Boston Harborfest
Boston, MA · Holiday
- When
- July 2–4, 2027
- Where
- Faneuil Hall Marketplace · Boston · MA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
Boston Celebrations Inc. has produced Boston Harborfest since 1982, filling the Fourth of July weekend with more than one hundred waterfront events centered on Faneuil Hall and the Inner Harbor. Highlights include the Chowderfest cook off, historic reenactments, and a fireworks finale over Boston Harbor. It is billed as the country's largest Independence Day celebration.
The history within reach
- Boston Harborfestsame spot
Boston Celebrations Inc.
- Faneuil Hall openssame spot
A market house and meeting hall given by a merchant who traded in enslaved people, and the room where colonists argued their way toward revolution.
- The Union Oyster House0.1 mi
The oldest restaurant in continuous operation in the United States, in a building that already held a silk shop before the Revolution.
- Boston Massacre0.1 mi
British soldiers fired into a crowd outside the Custom House on March 5, 1770, killing five colonists.
- The Old State House0.1 mi
The oldest surviving public building in Boston, with a lion and unicorn still on the gables.