After five joyful years, Starlight Square will celebrate its last event on Lot 5 on Sunday, June 30th from 2-5PM. We invite everyone who has been a part of the magic to join, take home a piece of the project, and be part of our family photo (4PM sharp). More details to follow.

RSVP for free tickets HERE!

Join us for an exciting networking, collaboration, and inspiration evening at the Entrepreneur Mixer! This event is designed to bring together passionate entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and business leaders from various industries to share ideas, build connections, and spark new opportunities.

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Live Jazz is back Thursday June 27th with a very special lineup of: Phil Grenadier on Trumpet, Andy Voelker on Tenor Sax, Plamen Karadonev on Piano, Gregory Ryan on Bass, and Dan Jeffs on drums. Musicians come jam in this open air venue behind graffiti alley right in the heart of Central Square Cambridge. Doors at 5:45p, house band set from 6-7p, open Jam from 7-9p. Free and open to all ages. RSVP encouraged. See you at Starlight!

Live Stream: https://www.facebook.com/CentralSquareBID

More info: https://www.facebook.com/share/FpBkvJTQvkjNcvM9/

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Calling all Families, Calypso/ Soca fans, and sunshine enthusiasts!

The Cambridge Steel Youth Orchestra (CYSO) will be performing with TEMPO International Rhythm section, and Step Into Culture Dance group. Sunday 6/9 from 1p-3p at Starlight in Central Square. Free event, all ages welcome, RSVP is encouraged.

CYSO is a Steel Drum (aka Pan) ensemble composed of local youth and parents.

TEMPO is a group of percussionists primarily from the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago West Indies. They specialize in Caribbean Afro Rhythms with spoken words and messages of peace and unity. They promote mutual respect through music and cross-cultural communications.

Step into Culture Dance group is a youth based dance ensemble performing original choreography to contemporary sounds of the Caribbean islands.

A free carnival concert, with 3 live music and dance performances from Cambridge's own youth.

All attendees are welcome to try out the instruments following the concert. Featuring steel drums and traditional music and instruments from Trinidad and Tobago. Let's get ready for Carnival!!

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Learn steps from two featured dance forms, then party together with your new moves. Plus a freestyle dance battle with a prize to be won!

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Mestre Deraldo Ferreira (Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola - Boston)

B-Boy Vayu Kieta (Floor Lords)

Hosted in partnership with The Dance Complex, A Trike Called Funk’s “Juxtaposed Flows” is a mini-series of events designed to bring together members of the local street / club dance scene with those from the internationally rooted heritage dance scene to learn from & exchange with one another in a fun & interactive format. Each event features a different combination of instructors specializing in local and international dance forms as well as DJs specializing in the corresponding music genres.

The June edition at Starlight features Breaking paired with Martial Arts. From music to movement, Hip Hop and Breaking have always taken inspiration from the martial arts, from Kung Fu to Capoeira, and Breaking is going to make its debut in the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer. So, this year is a fitting time to celebrate this dance tradition and its connection to historical connection to martial arts, several of which have long been a part of the Olympics.

Accompanied by a guest DJ, participants will learn basic steps from Breaking and Martial Arts movement forms then have a chance to incorporate them into a friendly, freestyle dance battle whose winner will take home a prize. No worries if you don't want to take part in the battle - there's still plenty of movin' and groovin' to do and you'll get to cheer on those in the battle.

RSVP for free tickets HERE!

Come celebrate your local Queens at Queen Fest with liver performances, vendors and food!

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You simply GOTTA join us for our last ever drag show at Starlight! Hosted by Peruvian drag superstar Linda Maripossa, and featuring an ensemble of some of Boston best drag artists: Arabella the Goddess, Rusty Hammer, Missy Steak, Aurora, Killac Croc, and Adriana!

So many events to check out this Pride month but baby this one? FREE! See you Saturday, June 22nd at 7 pm!

RSVP for free tickets HERE!

The Natural Wonders return to Starlight Central Sq. bringing their irresistible grooves and vocal harmonies of ‘60s and ‘70s R&B, soul, gospel, and rock ‘n’ roll music. This energetic band will lift you right out of your seats! Join us for a summer solstice dance party under the stars!

