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2024 Tito Puente Latin Music Series: Gregorio Uribe

Join us this summer in Boston Parks for live salsa music and dance.

July 25, 2024
2024-07-25T19:00:00

Created in honor of Latin music icon Tito Puente, this series celebrates 15 years of bringing live Latin music with a strong salsa influence to Boston parks. The series is sponsored in part by:

Free salsa lessons are led by MetaMovements.

July 25, 2024
2024-07-25T19:00:00
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2024 Tito Puente Latin Music Series: Clave & Blues

Join us this summer in Boston Parks for live salsa music and dance.

August 8, 2024
2024-08-08T19:00:00

Created in honor of Latin music icon Tito Puente, this series celebrates 17 years of bringing live Latin music with a strong salsa influence to Boston parks. The series is sponsored in part by:

Clave & Blues is a young Cuban music and Latin jazz band that has performed at several concert halls and festivals in the Boston area since 2016, including Lawrence Jazz Festival, Boston POPS, and many others. The mix between Afro-Cuban rhythms, blues, R&B, and world music creates a contemporary sound that gives this band its place in the New England music scene. The band includes professional international musicians under the direction of Cuban pianist and Berklee graduate Anibal Cruz. Their first single, "La Raza" (2020), shares a call for peace, diversity, celebration, and inclusion — a tribute to traditional Cuban music and its culture.

"Our goal is to create music that engages people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. We aim to grow an audience that loves Cuban music and its culture."

August 8, 2024
2024-08-08T19:00:00
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2024 Tito Puente Latin Music Series: Alex Alvear and Mango Blue

Join us this summer in Boston Parks for live salsa music and dance.

August 1, 2024
2024-08-01T19:00:00

Created in honor of Latin music icon Tito Puente, this series celebrates 17 years of bringing live Latin music with a strong salsa influence to Boston parks. The series is sponsored in part by:

 

August 1, 2024
2024-08-01T19:00:00
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2024 Tito Puente Latin Music Series: Rafael Moreno

Join us this summer in Boston Parks for live salsa music and dance.

July 18, 2024
2024-07-18T19:00:00

Created in honor of Latin music icon Tito Puente, this series celebrates 17 years of bringing live Latin music with a strong salsa influence to Boston parks. The series is sponsored in part by:

July 18, 2024
2024-07-18T19:00:00
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2024 Tito Puente Latin Music Series: Orquesta Sensacional

Join us this summer in Boston Parks for live salsa music and dance.

July 11, 2024
2024-07-11T19:00:00

Created in honor of Latin music icon Tito Puente, this series celebrates 15 years of bringing live Latin music with a strong salsa influence to Boston parks.  The series is sponsored in part by:

July 11, 2024
2024-07-11T19:00:00
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24th Annual Gospel Fest

This annual event serves as New England’s largest Gospel music celebration.

August 25, 2024
  • 5:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Leader Bank Pavilion
    290 Northern Ave.
    Boston, MA 02210
  • Contact:
    Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
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2024-08-25T17:00:00 - 2024-08-25T20:00:00

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the 24th Annual Boston Gospel Fest, taking place at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston! This vibrant celebration of gospel music will fill the air with uplifting melodies and powerful performances. The event kicks off at 5 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m., offering three hours of inspiring music and community joy.

Get ready for an exciting lineup of talented gospel artists who will energize and entertain you. Stay tuned for talent announcements and more details coming soon!

Don't miss out on this incredible night of music and celebration. Mark your calendars and get ready for a memorable experience!

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Gospel Fest August 25th 2024

 

August 25, 2024
  • 5:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Leader Bank Pavilion
    290 Northern Ave.
    Boston, MA 02210
  • Contact:
    Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-08-25T17:00:00 - 2024-08-25T20:00:00
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NAACP’s 114th National Convention Opening Reception

This event hosted by the City of Boston and NAACP National serves as a kickoff event for the NAACP’s 114th National Convention.

July 28, 2023
  • 5:00pm - 9:00pm
  • The Hub at Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – Hall A
    415 Summer St.
    Boston, MA 02210
  • Contact:
    Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment
  • Price:
    Free with registration
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2023-07-28T17:00:00 - 2023-07-28T21:00:00

The reception will be held at The Hub at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center - Hall A with music by DJ Jazzy Jeff. The event is free and open to the public with registration.

