At this point, if you haven't booked your rental down the Cape or ferry ticket for the Vineyard, you're spending the 4th here in Boston. Which means you've got front-row seats to America's 250th birthday celebration, plus free T rides to get you there.

Speaking of freebies, enter to win tickets to see Gramps Morgan at Leader Bank Pavilion on July 9th.

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Team USA faces Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight and MGM Music Hall is hosting the city's official watch party. It's free, just RSVP here and bring your best "U-S-A!" chant.*

• Just in time for the 4th, Ruckus! opens tomorrow at Old South Meeting House, dropping audiences into the debates that helped spark the American Revolution, right where they actually happened.

• Our most decorated food festival is back: Boston JerkFest returns to Harvard Athletic Complex July 10–12. This year's Femme Tropikal theme celebrates the women shaping Caribbean culture and you could be there when you win 3-day VIP passes.*

• Good music sounds even better outdoors, especially when it’s FREE. The Charles River Jazz Festival brings a stacked lineup of artists, plus food, art and plenty of reasons to spend the day on the Charles.

• Find even more just-announced Boston shows to add to your calendar!

WIN A TIKI CRUISE ON THE CHARLES

Nothing says summer like a tiki boat, a drink in hand and seeing Boston from the water. Enter to win a pair of tickets for your own Tiki Cruise on the Charles, then check out what else we're giving away this week.

• Pomplamoose

• Yacht Rock Revue

• Myles Smith

• Boys Like Girls

• Lily Allen

• Steve Winwood

THIS SUMMER

LOCALS ONLY

• Think you know Boston? Prove it. Road to 250 Trivia is happening tonight with rounds covering Boston, New England and the people, places and moments that shaped our whole life (not to be dramatic).

• To absolutely no one's surprise, Patrice Bergeron is headed to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Just days after the Bruins announced they'd retire No. 37, Bergeron learned he’d be inducted into hockey’s highest honor in November.

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