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BostonUSA
SUMMER 2008
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Summer in the
City
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Summer fun
and adventure and are just a short distance away in one of America's
truly great cities - Boston!
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The 27th Annual Boston Harborfest, July 1-6, 2008
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 Join the week-long celebration as Harborfest
showcases the colonial and maritime heritage of the cradle of the
American Revolution, historic Boston. Harborfest infuses the city with a
week of celebration, spirit and fun. From food lovers to historians,
old salts to young partiots, adventurous tourists to longtime
residents, there is truly something for everyone.
Over the years, Boston Harborfest has grown from a local
event to a national celebration. In 1982 there were 35 activities over
the course of three days. Now in its 27th year, Harborfest is considered
to be the largest patriotic celebration in the nation with visitors
enjoying more than 200 activities during the Festival.
Click here for more details
and a complete list of events.
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Fourth of July Celebration
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On the 4th of July, the nation looks to Boston, the city
where American history and patiotism began. The Boston Pops
Esplanade Orchestra, under to baton of Keith Lockhart, presents rousing
renditions of old-time favorites, patriotic sing-alongs and classical
music just before the sky is set ablaze with fireworks.
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SummersDay Revels, June 20-22,2008
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 Celebrate the first weekend of summer 2008 at SummersDay
Revels,
a free three-day event celebrating Boston's cultural diversity and the
summer season. SummersDay Revels will bring together children, teens and
adults representing the neighborhoods of Boston who'll perform on
multiple stages scattered along Fort Point Channel before uniting each
evening for an exciting inter-cultural SummersDay Revels performance on
the Main Stage near Boston Children's Museum. Enjoy music and dance from
China, India, Brazil, Ireland, Tibet, Cuba, Africa, the Caribbean and
Eastern Europe and musician David Coffin and internationally
renowned storyteller, Jay O'Callahan, not to mention a 20-foot sea
monster will be featured!
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Freedom Trail 50th Birthday
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 Family visitors this summer can celebrate the 50th birthday
of the Freedom Trail (50 events including a British Encampment on the
Boston Common) or take a high-speed ferry to Georges Island, one of 34
islands lying within Boston Harbor that make up the Boston Harbor Island
National Park, and start island hopping. There are free activities for
families all summer long. Anniversary highlights include: Copps Hill Bombardment of
Bunker Hill and the Battle of Bunker Hill Parade (June
10,17, 24 & July 1), Boston
Harborfest (July 1-6), 18th Century Garden Tours (July
3-5) and Redcoat
Encampment on Boston Common (Aug. 15-17), when more than
50 tents housing hundreds of Redcoat re-enactors create a living history
weekend of camp life on Boston Common. Click here for event details: Freedom Trail 50th. Click here for Freedom Trail 50th Hotel Packages.
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Summer Restaurant Week Boston® August 10-15 &
August 17-22, 2008
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 The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau and
American Express present Restaurant Week Boston® which, as a result of
its popularity, is now two weeks long. The offer is incredible: 3-course lunches
for $20.08 and/or 3-course dinners for $33.08 at
more than 200 restaurants in Boston, Cambridge, the suburbs and beyond.
The website for complete list, menus and reservations goes 'live' in
July, 2008.
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27th Annual Chowderfest, July 6, 2008
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 2008 will be the year of the biggest Chowderfest ever
in Boston. Attracting restaurants from all around metro-Boston to
compete for the title of "Boston's Best Chowder," more than
2,000 gallons of New England's signature dish will be ladled out to a
crowd of over 11,000 enthusiastic chowder-samplers in this fun-filled Boston
tradition. Admission: $10 adults/$7 children under 12.
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Scooper Bowl® Ice Cream Festival, Boston City
Hall Plaza, June 10-12, 2008
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 You screm, I scream, we all scream... at the 25th
annual Scooper Bowl®. Indulge your taste buds at this
all-you-can-eat ice cream fest hosted by New England's best ice
cream makers. And to top it off - every scoop you slurp
benefits the Jimmy Fund!
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Outdoor Dining in Boston
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 Boston's finest chefs are cooking up some of your favorite
dishes using the freshest ingredients of the summer. From the
fashionable outdoor cafes on Newbury Street in the Back Bay to lively
Faneuil Hall and the spectacular Boston waterfront, you'll find an array
of outside dining options that will please everyone's palate.
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Charles River Friday Night Kayak & Barbeque
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 Enjoy an evening paddling one of the most scenic sections of
urban river in the country, followed by some of the best food the area
has to offer. We will start off with an introduction to basic kayaking
strokes, then launch for a guided paddle on the Charles River. While
exploring, your guide will discuss the river's place in Boston and
Cambridge history. Upon return to the docks, we will sit down for a
barbecue picnic catered by local favorite Redbones.
Click here for
more information or to make reservations.
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Hollywood in Boston this Summer
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 Visitors can anticipate stars & Hollywood in Boston this
summer: there
are nine (9) movies in production -or anticipated to begin filming soon
in Boston:
· The next Martin
Scorsese Boston-set-and-filmed movie "Ashecliffe" (based
on "Shutter Island" by local author Dennis Lehane,
Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone) will star Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark
Ruffalo and Ben Kinsley (filming began in March)
· "The
Surrogates," the upcoming Disney movie starring Bruce Willis is
now in pre-production. Shooting will begin in April all over Boston and
the surrounding towns. Hyde Park and Easton, MA were among many scouted
locations.
· "The Ghosts
of Girlfriends Past," which stars Jennifer Garner &
Matthew McConaughey and a cast that includes Anne Archer, Michael
Douglas, Emma Stone and Lacey Chabert (filming April onward).