RSVP for free tickets HERE!

Flamenco Celebration at Starlight! Presented by Laura Sanchez Flamenco to celebrate their 10th Anniversary!

Flamenco at Starlight has become an annual live flamenco show produced by Laura Sánchez Flamenco inviting flamenco dancers, students, musicians and guest artists to perform in he heart of central square. Flamenco at Starlight is an opportunity for the community to connect and share the joy of dance and bring to Cambridge the tradition of flamenco. This year, Laura Sanchez Flamenco Co is celebrating their 10th Anniversary! Come and celebrate with us.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v6HfI2V1Tk

RSVP for free tickets HERE!

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL 2!

Roller Skate Party...Join Laraland Roller Disco Sunday June 16 from 12-3 pm for a magical afternoon of skating as we celebrate and honor Juneteenth at Starlight. Come down and experience the unity and love of our local skate community while roll bouncing to the city’s hottest DJs Mo and Manny Reese! Feel the vibes and energy that has everyone lacing up their skates for some FUN!

***SKATE AT YOUR OWN RISK and bring your own skates-SORRY NO RENTALS… FEEL FREE TO JUST COME AND DANCE!

RSVP for free tickets HERE!

Join us for H.I.V.E. Street 🌟

To commemorate the Juneteenth holiday, we’re hosting a block party at Starlight Square in Cambridge—showcase your goods and services at our Juneteenth block party. Let’s celebrate freedom, culture, and community together!

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Join the City of Cambridge on Wednesday, June 12th for music, henna, food, performances, and a lesson! Let's dance!

Schedule:

6:00pm: Doors Open

6:15pm: Henna & Samosas

7:00pm: Performances and Dance Lesson

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A unique party experience~music only heard through your headphones! **ID is Required to reserve headphones**

EVENT DETAILS: On an open air stage @ Starlight Sq, Central Square in Cambridge, feel the sun and fresh air as you vibe to feel good music! -Then keep dancing under the stars, as the glow of the headphones illuminate the dance floor!

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3 DJ's (TBA) will orchestrate the playlist, but you choose the DJ you want to hear 🙂 You control the party by switching the color (or channel), selecting the music and you can switch "channels" throughout the event. The DJs will play Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae, Disco, House & more!

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for more info email: soulkore@gmail.com

RSVP for free tickets HERE!

Join a free outdoors all-levels community-based yoga class with Led by Abbie! The 60-minute class leave you feeling stronger, longer, and ready to take on the day. Join Abbie on your mat!

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Join Subcontinental Drift Boston (Subdrift) for an evening of music, poetry, storytelling, dance, and more celebrating the talent and creativity of our local South Asian diaspora!

We’ve loved partying it up at Starlight Square the last couple of years and we’re so excited collaborate again to celebrate the talent and creativity of our local South Asian diaspora! 🕺🏾 this year we’ll open with a live dj set, host a mini open mic, and then close things off with a collaborative jam session for everyone to join in as we close out the end of Starlight Square’s run 💔

RSVP for free tickets HERE

The CARE Team within the Community Safety Department welcomes all Cambridge community members to their summer kick-off cook out!

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We are excited to present "Mi Casa", a hip hop showcase featuring singers, rappers and a DJs. Our goal is to create an exciting and interactive experience for the audience, while providing a platform for emerging artists to showcase their talent. In our show, we will be pitting artists against each other in a battle form. Each act will perform, and the audience will have the opportunity to participate by holding up cards and rating each act on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest. The scores from both the judges and the audience will determine the winner for each act, and the winner will receive a prize.

Our set of three judges will consist of notable figures in the hip hop industry who offer valuable feedback to the performers. The host of the show will tally up all the scores in a transparent manner to ensure an unbiased decision. The showcase promises to be a fun and engaging event for the audience, with the opportunity to participate and witness the future of hip hop. As the audience gets involved, it provides a lively and supportive atmosphere for the competitors and promotes a sense of community.

The Bridgeside Cypher is a gathering of artists and musicians who take turns performing together in a collaborative, often improvised format.

