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The Year’s Last Week of Holiday Lights Near Boston
Events INSIDERs, it's a treat to be outdoors at night anytime of the year, but especially when you can explore thousands of twinkl
Holiday Lights and Santa Events in New England
Hey, Events INSIDERs!
Don't be timid. Bundle up and go out to see some of the nighttime holiday attractions near Boston and beyon
Candlelight Stroll at Strawbery Banke is a Whole Village of 19th Century Holiday Spirit (5 stars)
Strawbery Banke is a living history museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, just an hour's drive from Boston. During the day, March t
Winter Reimagined at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens is Your Worcester Holiday Light Destination (5 stars)
Tower Hill is a beautiful and curated botanical garden near Worcester but less than an hour's easy drive from Boston. It was found
If You Don’t See 1776, the Musical Prequel to Hamilton, You are a Damned Fool (5 stars PLUS)
1776, by Peter Stone, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards, directed by Justin Pendelton and Kelli Edwards, with music directi
Where to See Christmas Lights This Week Near Boston
Almost all the holiday lights in New England are secular, not too religious. You'll see mostly Frosty the Snowman instead of Jesus
Six-Time World Champ Emile Griffith Holds No Punches in Search of Redemption in “Man in the Ring” (5 stars)
“Sometimes you got the sun in your pocket and you still go out looking for the dark.” This among the plethora of earnest and d
Heritage Museums Gardens Aglow Has Holiday Lights and Beautiful Grounds (5 stars)
Heritage Museums and Gardens is my favorite destination on Cape Cod, in Sandwich which is the closer end of Cape Cod, between 60-
62 Holiday Lights and Santa Events in New England This Week
It's holiday time! Make seeing Santa or visiting outdoor holiday lights an excuse to visit a fresh part of New England. Here are 6
49 Holiday Lights and Santa Parades This Week Near Boston
Holiday lights are here! Every year, you can drive or walk through city parks and theme parks with thousands of lights, or see a p
37 Holiday Light Displays and Santa Events Near Boston
November is a slow time for the arts, but this week kicks off holiday nighttime light displays!
Even if you don't have kids, it's
Loss of Breath’s Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe is Haunting, Hilarious, and Fresh (5 stars)
Loss of Breath: The Unfinished Life and Death of Edgar Allan Poe, written and directed by Wesley Savick, with Ali Maynard, Assista
Rhode Island Comic Con is a Vast Expo For All Things Geek Culture (4.5 stars)
Entering into the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence Rhode Island and you are transported to Comic Con, a celebration of all thing
See Ice and Pumpkin Carving at the Jack O’Lantern Journey at the Franklin Park Zoo (4 stars)
The Jack O'Lantern Journey at the Franklin Park Zoo is a non-scary pathway with thousands of carved pumpkins and dioramas, and oth
Halloween Continues One More Week Into November
It's not too late to see Halloween attractions! Many of them carry past Halloween into the first weekend of November. (And don't g
Meet Animals and Pick Your Own Produce at Ward’s Berry Farm (4 stars)
Ward's Berry Farm is a 200-acre family farm in Sharon, Massachusetts that grows a lot of farm-to-table produce for local restauran
Creep Through a Haunted Corn Field at Hicks Family Farm Haunted Weekends (3 stars)
Hicks Family Farm is a 5th generation farm in northwest Massachusetts that during the summer and early fall is open to the public
The Ghoullog Has Theme Park Rides and a Halloween Woods Walk at a Real Ski Resort (4.5 stars)
The Ghoullog is a haunted attraction that takes place at a ski resort! It's their 12th year, hosted at Cranmore Mountain. Unfortun
Spooky World’s Nightmare New England Adds a Hayride and Fun Park to Halloween (4 stars)
Nightmare New England is presented by Spooky World, perhaps the best known brand name in New England for Halloween scares. Spooky
Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses is the #1 Halloween Attraction in the Northeast (5 stars PLUS)
It's remarkable how many Halloween attractions find a way to call themselves #1. They're #1 in a voter poll or some journalist a l
Field of Horrors is an Entire Evening of Halloween Scares and Fun (4.5 stars)
On my Halloween season trip to eastern New York, I almost went to Nightmares at Liberty Ridge Farm, but then I learned that they h
13 Nights at Jiminy Peak Has New England’s Only Halloween Ski Lift Ride (4.5 stars)
The best Halloween attractions give you more to do than just the haunted walk. Some take place in theme parks, or on a family farm
DementedFX is #1 in New England For Halloween House Animatronics (5 stars)
Based near Springfield, DementedFX is an all-indoor attraction, making it all-weather, that has the best production value I've see
112 Halloween Attractions Near Boston This Week
You asked for it, you got it! Find 112 destinations open this week, carefully curated. It's New England's largest list of Hallowee
Interview: Halloween Clownfest at the ONCE Lounge in Somerville
Halloween Clownfest is more than a party. It's one night of evil clown insanity run by Matt Martino, who in recent years has run t