Open Circuit: Special Event with AgeStrong and OYEA
Nov
5
5:00 PM17:00

Open Circuit: Special Event with AgeStrong and OYEA

With so much talent in the Boston area, it’s important to provide the opportunity and space to collaborate and showcase! Thus we are happy to present, The Open Circuit!

In this recurring monthly event, we open up in partnership with a growing group of rotating Foundational Artists that will help generate a powerful & entertaining schedule. On the last Thursday of each month, we invite all talents far and wide to join our Artists’ group schedule; musical acts, dancing, poetry, freestyle & improv of any kind, magic acts, circus & specialty acts, perhaps even a show & tell of physical artwork or crafts.

**Sign Ups welcome in advance or on the spot** Sign up in advance here!

We are developing the space to share, celebrate and empower each other’s creativity and willingness to break outside the box. Join your fellow community members in this new style open mic riff!

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Folk Song Society Pub Carol Sing 2026
Nov
28
12:30 PM12:30

Folk Song Society Pub Carol Sing 2026

Free, open to all!

Sponsored by the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston
and The West Gallery Quire

Start your holiday season with FSSGB’s favorite Christmas tradition – the annual Pub Carol Sing! This event is back for the second time since the pandemic, and once again we’re in a very exciting venue – The Substation in Roslindale! There’s plenty of free parking in the neighborhood and lots of local food options for dining out or bringing food to the event.

Come and sing Carols from the Sheffield, West Gallery, and Sacred Harp traditions (as well as some standard favorites), led by Bruce Randall of The West Gallery Quire.

Suitable for all voices and melodic instruments. Music will be available.

Contact Bruce Randall (melismata@hotmail.com) for more information.

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The Joy Party
Dec
5
to Dec 6

The Joy Party

JOY is rooted in soulful and deep house music, with a focus on creating an inclusive, welcoming space where people, especially BIPOC, can come together to move, connect, and feel free on the dance floor. The energy is intentional—uplifting, community-centered, and grounded in the roots of house music culture.

Register Here!

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The Joy Party
Jan
9
to Jan 10

The Joy Party

JOY is rooted in soulful and deep house music, with a focus on creating an inclusive, welcoming space where people, especially BIPOC, can come together to move, connect, and feel free on the dance floor. The energy is intentional—uplifting, community-centered, and grounded in the roots of house music culture.

Register Here!

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The Joy Party
Feb
13
to Feb 14

The Joy Party

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JOY is rooted in soulful and deep house music, with a focus on creating an inclusive, welcoming space where people, especially BIPOC, can come together to move, connect, and feel free on the dance floor. The energy is intentional—uplifting, community-centered, and grounded in the roots of house music culture.

Register Here!

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The Joy Party
Mar
13
to Mar 14

The Joy Party

  • Google Calendar ICS

JOY is rooted in soulful and deep house music, with a focus on creating an inclusive, welcoming space where people, especially BIPOC, can come together to move, connect, and feel free on the dance floor. The energy is intentional—uplifting, community-centered, and grounded in the roots of house music culture.

Register Here!

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The Joy Party
Apr
10
to Apr 11

The Joy Party

JOY is rooted in soulful and deep house music, with a focus on creating an inclusive, welcoming space where people, especially BIPOC, can come together to move, connect, and feel free on the dance floor. The energy is intentional—uplifting, community-centered, and grounded in the roots of house music culture.

Register Here!

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Friend-raiser for Roslindale Food Pantry (Live band and Pizza!)
Nov
1
4:00 PM16:00

Friend-raiser for Roslindale Food Pantry (Live band and Pizza!)

The Roslindale Food Pantry strives to address food insecurity in our community by providing nutritious food options and support to individuals and families. We raise awareness and promote community engagement to create a more equitable society. Our mission is driven by compassion, inclusivity, and the belief that together we can make a lasting impact on hunger.

Join us for our fundraising event!

  • Ticket cost: $25/ person (Kids under 12 FREE):

  • Live music from Avanza! (https://avanzaflamenco.com/)

  • Detroit-style pan-pizza from Old Friend Pizza and drinks from The Substation Bar!

TICKETS: https://donorbox.org/events/968376/steps/choose_tickets

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Substation Screams! A Halloween Concert
Oct
31
6:00 PM18:00

Substation Screams! A Halloween Concert

A fun-filled night of spooky sets from 4 local rockin' bands! Celebrate Halloween in costume, in community, and immersed in music.

Doors open at 6pm, and the music kicks off at 7:30pm.

