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200 Things To Do in Boston in April

By: Jim Martinho - Thursday, Apr 2, 2015 - 1:21pm

Photo by leecullivan on Flickr (Creative Commons license)

You did it, Boston. You survived another endless winter. Except it did end, finally, and now you can go outside without making sure you brought your Chapstick and cradling your phone to your bosom to preserve its battery life. Throw on a hoodie, maybe a light jacket, and check out some of these 200 events happening in April, possibly Boston’s greatest month of the year (that T.S. Eliot was full of crap).

Food

April 5 – Bread & Salt Easter Picnic Basket Pop-Up
April 5 – The Tasting Room at Sip Wine Bar Launch
April 6 – The Breakfast Club’s Breakfast for Dinner Series
April 9 – Winter Tomato Tasting
April 10 – Costa Rican Coffee & Donuts
April 12 – Boston Lamb Jam
April 12 – Taste of South Boston
April 12 – Game of Thrones Pop-Up Dinner Series
April 15 – Let’s Get Cookin’ with Tiffani Faison of Sweet Cheeks
April 16 – YUM! A Taste of Immigrant City
April 16 – Jack’s Abby Taco Night at La Brasa
April 17 – Boston Bon Bon Company Pop-Up
April 22 – Baker to Baker: Talk and Taste at the BCAE
April 25 – In the Kitchen with Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar
April 26 – Pupusa Mania Rally for the Arts
April 29 – WGBH Backyard Battle: BBQ vs. Grilling
April 30 – Bob’s Clam Hut Pop-Up at Belly Wine Bar

Beer, Wine & Spirits

April 3 – Boston Bunny Bar Hop
April 6 – Best of Belgium Beer Dinner at the Lansdowne
April 8 – Wines of Spain with Sandy Block
April 8 – Brass Pair with Two Roads Brewing
April 9 – Unusual Pairings: Downeast Cider, Mystic & GrandTen
April 10 – Beer War Dinner: Fort Hill vs. Beer Works
April 11 – Night Shift Brewing Tabletop Day
April 12 – Spring Craft Beer Fest
April 12 – A Day in the Life of a Downeast Cider Maker
April 12 – Brew Your Own Brews with Social Boston Sports
April 14 – Bulleit Bourbon Dinner
April 15 – Movers & Shakers Cocktail Competition
April 15 – Beer School at American Fresh Brewhouse
April 17-18 – Boston Beer Summit
April 21 – Scotch Tasting at Saloon
April 21 – Get Your (Moon)Shine On at Loretta’s
April 24-25 – Wine Riot 2015

Theater, Dance & Performing Arts

April 2 – Emerson Green Gala 2015
April 2-5 – Emerson X Dance
April 2-12 – Off the Grid Theatre Company: Equus
April 3-4 – Caitlin Corbett Dance Company: New and Recent Works
April 3-25 – Moonbox Productions: Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire
April 4 – Calamity Co. Dance #9 at Aeronaut Brewing Company
April 4-19 – Bad Habit Productions: Virginia Woolf’s Orlando
April 9-12 – ArtsEmerson: Needles & Opium
April 9-25 – ArtsEmerson: Ulysses on Bottles
April 10 – Boston Ballet at the Strand Theatre
April 10-11 – RUBBERBANDance Group
April 10-19 – The Wellesley Players: My Fair Lady
April 10 to May 9 – Apollinaire Theatre Company: Detroit
April 11 – ASL Slam Boston
April 11-18 – Bad Habit Productions: O, Ship! Aboard the Ship!
April 11 to May 1 – Shit-faced Shakespeare
April 13 – Jewish Playwriting Contest
April 14-18 – Tufts University Drama and Dance: Richard III
April 15 – Willmer Wilson IV: Priestess Faust Walk at the MFA
April 17-18 – STRONG: The Boston Marathon Project
April 17-18 – BU Dance Theater: VISIONS 2015
April 17-19 – Boston Conservatory Dance: Limitless (by Beyonce’s choreographer)
April 17 to May 10 – Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre: Suspicious Spaces
April 18 to May 2 – Boston Children’s Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank
April 19 – Poetry Grudge Match: House Slam vs. Boston Poetry Slam
April 23-25 – Emerson Stage: Merrily We Roll Along
April 23-25 – Boston College Arts Festival
April 23-26 – Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts at Brandeis
April 23 to May 24 – Central Square Theater: Mr g
April 24-25 – Brandeis Theater Company: A Night on the Clowns
April 24-25 – Brown Box Theatre: Boxer Shorts
April 24-25 – A Dark Knight in the Asylum: Batman Burlesque
April 24-28 – Boston Conservatory Theater: Coolsville, A Concert Musical
April 24 to May 3 – Fiddlehead Theatre Company: Jesus Christ Superstar
April 25 to May 9 – Boston Playwrights Theatre: The Voices of We
April 26 – The A.R.T. of Human Rights: Four Harriets by Michael Patrick McCarthy
April 28 – Shakespeare & Leadership: King Lear
April 28 to May 10 – Broadway in Boston: Dirty Dancing
April 29 to May 3 – Boston University Theatre: The Cripple of Inishmaan
April 30 – The Big Mouth Off: massmouth Story Slam Finals
April 30 to May 10 – Boston Ballet: Edge of Vision

