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What to do in Boston in enero

The best month for Boston is mayo — Lilac Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum on May 10 (Mother's Day) — over 400 lilac plants in bloom and the only da…

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Why Boston in enero

The Boston Wine & Food Festival opens January 23 at the Boston Harbor Hotel — the country's longest-running wine-and-food festival, with pairing dinners through late March.

Deadest tourist month of the year after the holidays: rock-bottom hotel rates, line-free museums and photogenic snow with highs of just 37°F.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19 — the city's Day of Celebration brings a memorial breakfast and free admission to several museums.

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febrero

Lunar New Year in Chinatown — the Lion Dance Parade and Cultural Village land on February 17, with lion dances winding down Beach Street.

marzo

South Boston's St. Patrick's Day and Evacuation Day Parade on the Sunday nearest March 17 — one of the largest in the US, rolling down Broadway in Southie.

abril

The Boston Marathon on April 20 (Patriots' Day) — the 130th running, some 32,000 runners from Hopkinton to Copley Square as the whole city turns out.

mayo

Lilac Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum on May 10 (Mother's Day) — over 400 lilac plants in bloom and the only day all year picnicking is allowed.

junio

Boston Pride for the People on June 6 — the relaunched org's parade from Copley Square to Boston Common, moved a week earlier for the World Cup.

julio

The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell on July 4 — Keith Lockhart's free concert and fireworks over the Charles, 7:00 to 9:30 pm.

agosto

Saint Anthony's Feast in the North End on the last weekend (Aug 27-30) — the largest Italian religious festival in New England, the 'Feast of all Feasts.'

septiembre

The Boston Arts Festival at Christopher Columbus Park (Sept 12-13) — a free festival of local artists and musicians on the harbor, right after Labor Day.

octubre

The Head of the Charles Regatta from October 16 to 18 — the world's largest two-day rowing regatta, some 11,000 athletes between Boston and Cambridge.

noviembre

Thanksgiving on November 26 at Plimoth Patuxet (Plymouth) — a living-history museum recreating the 1621 First Thanksgiving, 40 miles south.

diciembre

The Boston Common tree lighting in early December — around 7:55 pm, followed by the lighting of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall.

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