30 Creative Events for the End of July 2018
07/19/18 by
Johnny Monsarrat
Summer is high time for outdoorsy, interactive events, and here are some great recommendations.
- The Revere Beach Sandcastle Sculpture Festival, Friday, July 20 – Sunday July 22, in Revere MA, features professional sculptures made of sand, music, vendors, the beach, with fireworks on Saturday night.
- Friday July 20 is Free Fun Friday at MFA, when the Museum of Fine Arts is free!
- The Abbadia Mare Festival is a Renaissance Fest that takes place in Gloucester MA in a real castle! Saturday 7/21 and Sunday 7/22. It is New England’s most creative Ren Faire.
- Get thee to Boston Common for the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Richard III, outdoors at night. It’s free!
- Drive way out to Western Massachusetts for We The People at Double Edge Theater, the best outdoor stage company in New England, running July 18 to August 19.
- Two Latin festivals this weekend include:
- Festival Betances, Saturday 7/21 and Sunday 7/22, in South Boston.
- Caliente!, celebrating Latin music, art, and dance on Boston City Hall Plaza, Saturday 7/21.
- Friday July 20:
- Find outdoor Celtic music at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, MA, just west of Waltham, 6-8pm.
- Take a class on glass at the Diablo Glassblowing School,
- Go to Ceramics Date Night and make something to take home at the Brookline Arts Center,
- Take the Moonlight Tour of Gore Place, a historic home in Waltham. What was life like in the early 1800s?
- Go to the Museum of Science, Boston for their Astronomy After Hours, using a real telescope to peer at the stars.
- Saturday, July 21:
- Glow in The Park at TreeTop Adventures is an after dark ropes course in Canton that puts you high in the trees, also August 18, September 22, and October 20
- Sing along with Minstrels at the Herter Park Amiphitheatre, Boston’s best outdoor stage,
- Fireworks at Salisbury Beach way up on the North Shore, live music, and every Saturday through September 1
- Sunday, July 22, the Boston Triathalon
- The Barnstable County Fair is an agricultural festival, July 23-29, with the world’s largest demolition derby
- Wednesday, July 25:
- Bats! An Evening of Exploration at Moose Hill, is an outdoor night parks program in Sharon, MA
- Fireworks at Hampton Beach in southern New Hampshire, and many other Wednesdays through early September
- Thursday, July 26:
- Guided Moonlight Paddle on the Charles River,
- The Fan Expo Boston (formerly Boston Comic Con) Costume Parade and Contest at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, (Fan Expo Boston runs August 10-12)
- Movies at the Marketplace at Faneuil Hall shows Moulon Rouge
- Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts runs Friday July 27 to Sunday July 29
- Lowell Folk Festival also runs Friday July 27 to Sunday July 29
- Newport Folk Festival also runs Friday July 27 to Sunday July 29
- FIGMENT Boston runs July 28-29, a participatory arts festival on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston
- Saturday July 28:
- Sunset Sips at the Stone Zoo allows adults to explore Stone Zoo after hours, with music, animal encounters, a cash bar, and food.
- Fireworks on Salisbury Beach again
- Jaffrey Riverfest in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, which features a replica “Back to the Future” car
- Waterfire Providence, and outdoor river festival with fire at night
- Sunday July 29, Paradise Moves presents Enough, a free dance show at the Herter Park Amphitheatre, Boston’s best outdoor stage.