Dine Out Boston is a food festival in Back Bay, Boston.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Lunch $27-$36, Dinner $38-$55. Book three weeks ahead on Resy or OpenTable. The marquee restaurants book out fastest.
Address: Various Boston restaurants, MA 02116
Boston Seafood Festival runs at the Boston Fish Pier in Boston's Seaport since 2010. Day-long event of New England seafood vendors, oyster-shucking.
Tip: Oyster-shucking competition starts at 14:00. Ticket included in general admission; food sold by individual vendors.
Lowell Folk Festival runs in Lowell, MA, 45 minutes from Boston, every July since 1987. Non-profit community food vendors serve Polish pierogi.
Tip: Free to attend; food sold by community non-profit vendors. The Armenian lamb burgers pull the longest line. Drive or commuter rail from North Station.
Daniel Bruce's Boston Wine and Food Festival has run an annual chef-and-wine series at the Boston Harbor Hotel since 1989. The country's longest-running.
Tip: Opening Reception in late January kicks off the multi-week programme. Book the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti tasting six months out.
The Feast of Saint Anthony fills Endicott and Hanover Streets in Boston's North End every August since 1919. New England's largest Italian festival.
Tip: Saturday-night zeppole competition pulls the public crowd. Saturday tug-of-war at 20:00. The Sunday procession runs 10 hours; arrive by 11:30.
The Feast of Saint Agrippina di Mineo runs on Hanover Street in Boston's North End every August since 1914. Sicilian American street food, the grand.
Tip: Sunday afternoon procession at 12:30 is the centrepiece. Sunday tug-of-war at 20:00; arrive by 14:00 for the food stalls.
Boston Local Food Festival runs every September on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston since 2011. 100 local food vendors, chef demonstrations.
Tip: 11:00-17:00. Free to attend; food sold individually. The Greenway runs from the North End to South Station; the festival fills the Wharf District section.
