pm Where: 101 South Street, Somerville, MA

Yours Truly at Portico Brewing

Prepare to be swept away by Yours Truly’s mesmerizing melodies, infectious energy, and a vibe that's truly (heh) out of this world. Get ready to groove, sip and savor an incredible evening with us every month at the taproom! Date: Friday March 8th Time: 7pm - 9pm Where: Portico Brewing - 101 South St., Somerville, MA 02143 Yours Truly is a group formed from former popular Boston-based bands, Bearstronaut and Animal Talk. Performing a wide variety of your favorite classic rock, yacht rock, and indie rock songs from the 1970s to today, audiences across New England are singing and dancing along. Check Them Out: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_yourstrulyband_">@_yourstrulyband_</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/w5zo638YF0A">YouTube</a>

Prepare to be swept away by Yours Truly’s mesmerizing melodies, infectious energy, and a vibe that's truly (heh) out of this world. Get ready to groove, sip and savor an incredible evening with us every month at the taproom! Date: Friday February 9th Time: 7pm - 9pm Where: Portico Brewing - 101 South St., Somerville, MA 02143 Yours Truly is a group formed from former popular Boston-based bands, Bearstronaut and Animal Talk. Performing a wide variety of your favorite classic rock, yacht rock, and indie rock songs from the 1970s to today, audiences across New England are singing and dancing along. Check Them Out: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_yourstrulyband_">@_yourstrulyband_</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/w5zo638YF0A">YouTube</a>

Low Rez Game Night

Take a break from the January doldrums and come to a nostalgic night of retro glee and 8-bit vibes at Portico’s Low Rez Game Night! Sip our hazy IPA Low Rez while playing classic games like Super Smash Brothers, Goldeneye, Super Mario Kart, Double Dragon, and more! We’ll have three stations set up with different gaming options (NES/SNES, N64, and Switch) as well as Jackbox games (eg. Drawful, Quiplash, Fibbage) on the bar TV where anyone with a phone can take part!⁣ Whether you’re looking to challenge a friend you’ve been holding a ten year grudge against or just want to relive some of your cherished childhood memories, this is the night for you. Featuring: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Super Nintendo (SNES) Nintendo 64 Nintendo Switch Jackbox 8-bit Vibes Low Rez Hazy IPA When: Saturday, January 20th Time: 6PM - 10PM Where: Portico Brewing - 101 South St., Somerville, MA 02143

Prepare to be swept away by Yours Truly’s mesmerizing melodies, infectious energy, and a vibe that's truly (heh) out of this world. Get ready to groove, sip and savor an incredible evening with us every month at the taproom! Date: Friday January 19 Time: 7pm - 9pm Where: Portico Brewing - 101 South St., Somerville, MA 02143 Yours Truly is a group formed from former popular Boston-based bands, Bearstronaut and Animal Talk. Performing a wide variety of your favorite classic rock, yacht rock, and indie rock songs from the 1970s to today, audiences across New England are singing and dancing along. Check Them Out: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_yourstrulyband_">@_yourstrulyband_</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/w5zo638YF0A">YouTube</a>

Come celebrate Portico’s first annual Oktoberfest! We’ll be offering up German beers and food specials, outdoor games, and live music all day in the Somerville taproom and on the appropriately-themed patio. Lederhosen and drindls welcomed, nay, encouraged! Free entry! 🍻 German beers include our new Festbier and Wheat Ale alongside mainstay Two Point Pils 🥨 Bratwurst, schnitzel and pretzels with from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/JohnnyPomodoro/">@JohnnyPomodoro</a> 🪕 Music from our friends the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/NewGrownUpsBand/">@NewGrownUpsBand</a> 🍺 Steinholding competitions will be held twice throughout the day - sign up and compete to win some sweet prizes! (<a href="http://www.ussteinholding.com/info/official-steinholding-rules">It’s a thing</a>) See you there!

Portico Brewing Grand Opening Party

Portico will be opening our patio doors and celebrating with live music from the Silks, bites from our partner Johnny Pomodoro, outdoor games, and of course, beer!  We’ll be debuting freshly-brewed first batches of Portico staples and brand new recipes!

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

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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

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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

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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

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S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.