The lineup
The Spots
Cane & The Stubborn Stains
Louder Than Milk
Double Star

Halfway through the night, we'll stop the music for a costume contest, so bring your best look. Scary, silly, homemade, over-the-top, it all counts.

Come catch four bands back to back, see your neighbors, and make some Halloween memories with us.

Grab tickets here!

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Use The Force: Halloween Show!
Oct
30
9:00 PM21:00

Use The Force: Halloween Show!

Halloween has come to the dark side. Use The Force presents a night of spooky seasonal favorites, creatively reworked into our trademark jazz/funk fusion style. Expect The Addams Family Theme, This Is Halloween, and other familiar tunes subjected to questionable harmonic decisions, deep grooves, and extended improvisation. Costumes encouraged. Musical mischief guaranteed.

Get tickets here!

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Overtime Comedy
Oct
30
7:45 PM19:45

Overtime Comedy

Overview

A Stand-Up comedy show in an intimate co-working space in the heart of Roslindale.

DOORS 7:45 | SHOW 8:00

About our show

Had a long week at work? Well get ready to relax as we turn the office into a cool comedy club to start the weekend right.

For over 5 years, we've been keeping local comedy fun, affordable, and—most importantly—funny, and The Substation is one of our favorite places to party.

Come see fresh lineups featuring comics from HBO, Sirius XM, and Late Night performing alongside local up-and-comers in an office turned comedy club and bar.

TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/overtime-comedy-at-the-substation-live-stand-up-show-in-roslindale-tickets-2002824851044

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Roslindale Film Society presents: The Night of The Living Dead
Oct
30
7:00 PM19:00

Roslindale Film Society presents: The Night of The Living Dead

Friday, October 30th at The Substation.  Rated R

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

It’s a halloween movie night so put on your costumes!

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

The film screening begins at 7:00 PM. Beer, wine, and food will be available for purchase. Thank you to our sponsor The Boston Home Team for making this possible.

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Oktoberfest Celebration and Polka Workshop
Oct
11
1:00 PM13:00

Oktoberfest Celebration and Polka Workshop

Eins, zwei, drei - Polka! Learn the steps to this lively traditional dance seen at Oktoberfest in Munich and featured in festivals around the world. Together we'll focus on the basics to have you and your partner galloping across the floor in no time. We'll learn the history of the Polka, and mix in a few other dances and games to ensure movers of all ages and abilities have fun during this celebration!

Polka Dance Workshop: 2 - 3PM

Alexandria (Alex) Nunweiler is a Boston-local dancer, choreographer, and educator whose work spans contemporary and traditional genres. She has led community workshops and events for the last decade, guided by her core belief that dance is for everybody and every body. Her work has been featured in the ATLAS program at ImPulsTanz in Vienna, Austria, as a Dancermaker Resident at the Boston Center for the Arts, and currently as a cohort member of Curriculum in Motion at Jacob's Pillow. She first learned to polka from her father, Gunther, when she was a child and has been spinning to the Lichensteiner Polka (her favorite) ever since.

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The Joy Party
Oct
10
to Oct 11

The Joy Party

  • Google Calendar ICS

JOY is rooted in soulful and deep house music, with a focus on creating an inclusive, welcoming space where people, especially BIPOC, can come together to move, connect, and feel free on the dance floor. The energy is intentional—uplifting, community-centered, and grounded in the roots of house music culture.

Register Here!

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Roslindale Parade After-Party!
Oct
4
12:00 PM12:00

Roslindale Parade After-Party!

The Roslindale Parade marches for the 50th year! And we’re hosting the after-party.

The bar will be open from 12pm-5pm, with Old Friend Pizza and our signature collection of spirits, beer, wine, with the addition of hot apple cider (spiked or not spiked!) Continue the community celebration with us.

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RWBG Showcase
Sep
27
11:00 AM11:00

RWBG Showcase

Come to Substation to see and support 13 local women-owned small businesses, all under one roof! We’re sad that so many activities will be rained out or postponed this weekend, but we’ll be gathering to bring you fitness and acupuncture demos, hot chai and hot toddys, cider donuts, gifts and goodies, and even a fun fall craft! A great rainy day activity for the whole family.

Demos:

11:30am-12pm: Class with Rozzie Fitness

12-12:30pm: Demo with AcuBoston

Businesses at the showcase:

  • Rozzie Fitness

  • Midnight Morning

  • Venus House

  • sweeties

  • Rozzie Bound

  • My Easy Flowers

  • Fit4Life Movement

  • AcuBoston

  • Akasha Acupuncture, Yoga + Herbal Medicine

  • Soma Zen Studio

  • Modern Muse Boudoir

  • Birch Street House & Garden

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