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Daily Email - Tuesday - 5/20/2025

May 20, 2025

This is not a drill: Boston Calling starts Friday! Still need tickets? Enter to win 3-day passes and spend Memorial Day Weekend at Boston’s best music fest.

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • The MDW newsletter is here, and we’ve packed all your long-weekend plans into one easy scroll. First up: our Seaport Summer Kickoff giveaway. Don’t sit this one out, enter to win over $1,000 in prizes!

  • Starting on Thursday, more than 37,000 flags will cover the Common for the annual Flag Garden as a tribute honoring Massachusetts' fallen heroes.

  • Grab a pint and say hello to summer from Sam Adams’ roof deck. The downtown taproom is bringing back Rooftop Deck DJs to jumpstart the long weekend.

  • Looking for a new adventure for the long weekend? Hit up the ICA or MFA, where you’ll get FREE admission on Memorial Day.

  • Beehive’s putting a backyard spin on breakfast, serving up burgers and hot dogs at Monday’s Brunch Hoedown. Add cocktails and live country music, and your holiday plans are set.

YOUR GUIDE TO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Photo: Boston Calling

While we can't promise sunshine for the long weekend (because, Boston), we can guarantee your plans aren’t a wash. Our Memorial Day Weekend guide has you covered with festivals, freebies and everything in between.

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🎶 Boston Calling Post-Show Block Party

Friday-Sunday at One Reason Garden Bar (12PM)

Pre-game or keep the party going just down the road from Boston Calling (okay, a few miles down the road) with frozen cocktails and a late-night menu until midnight.

⚾ Catch a Sox Game

Friday-Sunday at Fenway Park (times vary)

Make room in your 3-day weekend for hot dogs and home runs — the Sox are in town Friday-Sunday. Check out our guide to Fenway while you’re in the neighborhood.

🍻 Crack a Cold One

Anytime around Boston

Long weekend plans: sunshine, friends and local craft beers. Rain or shine, our guide to Boston’s best beer gardens literally has you covered.

🍖 Get Saucy

Anytime around Boston

Don’t fire up the grill this weekend — leave that to the pros. Boston’s best barbecue joints have all your cookout classics, no cleanup required.

🍳 Get Your Brunch On

Anytime around Boston

Long weekend = bonus brunch day! Scope out our guide to brunching in Boston for ideas of where to get your fix for bubbly and Benedicts.

$30 Concert Tickets

Everyone knows summer starts on Memorial Day Weekend. Kick it off with $30 concert tickets to shows at Fenway, Leader Bank Pavilion, and Xfinity Center, on sale TOMORROW. Make this the summer of live music!*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Start your summer in true New England fashion: watching Jaws. Catch the OG summer blockbuster on the big screen Sunday at the Brattle Theatre.

  • On Monday, bridges across the state will shine gold for the first-ever Operation Gold Star, honoring fallen service members. Catch the Zakim, Longfellow and more aglow for this new Memorial Day tradition.

One day closer to the long weekend!