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2008 Edition: Please return to this site - the dates and events are constantly updated. The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau appreciates updated information - please email to Stacy at sshreffler@bostonusa.com

January-March Season 2008

January 2008 Events 

• FIRST NIGHT 2008, citywide New Years’ Eve festival & fireworks, December 31, 2007
• Chinese New Year Spectacular performance at the Opera House January 10-12, 2008
• 5th Boston Celtic Music Festival, Club Passim, Cambridge January 11-13, 2008
• New England Boat Show, BCEC, January 12-20, 2008
• Chocolate Trolley Tours, Old Town Trolley, January 12-April 2008

• Golden Dragon Acrobats, Symphony Hall, January 13, 2008
• Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 16-20, 2008
• Moiseyev Dance Company, Symphony Hall, January 20, 2008
   

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Events in Boston:

• Museum of African American History presents: A Family Concert at Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, Greater Boston Symphony Youth Orchestra, January 21, 2008
• John F. Kennedy Library Museum presents: A Tribute to a Civil Rights Milestone, James Hood, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Nick Katzenbach, and Ted Sorensen as they discuss the events of this historic turning point in American history. Callie Crossley will moderate on Dr. King’s Birthday at John F. Kennedy Library Museum, January 21, 2008

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, January 21, 2008
• Museum of Fine Arts presents  Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Open House, Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra. Enjoy the exhilarating sounds of classic big band jazz with a new generation's spin, as Berklee College of Music alum Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra present original music and works by power house musicians Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, January 21, 2008
• 5th Dr. Martin Luther King Concert by the Boston Children's Chorus, Special guests: Chicago Children's Chorus. This year’s theme: “Remembering Yesterday, Inspiring Tomorrow” at Jordan Hall, Boston, January 21, 2008
   
• Royal Fireworks concert, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, January 25 & 27, 2008
• Brazilian Guitar Festival with Sergio and Odair Assad and friends, Sanders Theatre, January 25, 2008
• 8th Boston African American Theatre Festival, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for Arts, January 24-30, 2008 
• “Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914–1939” Museum of Fine Arts 2008: January 30 – June 1, 2008

February 2008

• Black History Month Events in Boston, February 2008
• Shoghaken Ensemble Armenia’s premier folk ensemble in concert, Somerville Theatre, Feb. 1, 2008
• “American Style: Russell Kettell’s Pine Furniture” exhibition Concord Museum February 1-May 18, 2008
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons, Symphony Hall, February 1, 2008
• Boston’s Chinese New Year Celebration, Beach & Hudson Street / Chinatown Gate February 7, 2008
• “Luxury For Export: Artistic Exchange between India & Portugal  1600s” exhibition Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  Feb. 8-May 4, 2008
• Eva Yerbabuena  Flamenco Ballet , Cutler Majestic Theatre Feb. 9-10, 2008
• Talking Soul with Marc Willis: History About Music and Meaning (1965–1980), Black Musicians Living in the Soul of the Era David Friend Recital Hall Berklee College of Music, February 12, 2008

• Museum of Fine Arts annual African Film Festival,  Each year the MFA presents selection of African feature films from the African Film Festival NY February 2008   
• Noche Flamenco Festival, Cutler Majestic Theatre Feb. 15-17, 2008
• Lunar New Year Celebration, hosted by the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association at the Peabody Essex Museum, Feb 16, 2008
• Altan in concert, one of the world’s finest traditional Irish bands, Somerville Theatre, Feb. 16, 2008
• Hugh Masekela's Chissa All-Stars South African music legend his seven-member band, Berklee Performance Center February 17, 2008
• Soul Caribbean With the Bob Marley Ensemble, the Afro-Cuban Ensemble and the Steel Pan Ensemble, Berklee Performance Center, February 21 
• International Boston Seafood Show, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, February 24-26, 2008
• Roxbury's Visual Arts Heritage, Dudley Branch Library, February 25, 2008
• An Evening with Amiri Baraka - poet, playwright, activist, Roxbury Center for the Arts, February 28, 2008