Join us Saturday, June 1st at 6pm for our final Starlight Square cypher that will feature a range of local talent, including rappers, singers, a live band, and more! Come early to sign up and get your chance on the mic!

Email us at bridgecyph@gmail.com

We're baaaack!!! If you know, you know. Bring your game face and your best friend to Starlight for 40 For The Culture, a community game night for the mature. Spades, Dominoes. It's all on the table. Bring your favorite games, and join us for the after party (stay tuned for location)!

A free dance event where people can come 6-7 to learn Bachata and then dance the night away 7-9 PM with a DJ.

Spring is a hectic time of year for many of our nonprofit partners—they’re hosting annual fundraisers, wrapping up school-year programs, gearing up for summertime services, closing out their fiscal year, and much, much more. The everyday work of nonprofit staff is essential to keeping our community going strong, but all too often, it’s under-recognized.

That’s why we’re gathering staff from our 150 nonprofit partners for a fun, relaxing evening on May 29 with one goal: to celebrate them! At a “family reunion” in Starlight Square, we’ll have great food and music, toasting to their hard work, and the announcement of emerging organizations named as our new Imagined in Cambridge! Social Innovation Awardees. Let’s give a collective cheers to our incredible nonprofit sector!

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the Starlight End of Season Celebration, featuring the incredible Frank White Experience. Get ready to dance, rap along to your favorite Biggie Smalls tracks, and celebrate the end of Starlight's event season in style.

Date: Sun, Oct 22, 2023

Time: 2:00 PM (EDT)

Location: Starlight Square, 84 Bishop Allen Drive LOT #5, Cambridge, MA 02139

Get ready to groove to the electrifying tunes of The Frank White Experience as they take the stage and bring the party to life. This event promises to be a night filled with music, dancing, and good vibes as we pay tribute to Notorious B.I.G.

Don't miss out! Grab your friends and mark your calendars for the Starlight End of Season Celebration featuring The Frank White Experience.

RSVP FOR FREE TICKETS HERE

Yuck Fest presents Michael Christmas! With comedy openers Katlin McFee and Gordon Baker-Bone.

Born and raised in Boston, Michael Christmas began his career as a rapper in his early teens and went on to release his debut mixtape, Is This Art?, at age 19 in February 2014. Christmas spent the remainder of 2014 making waves locally and throughout the northeast, eventually leading to a supporting slot on Logic’s 40-date ‘The Under Pressure Tour’ in early 2015.

Gordon Baker-Bone is not a stage name, it's his real name. It's also a name you won't soon want to forget. This NJ native has been performing nationwide and has featured on AXS TV's Gotham Live and voted one of Brooklyn's 50 Funniest People in 2016. He's written for MTV, and is a regular at clubs around New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. He is poised to be a top comedian of his generation.

Katlin McFee is a Boston based comedian by way of the Midwest. She cut her comedy teeth in Indiana during her college years, in rooms surrounded by more corn fields than people. She draws upon her weird upbringing of as a queer kid in the farm land of Kentucky. Her self-deprecating style combined with blunt honesty and sharp wit make her an absolute joy to watch, and have allowed her to amass a number of credits in a short amount of time. She’s been featured on HBO’s Women In Comedy Festival and has been a finalist in Boston Comedy Festival. She can be heard on SiriusXM and has opened for national acts such as Andy Kindler, Eugene Mirman, and more people who have been on Bob’s Burgers.

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Everyone and anyone (21+) can come and watch the show, but if you are single and interested in being a main contestant, fill out a short application HERE.

Never been to It’s A Date? Here’s the gist:

The audience meets the contestants and pairs them up in the first half of the show. Then they watch as the couples go on their first dates in the second half.

The crew, all professional comedians, will be there to offer humorous comments and help the contestants break the ice. The audience, single or not, will be encouraged to chime in at any time — whether to voice an opinion, share a story, ask a question or even change the course of the evening.

The dates are completely real and nobody knows what can happen. Will the show be raunchy or romantic? Sexy or wholesome? We won’t find out until we find out.

