Annual Pub Crawl
Brings friends, family, and supporters together for a fun-filled day across Boston, raising funds and awareness to support children and young adults battling cancer.
Join Us to Swirl Around Boston!
The Annual Pub Crawl is one of Swirls Around the World’s signature community fundraising events, bringing together family, friends, and supporters for an afternoon of fun, connection, and purpose in Boston.
The event celebrates the spirit of Matthew “Swirls” Cirelli by inviting the Swirls community to “Swirl Around Boston” together, with participants visiting local spots, enjoying raffles and activities, and raising money to support the foundation’s mission.
Proceeds help Swirls Around the World continue honoring Matthew’s legacy through initiatives such as Packages of Love, Swirls Warrior Days, memorial scholarships, and gifts for pediatric hematology and oncology patients.
The 8th Annual Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl will return in 2027!
7th Annual Pub Crawl
March 7, 2026
To our amazing Swirls Family, We held our first Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl in March 2018, and seeing how much it has grown is truly amazing.
Our 7th Annual Crawl – Matthew’s lucky number – was the best one yet, and it wouldn’t be possible without our incredible Swirls family. In true Swirls fashion, you all showed up with generous support and made this year’s event such a huge success. We are so grateful.
Thank you to the amazing teams at Sissy K’s, Ned Devine’s, Hong Kong, and Wild Rover for welcoming us back and always going above and beyond to make the day run smoothly. Thank you to our generous raffle and silent auction donors, our incredible warrior families, and Annie Galvao for the amazing T-shirts that were once again a huge hit. A special shout-out to Beckett representing the Finn Family- our smallest star of the Pub Crawl!
And to our warrior families who joined us this year (traveling from Florida, Maryland, and parts of Massachusetts!); our Brittney’s Believers, Finn’s Fighters, Team Ava, Team Gidge, and Team Matteo families. You all made our event so special and we loved having you Swirl with us! Forever Family. And a heartfelt thank you to Mama Swirls, Dad Swirls, and Jared for allowing us the honor of continuing Matthew’s legacy. To our warrior and angel families – you keep us true to our mission.
And to all of you, our Swirls family and friends – thank you for always showing up, spreading Swirls around the world, and supporting this mission with so much love. And to Matthew, our inspiration always. We already can’t wait to Swirl again for Round 8!
6th Annual Pub Crawl
March 8, 2025
We are back and ready to Swirls for Round 6 for our annual Swirls Around the World Foundation Pub Crawl! Who is ready to Swirl again for Round 6?!
Join us for the Sixth Annual Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl on Saturday, March 8th, 2025!
All proceeds will benefit the Matthew “Swirls” Cirelli Scholarship Fund and support research and treatment options for families affected by pediatric and young adult cancers.
*Ticket cost is $30 and available at or may be purchased through Venmo @ swirlsaroundtheworld
*All tickets ordered by February 21st, 2025 will include a T-shirt* (if purchasing through Venmo, please include name & T-shirt size**)
We will be meeting at Sissy K’s at 1 PM on Saturday, March 8th, 2025!!
Locations: Sissy K’s, Ned Devine’s, Margaritaville, Wild Rover
Thank you to Sissy K’s, Ned Devines, Margaritaville, Faneuil Hall, & The Wild Rover Tavern for making this possible! We are so excited to Swirl Around Boston with our Swirls Family!
Stay tuned for raffle and silent auction item announcements! We are so excited to Swirl Around Boston Round 6 with the best Swirls Family!! We are so excited to be back!
5th Annual Pub Crawl
October 14, 2023
Swirling Around Boston Round 5: A milestone year!!
To our Swirls Family & Friends: we held our first-ever Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl in March 2018. To see how much it has grown over the last 5 years is truly amazing. And it wouldn’t be possible without our incredible Swirls Family. In true Swirls fashion, each of you showed up with your generous support to make this year’s event so memorable and a huge success! We are so beyond grateful.
Thank you to the incredible staff and team at our pubs for welcoming us back once again: Sissy K’s (Bill & Jackie) Ned Devine’s (Kate, Meredith, and Billy), and Wild Rover. You go above and beyond to make sure the day runs perfectly and smoothly. Thank you to Ned Devine’s for having special Swirls drinks at the bar and for your generous donation of gift cards to our raffle! And thank you to the amazing team at Sissy K’s and Wild Rover for having us twice in one day, being the start and endpoints of our crawl (and for accommodating us earlier than expected!) We wouldn’t want to kick off and finish strong anywhere else!
Thank you to our generous raffle donors: American Eagle Outfitters, Anna’s Taqueria, Boston Harbor Distillery, Carl Michael Salon, Daniel Doke Photography, The Discovery Museum, Elements Massage-Medford, Evvia Trattoria, The Ford Restaurant, Harrows Chicken Pies, The Huntington Theater, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Legal Sea Foods, Lord Hobo Restaurant, Ned Devine’s, Northender Italian Kitchen, Mallory Portraits, Ovenbird Cafe, Raso’s, Rock Spot Climbing, The Sports Museum, Swan Boats of Boston, Tiki Boat Boston, Total Wine & More, Tree Top Adventures, XTreme Craze, Wachusett Mountain, and to our wonderful friend, Martha Wightman for her generous donation of Bruins Tickets to our raffle!
