Traveling Beer Garden To Hit 7 Boston Parks This Summer

A brewery and restaurant have joined forces and are going on tour like a rockstar this summer. Specifically, it's a traveling beer garden that will set up shop in in seven different city parks in the greater Boston area this summer. The fun begins next week.

In a city of Boston press release, it was unveiled that "Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department today announced a partnership with Roundhead Brewing Company and Fresh Food Generation to bring Alianza, a first-of-its-kind traveling beer garden series, to seven of Boston’s parks throughout the summer with food and beverages for all ages."

Roundhead Brewing is a local establishment that is originally based out of Hyde Park. Their craft beers are broken into two categories: their core brews and occasional specials. Always available year-round, you will find Berliner Weisse, a Peruvian IPA, Peruvian Lager, and a Double IPA. This summer, they have then teamed with Fresh Food Generation, which is a small business located in Dorchester. They describe themselves by saying, "We combine New England ingredients with bold Caribbean and Southern flavors to create a meal that’s enticing and fresh."

Their lively and vibrant food truck is as engaging and cheerful as their food offerings. Together, this local brew and bites combination has become what the city describes as "Alianza (Alliance), the name for this beer garden series, speaks to the local business partnership and invites attendees to travel and build community across neighborhoods."

In total their schedule is set to begin on Wednesday June 19 and will conclude on Sunday, September 22. The full schedule is below:

At each park stop Alianza will be open from Wednesday to Sunday and operate during the hours of 2 PM and 9 PM. As you can see, each location on the list has the setup for two weeks at a time.

Mayor Wu emphasized the intent of bringing communities together with this traveling beer garden series, as the name and brewery plus food partnership represents.

Boston Calling 2024 is officially underway. The first bands of this three-day festival have taken the stage and there are already lines at the merchandise tents. Here is a look at some of the unique Boston Calling merch items for this year, available at the main purchase stands.

Each year over Memorial Day weekend, Boston Calling rocks the Harvard grounds. Like most festivals, they always design their own merch for the annual occasion. Their bulldog logo stands out. It has become a familiar face synonymous with this event. It’s then placed upon your typical concert merch stand items like hoodies, caps, posters, and t-shirts. However, Boston Calling does a great job of freshening up the bulldog. This has resulted in new popular designs for each year’s festival.

2024 is no exception. Although the standard red, blue, and gold colors have remained, new patterns have now entered the space.

Boston Calling headliners include Ed Sheeran (Friday), Tyler Childers (Saturday), and The Killers (Sunday) to close it out. Leon Bridges, Megan Thee Stallion, Hozier, Renee Rapp, Trey Anastasio, The Revivalists, and Young The Giant are among the other performers not to be missed.

Each of these artists has merch available on the festival grounds. It’s important to note, the headliners' merch is available all weekend. Meaning that, although The Killers are playing Sunday, their shirts can be purchased today (while supplies last).

Are you worried about holding all this new gear for the duration of the day and night? Fear not; lockers are available to rent (while supplies last). There’s an official Boston Calling app and a QR code you can snap to give you a mobile map in the palm of your hand.

Lastly, the festival FAQ states, “Small clutch purses and fanny packs that are 6" x 9" or smaller do not need to be clear, but can have no more than one pocket. All other bags larger than 6" x 9" must be smaller than 12" x 6" x 12" and clear.”

Let’s take a further look at some of the Boston Calling 2024 merch items you may be storing, sporting, or purchasing during the weekend.

Again, these are available all weekend. Each of them seem to promote the given album or tour the artist is on. Hozier and the Killers seem to have the largest variety of items available. Tyler Childers has the best hat collection for sale, from truckers to rope hats.

New this year, there are few options of custom Boston Calling hats. My preference in comfort is the green one that I am also wearing in the image at the top of this article. This year's silkscreen poster contains the names of all the artist. There is one poster for sale. The Harvard basketball jersey is a nice addition to the lineup, sporting the #24. Perhaps its a nod the graduation that occurred here earlier in the week.

The lineup 2024 t-shirt comes in an all black option or tie-dyed. Both are the same with the logo on the front and lineup on the back. There are two water bottles. One is yellow and the other is the signature festival colors of blue and red.

Have there ever been Boston Calling shorts? Well, they have them this year. While they've certain had sweatpants in the past I don't recall the branded short flying out of the brown boxes as quickly as they are this year. Perhaps the beautiful 80-degree day has something to do wit that. As usual, there are also a nice array of custom 2024 festival t-shirts. The bomber jacket is a stylish dark green, and of course the dog head logo is everywhere.