Welcome to Harvard Arts Festival, May 1-4, 2025! Formerly Harvard ARTS FIRST Festival, this annual campus-wide celebration produced by the Office for the Arts at Harvard showcases the expansive creativity and innovation of Harvard students, staff, alums, and faculty.
Enjoy the dynamic imagination and cultural expression at the heart of this festival by visiting many of the university’s iconic indoor and outdoor spaces transformed by art making and open for all to explore. Year after year, Arts Fest draws 5,000+ audience members who are entertained, delighted, and inspired by the many art forms on display on outdoor and indoor stages, in Harvard’s museums, galleries, and classrooms, and across the green spaces of Harvard Yard.
Much of the festival is also live streamed on HarvardArts on YouTube.
For details on the Arts Fest Performance Fair on Saturday, May 3, review event listings in the College Calendar Performance Fair channel.
The festival is open to all, family-friendly, and mostly free. (Some ticketed events charge for admission.) The Office for the Arts invites everyone to join us at Arts Fest.
Welcome to the arts at Harvard!
Thu, May 1, 2025 6pm to 8pm
Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall
Thu, May 1, 2025 7:30pm
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Thu, May 1, 2025 8pm
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Thu, May 1, 2025 8pm
Loeb Drama Center, Loeb Experimental Theater
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Fri, May 2, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm
Memorial Church, Memorial Church Sanctuary
Fri, May 2, 2025 5pm to 9:30pm
Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium
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Sat, May 3, 2025 10am to 2pm
Winthrop House, Junior Common Room; Enter through G or H entry
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Sat, May 3, 2025 10:30am to 12:30pm
Memorial Church, Main Sanctuary
Sat, May 3, 2025 2pm to 4:45pm
Hasty Pudding Institute, Third Floor Stage
Sat, May 3, 2025 8pm
Sun, May 4, 2025 3pm to 5pm
Wed, Jan 1, 2025
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 9am to 5pm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Sat, Jan 25, 2025
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Wed, Apr 2, 2025 8am to 7pm
Center for Government and International Studies North Knafel Building, Fischer Commons Gallery
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Wed, Apr 2, 2025 10am to 6pm
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Wed, Apr 2, 2025 12pm to 4:30pm
Byerly Hall, Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery
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Mon, Apr 21, 2025 9am to 4:30pm
Schlesinger Library, Lia and William Poorvu Gallery
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Thu, May 1, 2025
Harvard Yard, Near Holworthy Hall
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Thu, May 1, 2025
Harvard Yard, Near Matthews Hall
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Thu, May 1, 2025
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Thu, May 1, 2025 8am to 7pm
Center for Government and International Studies South, Concourse Level
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Thu, May 1, 2025 9am to 5pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History
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Thu, May 1, 2025 9am to 5pm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
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Thu, May 1, 2025 11am to 4pm
Science Center, 1st and 2nd floors
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Thu, May 1, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Thu, May 1, 2025 12pm to 4pm
Eliot House, Junior Common Room
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Fri, May 2, 2025 12:30pm
Sat, May 3, 2025 10am to 2pm
Winthrop House, Junior Common Room; Enter through G or H entry
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Sat, May 3, 2025 12pm to 5pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
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Sat, May 3, 2025 12pm to 4pm
Memorial Hall, Cambridge Queen's Head Pub, Basement Level
Fri, May 2, 2025 3pm to 7:30pm
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Sat, May 3, 2025 8pm
Thu, May 1, 2025 7:30pm
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Sat, May 3, 2025 10:30am to 12:30pm
Memorial Church, Main Sanctuary
Sat, May 3, 2025 2:30pm to 2:50pm
Harvard Art Museums, Calderwood Courtyard
Wed, Jan 1, 2025
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 9am to 5pm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Thu, Jan 2, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Sat, Jan 25, 2025
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Wed, Apr 2, 2025 8am to 7pm
Center for Government and International Studies North Knafel Building, Fischer Commons Gallery
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Wed, Apr 2, 2025 10am to 6pm
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Wed, Apr 2, 2025 12pm to 4:30pm
Byerly Hall, Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery
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Mon, Apr 21, 2025 9am to 4:30pm
Schlesinger Library, Lia and William Poorvu Gallery
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Thu, May 1, 2025
Harvard Yard, Near Holworthy Hall
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Thu, May 1, 2025
Harvard Yard, Near Matthews Hall
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Thu, May 1, 2025
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Thu, May 1, 2025 8am to 7pm
Center for Government and International Studies South, Concourse Level
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Thu, May 1, 2025 9am to 5pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History
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Thu, May 1, 2025 9am to 5pm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
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Thu, May 1, 2025 11am to 4pm
Science Center, 1st and 2nd floors
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Thu, May 1, 2025 11am to 4pm
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Thu, May 1, 2025 12pm to 4pm
Eliot House, Junior Common Room
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Thu, May 1, 2025 6pm to 8pm
Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall
Thu, May 1, 2025 7:30pm
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Thu, May 1, 2025 8pm
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Thu, May 1, 2025 8pm
Loeb Drama Center, Loeb Experimental Theater
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Fri, May 2, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm
Memorial Church, Memorial Church Sanctuary
Fri, May 2, 2025 12:30pm
Fri, May 2, 2025 3pm to 7:30pm
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Fri, May 2, 2025 5pm to 9:30pm
Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium
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Sat, May 3, 2025 10am to 2pm
Winthrop House, Junior Common Room; Enter through G or H entry
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Sat, May 3, 2025 10:30am to 12:30pm
Memorial Church, Main Sanctuary
Sat, May 3, 2025 12pm to 5pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
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Sat, May 3, 2025 12pm to 4pm
Memorial Hall, Cambridge Queen's Head Pub, Basement Level
Sat, May 3, 2025 2pm to 4:45pm
Hasty Pudding Institute, Third Floor Stage
Sat, May 3, 2025 8pm
Sun, May 4, 2025 3pm to 5pm