Boston Pops Orchestra Concert History

The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), founded four years earlier. Careful examination of the rosters of “Pops" or “Festival" orchestras, which are associated with a co-resident symphony orchestra in the same community, shows that the principal players of a “Pops" ensemble usually hold the post of assistant or associate principal of the “parent" ensemble. In general parlance, the Boston Pops is described as: “The Boston Symphony minus the first-chair players.

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 21, 2024
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Boston Childrens Chorus / Boston Festival Orchestra / Veronica Robles and her Mariachi Ensemble / Boston Pops Orchestra

Concert for the City

Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Aug 10, 2024
Boston Pops Orchestra

Boston Pops on Nantucket

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Jetties Beach Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Aug 03, 2024
Boston Pops Orchestra

John Williams’ Film Night

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Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 29, 2024
Trey Anastasio / Boston Pops Orchestra
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Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood Lenox, MA, US
May 25, 2024
Boston Pops Orchestra

Jurassic Park in Concert

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Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 16, 2023
Boston Pops Orchestra Providence Performing Arts Center Providence, RI, US
Aug 19, 2023
Amos Lee / Boston Pops Orchestra Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Gilford, New Hampshire, United States
Dec 02, 2022
Boston Pops Orchestra Hanover Theatre Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 04, 2021
Boston Pops Orchestra / Jon Batiste / Mavis Staples

Boston Pops July 4th Spectacular

Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
May 16, 2019
Boston Pops Orchestra / Arlo Guthrie / Keith Lockhart Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 15, 2019
Boston Pops Orchestra / Arlo Guthrie / Keith Lockhart Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 22, 2018
Boston Pops Orchestra Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 04, 2018
Indigo Girls / Rita Moreno / Boston Pops Orchestra / Rachel Platten / Rhiannon Giddens

2018 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 15, 2018
Roger Daltrey / Boston Pops Orchestra

Tommy

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Music Shed, Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Sep 02, 2017
Pete Townshend / Boston Pops Orchestra / Alfie Boe / Billy Idol

Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia

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Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
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May 18, 2017
Ben Folds / Boston Pops Orchestra

Ben Folds with the Boston Pops

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Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 18, 2016
Boston Pops Orchestra Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 10, 2016
Boston Pops Orchestra

Ft. Tom Scholz of BOSTON

Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 20, 2015
Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Feb 08, 2014
Boston Pops Orchestra

Boston Pops Orchestra

Kravis center West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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Boston Pops Orchestra on Aug 3, 2024 [356-small]

Boston Pops Orchestra
Aug 3, 2024
 Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
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Boston Pops Orchestra on Aug 10, 2024 [944-small]

Boston Pops Orchestra
Aug 10, 2024
 Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
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Boston Pops Orchestra on May 25, 2024 [079-small]

Boston Pops Orchestra
May 25, 2024
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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