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Dia de Muertos at VROCC

East Boston, MA · Holiday

When

October 17, 2026

Where

Veronica Robles Cultural Center, 282 Meridian St · East Boston · MA

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

East Boston's Day of the Dead celebration, hosted by the Veronica Robles Cultural Center at its Meridian Street home. The evening includes altars, live music and a costume contest honoring Mexican tradition, part of the center's annual October programming.

The history within reach

• Maverick Square, where East Boston was built out of Noddle's Islandsame spot

  In 1833 General William H.

• The East Boston Immigration Station held immigrants as enemy aliens0.6 mi

  Built between 1919 and 1920, this was New England's port of entry until 1954.

• Old North Church signal0.8 mi

  Two lanterns were hung in the steeple on the night of 18 April 1775 to signal that the British were crossing the Charles by water.

• Irish Boston0.9 mi

  Famine ships landed tens of thousands into a Protestant town that put No Irish Need Apply in its windows, and within sixty years the Irish ran city hall.

• Great Molasses Flood site0.9 mi

  A storage tank burst in January 1919, sending 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets at speed.