This Weekend: Free and Cool Things To Do in Boston 😍 (July 17-20, 2025)

🎉 Garden Party: Outdoor Music, Clothing, and Farmers Market

Listen to live local music, participate in drawing workshops, swap out old clothes, shop for all your produce needs, eat local food, and get to know Eastie Farm.

• When: Friday, July 18th, 3pm to 8pm
• Where: Eastie Farm, 6 Chelsea Terrace, East Boston
• Admission: Free
• Details: Sustainable Swaps

🌈 Figment Boston

FIGMENT is a free, participatory arts festival that invites people of all ages to play, engage, and make. For one day this summer, the Sylvester Baxter Riverfront Park will transform into a large-scale collaborative artwork.

• When: Saturday, July 19th, 11am to 6pm
• Where: Sylvester Baxter Riverfront Park, Great River Rd and Assembly Row, Somerville
• Admission: Free
• Details: Figment

☀️ Somerville ArtBeat 2025 Festival

Enjoy up to 100 craft and food vendors, community organizations, and general talent artists on the street, as well as two stages of music and a dance showcase at the Somerville Theater. This year's ArtBeat theme is “Freeze.”

• When: Saturday, July 19th, 12pm to 9pm
• Where: Davis Square, 1 Davis Square, Somerville
• Admission: Free
• Details: Somerville Arts Council

🍹 Outdoor Vintage Clothing Thrift Festival

Over 80+ Vendors, 80k SQ FT of Vintage, Y2k, $10 Piles, Food Trucks, temp tats, tooth gems, free drinks, and so much more!

• When: Saturday, July 19th, 1pm to 6pm
• Where: The Yard, 100 Hood Park Drive, Boston
• Admission: Free
• Details: Select Markets

😎 Festival Betances: Latino Cultural Festival

Ready to dance salsa like never before? New England’s longest-running Latino cultural festival is back with an audience of more than 3000 people from across Greater Boston.

• When: Saturday, July 19th, 1pm to 9pm
• Where: 100 W Dedham St, Boston
• Admission: Free
• Details: IBA