Boston's Attractions

This seasonal waterfront amphitheatre is widely regarded as one of Bean Town's best venues for live entertainment. The venue hosts anywhere from 40 - 55 shows each summer, with past schedules including: Elvis Costello, Wilco, Morrissey, Blondie, Arcade Fire and Chris Isaak. With a seating capacity of 5,000 and its prime location right on the water in South Boston, the Bank of America Pavilion is definitely the venue of choice for those who enjoy their summer evening's entertainment with a cooling ocean breeze.

In this spell-binding show, three enigmatic bald and blue characters take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theater, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville into a form of entertainment that is like nothing else either on or off Broadway. Since the late 1980s, over 60 Blue Men have entertained crowds in New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas and beyond.

Since 1963, Boston Ballet has been one of the leading dance companies in the world on stage, in the studio and in the community. They maintain a repertoire of classical, neo-classical and contemporary works, ranging from full-length story ballets to new works by some of today's finest choreographers.

The Boston Center for the Arts is recognized throughout New England as the nexus for the very best of small Boston theater productions. The playwrights represented through the BCA reflect the edgy, contemporary minds and times of the diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds found throughout the region. Each year over twenty companies present more than forty-five separate Boston theater productions ranging from comedies to drama and modern dance to musicals. Be sure to find out what’s playing at this vital Boston theater when you visit.

Designed with association and corporate meeting planners in mind, the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) delivers more customer-focused features, greater flexibility, and more state-of-the-art services than any other convention center. With 516,000 square feet of continuous exhibit space, this facility offers flexible and easy configuration options for both large and small-scale events. Two miles from Logan airport, two minutes from Boston's major highways, and three minutes from Amtrak and inter-city bus service, the BCEC is an easy day trip for any East Coast visitor.

The Boston Opera House first opened in 1928 as the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, and is now home to the Boston Ballet as well as contemporary Broadway productions. It was commissioned by Keith’s collaborator Edward Albee as a tribute to his late partner and friend Benjamin Franklin Keith, the originator and leading impresario of refined vaudeville entertainment. After a full $50 million restoration in 2004, the detailed work of talented craftsmen both past and present are here for visitors to enjoy – regal surroundings, clear and proximate sightlines and near-perfect acoustics, making every seat in the house a good seat.

Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is widely considered to be one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world, alongside Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Grosser Musikvereinssaal. Opened in 1900, this famed Boston performance hall features an array of dazzling sculpture and a world-famous 4,800-pipe organ. Today this historic Boston performance hall is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops.

Since 1925 the Wang Theatre has enjoyed a rich and distinguished history as Boston's entertainment mecca. The theatre is designated as a Boston Landmark and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Each year, the Wang Theatre hosts an impressive array of world-class Broadway, theater, music, dance, comedy, opera and film programming, offering something for everyone. .

The Colonial Theatre, located in Boston's Historic Theatre District, is the oldest continuously operating theatre in New England. Opened on December 26, 1900, the Colonial has played host to many world premieres such as Porgy and Bess, Oklahoma!, La Cage Aux Folles, and many, many more. Today the Colonial continues to present the best Broadway shows and world premieres using 21st Century technology surrounded by 19th Century elegance.

America's first civic playhouse, Boston University Theatre was the first tax-exempt theater in the nation. This Boston theater was opened in 1925 across from Symphony Hall and near the Museum of Fine Arts and the old Boston Opera House, in order to signify it as a major institution of Boston theater and its difference from the commercial playhouses of the city. Today the venue hosts some of the most interesting and rewarding productions of the vibrant Boston theater scene.

John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center is one of the country's best midsized event locations and conference facilities, as well as being one of the top Boston attractions.

North Shore Music Theatre is a year-round, 1,800 seat arena Boston theater. Founded in 1954, NSMT provides a permanent showcase for musical theater. Under new ownership in 2010, NSMT continues to annually produce a musical subscription series and an annual production of A Christmas Carol along with celebrity concerts and children’s programming.

Boston's hilarious comedy-who-dunit where the audience solves the crime. Set in a unisex hair salon that is the scene of a whacky murder, the play is filled with up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor and is different every time you see it. Shear Madness holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest running non-musical play in American theater history. The show has run in 68 cities worldwide and is also currently running in Washington DC at the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.

Home of the NHL's Boston Bruins and the NBA's Boston Celtics, as well as world-reknown concerts and sporting events, family shows, wrestling and ice shows, this Boston attraction is one of the city's most visited sites.