Vampire Weekend, Charli XCX Play TD Garden: MA Brat Weekend Events

MASSACHUSETTS — It isn't so much a question of what there is to do in the Boston area and beyond, but rather, what should locals do?

Welcome to Patch's latest weekly roundup of highlight-worthy events across the city and surrounding areas. We've compiled them into one, easy-to-follow list, for your weekend planning.

This weekend, the Handel and Haydn Society Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen and the H+H Orchestra and Chorus return to Boston’s Symphony Hall on Friday and Sunday to open H+H’s 210th consecutive season, a double feature of "two moving masterpieces performed on period instruments that the composers wrote for," officials said.

The concert begins with an H+H premiere, the "Requiem of Michael Haydn", the brother of H+H namesake Franz Joseph Haydn. The featured work is Mozart’s beloved "Requiem", his final composition and one of the hallmarks of his musical legacy.

At Roadrunner in Boston, Brooklyn drill rappers Sleepy Hallow and Sheff G perform together on Friday.

TD Garden has a stacked lineup of acts this weekend with Vampire Weekend, Charli XCX and Troye Sivan.

Here's what else to know for this weekend:

Friday

• Handel and Haydn Society Opens 210th Season with "Mozart Requiem" at Symphony Hall (Friday and Sunday) — Boston
• Bôa at The Sinclair — Cambridge
• Sleepy Hallow & Sheff G at Roadrunner — Boston
• Hatebreed at House of Blues — Boston
• Underoath at The Palladium — Worcester
• Vampire Weekend at TD Garden — Boston

Saturday

• Northern Spy Oktoberfest — Canton
• Ned Devine's Fall Fest (Saturday and Sunday) — Boston
• Seattle Chef Renee Erickson Cookbook Dinner at Row 34 — Cambridge
• Zolita at Brighton Music Hall — Boston
• Basement at Roadrunner — Boston
• Royal Otis at House of Blues — Boston
• Charli XCX and Troye Sivan at TD Garden — Boston

Sunday

• Boston Wicked Haunt Fest — Charlestown
• The Heavy Heavy at Brighton Music Hall — Boston
• Soul Coughing at Roadrunner — Boston
• Alec Benjamin at MGM Music Hall — Boston
• Valley at House of Blues — Boston