· In May, Kevin
James's comedy "Mall Cop" is expected to start filming
in Boston.
· In May, Ricky
Gervais's "This
Side of the Truth," a comedy about a world
where no one has ever lied will begin, starring Jennifer Garner, Rob
Lowe, Jeffrey Tambor, Jonah Hill & John Hodgman .
· In May, Kate
Hudson is returning to Boston to film another movie, "Bride
Wars," costarring Anne
Hathaway.
· In May-June, "Sexual
Healing," which chronicles the last years of singer Marvin
Gaye's life, will star James Gandolfini and Jesse L. Martin; the film
will also include Los Angeles & Belgium.
· "The
Proposal," starring Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds,
is anticipated to film north of Boston in May.
· Late this
summer/fall "The Fighter," the big-budget movie about
"Irish" Micky Ward starring Mark Wahlberg & Brad
Pitt will film northwest of Boston in Lowell.
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Festivals & Celebrations this Summer
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 Each of Boston's festivals, parades and celebrations
promises to be bigger this year!
· 29th Dragon Boat
Festival (June 7)
· 38th Gay Pride
Parade & Festival (June 14)
· The Bunker Hill/
Charlestown Parade (June 15)
· 33rd Boston
Bastille Day Celebration (July 11)
· 13th
Italia Unita Festival (July 12-13)
· Bastille Day in
Cambridge (July 13)
· 35th
Festival Betances (July 19-20)
· 42nd Puerto Rican
Festival & Parade (July 26-27)
· The 94th St.
Agrippina di Mineo Society Celebration (August 2-3)
· 18th Irish Festival ( Aug. 8-10
tentative)
· 93rd
Madonna Della Cava North End Feast Celebration (August 8-10)
· Boston's Chinatown August
Moon Festival, (Aug. 10)
· 35th
Caribbean Carnival Parade & Festival (August 23
tentative)
· St. Anthony's North
End Feast Celebration (August 23-24)
· Click to view: Explore Multicultural Events at a Glance 2008.
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Performing Arts this Summer
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· Boston's summer
performing arts season will feature major concerts by Celine Dion (Aug.
12), Kenny Chesney (July 26), Roger Waters (July 9),
Natalie Grant (July 25-26), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (June
13), Dave Brubeck (June 13 & 14) and Jethro Tull 40th
Anniversary Tour (Aug. 4) as well as theatre and annual music
festivals (Bank of America Pavilion, Boston's Hatch Shell, Boston City
Hall Plaza series).
· The 123rd
Boston Pops (May 7-July 2) will feature Dizzy Gillespie
(June 21-22,) and Arturo Sandoval (June 10-11). The American
Repertory Theatre presents the USA premiere of "Cardenio"
(May 10-June 8).
· The Boston Ballet
presents three celebrated works by three master choreographers: George
Balanchine's elegant, luminous "Concerto Barocco,"
Antony Tudor's profoundly moving "Dark Elegies," and
Twyla Tharp's explosive and exciting "In the Upper Room" (May
15-18).
· The Huntington
Theatre presents
"She Loves Me," a romantic comedy musical May 16- June
15, 2008 at the Boston University Theatre and "Ennio!"
May 13-June 1, 2008 at the Wimberly Theatre.
· Boston will present
a free two-week outdoor performance of Shakespeare's "As
You Like It" from July 18-August 3, 2008 on Boston Common
by the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. On August 3, 2008 Celebrate
Shakespeare Day will feature a free afternoon of activities
including backstage tours, workshops and performances by youth and
statewide professional companies.
· In late April 2008
we anticipate schedules for five summer music festivals: Bank of America Pavilion,
Hatch Shell Summer Festival, Tweeter Center Music Festival, South Shore
Music Circus & Landmarks Orchestra Festival. Please
check back for updates.
· The summer concludes
with the 19th Tanglewood Jazz Festival (August 29-31).
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Sports & Outdoors in Boston this Summer
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 · Fenway Park Tours
are offered year round: adults $12; children $10. The tours provide fans with a
behind-the-scenes look at America's most beloved ballpark, which includes
the Press Box, State Street Pavilion Box, Red Sox Hall of Fame Plaques
and the oldest seats in Major League History.
· This year Boston
hosts the finish of the 2,800-mile transatlantic sailing race, The
Artemis Transat, originally called the Ostar. Starting May 11, 2008
from Plymouth (UK), the race will finish in Boston on May 28, 2008.
For more details: The Artemis Transat.
· The USA Gymnastics 2008 Visa Championships will
be held in Boston, June 5-7, 2008. For tickets of more information: USA Gymnastics.
· The Boston Lobsters, Boston's newest professional
sports team, a member of the World Team Tennis will announce their
schedule and venue soon. Click here for details: Boston Lobsters LLC.
· The 2008 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships May 24-26,
2008 features championships in Divisions I, II and III, the only NCAA
championship that involves all three divisions at one site. For more
information or to purchase tickets: NCAA Lacrosse.
· The New England Major League Soccer Revolution season
begins March 29 at Gillette Stadium with 15 home games through the
summer. Click to view: Sports Preview.
· The 73rd Suffolk Downs 2008 season
will begin on May 3, 2008. One of America's most historic racetracks,
consists of 166 acres in East Boston and Revere, including 65 acres of
open space Suffolk Downs is easily reached by Boston's Blue Line
"T" -with its own stop-Suffolk Downs. The 66th MassCap will be
run on Saturday, September 20, 2008, five weeks prior to the
Breeders' Cup Classic. Click for more information: Suffolk Downs.
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