These 185 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 27 at 4pm +4
Fresh Pond Beer Garden · Cambridge Highlands • $$
Cambridge's seasonal backyard bash: local and west coast beers, cocktails, rotating food trucks, and live music beside Fresh Pond. Room for 500, games on deck, and pups welcome.
October 29 at 5pm +5
Harvard Art Museums · Mid-Cambridge
Free after‑hours gathering in Harvard’s Italian‑inspired courtyard, featuring DJ C‑Zone, art‑making labs, local food vendors and a 10% museum‑shop discount.
October 30 at 10pm
Club Café · Back Bay • $15
GayMaxxing is Club Café's weekly queer dance floor takeover, built on community and zero pretension. DJ Stevie Psyclone spins open-format pop, R&B, hip-hop, and throwbacks while the crowd makes the night.
October 30 at 4pm
Inman Square • Free
Inman Square transforms into a Halloween hub with an evening of ghost stories, outdoor movie screenings, and neighborhood-wide treats. Local businesses host special activities ranging from tarot readings to craft stations.
October 30 at 7pm
Club Café · Back Bay • Free
Nick Panagiotou hosts a raucous, no-cover Halloween bash where "frightful" meets fabulous. Come in costume, compete for prizes, sip themed drinks, and belt a tune at the open mic between his showtunes and jazz sets.
October 31 at 8pm (This weekend)
ICA Seaport Studio · D Street / West Broadway
One hundred years after Houdini's final vanishing act, the ICA throws a Halloween séance of a party: close-up magic from Boston Magic Lab, tarot readings, DJ Kon on the decks, and an open bar to keep spirits high.
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Tue, Oct 27 · 10:00 PM
Icon Nightclub · Downtown
$24.34-$47.43
Tue, Oct 27 · 10:30 PM
Venu Nightclub · Downtown
$$
Tue, Oct 27 · 7:00 PM
D's Keys Dueling Pianos & Sing Along Bar · D Street / West Broadway
$$
Tue, Oct 27 · 8:00 PM
The Hong Kong · Downtown
$
Tue, Oct 27 · 10:30 PM
Icon Nightclub · Downtown
$$
Tue, Oct 27 · 10:30 PM
Icon Nightclub · Downtown
$18.57-$24.34
Wed, Oct 28 · 8:00 PM
Beyond Full · Harvard Square
$
Wed, Oct 28 · 8:00 PM
Club Café · Back Bay
$$
Wed, Oct 28 · 5:00 PM
BLIND DUCK · Prudential / St. Botolph
$$$
Wed, Oct 28 · 9:00 PM
La Fabrica · Cambridgeport
$$
Wed, Oct 28 · 10:00 PM
The Grand Boston · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Wed, Oct 28 · 8:30 PM
McCarthy's & Toad · North Cambridge
$5
Wed, Oct 28 · 10:00 PM
BSMNT · Downtown
Free
Wed, Oct 28 · 10:00 PM
BSMNT · Downtown
Free
Wed, Oct 28 · 4:00 PM
Club Café · Back Bay
Free
Wed, Oct 28 · 10:00 PM
The Grand Boston · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Wed, Oct 28 · 12:00 PM
Harpoon Beer Garden - Boston Common · Beacon Hill
$
Wed, Oct 28 · 11:00 AM
MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM · D Street / West Broadway
Wed, Oct 28 · 6:30 PM
Liberty Bar · West End
$$$
Wed, Oct 28 · 10:00 PM
Highland Kitchen · Spring Hill
$$
Wed, Oct 28 · 9:00 PM
La Fabrica · Cambridgeport
$$
Wed, Oct 28 · 2:00 PM
BRED Bar - Kendall Square · The Port
$$
Wed, Oct 28 · 5:30 PM
The Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Boston · West End
Wed, Oct 28 · 9:00 AM
Boston · Boston
Thu, Oct 29 · 10:00 PM
HAN · Allston
$30.50
Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PM
Time Out Market Boston · Fenway–Kenmore
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 9:30 PM
Empire · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
TD Garden · West End
Thu, Oct 29 · 9:30 PM
Scorpion Boston · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 3:00 PM
Park City Southie · Columbus Park / Andrew Square
$$
Thu, Oct 29 · 10:00 PM
Scorpion Boston · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 9:30 PM
Empire · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 5:00 PM
Caveau · Downtown
$$$$
Thu, Oct 29 · 9:30 PM
Scorpion Boston · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 10:00 PM
Scorpion Boston · D Street / West Broadway
Free
Thu, Oct 29 · 8:30 PM
Havana Club · Cambridgeport
$
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
Brighton Music Hall · Allston
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
TD Garden · West End
Thu, Oct 29 · 8:30 PM
The Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Boston · West End
Thu, Oct 29 · 8:00 PM
SideBar · Downtown
$
Fri, Oct 30 · 9:30 PM
BSMNT · Downtown
Free
Fri, Oct 30 · 10:00 PM
Club Café · Back Bay
$15
Fri, Oct 30 · 5:00 PM
Portside Seafood Restaurant · Cambridge
$$
Fri, Oct 30 · 10:00 PM
Club Café · Back Bay
$15
Fri, Oct 30 · 10:30 PM
Icon Nightclub · Downtown
$$
Fri, Oct 30 · 10:00 PM
The Sinclair · Harvard Square
$20
Fri, Oct 30 · 10:00 PM
Club Café · Back Bay
$15
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM
ICA Seaport Studio · D Street / West Broadway
$0
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM
Citizens House of Blues Boston · West Fens
Fri, Oct 30 · 9:30 PM
Sweet Cheeks Q · West Fens
$$
Fri, Oct 30 · 9:00 PM
Sweet Cheeks Q · West Fens
$17.78
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM
Reunion BBQ · South End
$0-$25
Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 PM
Big Night Live · West End
Sat, Oct 31 · 6:00 PM
City Hall Plaza · Downtown
$10 or less
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