Register for the event

July 28, 2023
  • 5:00pm - 9:00pm
  • The Hub at Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – Hall A
    415 Summer St.
    Boston, MA 02210
  • Contact:
    Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment
  • Price:
    Free with registration
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2023-07-28T17:00:00 - 2023-07-28T21:00:00
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Culture Nights Music Fest: Seaport

A cultural programming initiative of the Artist Initiative for Revolution made possible by the support of the Mayor's Cabinet of Equity Racial Justice. This event provides a welcoming, inclusive and culturally-vibrant space in the City of Boston, celebrating its distinctive heritage and animating its creative future. This experience features local artists and cultivates cultural vibrancy to those in the community.

July 28, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • 88 Seaport Blvd.
    Boston, MA 02210
  • Contact:
    racialjustice@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2023-07-28T18:00:00 - 2023-07-28T21:00:00

Culture Nights Music Fest is a recontextualized and genuinely deep sequence of musical experiences promoting expressive music and art for social change. A cultural tradition rooted in the practice of regenerative art, the series honors artistic voice, communal freedom, and the gateways to truth in the pursuit of justice.

Culture Nights provides a welcoming, inclusive and culturally-vibrant area in the city of Boston, celebrating its distinctive heritage and animating its creative future. This experience features local artists and cultivates cultural vibrancy to those in the community.

As community development and planning spans across neighborhoods, and the pressures of a hot real estate market over the last decade increase, it is difficult to deny the relationship between the improvement of an area’s public spaces and increasing value of the surrounding environment as a result.

By examining the historical conditions of gentrification movements, we must expose the impact of displacement, the erasure of communities, and valuable built heritage as a result of cultural investment. The purpose of this cultural programming however, is to ensure neighborhood and cultural vibrancy without displacement.

Learn more and RSVP

July 28, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • 88 Seaport Blvd.
    Boston, MA 02210
  • Contact:
    racialjustice@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2023-07-28T18:00:00 - 2023-07-28T21:00:00
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Culture Nights Music Fest: Mattapan

A cultural programming initiative of the Artist Initiative for Revolution made possible by the support of the Mayor's Cabinet of Equity Racial Justice. This event provides a welcoming, inclusive and culturally-vibrant space in the City of Boston, celebrating its distinctive heritage and animating its creative future. This experience features local artists and cultivates cultural vibrancy to those in the community.

June 30, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Mattapan Square
    Corner of Cummins Highway and Fairway St.
    Mattapan, MA
  • Contact:
    racialjustice@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Mattapan
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2023-06-30T18:00:00 - 2023-06-30T21:00:00

Culture Nights Music Fest is a recontextualized and genuinely deep sequence of musical experiences promoting expressive music and art for social change. A cultural tradition rooted in the practice of regenerative art, the series honors artistic voice, communal freedom, and the gateways to truth in the pursuit of justice.

Culture Nights provides a welcoming, inclusive and culturally-vibrant area in the city of Boston, celebrating its distinctive heritage and animating its creative future. This experience features local artists and cultivates cultural vibrancy to those in the community.

As community development and planning spans across neighborhoods, and the pressures of a hot real estate market over the last decade increase, it is difficult to deny the relationship between the improvement of an area’s public spaces and increasing value of the surrounding environment as a result.

By examining the historical conditions of gentrification movements, we must expose the impact of displacement, the erasure of communities, and valuable built heritage as a result of cultural investment. The purpose of this cultural programming however, is to ensure neighborhood and cultural vibrancy without displacement.

 

June 30, 2023
  • 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Mattapan Square
    Corner of Cummins Highway and Fairway St.
    Mattapan, MA
  • Contact:
    racialjustice@boston.gov
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Mattapan
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2023-06-30T18:00:00 - 2023-06-30T21:00:00
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ZaZ Fest 2023

A celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture like no other! This three-day festival is the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich and diverse cultures of the Caribbean and Africa, and to make unforgettable memories with friends and family. 

Learn more

Attend ZaZ Fest Community Day on August 20 at 7:00 p.m., free with registration!

August 18 - August 20, 2023
2023-08-18T18:00:00 - 2023-08-20T22:00:00
August 18 - August 20, 2023
2023-08-18T18:00:00 - 2023-08-20T22:00:00
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