Museums, Galleries & Visual Arts

April 2 – Gallery 263 Reception: Hands on Deck
April 3 – MFA First Fridays
April 3 – ICA First Fridays: Footloose
April 3 – SoWa First Fridays
April 3 – Dorchester Arts Collaborative April Reception
April 3 – Someday Never Comes: Graffiti Art at The Uniun
April 8 – ArtLifting & Apple: Creating Art in the Community
April 9 – Griffin Museum of Photography Opening Reception
April 10 – Washington Street Art Center: Vitruvian Things Reception
April 11 – Slow Art Day 2015
April 11 – Opening Wine Reception: Focus on Autism Symposium Art Show
April 11 – Slideluck Boston: Technology & Art
April 11 – Boston Sculptors Gallery Artists Reception
April 12 – Opening Reception: Maud Morgan Arts Small Works Salon 2015
April 12 – Creative Arts Flea Market
April 12-18 – Here & There Mobile Art Gallery
April 16 – Gardner Museum Third Thursdays: Making Your Mark
April 17 – Nave Gallery Annex: The Birds and the Bees Opening Reception
April 17 – Takashi Murakama Opening Reception
April 17-18 – Miwa Matreyek at the ICA
April 18 – Artists in the Gallery at the Kingston Gallery
April 24-27 – Art in Bloom at the MFA
April 25 – East Boston Open Studios

Film

April 2 – Boston Cinema Census
April 2 – Coolidge Film Collective Screening
April 2 – UMass-Boston Film Series: Lily
April 2-12 – Boston LGBT Film Festival
April 4 – Emerson Independent Video 40th Anniversary Gala
April 10-16 – Hal Hartley’s Henry Fool Trilogy at the Brattle
April 13 – Coolidge Corner Theatre Science on Screen: Big Fish
April 15-19 – Hollywood Scriptures Film Series
April 16-21 – Boston International Film Festival
April 17-20 – Muppet Madness at the Brattle
April 22-29 – Independent Film Festival Boston
April 24 – New Directions in Chinese Animation

Music

April 3 – Will Dailey at Club Passim
April 7 – WZBC 90.3 Spring Concert at Great Scott
April 7 – Jazz Lounge at the Four Seasons Bristol Lounge
April 7-8 – A Tribute to Paco de Lucia
April 7-28 – Abbie Barrett Tuesday Residency at the Lizard Lounge
April 10 – The New Highway Hymnal LP Release with Vundabar, The TeleVibes
April 12 – Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea at Symphony Hall
April 12 – Zappa Plays Zappa at Berklee
April 12 to May 1 – 2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble
April 14 – Kal Marks at Charlie’s Kitchen
April 14 – Music Trivia at A4 Pizza
April 16 – Polaris (from The Adventures of Pete & Pete) with Hallelujah the Hills
April 16 – Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde
April 17 – Longy School of Music Spring Opera
April 18 – Downeast Cider + Trill House Music Festival
April 18 – National Record Store Day
April 18 – Rhiannon Giddens at the Somerville Theatre
April 18 – Break the Chains and Boston Dyke March Queer Prom
April 20 – Rock for Warriors at O’Brien’s Pub
April 22 – Speedy Ortiz at The Sinclair
April 22 – Mingus in Song and Dance at Berklee
April 23 – Bizarro Album Cover Contest
April 24 – The Barbazons (formerly the Fagettes) LP Release Show
April 24 – Exploring Neurobiology and Music
April 25 – Bent Shapes / Ava Luna / Palehound / Radical Dads
April 26 – Boston Hassle Presents The Space Lady, Keytar Bear & More
April 30 – NRBQ at Johnny D’s

