Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Mr. Ailey’s choreography, rich in its dynamism and fluidity, showcases a breathtaking range of emotions and narratives, and new works created on the company by exciting contemporary choreographers explore the many facets of today’s Black American experience. More than a show, an Alvin Ailey performance is a beautiful journey that captivates and uplifts, leaving audiences profoundly moved.&nbsp; Connect with grace, beauty, faith, pride, strength, and joy when Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Boston. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/vbr9h0">https://seetix.link/vbr9h0</a>

Wang Theater At The Boch Center

Michael W. Smith - Beyond the Far Horizon Tour

Multi-Platinum singer-songwriter, Michael W. Smith, is excited to come to Boston with his BEYOND THE FAR HORIZON TOUR. Michael is bringing a whole new dimension to this tour with a reimagined live show, featuring brand new music that ventures into new creative ground, while still resonating with long-time fans through beloved hits and uplifting worship moments. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/t649mu">https://seetix.link/t649mu</a>

Emerson Colonial Theatre

Joe Gatto: Let's Get Into It Tour

featuring Mark Jigarjian Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/jy9l6r">https://seetix.link/jy9l6r</a>

Wilbur Theatre

Jessica Kirson Live

Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage. She’s a hilariously relatable performer of sheer silliness, vulnerability, and ridiculous characters. Her countless comedic character videos have racked up over 50 million views on social media. Her audience is multigenerational, creating an excuse for large groups of friends and families to spend a night out together. In an era where only 10% of all touring comedians are female, Jessica stands out as one of the strongest comedians regardless of gender. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/ye4u3n">https://seetix.link/ye4u3n</a>

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons - Shostakovich Symphony No. 6

Andris Nelsons, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor Aleksandra VREBALOV Love Canticles for chorus and orchestra (world premiere; commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser and the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.) STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms -Intermission- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 This program pairs Shostakovich’s introspective, classically elegant Sixth Symphony with Stravinsky’s austerely profound Symphony of Psalms, commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky for the BSO’s 50th anniversary. In fact, Shostakovich so revered Stravinsky’s piece that he made a two-piano arrangement of the score. Commissioned by the BSO especially for these concerts, Aleksandra Vrebalov’s Love Canticles sets Psalm texts in English from the King James Bible, using the same musical forces as Stravinsky’s masterpiece. Originally from the former Yugoslavia and winner of the prestigious 2024 Grawemeyer Award, Vrebalov composes music of deeply spiritual humanism influenced in part by traditional Eastern Orthodox chant. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/fvfc5q">https://seetix.link/fvfc5q</a>

Boston Symphony Hall

Mean Girls The Musical

Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock”), composer JEFF RICHMOND (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blonde) and original director and choreographer CASEY NICHOLAW (The Book of Mormon).  Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naïve newbie falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung. New York Magazine cheers, “MEAN GIRLS delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery.” USA Today says, “We’ll let you in on a little secret, because we’re such good friends: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!” Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/5l32uj">https://seetix.link/5l32uj</a>

Evgeny Kissin, piano

Room-shaking power and soul-soothing poetry come together during Evgeny Kissin’s return to Symphony Hall.&nbsp;Bach's Partita No. 2 for Keyboard gives way&nbsp;to Chopin’s contemplative&nbsp;Nocturnes. Shostakovich’s intense Piano Sonata No. 2 pairs with selections from his homage to Bach, his 24 Preludes and Fugues.&nbsp; Evgeny Kissin has been a Celebrity Series audience favorite for decades, since he was a young prodigy: his artistry has only deepened over the years, and he delivers a reliably brilliant and illuminating performance every time. Don’t miss a modern master of the keyboard when Evgeny Kissin returns for his twelfth Celebrity Series recital!&nbsp; Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/jcxuiu">https://seetix.link/jcxuiu</a>

