Boston Pops 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.

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Aug 31, 2024
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Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 06, 2024
21st Century Broadway
Boston Pops / Victoria Clark / Mandy Gonzalez / Joshua Henry / Darius De Haas / Bryce Pinkham / Scarlett Strallen
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Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 06, 2024
Victoria Clark / Mandy Gonzalez / Joshua Henry / Darius De Haas / Bryce Pinkham / Boston Pops

Broadway Today! Broadway’s Modern Masters

Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 04, 2024
Sutton Foster / Boston Pops

An Evening with Sutton Foster

Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 25, 2024

Early Show

Boston Pops

Jurassic Park in Concert

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Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 05, 2024
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Boston Pops / Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Concert for the City

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Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 24, 2023
Boston Pops / Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Holiday Pops

Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 08, 2023
Boston Pops

Symphonic Ragtime

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Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 24, 2022
Boston Pops / Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Holiday Pops

Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Aug 13, 2021
Boston Pops

John Williams’ Film Night

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Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 04, 2019
Queen Latifah / Arlo Guthrie / Texas Tenors / Amanda Mena / Boston Pops

2019 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

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Hatch Shell Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 15, 2018
Roger Daltrey / Boston Pops / The Who Band

Roger Daltrey Performs The Who's Tommy with Members of The Who Band and The Boston Pops

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Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Aug 25, 2017
Boston Pops

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial in Concert

Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Aug 26, 2016
Boston Pops / Keith Lockhart (Conductor)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 18, 2016
Brian Wilson / Boston Pops

Brian Wilson - "Pet Sounds"

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Boston Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 26, 2008
Boston Pops

Film Night With John Williams

Tanglewood Shed Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Oct 01, 2006
Boston Pops Lynn Memorial Auditorium Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 04, 2004
David Lee Roth / Boston Pops

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

Hatch Memorial Shell Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 04, 2003
LeAnn Rimes / Boston Pops / Indra Thomas

Pops Goes the Fourth

Hatch Memorial Shell Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 04, 2002
barry manilow / Boston Pops

Pops Goes the Fourth

Hatch Memorial Shell Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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