Cultural festival calendar
Cultural festivals in Massachusetts
26 festivals in Massachusetts, soonest first. Dates are from each organizer where they have posted them, and marked when they only appear in local listings. Where next year's dates are not out yet, we show the month it usually happens.
- Sep30+
CineFest Latino Boston
BostonLatino
September 30 to October 4, 2026
- Oct15-25
Boston Asian American Film Festival
BostonAAPIFilm festival
October 15-25, 2026
- Oct16-25
Boston Palestine Film Festival
BostonArab and MENAFilm festival
October 16-25, 2026
- Oct24
Dia de los Muertos in the Woo Festival
WorcesterLatinoDía de los Muertos
October 24, 2026Not Yet Confirmed by Organizer
- Oct31+
Festival Dia de Muertos (Veronica Robles Cultural Center)
BostonLatinoDía de los Muertos
October 31 to November 2, 2026
- Nov1
Festival Día de Muertos at Chelsea Square Park
ChelseaLatinoDía de los Muertos
November 1, 2026
- Nov1
Worcester Art Museum Diwali Celebration
WorcesterAAPI
November 1, 2026
- Nov4-15
Boston Jewish Film Festival
BostonJewishFilm festival
November 4-15, 2026
- Nov21
ISW Diwali at NE Botanical Garden Festival of Lights
BoylstonAAPI
November 21, 2026
- Jan10
Tết in Boston
BostonAAPI
January 10, 2027
- Jan31
Worcester Art Museum Lunar New Year Celebration
WorcesterAAPILunar New Year
January 31, 2027
- JanTBA
Central Mass International Jewish Film Festival
WorcesterJewishFilm festival
January 2027, dates not announced
- Feb27
Femme Fête
BostonWomen
February 27, 2027
- Mar14
50th Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston
BostonJewish
March 14, 2027
- Apr2-11
Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival
BostonLGBTQ+Film festival
April 2-11, 2027
- AprTBA
JCCNS International Jewish Film Festival
SalemJewishFilm festival
April 2027, dates not announced
- AprTBA
National Center for Jewish Film Annual Film Festival
BostonJewishFilm festival
April 2027, dates not announced
- MayTBA
Panda Fest Boston
BostonAAPI
May 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
ISW-SEAMAC Asian Festival
WorcesterAAPI
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Juneteenth Freedom Day at Franklin Park
BostonBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
The Freedom Cookout
BostonBlack
June 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
African Festival of Boston
BostonBlack
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Worcester African Festival
WorcesterBlack
August 2027, dates not announced
- TBATBA
Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival
WorcesterBlackJuneteenth
No upcoming dates
- TBATBA
Boston Dragon Boat Festival
BostonAAPI
No upcoming dates
- TBATBA
Day of the Dead Celebration at the Peabody Museum
CambridgeLatinoDía de los Muertos
No upcoming dates