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Happy New Year, Massachusetts: MA Events This Weekend
Here's where you can ring in 2024 across the state this weekend, plus what else to know.
MASSACHUSETTS — It isn't so much a question of what there is to do in the Boston area and beyond, but rather, what should locals do?
Welcome to Patch's latest weekly roundup of highlight-worthy events across the city and surrounding areas. We've compiled them into one, easy-to-follow list, for your weekend planning.
It's the weekend to celebrate the beginning of a new year, which, as you can imagine, means parties, fireworks and polar plunges dominate the plans for the weekend.
Find out what's happening in Barnstable-Hyannisfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
From Cape Cod to Boston and beyond, here's where you can ring in the new year.
And that's just a taste of the weekend ahead. Here are the events to know:
Find out what's happening in Barnstable-Hyannisfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
If you would like to submit an event for consideration, email montana.samuels@patch.com.
Friday
- First Light Weekend — Provincetown
- Yippee Ki Yay at The Huntington Theater (through Sunday) — Boston
- The Nutcracker at Citizens Bank Opera House — Boston
Sunday
- New Year's Eve Fireworks — Provincetown
- First Night Chatham — Chatham
- First Night Boston — Boston
- New Year’s Eve on the Cochituate Rail Trail — Natick
- Patriot Place First Night Celebration — Foxborough
- Boston Harbor’s Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll — Boston
Monday
- Swampscott New Year's Day Polar Plunge — Swampscott
- Massachusetts First Day Hikes — Statewide
- Provincetown Polar Bear Plunge — Provincetown
- Freeze The Day Polar Plunge — Mashpee
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