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Thursday, July 2
6:30 to 9 p.m.
Portico Brewing, 101 South St., Boynton Yards, Ward 2.
Portico Point to Pint Runners
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.
Friday, July 3
6 to 9 p.m.
Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge.
Pico Opera: “Lucia di Lammermoor”
$20 to $25. Donizetti’s opera is the tragic story of Lucia Ashton, who is trapped in a deadly feud between her family and the Ravenswoods. While her brother Enrico plots to save his failing fortune by forcing her to marry his wealthy ally, Arturo Bucklaw, Lucia secretly pledges her love to her family’s sworn enemy, Edgardo of Ravenswood. A performance is also scheduled for July 5.
7 p.m.
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge.
chrysalis and Entifan perform
$23 to $25. Indie pop singer songwriter chrysalis is the recipient of the Gibson/Music Forward Emerging LGBTQ+ Artist Award. “Black Sheep,” a collaborative release with folk/alt rock singer songwriter Entifan, came out in May.
Saturday, July 4
7 p.m.
Charles River, at the DCR Hatch Shell, 47 David G. Mugar Way, Boston.
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
Free. Special guests Grammy-winning country music star Lainey Wilson, three-time Grammy winner Chance The Rapper and Grammy-winning Trombone Shorty perform at this 52nd annual event. There will be a revolutionary-themed drone show during the performance of the “1812 Overture” and a fireworks display choreographed to music by the Boston Pops.
7:30 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
“National Treasure” viewing
$13. Nicolas Cage plays Benjamin Franklin Gates, an adventurer/historian who discovers that a secret treasure map is somehow embedded in the Declaration of Independence and he decides that the only way to keep the document from being stolen and used for nefarious ends is to steal it himself.
Sunday, July 5
2 to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square.
Summer Boston Celtic Music Festival
Free from 2 to 4 p.m.; $30 for shows starting at 7 p.m. The Carroll Sisters Trio performs at 2 p.m. while Erin Shea Hogan & The Kind Strangers go on stage at 3 p.m. Starting at 7 p.m., Isabel Oliart Band, Torrin Ryan & Amy Law and Leland Martin with Janine Randall and Eamon Sefton perform.
Monday, July 6
7 p.m.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Christopher M. Finan reads from “Freedom of Speech: A People’s History of Democracy’s Most Essential Right”
Free. Former executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and the former president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Christopher M. Finan discusses how free speech throughout history has been used to advocate for change and can be used today to expand democracy. Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy joins.
7 to 10 p.m.
McCarthy’s, 1920 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.
Traditional Irish Music Sessions
Free entry. Live traditional sessions with fiddles, flutes, whistles and bodhráns weave together tunes that have traveled generations.
Tuesday, July 7
5 to 7 p.m.
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Owen Reinders performs
Free. Owen Reinders is a bassist, arranger and composer musically influenced by the RH Factor, Derrick Hodge and Butcher Brown. His music is a blend of jazz, funk and rock.
6 to 8 p.m.
Danehy Park, 99 Sherman St., in Neighborhood 9 just east of Fresh Pond.
Danehy Park Summer Concert Series: Rebecca Mac
Free. Rebecca Mac, a Boston-based violinist and violist, performs at this weekly summer concert series. Sponsored by Club Passim in partnership with The Cambridge Arts Council.
Wednesday, July 8
Noon
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Lunchtime Concert: Noble Dust
Free. Folk pop band Noble Dust is a 2023 and 2024 New England Music Award nominee for Americana Band of the Year, 2023 Falcon Ridge Grassy Hill Emerging Artist and received Club Passim’s inaugural Gecko Award in 2023 for creative narrative works.
7 p.m.
The Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square.
Grain Thief performs
Free entry. This Americana band performs in the front room and includes Patrick Mulroy (guitar, vocals), Zach Meyer (mandolin, vocals), Michael Harmon (bass, vocals), Tom Farrell (resonator guitar) and Alex Barstow (fiddle).
Thursday, July 9
7 p.m.
The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge.
Alphabet: Youth Contemporary Circus Show
$17 to $28. Through the foundational disciplines of acrobatics, juggling, aerial, balancing and clowning, Alphabet is a youth circus show for all ages.
7 to 9 p.m.
Lou’s, 13 Brattle St., Cambridge.
R&B Soul: Lisa Bello
$30 to $50. Lisa Bello is a vocalist and songwriter with a sound rooted in jazz, soul and late-night storytelling.
