Things worth biking to

Marcus Oyelaran

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I track event dates the way I track my ramen budget: with suspicion. These are the ones with confirmed calendars, confirmed locations, and a reasonable chance I'll actually show up instead of just bookmarking them. Emerald Necklace detour included where possible.

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Name	Address	City	Category	My take
1Head of the Charles Regatta	Charles River Reservation, Boston/Cambridge	Boston	Sports	300,000 people watch rowing for free. Attendance-to-ticket-price ratio: undefeated.
2Boston Book Festival	Copley Square, 560 Boylston St	Boston	Literature	Free. Indoors-adjacent. A solid plan B when the Charles crowds get biblical.
3Boston Veterans Day Parade	700 Boylston St	Boston	Parade	Marches past the library, ends at City Hall Plaza. A tidy 1.2-mile commute for a parade.
4Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair	900 Boylston St	Boston	Fair	120+ dealers at Hynes. I go in for research, leave with regret and a used atlas.
5SoWa Winter Festival	550 Harrison Ave	Boston	Market	Ten years running. 125+ vendors in a converted power station. Heating bill must be something.
6Frog Pond Ice Skating Season	38 Beacon St	Boston	Recreation	Oldest park in the country, cheapest thrill in it. I fall down roughly 40% of visits.
7Holiday Market at Snowport	100 Seaport Blvd	Boston	Market	125 vendors, free curling, a line that tests patience more than the curling does.
8Seaport Menorah Lighting	60 Seaport Blvd	Boston	Holiday	Nine feet of menorah. Efficient use of vertical space for a holiday event.
9Boston First Night	City Hall Plaza, 1 City Hall Square	Boston	Celebration	Midnight fireworks over the harbor since 1975. Half a century of punctuality, one night a year.
10ZooLights at Stone Zoo	149 Pond St, Stoneham	Stoneham	Family	Technically not Boston. I go anyway, mostly for the reindeer scavenger hunt.