Pushpin Boston puts concerts, films, and talks from venues across Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville on one page, day by day: concerts two months ahead, films and talks one month.
This is a curated feed, with an emphasis on independent venues.
Event info is gathered from select venues every few hours. Times and details can change, so check with the venue before you go: every listing links back to the original source where you can confirm times or buy tickets.
No algorithms, no ads, no accounts.
How to use it
- Tap a listing for more: a picture, the price, every showtime, what it’s about, the address, its other dates, and a link to copy and send.
- Tonight and This weekend filter the list down to just those days.
- Pick a venue from the menu to show only its events. The browser’s address keeps your choice, so you can share it with friends.
- Search matches names, venues, and descriptions: a band, a director, “35mm”. On a keyboard, press slash to jump to it.
- A showtime struck through is sold out, and a listing with nothing left says so.
- Subscribe to a calendar (below) to have new listings show up on their own.
Calendars
Subscribe in your calendar app, and new listings appear there on their own, updated every few hours.
- Music: Apple Calendar · Google Calendar
- Film: Apple Calendar · Google Calendar
- Art & talks: Apple Calendar · Google Calendar
Venues
Every venue in the feed, with how many listings each one has coming up.
Music
- Arts at the Armory 24
- Brighton Music Hall 31
- Club Passim 62
- Crystal Ballroom 11
- Deep Cuts 27
- House of Blues 20
- ICA 1
- The Lilypad 73
- Lizard Lounge
- MFA 6
- The Middle East 19
- Midway Cafe 53
- Paradise 33
- Roadrunner 22
- The Rockwell 23
- Royale 16
- The Sinclair 53
- Somerville Theatre 20
Film
- Alamo Drafthouse 150
- Arts at the Armory 1
- The Brattle 77
- Capitol Theatre 44
- Coolidge Corner 62
- French Library 2
- Harvard Film Archive 25
- ICA 1
- Kendall Square 44
- Lexington Venue 31
- MFA 7
- Somerville Theatre 32
- West Newton Cinema 61
Art & talks
- Arts at the Armory 2
- ArtsEmerson 10
- Boston Public Library 17
- French Library 7
- Harvard Art Museums 16
- ICA 5
- MFA 15
- MIT 25
- SoWa 1
Questions
Who makes this?
I’m Graham Hagenah. I live in Somerville and love supporting my local theaters and concert venues, and I wanted an easier way to track what’s coming up than relying on Google or visiting each venue’s website.
Why isn’t my favorite venue here?
It may not publish its calendar in a way that can be read automatically, or I may not have found it yet. Tell me about it and I’ll take a look.
Will you make this for my city?
I’d rather keep it to places I know well. I add every venue one by one, and curating a list of cool spots would be challenging if I’m not a local. But if there’s enough interest in another city or area, I’ll look into starting one there, and it would go much faster with help from someone who knows its venues. If that’s you, get in touch.
How often is it updated?
Every few hours, from each venue’s own calendar. Shows added or changed since then appear with the next update, so check the venue’s page before you go.
Why do some listings have no time?
Some venues post only the date, or only when their doors open, not when the show starts. The listing links to the venue’s page, which usually has the rest.
Does it track me?
Only anonymously. It counts visits, and which listings are opened, followed to their venues, and shared, with GoatCounter, which uses no cookies and keeps nothing personal, so I can tell whether people are using it. There are no ads and no accounts, and your venue and search choices live only in the page’s address.
Know a venue that should be here, or spotted a mistake? Get in touch.