Bostonlocation-guides.com - location guide to Boston featuring Boston Festivals information, annual festival listing for Boston, Massachusetts (MA), USA - Last updated 3/9/2010.
About Boston Festivals
(Boston, Massachusetts, MA, USA)
Boston is a particularly lively and cosmopolitan city, featuring a comprehensive selection of festivals, which take place all through the year. Popular festivals in Boston include the following events.
Annual Boston Festivals
January: New Year's Day, with one of Boston's most unusual events, where a large group of elderly women, the 'L-Street Brownies', jump into the icy waters of South Boston
February: Black History Month, with a range of events centered around the Museum of Afro-American History
March: St. Patrick's Day Parade, taking place each year during the middle of March, with parades, parties, drinking and dancing all over Boston
April: Patriot's Day in April, known for its authentic reenactment of Paul Revere's famous journey
May: Great Boston Kite Festival, taking place each year during the middle of the month at Franklin Park
June: Bunker Hill Weekend, featuring a host of festivities, including a colorful processions on Bunker Hill, when the battle in Charlestown is remembered
July: Boston Pops Concert, with liv outdoor music and spectacular fireworks
July: Civil War Battle Reenactments, historic events taking place during the middle of the month
September: Cambridge River Festival, with racing along the Charles River watched by large crowds
October: Columbus Day Parade, taking place each year at the beginning of the month, with a large and colorful procession from East Boston up to the North End
December: Boston Tea Party Reenactment, taking place aboard the Boston Tea Party Ship and at the museum
Boston is a particularly lively and cosmopolitan city, featuring a comprehensive selection of festivals, which take place all through the year. Popular festivals in Boston include the following events.