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There are a number of events held annually in Boston, Massachusetts, in the USA. They include:

Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 January
- 1.2 February
- 1.3 March
- 1.4 April
- 1.5 May
- 1.6 June
- 1.7 July
- 1.8 August
- 1.9 September
- 1.10 November
- 1.11 December
2 References
3 See also

Events

January

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
L Street Brownies swim	New Year's Day	Curley Community Center	South Boston	Open water swimming Polar bear plunge	A quick swim into the icy cold Boston Harbor

February

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
Truck Day	Around February 8th	Fenway Park	Kenmore Square	Celebration	Boston Red Sox fans cheer the Red Sox equipment truck as it departs for the Sox spring training grounds in Florida.

March

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
St. Patrick's Day Parade	Saint Patrick's Day	West/East Broadway, Thomas Park, Telegraph St., Dorchester Street ending before Southampton Street.	South Boston	Festival/Parade	Starting W. Broadway, E. Broadway, Thomas Park, Telegraph St., Dorchester St. ending before Southampton St.

April

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
Boston Marathon	Patriot's Day	Within the city, predominately on Commonwealth Avenue. (Finish at Copley Square.)	Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Allston, Brighton and Chestnut Hill	Marathon	A marathon beginning in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, roughly 26 miles west of Boston. Finish is outside the main branch of the Boston Public Library at Copley. NOTE: Copley station on Green Line becomes shut down.
Patriot's Day Parade	Patriot's Day	City Hall Plaza, Kings Chapel, Paul Revere Mall, Eliot Square	Downtown Boston	Parade/re-enactment	Flag Raising Ceremony on City Hall Plaza at 9:00AM. Patriot’s Day Parade will march from City Hall Plaza to Old Granary Burial Grounds. Later ceremonies are re-enactments of the midnight ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes that occurred on April 18, 1775. -Re-enactment of Paul Revere’s ride: Old North Church at 10:00AM. -Re-enactment of William Dawes’ ride: Eliot Square, Roxbury at 10:00AM.
Greek Independence Parade	April 26	Boylston St.	Back Bay	Parade

May

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
Walk for Hunger	First Sunday in May.	Boston Common	Downtown Boston	pledge walk	Its a 20-mile walk starting and ending at the Boston Common.
Haitian Parade	Third Sunday in May	Mattapan Square, Blue Hill Ave.	Mattapan/Dorchester	Festival/Parade

June

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type
Dorchester Parade	First Sunday in June	Dorchester Ave.	Dorchester	Parade
Boston Gay Pride Day	Second Saturday in June	Tremont St, to City Hall Plaza	South End/Downtown Boston	Parade
Bunker Hill Parade	Second Sunday in June	Main St. & Monument	Charlestown	Parade

July

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type
(U.S.) Independence Day Parade	July 4	City Hall Plaza to Old Granary Burial Ground, and Faneuil Hall	Downtown Boston	Parade
Pops Goes the Fourth celebration	July 4	Hatch Shell Esplanade, Charles River Basin	Back Bay/Charles River	Concert/Fireworks show
Puerto Rican Parade	Last Sunday in July	Egleston Square to Franklin Park	Dorchester	Festival/Parade

August

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
Boston (Caribbean) Kiddies Carnival	One week prior to the parade (Sunday).	White Stadium	Dorchester	Pageant Competition
Boston (Caribbean) Carnival	Last Saturday in Aug.	M.L.K. Blvd., Warren St., Blue Hill Ave., Franklin Park	Roxbury/Dorchester	Festival/Parade

September

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
Boston Freedom Rally (Hempfest)	Third Saturday in Sept.	Boston Common	Downtown Boston	Festival/Public activism

November

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
Build Boston	Second and Third week of Nov.	Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center	South Boston/Waterfront	Trade show for architecture and building.

December

Event	Date	Venue	Neighborhood	Event type	Notes
First Night	December 31	Boston Common	Downtown Boston	Festival

References

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Business Districts	Back Bay \| Downtown \| Fenway–Kenmore \| Financial District \| Government Center \| North End \| South End \| Route 128 cooridor See also: List of companies in Boston

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