Comedy

April 9 – Broad Appeal Comedy Night
April 17 – Hannibal Buress at the Wilbur
April 17 – ComedySportz East Coast Tournament
April 17-19 – Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival
April 18-19 – The Boston Comedy Marathon
April 22 – Women in Comedy Festival

Fundraising & Social Good

April 3 – Hop Comic Fundraiser for Shriners Hospital
April 3 – 90+ Cellars Wine Tasting for Jumpstart
April 3 – This Is How We Roll Bowling Tournament for Suicide Prevention
April 4 – Dana-Farber Rink Rats vs. Bruins Alumni Charity Game
April 4 – Music vs. Cancer at Brass Union
April 8 – Salsa Night at Ryles Steps for Charity
April 10 – Northeastern Social Change Conference
April 10 – Urban Improv’s Banned in Boston: The Boston Survival Guide ‘15
April 10 – Raise the Rim Boston 2015
April 11 – Somerville Homeless Coalition Gala
April 11 – Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. 20th Anniversary Gala
April 12 – Boston Food Swap April
April 14 – Project STEP Friendraiser
April 14 – The Science Behind the Stars at the Museum of Science
April 14 – SpeakEasy Stage Company Spring Gala
April 14 – Giving Voice: Boston Children’s Theatre Fundraiser
April 16 – Boston Conservatory Ignite Gala
April 16 – The Stepping Strong Charity Event
April 18 – Midnight Riders FIFA Tournament
April 19 – Pins for Parkinson’s
April 20 – Greg Hill Foundation Marathon Party
April 22 – Uplifting Art and Music: ArtLifting & Shelter Music Boston
April 22 – Sustainability unConference 2015
April 23 – One Brick Boston FUN-draiser at American Fresh
April 23 – Chelsea Empty Bowls
April 23 – musiConnects Benefit Concert
April 25 – Artists for Humanity’s Greatest Party on Earth
April 26 – New England Yogathon 2015
April 30 – Generations Inc. Between the Lines Fundraiser

Lectures & Conferences

April 2 – Mayor Marty Walsh at the JFK Library
April 2 – Civil Rights Icon Bob Moses
April 6 – MIT Art, Culture and Technology Lecture
April 7 – Craft on Draft: Choosing Point of View
April 13 – Malcolm Gladwell at Harvard
April 13 – Ta-Nehisi Coates at Boston College
April 15 – Boston Talks: Numbers
April 16 – Breaking Barriers: An Evening with Katherine Switzer
April 16 – Spooky Science of The Southern Reach trilogy
April 17 – Meb Keflezighi at the Old South Church
April 19 – 240th Lantern Ceremony at the Old North Church
April 24-25 – MIT Sustainability Summit
April 29 – Eating Bottles, Drinking Clouds, and Texting Your Evening Meal

Business & Technology

April 8 – Meet and Greet with Boston’s Startup Czar
April 8 – Mass Innovation Nights Sixth-Year Anniversary
April 9 – Work Nightmares: Epic Tales from 9-5
April 9 – Fletcher School Inclusion Forum
April 9 – Northeastern RISE: 2015 Expo
April 10 – MIT Museum Second Fridays
April 14 – How Do Black Women Lean In?
April 17 – Bridging the Gap Marketing Conference
April 17-26 – Cambridge Science Festival
April 22 – Earth Day Building Tech Forum
April 23 – Boston App Festival

Sports & Recreation

April 4 – Brooklyn Boulders Savage Games
April 12 – Cambridge Robot Race and 5K
April 13 – Red Sox Home Opening Day
April 20 – Ginormous Jenga at Area Four

That’s about it. We didn’t forget anything did we? OH RIGHT:

April 20 – The 119th Boston Marathon

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