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PAX East

Boston, MA · Arts & Culture

When

April 22–25, 2027

Where

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center · Boston · MA

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

PAX East fills the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center each spring with video game demos, tabletop gaming, panels, and esports, drawing tens of thousands of attendees from across the Northeast. Run by ReedPop since 2010, it is one of the largest gaming conventions on the East Coast. The 2027 edition runs Thursday through Sunday in late April.

The history within reach

• South Boston St. Patrick's Day / Evacuation Day Parade0.6 mi

  The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council has marched this parade through South Boston every March since 1901, pairing Evacuation Day with Saint Patrick's Day.

• The safety razor0.6 mi

  King Gillette wanted to invent something people would throw away and buy again.

• Boston Tea Party0.6 mi

  On December 16, 1773, colonists boarded three East India Company ships and destroyed 342 chests of tea, prompting the Coercive Acts of 1774..

• Boston Wine & Food Festival0.8 mi

  The Boston Wine and Food Festival has run at the Boston Harbor Hotel every winter since the late 1980s, spanning tastings, chef dinners, and seminars from late January through late March.

• Washington takes Dorchester Heights0.9 mi

  Henry Knox, a 25-year-old bookseller, dragged 59 cannon 300 miles from Ticonderoga on ox sledges through the winter.