Efforts are scheduled for this week to determine the future of the Cambridge Carnival – a 26-year tradition canceled for this year when officials had information suggesting certain violence.

This year’s Cambridge Carnival, scheduled for Sept. 8, has been canceled over fears of violence, event organizers and city officials said Thursday.

Two events this weekend celebrate women of color and other underrepresented peoples, starting with educator Maria Baldwin at Women’s Equality Day in Boston, and finishing with the first Black, Brown & Queer Festival in Somerville’s Union Square.

Everything from children’s puppet shows to African drumming, opera and traditional Irish jam sessions can be found on this summer’s events schedule at Magazine Beach Park, on the banks of the Charles River.

The summertime-summoning Cambridge Arts River Festival returned to Central Square on June 1 with all the same treats plus one new highlight: a “Mermaid Parade” along Massachusetts Avenue tying in with the event’s central theme of climate change.

The details of Cambridge’s Dance Party has been set, with the free annual event set to take place for four frenzied hours between 7 to 11 p.m. on its traditional last Friday in June.

Although Boston Calling has expanded remarkably since its debut in 2013, nothing is perfect. From the facilities and food to musical cameos and a surprising surplus of animal-themed names, here are some highs and lows from the event this year.

The Out of the Blue art gallery space rides again for a few hours Friday for an underground-style pop-up art show, part of the free Fifth Friday Celebration taking place throughout Central Square.

The details of Cambridge’s Dance Party has been set, with the free annual event set to take place for four frenzied hours between 7 to 11 p.m. on its traditional last Friday in June.

Sure, our calendars are filled with increasingly commodified holidays, but they’re also filling up with new days of nationwide significance.