JP Holiday Market
Join Spontaneous Celebrations on Saturday and Sunday, Dec 13th + 14th from 12pm to 5pm, for some seasonal celebrations with warm drinks and over 40 local artists and small businesses offering their goods and services to Jamaica Plain for the holidays.
jewelry • art • terrariums • handmade knits • holiday cards • candles • crystals • body care • books • kilim rugs • pottery • vintage clothing • local honey • jams • handmade soaps • prints • handblown glasswork • fiber arts & more!
VENDORS INCLUDE….
Amy Mendolsohn Art
The Bees Realm
Can't Talk Mouth Full
Carolyn L Creative
Cass Paints
CMYKennedy Designs
Cob & Pine Stationary
The Davis Collection
EarthtoArifa
Esther & Margaret
Faith Endures by Dev
Hedgies in Hats
HR Pots
Horton Iconic Designs
Janviere Atelier
Kept Fresh
Leather Pixie
Lend a hand Designs
Lulu Glass
MerchMerchMerch
Moondrops
Poodle Pack Gear
Products for Abolition
The Rowe Collection
Sankofa Anacaona Botanicals
Sarah Loftus Art
SavonDeCruzan Body Works
Sin Eater Works
Soul Spirit Studio
Summer Self
The Sweetest Thing Shop
TeeCee Stitchery
Third Craft Pottery
Tribal Art Kilim Rugs
True 9 Accessories
& MORE!
Potluck and Movie Night-My Neighbor Tortoro
Bring a dish for a community potluck (starts at 7:00)
Join us for a cozy community screening of My Neighbor Totoro! Bring your blankets, sleeping pads, pillows, snacks, and friends for a night of magic, laughter, and heartwarming adventure under the stars. (Movie starts at 8:00)
Let’s relax, unwind, and enjoy a timeless Studio Ghibli classic together!
Dia de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead
Celebrate Day of the Dead with Spontaneous Celebrations and La Pinata
Lantern Making Workshops
We have many Lantern Making Workshops happening. Oct 3, 10 (with a rock show) and several at various locations around town.
2025 Annual Meeting
We invite you to join us in cultivating a vibrant, creative, and resilient community. There are many ways you can support our mission and take part in shaping what comes next:
Discover the innovative ways we have impacted Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and the greater Boston area over the past year.
Join our Board of Directors and help guide the vision and sustainability of our work.
Engage with Festival Arts programming and experience the power of community through creativity.
Become a member and strengthen our collective voice.
Honor the legacy of Roxanna Moura by continuing the work she inspired.
In these challenging times, we extend a heartfelt invitation for you to walk alongside us, leading change and building a brighter path forward. We look forward to seeing you and growing together!
SolFest
Join us for our annual SolFest: Solar Equinox Celebration and Feast! All funds raised will support the JP Lantern Parade on October 18th and 19th.
Solfest tickets include a farm-to-table banquet and barbecue from 5-7 PM. We will offer plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, as well as one or two meat dishes.
Enjoy music by Zili Misik performed outdoors (weather permitting) from 6-8 PM. There will also be lantern-making, crafts, dancing, and more!
A cash bar will be available, featuring wine, beer, and mocktails.
Ticket prices are as follows:
$15 for Kids (kid meal ticket)
$35 for Adults (adult meal ticket)
$50 for Festival Sponsor (meal ticket and free lantern)
$100 for Festival Fool (meal ticket and free lantern)
POTLUCK and PLANT DIVIDE/PRODUCE SWAP
Bring a dish to share and your extra produce from your garden and plants you would like to thin out. Exchange with other gardeners and help feed some friends with healthy veggies!!
Movie Night Potluck
Join us for a fun-filled evening at our Movie Night Potluck on Friday, August 8, at Spontaneous Celebrations. Bring your favorite dish to share and enjoy a great movie with community members. Check back for details.
Open Mic Potluck
Bring a tasty dish and your music, poetry, prose, or comedy. Engage with the community. Enjoy the AC!
TO SIGN UP, CONTACT SAMI: SAMIMJ44@GMAIL.COM
Stitch & Bitch Potluck
Y(e)arning for good food and community? Bring your fiber arts projects to our Friday potluck for an evening of full tummies, bright smiles, and clicking knitting needles! Our July Stitch and Bitch Potluck is the perfect place to crochet, knit, or sew! We will be setting up the Spontaneous sewing machines, and limited yarn will be provided! Bring knitting or crochet needles. Enjoy our air-conditioner! See you there!
FREE Summer Yoga series
Every Saturday through August 23, yoga teachers will lead the Spontaneous Summer Yoga Series in the Boston area. This is an open-level yoga class designed to accommodate all levels of yoga experience.
Classes are free and open to all. All you need to bring is a yoga mat, a water bottle, and perhaps a friend.
Donations to the instructors are encouraged and appreciated. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.
Click through to view the teaching schedule.
RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spontaneous-summer-yoga-series-tickets-1391153309999?aff=oddtdtcreator
The 47th Annual Wake Up the Earth Festival
The 47th annual Wake Up the Earth Festival will take place on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, from 12 PM to 6 PM.
Parades will start at 11 AM from Curtis Hall and at 11:30 AM from the Egleston Square Peace Garden.
Stay tuned for more information!
Age Strong Senior Wellness Classes
Older Adults are welcome to join us for this FREE series of wellness classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays through Memorial Day, organized by the City of Boston’s new Age Strong initiative.
Walk ins welcome.
Senior Wellness Open House
Learn about upcoming wellness classes. See flyer for various classes.
Introducing....the Spontaneous Activist Art Camp!
February Vacation 2/18-21
April Vacation 4/22-25
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Grades 2-6
Cost: $400 per week or $100 per day, a sliding scale is available
In this camp, youth will pick topics that are important to them and learn how to make visuals and music that will raise awareness about their topic. With an emphasis on having fun and moving our bodies, the group will also play outside, weather permitting.
To register, please fill out this google form. Once registration is received, we will follow up with a form to fill out with health info, a waiver, and instructions for payment.
TROPICAL FIESTA
Tickets with dinner included: $25-35 donation; $50 sponsor level.
Dinner served from 6:00 pm to 8:00.
Kids Activites 5:00 - 8:00
Cash Bar 8:00- 11:00
Entertainment 7:00-9:00
Tropical Dance party with DJ 9:00-11:30
Yoga @ Spontaneous
December 12 & 19 | 12:15—1 pm
Let’s move and breathe together. This event is open to all levels and abilities. The first eight attendees will have access to yoga mats and blocks.
Yoga @ Spontaneous
December 12 & 19 | 12:15—1 pm
Let’s move and breathe together. This event is open to all levels and abilities. The first eight attendees will have access to yoga mats and blocks.
Yoga @ Spontaneous
December 5, 12, and 19 | 12:15—1 pm
Let’s move and breathe together. This is an open-level class. Yoga mats and blocks will be available for the first eight attendees.
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
Day of the Dead/ Dia de los Muertos
Make your own shrine at Spontaneous the Friday night before the event (Nov. 1)
Big Gay Halloween
It's baaaaack! Break the Chains queer dance party's infamous BIG GAY HALLOWEEN comes to Spontaneous Celebrations this year, and it's completely FREE! (Suggested donation of $0-$30)
Featuring performances from MINT GREEN and THE FEMME'S BAND, DJs, dancing, costume contests, and more!
It's open to all ages. A cash bar is available for those 21+ with ID. Food for donation. It's tons of fun!
Performers will be paid thanks to a grant from the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement.