March 2008

• Dervish in concert, traditional Irish band, Somerville Theatre, March 1, 2008
• Bluegrass family band Cherryholmes concert, Sanders Theatre, March 2, 2008
• Kim McLarin, noted author, journalist and host of Channel 2's "Basic Black" series speaks, Roxbury Center for the Arts, March 6, 2008
• Camerata Ireland, 30-piece chamber orchestra, Jordan Hall , March 7, 2008
• Emanuel Gat, one of Israel’s brightest choreographers, ICA, March 7-9, 2008
• Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Symphony Hall, March 8, 2008
• "Love & Learn: Catfish and Comedy", Roxbury Center for Arts @ Hibernian Hall, March 8, 2008, 8 p.m
• 11th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast, Simmons College, March 8, 2008
• Love & Learn: Catfish and Comedy, Corey Manning of Jamie Foxx's LAFFAPALOOZA, Roxbury Center for the Arts, March 8, 2008
• 4^th  Gaelic Gourmet Week, (hotel/restaurant venues) St. Patrick’s Weekend in Boston, March 12-16, 2008 
• "Two Can Play", Roxbury Center for Arts @ Hibernian Hall, March 14-15, 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2 p.m
• 107^th St. Patrick’s Day Parade, South Boston March 16, 2008
• Anita F. Hill, Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, March 20, at 6:30-8:00 pm
• Italian Virtuosi, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, March 21 & 23, 2008
• Roxbury's History from Native Americans to New Americans, talk and trolley tour, Dudley Branch Library, Talk: March 27, Tour: March 29, 2008
• Spirit of Uganda ,  East African music and dance Berklee Performance Center, March 28, 2008

• Greek Heritage Month Events in Boston
• Women’s Heritage Month Events in Boston
• Irish Heritage Month Events in Boston
•  “A Taste of Power: 18^th Century German Porcelain for the Table” Busch Reisinger Museum March 31-June 30, 2008

Spring Season 2008

April 2008

• Armenian Heritage Month
• Roxbury Women's History, trolley tour, April 5, 2008
• Tiempo Libre in concert, Berklee Performance Center , April 12, 2008
• Black Grace Dance Company New Zealand dance Tsai Performance Center , April 17-18, 2008
• “Antonio López García” Museum of Fine Arts April 20 – July 27, 2008
• “El Greco to Velázquez”  exhibition Museum Fine Arts April 20- July 27, 2008
• Patriot's Day in Roxbury, John Eliot Square, April 21, 2008
• Armenia Genocide Memorial Day, April 24, 2008
• Roxbury's Religious History from 1630 to today, talk and trolley tour, Dudley Branch Library, Talk: April 24, Tour: April 26, 2008
• Greek Independence Day Parade 2008, Downtown Boston, April 27, 2008 (Tent) 
• Orchestra National de France performing Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Symphony Hall, April 27, 2008

May  2008

• Asia Pacific Heritage Month
• Jewish American Heritage Month
• Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 2, 2008
• Cinco de Mayo Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center May 5, 2008
• Boston Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, May 7-18, 2008
• 17th Empowerment Breakfast, Copley Marriott Hotel, May 12, 2008
• Social Activism in Roxbury, talk and trolley tour, Dudley Branch Library, Talk: May 15, Tour: May 17, 2008
• Haitian Day Parade, Mattapan Square, Blue Hill Ave., May 18, 2008 (tentative) 
• “Anish Kapoor, Sculptor “ exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art  May 30-Sept. 1, 2008
  
   

Summer Season 2008

A special “BostonUSA Summer 2008” micro-site is coming in mid-February 2008. Click here for link: Press

June 2008

• Santa Maria DiAnazo North End Feast Celebration, Hanover & Prince Streets, June 1, 2008
• 29th Dragon Boat Festival, Charles River, June 7, 2008
• Artists at the Piano Factory, converse with local artists in their studios, The Piano Factory, June 7, 2008
• Greek Festival, Magazine Street, Cambridge, June 13-15, 2008
• Roxbury in Bloom: flowers, fruits and vegetables, trolley tour, June 14, 2008
• 38th Gay Pride Parade & Festival Back Bay/South End Parade, Boston City Hall Plaza, June 14, 2008
• Bunker Hill/ Charlestown Parade June 15, 2008
• Summers Day Revel, Fort Point Channel,  June 21-22
• US Judo Association Junior National Championships, Hynes Convention Center, June 28-29, 2008

