Thursday, June 18
Noon to 2 p.m.
Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square.
Live reggae from Roots Alley Collective featuring special guest Dion Knibb
Free but RSVP. In celebration of Juneteenth and presented in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT’s African, Black, American, Caribbean Employee Resource Group, enjoy live music plus delicious food truck options, lawn games and more.
4 to 5:30 p.m.
Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Park Sounds: Juneteenth Celebration with Tim Hall
Free. PARK SOUNDS 2026 brings free outdoor musical performances featuring local artists to the front lawn of the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch. Tim Hall is an award-winning musician, performance poet and producer from Detroit who performs warm neo soul, jazz, and hip hop influenced music. The events are all-ages. Bring a chair, food and loved ones to celebrate the summer.
Friday, June 19
5 to 9 p.m.
Inman Square, Cambridge St. between Springfield and Prospect streets.
Soccer Watch Party: Scotland vs. Morocco
Free. Enjoy free food, face painting, soccer activities and live entertainment. This event is part of “Cambridge United: Where the World Comes Together,” a citywide series of free, outdoor soccer screenings and community celebrations throughout summer 2026.
9:30 p.m.
The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square.
$20 to $30 and 21-plus. Jack Grady is a comedy magician whose chaotic, unpredictable style has earned him a cult following and millions of fans across the internet.
Saturday, June 20
3 p.m.
Cambridge Library Valente Branch, 826 Cambridge St., Wellington-Harrington.
Free. A bilingual family concert in English and Spanish. Recommended for children of all ages and their caregivers.
7 to 9 p.m.
Lou’s, 13 Brattle St.
Saturday Salsa night: La Diáspora Combo
$30 to $50. Led by lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Angel Javier Camilo, La Diáspora Combo is an intergenerational collective of musicians from Latin America and the United States. Rooted in diasporic identity and community, the ensemble brings high-energy, dance-forward performances of salsa, merengue, and bachata.
Sunday, June 21
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn St., West Cambridge.
Mount Auburn Summer Solstice 2026
Free but RSVP. Offerings of free and paid activities including mindfulness walks, yoga, a cyanotype making workshop, meditation, a poetry reading and community concert.
5 to 9 p.m.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square.
Summer Solstice Celebration 2026: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Free. Enjoy live music and performers, play lawn games and make a flower crown. Ice cream, beverages and food will be available for purchase from food trucks.
Monday, June 22
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Cambridge Main Library, Community Room, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Cambridge Cooks: Caribbean Heritage Month Edition with Chef Gaitskell
Free but register. Join Chef Gaitskell Cleghorn Jr. as he prepares jerk chicken and mango salsa in celebration of Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
8 to 10:30 p.m.
Remnant Satellite, 877 Cambridge St., Wellington-Harrington.
Bluegrass: Sam Reid & The Riot Act
Free. Sam Reid and the Riot Act is an American roots and bluegrass band that is acoustic guitar driven.
Tuesday, June 23
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square.
Soccer Watch Party: England vs. Ghana
Free. Enjoy free food, face painting, soccer activities and live entertainment. This event is part of “Cambridge United: Where the World Comes Together,” a citywide series of free, outdoor soccer screenings and community celebrations throughout summer 2026.
5 to 7 p.m.
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Berklee Summer in the City: The Apparatus Trio
Free. The Apparatus Trio is a jazz fusion group redefining the edges of groove, improvisation and modern sonic textures.
Wednesday, June 24
Noon
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Lunchtime concert: Rosa Joe Jacobs
Free. Rosa Joe Jacobs is a Brooklyn-bred, now Boston-based songwriter and musician. Her songs are drawn from folk traditions. Her debut is set to come out in 2027.
6 p.m.
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Baldwin neighborhood.
Astonished By Beauty: The Essential Practice of Natural History
Free. Join naturalist Thomas Fleischner on his new book, “Astonished by Beauty,” a guide to reconnecting with nature through natural history.
Thursday, June 25
5 to 9 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Free. Gather with friends and mingle inside an Italian-inspired courtyard while taking in the smooth sounds from DJ C-Zone. Stop by the Materials Lab for a fun art-making activity and then drop in on one of the museum’s Spotlight Tours.
6:30 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library’s Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St.
Cookbook Club and Community Potluck
Free. This month, we’re cooking from “In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean” by Hawa Hassan. Bring a dish to share or just come to talk about your experience with this cookbook.