*By agreeing to purchase a ticket to the show, you hereby agree to our appearance release and participation agreement. You will be granting “It’s A Date” and Comedy Connection permission to take motion and still pictures, record of your voice and any sound made by you and to use the footage and materials in the development, production, distribution of the show and in the advertisements and promotions for the show without any monetary compensation. The show will not disclose your biographical information, social media and other personal identifications.

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Join us in celebrating the life of Natalino Vieira with live performances by his friends and family.

Celebrate the life of Natalino "NateDog" Vieira at Starlight, honoring Nate's love of street music. Please join Nate's friends and family for live performances including his brother, Antonio Cardoso. After the music, we will join together for a ceremonial balloon release.

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Arcade Awesome and Starlight present: Central Square Game Lab!

For the first time ever, Central Square will be having it's own gaming event that will allow indie game developers to showcase their games! All visitors are welcome and can playtest all the games available!

This is a free event, so you don't want to miss out on experiencing some unique games made by incredibly talented indie developers!

Date/Time: October 18th 2023 from 6pm to 9pm Address: 84 Bishop Allen Drive Cambridge MA

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FREE EVENT! A unique party experience~music only heard through your headphones! **ID is Required to reserve headphones**

EVENT DETAILS: On an open air stage @ Starlight Sq, Central Square in Cambridge, feel the sun and fresh air as you vibe to feel good music! -Then keep dancing under the stars, as the glow of the headphones illuminate the dance floor!

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3 DJ's Nomadik, DeeJay JL and Rugged One orchestrate the playlist, but you choose the DJ you want to hear :-) You control the party by switching the color (or channel), selecting the music and you can switch "channels" throughout the event. The DJs will play Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae, Disco, House & more! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EventKore's Mirror Booth will be present to capture all the fun times!

for more info email: soulkore@gmail.com

RSVP FOR FREE TICKETS HERE

Live Jazz is back Thursday October 12th with a very special lineup of: Phil Grenadier on Trumpet, Rick DiMuzio on Tenor Sax, Plamen Karadonev on Piano, Matt Stavrakas on Bass, and Dan Jeffs on drums.

Musicians, come jam in this open air venue behind graffiti alley right in the heart of Central Square Cambridge. House band set from 6-7p, open Jam from 7-9p. Free and open to all. See you at Starlight!

RSVP FOR FREE TICKETS HERE

ROYA EFX: Starlight SLAM, vol.3 returns for our third annual evening of an open stage showcase delivered by community artists, poets, writers, performers, and art enthusiasts. ROYA EFX features local artist performances to open the event and then invites the rest of the attending community to an open stage to celebrate and share their spoken arts or performances in togetherness. The open stage/open mic is first come first-served. Sign-ups will be available on the day of the event. Any and all performances are welcome, including song, poetry, prose, and dance. This event is FREE and open to the public. There will be a cash/card bar to fundraise for Starlight Square and live music to curate the vibes. Come ready to enjoy art and community! ROYA is a multicultural community non-profit organization with the mission to cultivate a creative community for social justice and equity advocacy through the intersections of art and public health. ROYA curates and hosts events and programs that utilize the arts to build community and create networks and connections between communities, opportunities, and resources to Educate, Advocate, and Empower. For more information, please contact us at royatnaorg@gmail.com and visit our page on Instagram @royaorg___ or our website https://www.royatna.org/

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Central Square City Lots Study - Public Meeting #1

Join us on Sunday 10/8 at Starlight Square for our first community meeting! We've got a "lot" to plan for!

The City of Cambridge Community Development Department (CDD), in collaboration with other city departments and the Cambridge community, is leading a municipal property needs assessment and planning study for city-owned properties in Central Square.

This project will support the City to best use its own assets to realize community goals and support City operations.

This will be an open house style public meeting to share information about the project; review the sites that we are planning for; and receive community input and ideas on future uses for these properties. We look forward to crafting this plan with you!

Come for the snacks, stay for the conversations!

Location: Starlight Square (84 Bishop Allen Drive) - Enter on Norfolk Street. Date: Sunday, October 8 Time: 12PM-3PM

RSVP FOR FREE TICKETS HERE