Boston Marathon

Name: Boston Marathon
Start: 2027-04-19
End: 2027-04-19
Location: Boylston Street

Boston, MA · Sports

When: April 19, 2027
Where: Boylston Street · Boston · MA
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

The world's oldest annual marathon, run from Hopkinton to a finish line on Boylston Street in Boston, held each year on Patriots' Day. It has run continuously since 1897 and is one of the six World Marathon Majors. The 131st running is set for April 19, 2027.

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Boston Marathonsame spot
The world's oldest annual marathon, run from Hopkinton to a finish line on Boylston Street in Boston, held each year on Patriots' Day.
The first public librarysame spot
The first large free municipal library in America, on the then-radical principle that a city should lend books to anybody.
Boston Marathon bombing sitesame spot
Two pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line killed three people and wounded hundreds in April 2013.
Boston Book Festivalsame spot
The Boston Book Festival fills Copley Square each October with author talks, panels, and a book fair drawing publishers and independent presses from across the region.
Boston Pride for the People Paradesame spot
Boston's LGBTQ+ Pride parade and festival, run by Boston Pride for the People, the nonprofit that revived the march after the original Boston Pride Committee, which had organized it since 1999, dissolved in 2021.