Taylor Tomlinson: The Save Me Tour

A rare talent who has garnered mass appeal at a young age, TAYLOR TOMLINSON has continued to receive praise from fans and critics alike, with Rolling Stone commending her for “conquering comedy” and CNN welcoming “the era of Taylor Tomlinson.” Variety recently honored her with their Creative Impact in Comedy Award, which follows her inclusion in their “10 Comics to Watch” and “Comedy Impact Report.” She has also been inducted into Forbes 30 Under 30 and TIME100 Next, in addition to being named one of the “100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood” by The Hollywood Reporter. The celebrated comedian is coming off headlining the seventh highest-grossing comedy tour of 2023, remarkably the only woman to break into the Top 10. She has released three hour-long specials for Netflix: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020), Look At You (2022), and Have It All (2024), the latter having debuted at #1. Tomlinson is notably the only female latenight host on network television and the youngest by two decades following the outrageously funny debut of After Midnight on CBS, currently airing weekdays at 12:37AM ET/PT. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/gym1d8">https://seetix.link/gym1d8</a>

Trivium & Bullet for My Valentine: The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour

Bullet For My Valentine &amp; Trivium will perform live at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park on May 2 at 6:30pm. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/nojqj0">https://seetix.link/nojqj0</a>

MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park

Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins

Come cheer on the Red Sox! Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/ttjfwf">https://seetix.link/ttjfwf</a>

Fenway Park

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Jonathan Cohen: Mozart & The Bear

Music Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Mozart: Incidental Music from&nbsp;Thamos, King of Egypt Haydn: Symphony No. 82,&nbsp;The Bear Performed by Jonathan Cohen,&nbsp;conductor Kristian Bezuidenhout,&nbsp;fortepiano H+H Orchestra Overview End the 2024–25 Season on a high note with three showstopping surprises—music from the back catalogs of much-loved composers that just might become your new favorites. Kristian Bezuidenhout, known worldwide as one of today’s most exciting fortepianists, opens with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4;&nbsp;Gramophone&nbsp;calls his recording “one of the finest, most deeply perceptive and thrilling performances of [the piece] on record.” Next, incidental music from Mozart tells a stirring story of power, betrayal, and revenge. And finally, Jonathan Cohen takes you to the carnival with a Haydn symphony nicknamed for dancing bears: ferocious majesty meets unexpected delight. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/fvfc5q">https://seetix.link/fvfc5q</a>

Chris D'elia - Straight Out of The Multiverse Tour

This is an 18+ show CHRIS D'ELIA has become one of the most in-demand performers in comedy. His highly successful podcast CONGRATULATIONS WITH CHRIS D'ELIA has been a mainstay on iTunes' comedy podcast charts since its debut in February 2017. He is also a costar on THE GOLDEN HOUR with Brendan Schaub and Erik Griffin. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/xyhlzh">https://seetix.link/xyhlzh</a>

Shubert Theatre At The Boch Center

Warren Zeiders - Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal Tour

with special guest Chayce Beckham Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/p4lqxa">https://seetix.link/p4lqxa</a>

Crime Junkie Podcast Live: Life Rule #10 Tour

Crime Junkie is a weekly true crime podcast dedicated to covering the cases we just can’t get out of our heads. Every Monday, host Ashley Flowers walks you and her best friend Brit Prawat through cases that need your attention. It feels like you’re sitting around talking about true crime with your best friends. Crime Junkie covers all kinds of cases, from solved and unsolved murders, missing persons, mysterious deaths, and even infamous stories. If you can’t get enough of all things true crime but also wonder ‘how can I take action?’ then you’re definitely a Crime Junkie.&nbsp; Named&nbsp;the #1 true crime podcast and Apple Podcasts #1 show of 2022 and 2023 – you don’t want to miss it! Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/99ulum">https://seetix.link/99ulum</a>

Agganis Arena

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons - All Shostakovich

Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH program Violin Concerto No. 1 -Intermission- Symphony No. 8 A part of our series looking at the music and times of Dmitri Shostakovich and how the composer folded messages of revolution and resistance into his music during a politically turbulent time. Latvian violinist Baiba Skride brings her signature dulcet tones to Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. This work is a deeply personal one, influenced by the composer’s fear of the Soviet censors and actual encounters with restrictive directives from the government. These bitter feelings toward the regime especially color the third and fourth movements. In this way and many others, we see the composer finding ways to stand up to prevailing political winds; for example, the whole piece is shot through with Jewish klezmer influence at a time when antisemitism was on the rise in the USSR. Tickets available @ <a href="https://seetix.link/fvfc5q">https://seetix.link/fvfc5q</a>

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

S19: interest based

WBUR’s 75th birthday celebrations 💫

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

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.