Free tickets, Corn Maze, Re-enactments, Balloon Fests, Sand Sculpture, Haunted Houses, A-Team!
Welcome to Boston Events Insider! I’m looking for volunteers to write restaurant reviews and get paid with $20-$50 in free food. Email me through the website. This week’s top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.
| Free tix to Othello, The Other Guys, A-Team parody | 8/4 | Boston Metro |
 |
|
| Othello is already free, and it’s the outdoor theatre event of the year, taking place right on Boston Common (8pm). But as a press guy I have one guest pass for sitting right up front. Also, I have tickets to see The Other Guys, the new Will Ferrell comedy (7pm, but come early). Both on Wednesday! I also have free tickets (a onesie and a twosie) for A-Team, the parody at ImprovBoston this Friday. Also free movie preview tix for Takers on Sunday in Boston.Email me! Boston Common, Boston, MA.  see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Davis MegaMaze Opens & Magician Weekend | 8/5 – 8/8 | Worcester | ||
| The event of the week is that my favorite midsized amusement park is opening its corn maze! It’s the biggest and best outdoor maze in New England, with over 3 miles of pathways, and it’s across the street from apple picking, a petting zoo, a water spray park, hay rides, and they’re also having magicians come, apparently! 145 Redstone Hill, Sterling, MA.978-422-8888. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| From Redcoats to Rebels: Military re-enactment at Sturbridge | 8/7 – 8/8 | Worcester |
 |
|
| Also the event of the week is this huge re-enactment of 300 years of military history at my favorite re-enactment museum. I’ve seen it and it’s HIGHLY recommended! They’ll have a parade, fife & drum, camp cooking, cannon demo, kids activities. Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA.508-347-3362. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| The Hitchcock Academy and 10th Mass Civil War Encampment | 8/7 – 8/8 | Worcester |
 |
|
| And while you’re there, check out the nearby Civil War re-enactment. Because when you think Massachusetts and history, you think Civil War! Heart-o-the-Mart, Rt 20, Brimfield, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Bicycle Day at the Museum of Transportation | 8/8 | Boston Metro | ||
| The Museum that has so many car shows is having one for bicycles! Come see some real old-timers, and have breakfast and lunch on-site. 15 Newton Street, Brookline, MA.617-522-6547. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| New England Haunter’s Gathering | 8/7 | New Hampshire |
 |
|
| If you like Halloween waaaaay too much, you have to start getting ready early. This convention is for people who run “haunts”, private homes for trick-or-treating that go all-out with special effects. I want to see the robotic gadgets! Unfortunately, if the website is any indication, it will be a low glitz event. Radisson Hotel, Nashua, NH. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Pittsfield NH Rotary Hot Air Balloon Rally | 8/6 – 8/8 | New Hampshire |
 |
|
| I really want to see this!! Just 1.7 hrs from Boston is a balloon festival, with fireworks on Saturday. Pittsfield, NH. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
| Marshfield Sandcastle Sculpture Contest | 8/7 | South Shore |
 |
|
| It’s sand sculpture season and here are three! The first is in Marshfield on the South Shore. They won’t have any pros but us amateurs can compete! 2-4:30pm. Rain date: next day. Rexhame Beach, Marshfield, MA.781-834-5543. see details on the complete Events Insider |
||||
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Sand Sculpture Contest at Marthas Vineyard, Crane Beach Sandblast!, Salem Heritage Days, Heritage Days Edsel Day, Beverly Homecoming Days, Carnival in Beverly, Lizzie Borden Museum Annual Re-enactment, Rehoboth Agricultural Fair, Boston Urban Music Festival, Summer Arts Fest, Get Mortified, Cambridge Discovery Days, The Secret Lives of Bats, Red Bones Annual Pig Pickin’, Hiroshima Day, Polyamory Boot Camp, Al Sharpton, Community Day at Strawbery Banke Museum, Free Fun Fridays: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Maritime Festival, Pops in the Parks, National Night Out: Brockton, Wild West Penny Carnival, Cheshire Fair, Britt B’s Family B, Illumination Night at Old Orchard Beach, Annual Winnekenni Castle Chowderfest, Stargazing at Notchview, Arts Affair at Marina Bay, Naukabout Music Festival, Eastern Massachusetts Rhythym Festival, Nashua Valley Folk Festival / Wachusett Valley Folk Festival, Onset Blues Festival, Newport Jazz Festival (JVC Jazz Festival), Armenian Picnic at Camp Haiastan, Western Mass. Moving Arts Festival, Storytelling Institute Retreat, Woods Hole Film Festival, Pan Mass Challenge, The Hound of the Baskervilles — a Comedy, Cirque du Soleil, Fully Committed, The A-Team, United Styles – Breakdancing Competition, Circus Smirkus at Revere, Comcast Latino Family Festival, Revolutionary War Living History Demonstration Weekend, Bangor State Fair, Maine Lobster Festival, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Northeast Kingdom Music Festival, and more.
And the Largest List of Outdoor Summer Movies, Theatre, and Music in New England, tracking over 300 summer series!
Love this blog? Subscribe to email, Facebook, or Twitter and please tell your friends!