This weekend of May 17th-19th, what's going on, #Boston ? What's the can't-miss event(s) you hope to enjoy?

(The #BostonWeekend Thread 1/?)

Probably rainy Saturday 5/18, but like a 1/4 inch - highs in the upper 60s Friday, upper 50s Saturday & Sunday. Pack a poncho and/or the goretex, and don't forget your daytime SPF, despite the cloudy forecast. #mawx

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Through Sunday, its #Brimfield #Antiques Shows out in #HampdenCounty (kinda Between #SpringfieldMA and #Worcester, at least a 70 minute drive from #boston depending on the 'pike).

They have everything, not just antiques, across huge grass fields. If you like haggling with vendors and unique goods. The May sale is usually the best of the year as vendors unload their winter finds.

https://www.brimfieldliveonline.com/
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Brimfieldlive
#InmanSquare's delightful shop #GatherHere hosts the #Makers Market of #Handmade crafts in #CambridgeMA this Sunday from 1-4pm - Food and vendors abound, and live #BostonMusic https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inman-eats-crafts-2024-tickets-875422200367
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Inman Eats & Crafts 2024

A celebration of Inman Square: enjoy delicious food from local restaurants and a makers' market featuring goods from local craftspeople.

Eventbrite

#BostonMusic at the #SomervilleArmory Friday Night has Seattle's #EARTH.

If you like droning #metal and standing around with nodding battlejacketed longhair types, the Armory's a spectacular event space in #SomervilleMA (RIP #ONCESomerville).

Doors at 7, #EstherBlue opens at 8, tickets ~$30, All ages show!

https://earthsl.bandcamp.com/album/the-bees-made-honey-in-the-lions-skull
https://artsatthearmory.org/events/get-to-the-gig-presents-earth/
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The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull, by Earth

7 track album

Earth

Free live music in #SomervilleMA for #JoyFest Saturday afternoon 1-6 at (my absolute favorite outdoor space in the entire city), #ProspectHill -

'Part block party, part #DIYmusic festival, JoyFest is both a community celebration and a call to support the arts! ' #BostonMusic

https://partiful.com/e/o0C4VXs4IcCDKiGg2rIB

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RSVP to JoyFest | Partiful

✨Part block party, part DIY-music festival, JoyFest is both a community celebration and a call to support the arts! ✨ Featuring!! 🎶 amazing local bands and an open-mic hour (see line-up below!!) 🤝opportunities to learn about and support local arts advocacy and housing affordability initiatives 🤸🏾‍♀️participatory art stations and workshops ✌️We're a group of arts-loving friends, and we'd love to grow JoyFest together with you. 🌱 Want to perform at the open-mic hour, run a participatory workshop, sell your art, feature your organization?🫶 ✨Fill out this Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegimNTU-g5U6nMrrVFbN8uroFI68RfBp4z6BpJmkz8RHD9TA/viewform

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RESCHEDULED to SUNDAY: More free live music plus vendors etc, in #SomervilleMA for the #NewEngland #HongKong Fest in #UnionSquare 4-8pm Sunday
https://newenglandhkfest.com/
#NewEnglandHKFest #BostonMusic
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New England Hong Kong Festival is a community-run festival dedicated to bringing the Hongkonger community together and celebrating Hong Kong culture. Through food, music, performances, games, and interactive activities, we hope to create a space for people to gather and build connections, exchange stories and experiences, and for those with a connection to Hong Kong to find a sense of home and belonging.

newenglandhkfest.com

#BostonMusic & Free - #Malden's #Porchfest starts at noon Saturday, til 7pm, still on despite the rain as of Saturday @10am, but check the wobsite. No Guster, though.

You're well positioned getting off at #MaldenCenter on the #OrangeLine if you're taking the #MBTA (h/t @DemonHusky ) https://www.maldenporchfest.org/
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Malden Porchfest - Home Page

Kite Festival

Festival Date: May 19th, 2024

Revere Beach Partnership - Our Beach

#BostonMusic & free - #Watertown has a #porchfest this weekend too if that's closer than #Malden for you.

Noon-5pm Saturday https://watertownporchfest.org/
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Watertown Porchfest 2025

Live concerts in # Boston this weekend/#BostonMusic
Friday
EARTH (#SomervilleArmory)
Buck Meek of #BigThief (Crystal Ballroom)
Saturday
#StringCheeseIncident (MGM Music Hall)
#ORGY (Brighton Music Hall, and yes, this is the #industrial band from '98, the provocatively named 'Candyass' album, omg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvFGckYZP1k&list=PLMFPRByCwtcXGMW0Q8zUVIIbY41QCi0O9&index=7)
Sunday
#BigBadVoodooDaddy
(Wilbur)
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Orgy - Blue Monday

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Dear reader, if you've found this or past #Boston weekend threads useful, holler - especially if you end up at one of these events.

I curate these weekly threads, exclusively here for the fediverse. I'd like this subset of the fedi to grow beyond ~12 bostonians shouting about how much we love bikes.

Boosts, sharing local-ish events you're interested in, and tagging posts with #BostonWeekend help to that end, and 'favourites/likes' just make me feel seen (which keeps me motivated to spend time on this entirely non-commercial project). I don't have to remind you that there's no algorithm here serving up suggested content, and no paid content mills yet - If your feed doesn't have stuff you want in it, its up to you to make that happen by either boosting or posting, ideally with tags.

Be well and have fun out there, #NewEngland! ✌️ (#BostonWeekend 14/x)

@knizer I really appreciate them. I live pretty much on the water in Eastie and often the first indication I get of ships dog-fighting is when I hear the cannons fire. Then two days later, "So that was a thing..."

?!! You couldn't have told me so I could walk down there?

@pelielios Thanks! As someone who lives on a hill in somerville but is separated from the mystic by a mile and a highway, I sometimes forget how close we are to the water - but also am blissfully unawares of cannons. Is there a 'local #eastie paper' anymore? We've got the #CambridgeDay which has a great Events listing now (and I regularly poach from that page), but with the death of free weeklies, I'm not sure where to find out about whats going on in #EastBoston.

https://www.cambridgeday.com/events-ahead/

Events ahead - Cambridge Day

Cambridge Day

@knizer There's the Eastie Times but I got out of the habit of collecting it during the pandemic, you fill in the rest...

So I appreciate them too but don't always get updates in a preliminary kind of way.