Friday, June 26
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Gallery Performance: “Celtic Art Across the Ages”
Free. This musical performance is related to the special exhibition, “Celtic Art Across the Ages.” Clare Fraser (fiddle) and Simon Lace (guitar/bouzouki) play traditional Irish music and talk about Celtic musical heritage.
Starting at 4 p.m.
Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square
Free. At 4 p.m., the Dance Party kicks off at City Hall with a high energy jam session and conga line ready set led by local favorite DJ P.A.C. that is specifically designed for older adults and young families. Then at 6 p.m., internationally-known DJ Gee Spin, a Boston-born radio legend whose career is deeply woven into the fabric of New England’s music scene is up and then, DJ D-Nice, the globally celebrated creator of Club Quarantine who began his career with the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, closes out the night from 8 to 10 p.m.
8 to 11 p.m.
Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square.
$29. Join Boston’s all women and non-binary party band, the Femmes, for their annual Pride Party. There will be brand new songs, full horn section, three lead singers and favorite songs from LGBTQ+ artists.
Saturday, June 27
1 to 4 p.m.
Trum Field, 541 Broadway, Magoun Square.
Family Fun Day
Free. Celebrate the start of summer at the City’s 20th Annual Family Fun Day, hosted by the Parks & Rec Department. This year’s activities include bounce houses, magic shows, face painting, live music, arts and crafts, outdoor games and more.
7 to 8 p.m.
First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Maggie O’Farrell reads from “Land”
$42, includes ticket and book. The author of “Hamnet” and “The Marriage Portrait” discusses her new historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. New York Times bestselling author Celeste Ng joins.
Sunday, June 28
Midnight to 1 a.m.
The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square.
The Midnight Hour with Camila Quintero
Free to enter. The Venezuelan vocalist and Berklee School of Music student captures audiences with her approach to singing styles such as jazz, Latin and contemporary music.
6 p.m.
The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square.
QA&P Presents: 48-Hour Play Festival
$15 to $20. Across a single weekend, LGBTQ+ artists dream up, write down and fully conjure a collection of original one-act plays then perform them live on stage.
Monday, June 29
4 and 6 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
$13 to $15. In British filmmaker Ben Rivers’ new feature, told in a series of vignettes, a girl named Moon wanders through unfamiliar landscapes in a world seemingly free of adults. On her journey, Moon meets and observes many other children, learning from them about different ways of existing.
7:30 p.m.
Sally O’Brien’s, 335 Somerville Ave., Union Square.
Dennis Brennan and The White Owls
Free admission. This blues band features Dennis Brennan on vocals and harmonica, Tim Gearan on guitar, Steve Sadler on lap steel, Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted on drums.
Tuesday, June 30
6 to 10 p.m.
Trum Field, 541 Broadway, Magoun Square.
Somerville Fireworks
Free. The celebration begins with live music from Plutos Return, a Somerville High School alumni band. DJ Live follows with a lively mix of pop, soul, funk and classic hits, and at 7:45 p.m., local funk band Search Party takes the stage. At 9 p.m., the National Anthem starts the countdown to fireworks. Rain date: July 1
7 p.m.
Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square.
Lauren Hough reads from “Monster of a Land”
RSVP. The author, after refurbishing a ramshackle 2001 Dodge van and setting off from Austin, Texas, with her husky mix Woody by her side, she takes the road trip she has dreamed of in the form of part travelogue, part social commentary. Author Laura McKowen joins.
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill.
Boston Moth StorySLAM: Holiday Gone Wrong
$20. This community-focused, open-mic storytelling competition is open to anyone who can share a story on the night’s theme (changes every month).
Wednesday, July 1
12:30 to 1 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Gallery Talk: American Works of Art at the 250th
Free. Curator of American art Horace D. Ballard leads this series of gallery talks to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Each talk will closely examine a work of art that speaks to the historical, social and political contexts that continue to shape the events and ideas of the United States.
8 to 11 p.m.
The Lizard Lounge, 1667 Massachusetts Ave., in the Baldwin neighborhood between Harvard and Porter squares.
$12 and 21-plus. This Bob Marley tribute band, the Duppy Conquerors, has been nominated for a Boston Music Award and includes a 10-piece ensemble of veteran musicians.
Thursday, July 2
6:30 to 9 p.m.
Portico Brewing, 101 South St., Boynton Yards, Ward 2.
Free to run. Take a 3-mile run and have a beer afterwards. All paces are welcome and don’t forget your reflective gear and lights.
8 to 10 p.m.
The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar,
49 Mount Auburn St.Good Lord The Liftin’ performs
Free. This acoustic jazz band performs every Monday
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