O que acontece em Boston, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — First Night, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Nor'easter season (1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)), First Night (31 Dez – 1 Jan)

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Nor'easter season (1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Spring break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em março.

Ainda em andamento: Nor'easter season (1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Boston Marathon

• Festival

  Boston Marathon

  14–21 Abr · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentosReserve cedo

  Run on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April, when the state takes a holiday and the whole route from Hopkinton to Boylston Street is lined. Hotels near the finish go a year out. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Whales on Stellwagen Bank

  15 Abr – 20 Out · normalmenteTemporada de baleias

  Humpbacks and finbacks feed on the bank an hour out of the harbour from mid-April to late October, and the boats stop for the winter. July and August are the reliable months.

Movimentado — Commencement season

• Temporada

  Commencement season

  8–25 Mai · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  Dozens of colleges graduate within a fortnight in May and every family in America books a room. It is quietly the most expensive stretch of the Boston year outside the marathon. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Whales on Stellwagen Bank (15 Abr – 20 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em junho.

Ainda em andamento: Whales on Stellwagen Bank (15 Abr – 20 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Independence Day, Boston Pops on the Esplanade

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Boston Pops on the Esplanade

  4 JulLuzes e fogoLotado

  The Pops play the Hatch Shell on the Charles on the Fourth and the fireworks follow at dusk. The Esplanade lawn is claimed by mid-morning and the bridges close. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Whales on Stellwagen Bank (15 Abr – 20 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Student move-in weekend, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Temporada

  Student move-in weekend

  28 Ago – 4 Set · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotadoFechamentos

  Most student leases turn over on 1 September, known locally as "Allston Christmas": every U-Haul in New England is double-parked in Allston and Brighton, and curbs fill with discarded furniture. Locals plan around it; visitors should too. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Whales on Stellwagen Bank (15 Abr – 20 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Student move-in weekend, Summer break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Whales on Stellwagen Bank (15 Abr – 20 Out (normalmente)), Student move-in weekend (28 Ago – 4 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Fall colour, Head of the Charles Regatta

• Natureza

  Fall colour

  5–28 Out · normalmenteCores do outonoLotado

  The city itself turns in the third week of October; the Berkshires and southern Vermont peak a week or two earlier, which is what the leaf-peeping traffic is heading for.

• Festival

  Head of the Charles Regatta

  14–22 Out · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  The largest three-day rowing regatta anywhere, over a weekend in the third week of October, with the banks and every bridge from the Basin to Newton full. It coincides with peak foliage and peak room rates. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Whales on Stellwagen Bank (15 Abr – 20 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break em Estados Unidos

• Feriado

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — First Night, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

• Risco

  Nor'easter season

  1 Dez – 15 Mar · normalmenteTempestades e ventanias de invernoFechamentos

  One or two coastal storms a winter shut Logan and the T for a day and pile snow onto streets that were narrow before it. The rest of the winter is simply cold and clear. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  First Night

  31 Dez – 1 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  The original American New Year's Eve arts festival, running across Boston Common and Copley Square from late morning to midnight. Free, outdoors, and reliably freezing. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)