The Esplanade is home to the Hatch Memorial Shell which provides the Boston Pops and a wide range of other artists and performers, a first class stage for popular summer events. Half a million people attend the Boston Pops concert and fireworks display held there every Independence Day. The Hatch Shell also hosts more than seventy free public concerts and movies, and special events like walkathons, races, and festivals.
The Esplanade is linked to Herter Park in Brighton, and other upstream parks, by the Dr. Paul Dudley White Bike path. The bike path is a 18-mile loop that travels along both the North and South sides of the river... great for road races, walkathons, biking, inline skating, and running.
To view a schedule of events on the Esplanade, click below.
http://www.esplanadeassociation.org/