BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston’s Open Streets series and its Open Newbury events will return and expand in 2023, with new events planned in Allston-Brighton and East Boston and additional days of events planned on Newbury Street, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday.
Events will also return in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury.
Wu announced Boston’s first Open Streets series last year. The city previously began Open Newbury programming in 2016. In both programs, events aim to create “family-friendly, free pedestrian spaces” with streets temporarily closed to vehicle traffic to make way for performances, food trucks and games, among other attractions.
“It was a reimagining of what’s possible when we think about transforming our streets from how we connect to where we connect with each other,” Wu said.
Back this year, planned Open Streets events will run on the following dates in the following locations:
- Sunday, June 25: Centre Street (Jamaica Plain)
- Saturday, July 15: Blue Hill Ave. (Roxbury)
- Saturday, August 19: Harvard Ave. & Brighton Ave. (Allston-Brighton)
- Sunday, September 17: Dorchester Ave. (Dorchester)
- Sunday, October 15: Meridian Street & Bennington Street (East Boston)
Streets will close for Open Streets events at 9 a.m. and programming will begin at 10 a.m. Programming will wrap up at 3:30 p.m.
Open Newbury events will run every Sunday from July 2 through Oct. 15, marking ten additional days of events compared to last year.
Street closures will impact areas along Newbury Street between Berkley Street and Massachusetts Avenue from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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