Fall events in Boston
33 upcoming. Fall in Boston: festivals, fairs, Halloween events and harvest weekends across Greater Boston.
SaturdayOctober 24
11am to 4pmFree
Shepard Memorial ParkCape Ann's annual celebration of its clam-shucking heritage, free to the community at Shepard Memorial Park. Highlights include a clam chowder competition with local restaurants, live music, food trucks, a beer truck, a K-9 demonstration, face painting, and more than 40 craft and nonprofit vendors.
12 to 3pmFree
Summer Street Plaza and Washington StreetBoston's biggest Halloween dog costume parade in Downtown Crossing. Costumed pups compete for prizes across categories like best costume and best dog-and-human duo, with a photo booth, face painting, and free treats for all.
SaturdayOctober 31
10am, through Nov 1$147.48
CambridgeSideFast, flat USATF-certified course along Memorial Drive past MIT and Harvard Stadium, with a 5K on Oct 31 and half marathon on Nov 1. Benefits local charities; spectating is free.
8 to 10:30pm$10
John Hale HouseHalloween-night double feature from Historic Beverly. First, spooky storytelling inside the atmospheric Hale Farm, then a candlelit walking tour through Beverly's Ancient Burial Ground among weathered headstones and winding paths.
SundayNovember 1
12 to 1pmFree
Arnold ArboretumBoston Conservatory at Berklee percussion quartet performs new site-specific pieces celebrating the Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden at peak fall color, using small percussive instruments and found objects.
SaturdayNovember 7
5:30 to 7pm, every Saturday
Plimoth Patuxet MuseumsA dinner-theater evening at Plimoth Patuxet Museums built around historic New England foodways. Guests share a family-style meal of 17th-century dishes (roast turkey, stewed pumpkin, pork chine, ricotta cheesecake) while costumed performers bring the past to life with music and storytelling. Each feast ticket includes two days of admission to the museum's historic sites. Advance ticket purchase is required; tickets are non-refundable.
SundayNovember 8
8am$110
Franklin ParkThe B.A.A.'s fall flagship race: a 9,000-runner half marathon through Franklin Park, Jamaica Pond, and the Emerald Necklace. Spectating at the Franklin Park start/finish is free; 2026 registration is at capacity.
FridayNovember 20
4 to 9pm, through Nov 22$10
SoWa Boston Power StationThe 11th annual SoWa holiday market fills the Power Station with more than 100 makers, artists, designers, and specialty food vendors. Shop handmade gifts, sip winter cocktails, and catch live music including dueling pianos. Admission $10; kids 12 and under free.
4 to 9:30pm, through Nov 25$20
Stone ZooZoo New England's holiday lights walk returns with a candy-themed Yukon Creek, a festive model train set, Santa visits on select dates, and hot-chocolate-with-the-reindeer sessions (pre-registration required).
SaturdayNovember 21
10am to 12pmFree
Historic Plymouth WaterfrontAmerica's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration brings its annual parade back to the Plymouth waterfront for 2026, during the nation's 250th anniversary year. More than 100 entries, floats, marching bands and military units step off at 10 AM from Plymouth Rock and march through the waterfront to Court Street in historically chronological order. Free to watch along the route.
All dayFree
Faneuil Hall MarketplaceAnnual lighting of the marketplace's 50-foot Norway spruce, which arrived in early November. Exact ceremony time still TBA; prior years ran around 7:30 PM.
TuesdayNovember 24
All day$25
deCordova Sculpture Park and MuseumAfter-hours guided moonlight walk among the sculpture park's 60-plus works. Small groups, 60 to 75 minutes; bring a flashlight and sturdy shoes. Rain or shine.
FridayNovember 27
4 to 8pm, through Nov 29$28.52
Boxboro RegencyAnnual holiday-shopping edition of the indie con: vendors and artists, comic guests, cosplay contests with cash prizes, a daily kids cosplay parade at noon, and cosplay karaoke. Free parking.
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