- DCR Hatch Shell on the Esplanade
The Boston Pops July 4th Spectacular is returning for 2025! Keith Lockhart will lead a program featuring the Boston Pops orchestra with international multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer LeAnn Rimes, Broadway, film and television star Leslie Odom Jr., and the iconic Hip-Hop…
- DCR's Hatch Memorial Shell
- Recurring weekly on Friday
WBZ NewsRadio 1030 and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) present the annual Free Friday Flicks, a movie series at DCR's Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston! Free Friday Flicks is a summertime tradition in Boston, attracting thousands of moviegoers to enjoy…
- Hatch Shell, Esplanade
Join Boston Landmarks Orchestra and community partners for a day of musical fun and games for the whole family! Explore instrument petting zoos, enjoy face painting, and celebrate the joy of music together—completely free and open to all.
- DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
Longwood Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of Boston’s medical community, opens Landmarks’ 2025 concert series at the Hatch Shell, led by Music Director Jotaro Nakano.
- DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
In celebration of our 25th season, Best of Boston showcases some of Boston’s most celebrated composers of the past and present, including familiar music by Leonard Bernstein and John Williams, gems by Florence Price and John Harbison, and featuring the Hatch Shell premiere of Amy…
- DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
Prokofiev’s charming Peter and the Wolf has been enchanting audiences of all ages for almost a century, and it is the centerpiece of this program of musical storytelling.
- DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
Mercury Orchestra, led by Music Director Channing Yu, performs Respighi’s majestic Pines of Rome , and Finzi’spoignant cantata Intimations of Immortality .
- DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
Debussy’s evocative La Mer and other music depicting the sea and its creatures are featured in our latest collaboration with the New England Aquarium.
- DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
Beethoven and Revolution : Beethoven’s revolutionary “Eroica” symphony was born of the social and political turbulence following the American and French Revolutions, while Boston-based composer and “Sound Chemist” Val Jeanty draws on the cultural heritage of her native Haiti to…
- DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
Our 2025 season concludes with two of the greatest works of the late romantic period, the second suite from Ravel’s sensuous Daphnis and Chloe , and Mahler’s towering Symphony No. 1, both heard for the first time at the Hatch Shell.
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