Newbury Street Goes Car-Free for the Holiday Stroll on December 6
The Open Newbury Holiday Stroll closes Newbury Street to cars from Berkeley to Mass Ave on Sunday, Dec. 6, 10 AM to 6 PM. Rain date Dec. 13.
Newbury Street goes car-free one more time this year. The Open Newbury Holiday Stroll is on Sunday, December 6, from 10 AM to 6 PM, the City of Boston announced. It closes out this year’s Open Newbury season, which the city says drew close to 100,000 people over nine weekends.
What to know
- Where: Newbury Street from Berkeley Street to Massachusetts Avenue, the same stretch as the summer Open Newbury days.
- What’s there: the city is asking Newbury Street businesses to use their outdoor space for family-friendly activities, pop-up parklets and brand pop-ups. It’s free to walk.
- Rain date: if the weather’s bad, it moves to Sunday, December 13.
- Cross streets: Fairfield, Gloucester and Hereford are closed to cars at Newbury. The other cross streets stay open to traffic.
- Parking: parking is restricted on Newbury and some cross streets from 6 AM, with signs posted. The Green Line’s Copley, Hynes and Arlington stops are a short walk.
This is the third Holiday Stroll since it started in 2024. The same weekend, Snowport and the SoWa Christmas Market are open, and the Harvard Square Holiday Fair starts the next weekend. Our Christmas markets guide has the hours, and the holiday events page and tree lightings have the rest of the season. More around the street is on our Back Bay page.
Sources: City of Boston, Oct. 30, 2026.
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