Our website is updated for the 2026 Newport Jazz Age Weekend and tickets are now on sale. We have pushed the date into July this year as we’ve found June can be a bit chilly by the Newport seaside. We have an exemplary lineup of events for you: Friday night arrive to a welcome party social with FREE cocktails. Then Saturday, the Lawn Party begins featuring the Nouveau Jazz Band, and includes a “Golden Age of Flight” event theme with a make-your-own airplane flight contest. At night, a formal dinner at a gilded age mansion in downtown Newport, plus this venue is also host to the “Summer Shindig” vintage market brought to you by the Brighton Bazaar. Finally, on Sunday we take a trip to historic Beavertail Lighthouse for kit flying. Click the photo above for our website with Overnight Ticket and Day Ticket registration.

Join us for a hush-hush pub crawl to some of the best “speakeasy’s” of Boston! The year is 1929 and up until recently, the stock market was raging out of control with no end in sight (…sound familiar?) Let’s put on our glad rags and enjoy life while we still can! We’ll start at an old favorite, “Carrie Nation” at 3:45pm and then head over to “Wig Shop”, and end our stroll by finding the secret passage way to “Yvonne’s” for dinner at 6pm.

Aside from the food/drinks you purchase, this is a FREE event, so please RSVP as soon as possible! Ideally we need to know by Monday 3/16. Send an email to gbvintagesociety@gmail.com with the first/last names of those attending. Street parking is free on Sundays and all locations are within a short walk. Vintage outfits are definitely encouraged and make sure to go to the Facebook Event Page for further details!

Party like it’s 1953! The Korean War has ended and America is looking forward to get back to regular life. GBVS is partnering once again with the Fort Devens Museum for a dance at the historic War Memorial Hall of Shirley, MA. This year we celebrate our Korean War veterans with a USO-style dance featuring the Billy D and the Rock-its band. This 8-piece band plays the best hits of the Doo-Wop and early Rock and Roll age! To invite you to the floor we have a free dance lesson. Plus, the venue has a cash bar and the museum will be providing themed snacks and sandwiches. Make sure to pick out your best 1950’s outfit for the evening costume contest! Click here for the Facebook Event or go directly to the Ft Devens Museum Website for tickets.

Last month, we had a great first night at our new venue. Join us for November’s dance as we are taking a break for the month of December. The Arlington American Legion entertainment hall (Post 39). This easy to reach location has a great wood dance floor and plenty of free street parking.The address is 370 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02139. Tickets are $25 and will be available for online purchase. See more info on our Facebook Event Page. There is a capacity limit, so advance purchase is recommended!

The Smack Dabs specialize in good-time Swing Blues music from the 1930’s, featuring the songs of Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, The Harlem Hamfats, and many others. This delightful and timeless genre features a rich variety of musical styles, ranging from mournful blues to joyful celebrations, setting the stage for incredible solo and group improvisations and delighting listening audiences and dancers alike.

GBVS is pleased to have curated furniture, props, and decoration for the new “1965 Experience”! Travel back to the year Sheraton Boston first opened its doors, when the Beatles ruled the airwaves, and mid-century modern design defined the future. Now, six decades later, we invite you to relive the era with The 1965 Experience. This exclusive suite was curated by the Greater Boston Vintage Society and features mid-century furnishings, a vintage record player with a handpicked vinyl collection, AM Radio, and artifacts from the hotel’s opening.

The suite accommodates up to two overnight guests and includes a separate living area and a bedroom featuring one king bed. This would make a great winter escape and a nice surprise gift for the holidays! You can find full info at the link above.

On Wednesday, Oct 1st at 7pm, sales begin for the Nor’Eater Island Topical Weekend! The Greater Boston Vintage Society welcomes you to Nor’Easter Island! The first and only immersive tropical weekend of New England! At our perfectly decorated hotel, enjoy an assortment of live bands, Tiki cocktails, classes, and vintage vendors, all culminating to a Grand Luau and dance on Saturday night. This year’s theme will take you to the 1940’s where you will find yourself immersed in a pre-war Pearl Harbor setting. This unique weekend stay is an amazing place to enjoy vintage and meet new friends! Head here for the WEBSITE and here to the TICKET PAGE directly.

Fall is almost here and that means the return of the GBVS “Saturday Night Swing Out”! We’re very excited to have found a great vintage hall in Arlington, MA with a wooden dance floor. We’re even more excited to bring you Dan Gabel’s “Stoptime Revue”, 7-piece orchestra! This is a very talented band in the style of Tommy Dorsey’s Clambake 7 and Count Basie’s Kansas City 7.

Our new venue is the Arlington American Legion entertainmnet hall (Post 39). This easy to reach location has a small lot and plenty of free street parking. We’ll also be offering a well-stocked cash bar with drinks for sale at affordable prices! The address is 370 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02139. Tickets are $25 and wil be available for online purchase on the Facebook Event Page. There is a capacity limit, so advance purchase is reccomended!

GBVS is pleased to be working with the Ft. Devens Museum again as we bring you the WWII Victory Dance! 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. As part of our “Saturday Night Swing out” series, this USO style dance will return to the authentic 1930’s dance hall in Shirley, MA. This year’s entertainment is the 19-piece Compaq Big Band! Look forward to a free dance lesson and refreshments, plus a cash bar. TICKETS are only $40 and there is a discount for buying two together. Follow the EVENT PAGE for updates.

GBVS is putting together the last details for the Newport Jazz Age Weekend 2025! This year we have some new and exciting news. Overnight guests will stay in one of 3 totally different Gilded Age mansions: Founders Hall, Ochre Lodge, and Carolyn House.
You’re going to have a super fun time exploring these unique vintage spaces for the first time. On Sunday of our adventure, we will have the first ever Newport vintage Beach Party on Rose Island! (Haven’t you been “itching” to get out the wool bathing suit?!) While there, guests can also visit the lighthouse and the other historic buildings. Plus, this year as part of our theme, we are expanding to the lawn party to have a live jazz band and dancing!

Whether you come for the whole weekend or just Saturday, you will experience an incredible trip back in time! Click “Going” on the Facebook Event Page for updates. Tickets will be released April 3rd at 10am!