Friday, July 10
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square.
Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow’s Discoveries
$15 to $20. A collaboration between the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture and the university’s three natural history research museums (the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum), this new exhibition showcases rare objects from the collection vaults that people continue to study to uncover new knowledge. Open 7 days a week through April 2027.
8 p.m.
The Sinclair, 52 Church St., Harvard Square.
The Smiths Tribute NYC
$22 and 18-plus. The Smiths Tribute NYC, featuring former members of The Sons & Heirs, takes you back to the 1980s to perform indie rock hits from Morrissey and the Smiths’ greatest songs.
Saturday, July 11
Noon to 6 p.m.
Cambridgeport, Port and Riverside neighborhoods.
Cambridge Porchfest
Free. Neighbors host musicians in this walkable, community musical event held in yards, driveways or on front porches, with the idea that anyone can come by and check them out.
6 to 10 p.m.
The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square.
2026 Somerville International Film Festival
Free. This festival brings diverse international films to showcase the best regional and international filmmakers. This year: “Blood & Guts” (United States) by Carlye Rubin and Katie Green. There is also a short film showcase featuring seven such works. Continues on July 12.
Sunday, July 12
10 a.m. to noon
Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn St., West Cambridge.
Madge Evers reads from “Printing With the Sun: Capturing the Beauty of Nature With Cyanotypes”
$15. Cyanotypes are one of the oldest photographic printing processes in the history of photography. Madge Evers talks about her book, shares her own history with the cyanotype process and introduces its 19th-century origins. She will then conduct a live demonstration of how the process works.
Noon to 6 p.m.
Cambridgeport, Port and Riverside neighborhoods.
Cambridge Porchfest
Free. Neighbors host musicians in this walkable, community musical event held in their yards, driveways or on front porches, with the idea that anyone can come by and check them out.
Monday, July 13
7 p.m.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Chloe Chapin reads from “Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men”
Free. The American historian, costume designer and fashion scholar examines why American men’s fashion was standardized from the time of the nation’s founding and how it became a form of social and political power. Fashion and design curator Michelle Finamore joins.
8 to 10:30 p.m.
Remnant Satellite, 877 Cambridge St., Wellington-Harrington, Cambridge.
Bluegrass with Ruth & Ben String Band
Free. Led by guitarist Ruth Rappaport and her son, fiddler Ben Wetherbee, this intergenerational band’s repertoire includes rousing, powerful old-time fiddle tunes and traditional, modern and original songs that feature tight harmony singing. Gian Criscitiello and Joel Wennerstrom round out the band.
Tuesday, July 14
5 to 7 p.m.
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Berklee Summer in the City: Hanna Lauren
Free. Hanna Lauren, a San Diego-born pop, electronic and R&B artist, performs at Berklee’s Summer in the City 2026 concert series.
7:30 p.m.
Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square.
Songwriter Showcase Series
Free. This showcase connects singer-songwriters in the Boston area, giving them the space to perform their own music and support each other. This event includes an hourlong open mic slot during which any musician can show up and perform a couple of songs.
Wednesday, July 15
Noon
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Lunchtime concert: a day without love
Free. A day without love is the moniker of Brian Walker, who has toured across all 50 states, Canada, England and the European Union performing his multi-genre project.
8 to 11:30 p.m.
The Lizard Lounge, 1667 Massachusetts Ave., in the Baldwin neighborhood between Harvard and Porter squares.
The Wildwoods
$20. The Wildwoods, a folk Americana band hailing from Nebraska, includes Noah Gose on vocals, acoustic and electric guitar; his wife, Chloe Gose on vocals and violin; and longtime friend Andrew Vaggalis on vocals and upright bass.
Thursday, July 16
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The Common at CX, 320 Morgan Ave., North Point.
CX Summer Nights featuring Hill House and Over the Bridge
Free but reserve. An outdoor concert featuring Hill House and Over The Bridge and accompanied by local brews and drinks, food trucks, lawn games and opportunities to support the nonprofit community. The series is in partnership with the East Cambridge Business Association.
7:30 p.m.
The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square.
The Comedy Studio presents: The Roast of Mark Zuckerberg
$14. This comedy show features a cast of characters, local Cambridge comedians and special guests taking shots roasting the CEO of Facebook, Instagram, META and Threads Mark Zuckerberg.
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