History Events in Boston

Check out happening history events all around Boston, MA

Jiggin-at-the-jug

Sat, 06 Sep at 12:00 pm Strand Theatre (Dorchester, Massachusetts)

Community Day Open House

Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am Boston Athenæum

Art on Film, Day 1

Fri, 12 Sep at 06:00 pm Goethe-Institut Boston Free

The 9 Muses: Celebrating 100 Years of The Jabberwock

Sat, 11 Oct at 07:13 pm 291 St Botolph St Free

Jamaica Plain Film Festival - Friday Night

Fri, 05 Sep at 05:45 pm Loring Greenough House USD 18 to 29

Fenway Stadium Stadion 5K

Sat, 08 Nov at 06:00 am Fenway Park Baseball Stadium

"Roxbury Rhapsody" Public Conversation

Sat, 20 Sep at 12:00 pm Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building Free

Revolutionaries Revealed

Sat, 08 Nov at 01:00 pm Boston Common Free

Friends of the Harborwalk: Films of the Harborwalk

Sat, 25 Oct at 10:00 am Leventhal Center at Boston Harbor Hotel Free

Annual Back-to-the Office Sunset Cruise

Thu, 04 Sep at 05:30 pm 1 Long Wharf USD 47 to 60

Bully Boy Distillery Tour

Thu, 18 Sep at 05:30 pm 44 Cedric St USD 12 to 17

Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution

Thu, 25 Sep at 07:00 pm John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Free

Editing Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana (1693-1728)

Wed, 03 Sep at 12:00 pm Congregational Library & Archives Free

Roslindale Film Society: American Graffiti (1973)

Mon, 29 Sep at 06:00 pm the Square Root Free

Mystery Street (1950) Film Screening

Thu, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

"Africa is the Beginning" Public Conversation

Sat, 06 Sep at 12:00 pm Roxbury YMCA Free

The Displaced West Ender Reunion

Sun, 21 Sep at 03:00 pm The West End Museum Free

Concrete in Boston: Evolution and Revolution

Sat, 13 Sep at 01:00 pm Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Free

Sashiko Stitches! Japanese Mending

Thu, 25 Sep at 06:00 pm 31 St. James Ave., Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02116

Hands-On: Traditions From Rome

Fri, 05 Sep at 05:00 pm Eataly Boston USD 171

Michael Ansara - The Hard Work of Hope

Wed, 10 Sep at 06:00 pm Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square - Rabb Hall Free

Diplomacy Now | The U.S., China, and the Great Powers

Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Boston Public Library, Rabb Hall Free

Old North Church Away Watch Party

Sat, 04 Oct at 07:00 pm 193 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113-1123, United States

Revolutionary Movie Night at Christopher Columbus Park

Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm 110 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02110-3618, United States

Let's Talk! Kinship & Process

Wed, 10 Sep at 06:00 pm Massachusetts College of Art and Design Free

Boston Raiders Youth Football & Cheer 50th Anniversary Celebration

Sat, 08 Nov at 06:00 pm I.B.E.W. Local 103 USD 109 to 1,602

60th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's Arrival in Boston

Fri, 12 Sep at 05:00 pm ISKCON Boston USD 50

WFF: Through the Decades

Sat, 27 Sep at 01:00 pm Various locations in Boston

Walking the Road to Resilience with Frederick Douglass

Sat, 20 Sep at 01:00 pm Frederick Douglass Peace Garden Free

PEN/Hemingway Award Celebration

Sun, 02 Nov at 02:00 pm John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Free

BBF Presents An Evening With Andrew Ross Sorkin

Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm Back Bay Events Center USD 66 to 322

Black Burials and Memory at Dorchester North Cemetery

Sat, 20 Sep at 12:00 pm Dorchester North Burying Ground Free

Hamilton Boston - Official (Sep 23 - Nov 2, 2025)

Tue, 23 Sep at 07:00 pm Citizens Opera House

ACDC Public Chinatown Walking Tours - September 2025

Sat, 27 Sep at 03:30 pm Chinatown Gate USD 23

Friends of the Harborwalk: Walk the North End Wharves of Boston

Sat, 13 Sep at 10:00 am Long Wharf Marriott USD 0 to 13

A NightMARE with Casey Sherman at Wilbur Theatre

Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm Wilbur Theatre

Sailing with St. John's

Sat, 06 Sep at 11:00 am Boston Harbor City Cruises USD 109 to 146

Passions, Fashions, and Finance: Boston’s Role in Preserving Asian Paintings

Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Storytelling & Improvisation

Sun, 14 Sep at 01:00 pm Museum of African American History - Boston and Nantucket

The 3rd Annual Brian J. Donnelly Award for Leadership in Public Service

Thu, 25 Sep at 05:30 pm Venezia Restaurant Boston USD 109 to 215

Friends of the Harborwalk: Seaport District: Innovation or Inundation

Sat, 04 Oct at 10:00 am Martin's Park USD 0 to 13

ACDC Public Chinatown Walking Tours - October 2025

Sat, 25 Oct at 03:30 pm Chinatown Gate USD 23

Religions of Revolution Symposium

Sat, 27 Sep at 08:30 am 14 Beacon St Ste 206, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02108

Chat & Chowder: Boston and the Making of a Global City by James O'Connell

Wed, 15 Oct at 06:00 pm Foley & Lardner LLP Free

СЕРГЕЙ ДОВЛАТОВ - СПЕКТАКЛЬ «ЧЕМОДАН» в Бостоне

Thu, 05 Feb at 08:00 pm John Hancock Hall 180 Berkely Street Boston,Ma 02116

The 2025 HistoryMaker Awards, Presented by The History Project

Tue, 30 Sep at 06:00 pm St. Botolph Club USD 162 to 5,000

47th ABAA Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

Fri, 07 Nov at 04:00 pm Hynes Convention Center USD 29

Chat & Chowder | The Man Who Would Be King

Thu, 04 Dec at 06:00 pm Foley & Lardner LLP Free

The Way We Were :: Roxbury Black Wall Street 1900-1965

Tue, 23 Sep at 10:00 am Roxbury Community College USD 0 to 29

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis "Duke in Africa"

Fri, 23 Jan at 08:00 pm Symphony Hall Boston

Center for Classical Theology 2025

Mon, 17 Nov at 07:00 pm Tremont Temple Baptist Church

History of Boston | Art Gallery Tour

Sat, 18 Jan at 12:00 pm The Hidden Art Gallery USD 18

Waterworks Museum: Chestnut Hill Reservoir Walking Tours

Sun, 11 May at 10:00 am Metropolitan Waterworks Museum USD 7 to 13

Boston Bar Crawl and Freedom Trail Walking History Tour

Sat, 20 Feb at 02:00 pm 24 Beacon St USD 12

Red Sox Nation Bar Crawl Walking History Tour - Bar Trivia on the Go!

Fri, 06 Sep at 12:00 pm Starting Location: USD 12

Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure - Boston Freedom Trail

Mon, 09 Jun Boston Common Visitors Center USD 49

2026 CGS Boston Research Trip

Sun, 01 Feb at 03:00 pm The Charlesmark Boutique Hotel USD 0 to 1,495