July 2008

• American Dance Awards Championships, Hynes Convention Center, July 1-7, 2008
• “Art Nouveau Jewelry” exhibition  Museum of Fine Arts July 23-November 9, 2008
• 14^th  Annual Boston Harborfest Children’s Day, City Hall Plaza, July ??, 2008
• Independence Day Celebration at Old Sturbridge Village, July 4, 2008
• 13th  Boston French Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts July 2008
• Madonna Del Grazie North End Feast Celebration, North Square, July 6, 2008  
• 33rd  Bastille Day Celebration , French Library & Marlboro Street, July 11, 2008
• 13th Italia Unita Festival, Central Square, East Boston, July 12-13, 2008
• Bastille Day in Cambridge, Holyoke Street, July 13, 2008
• 35^th Festival Betances Villa Victoria, South End, July 19-20, 2008
• 42nd Puerto Rican Festival & Parade, Playstead Franklin Park, Boston July 26-27, 2008
• 22nd Lowell Folk Festival,  Lowell, July 25-27, 2008
• Salem CultureFest 2008, Salem Common, July 27, 2008 (tentative) 

August 2008

• 94th St. Agrippina di Mineo Society Feast Celebration, Hanover & Battery Streets, August 2-3, 2008
• 6th Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, August 6-9, 2008
• Dominican Festival & Parade, Ramsey Park; Melena  Cass Blvd., Boston August 8-10, 2008 (tentative) 
• 18th Irish Festival ICC Canton August  8-10, 2008  (tentative)
• 93rd  Madonna Della Cava North End Feast Celebration, Hanover & Battery Streets, August 8-10, 2008
• India Day ( 61st  anniversary of Independence) , Hatch Shell, August 10, 2008
• August Moon Festival, Beach Street, Chinatown Boston, August 10, 2008
• 98th Fisherman’s Feast of the Madonna Del Soccorso di Sciacca North End Festival, August 15-17, 2008
• East Boston Pride Festival Aug. 16, 2008
• St. Domenic’s North End Feast Celebration, North Square, August 17, 2008
• Kiddie Caribbean Carnival , White Stadium, Franklin Park, August 17, 2008
• 21st August Moon Festival in Quincy, Quincy Avenue, August 17, 2008 (tentative) 
• 35^th Caribbean Carnival Parade & Festival, MLK Boulevard, Warren St, Blue Hill Ave., August 23, 2008 (tentative) Caribbean Carnival: King & Queen Carnival, Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, August 23, 2007
• St. Anthony’s North End Feast Celebration, Endicott & Thatcher Streets, August 23-24, 2008 (tentative) 
• 34th Cambridge Carnival International, August 24, 2008 tentative) 
• Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC of Boston, Norton, MA, August 26 - September 1, 2008
• 19th Tanglewood Jazz Festival, August 29-31, 2008
• Festival of St. Lucia, Cushing Street, Cambridge,  Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2008

Fall Season 2008

September  2008

• South Quincy Italian Festival, Liberty St. & Brook Ave., September 7, 2008
• Hispanic Heritage Month September 15-October 15, 2008 (updating in process)
• 12th Boston Blues Festival, Hatch Shell September 20-21, 2008
• 8th Beantown Jazz Festival September 25-27, 2008

October  2008

• German American Heritage Month  (updating in process)
• Italian American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Polish American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Fenway Cultural District Opening Our Doors Day October 2007
• 29th Oktoberfest, Harvard Square, October 5, 2008 (tentative)
• 2008 Multicultural Symposium Series, Bentley College, October 15-16, 2008
• 194th Handel and Haydn Society Season Begins Boston Symphony Hall October 2008

Holiday Season 2008

November 2008

• Native American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Arab-American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Boston Festival of Films from Iran, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Nov 2008
• El Dia de los Muertos Celebration Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center November 2, 2008

• New England International Auto Show, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, December 3-7, 2008
   

December 2008

• Festival Noir, Hynes Convention Center, Dec. 6-7, 2008(tentative)