Special Shout-Outs To: Annie Galvao for the awesome T-shirts! Our shirts from Annie were such a big hit last year and we were so excited to keep the same design and style, but with a new color this year! They were perfect again, thank you Annie! Yasi & Yasi for their awesome donation of Boston Bruins tickets to our silent auction. No better way to spend a day in Boston than with a Swirls Pub Crawl followed by a Boston Bruins Game at the Garden (and a big win!)
Our fellow amazing nonprofit organizations: Jo and Gene Hamel of Caiden’s Crusaders and Erin Murray of Comfort Cuddles by Erin, for their love and support of Swirls. We love having you all at our crawl! And thank you to Michelle Jump of The Double Rainbow Project for her donation to our event, we hope we can have you here in person one year!
Our special stars of the Pub Crawl- The Finn Family kiddos: Finn, Keeley, Maeve, Emmie, and Nico!!! And thank you to the Finn Family for always showing up strong. The Finn Family makes up half of our attendees
Special Thank you to: Mama Swirls, Dad Swirls, and Jared for giving us the honor of continuing Matthew’s legacy.
Our warrior and angel families for being the greatest blessings in our lives and keeping us true to our mission.
And each of you…our Swirls family & friends, who make it possible: Thank you for always showing up: for bringing your Swirls bracelets around the world, for your generous donations, and for your ongoing love and support. It truly means the world. You are family.
And to Matthew: for being our inspiration.
We already can’t wait to Swirl again for Round 6!!!!! We love you all!!
4th Annual Pub Crawl
October 15, 2022
We Came. We Swirled. We Conquered (Cancer).
To our Swirls Family & Friends: We held our first-ever Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl in March 2018. To see how much it has grown over the last 4 years is truly amazing. And it wouldn’t be possible without our incredible Swirls Family.
In true Swirls fashion, each of you showed up with your generous support to make this year’s event so memorable and a huge success! We are so beyond grateful.
Thank you to the incredible staff and team at our 4 pubs for welcoming us back once again: Sissy K’s (Bill, Brittany, & Jackie) Ned Devine’s (Caitlin, Kristi, Meredith, & Elizabeth), Hong Kong Boston (Tedd) and Wild Rover. You go above and beyond to make sure the day runs perfectly and smoothly. Thank you to Ned Devine’s and Hong Kong for having special Swirls drinks at the bar! And thank you to the team at Sissy K’s and Wild Rover for having us twice in one day, being the start and endpoints of our crawl. We wouldn’t want to kick off and finish strong anywhere else!
Thank you to our incredibly generous raffle donors: Boston Crawling, Boston Organics, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Daniel Doke Photography, Democracy Brewing, Institute of Contemporary Art-Boston, J & B Butcher, Joy Saunders & the Kendra Scott team, Lake Compounce, Lucky Strike, The New England Revolution Foundation, The Sport’s Museum, Story Land, Tavern in the Square, Total Wine & More, Tree Top Adventures, Xtreme Craze, and Zoo New England.
Thank you to our Swirls team of helpers: who assisted with the transportation of everything from pub to pub (which can get difficult after a few beverages), as well as with selling raffle tickets, and keeping track of winners): Auntie Carol, Jeanna Bertolaccini, Linda Harris, Carol Cimetti, and Nylah Bolden. Special thanks to Ginny Lombardo for the most important job of carrying and caring for Matt’s Picture! 2nd year in a row!
Special Shout-Outs To:
- Annie Galvao for the awesome new T-shirt design and style! It was a big step for us to try a new color this year. The shirts were so comfy and such a big hit this year!! And we loved the Matthew “Swirls” on the back! They were perfect, thank you Annie!
- David Lister, Carly Lister, Bryce Fall and the SIDES foundation for coming from Florida to attend our crawl and for the incredible donation of an authentic Bill Russell Jersey signed by the legend himself. We hope you had a fun time in Beantown! And congratulations to Kelly Allen for placing the winning bid!
- Martha Wightman for generously donating Bruins tickets and to Scott Fraser for placing the winning bid for the tickets!
- The Quinlan Family for their generous donation. We loved having all 4 Quinlan’s at our event this year!
- Jo and Gene Hamel of Caiden’s Crusaders
- Debbie and Ron Belcher, parents of warrior Conor. We can’t wait for Conor to join us next year! #ConorStrong
- Janelle LaVigne, mom of our warrior Bridget the Brave
- Michelle Jump of The Double Rainbow Project for her donation to our event.
- Our cousin Nancy Heatley and her daughter, who surprised us by flying in all the way from Texas for our event!
- Our special stars of the Pub Crawl: The Finn Family kiddos: Finn, Keeley, Maeve, Emmie, and Nico!!!
Special Thank you to:
- Mama Swirls, Dad Swirls, and Jared for giving us the honor of continuing Matthew’s legacy.
- Auntie Brenda and Auntie Diane for their everyday hard work, dedication, and heart that they put in for Swirls, on top of busy schedules and life in general. Thank you for all that you do for Swirls.
- Our warrior and angel families for being the greatest blessings in our lives and keeping us true to our mission..
- And each of you….. our Swirls family & friends: who make it possible. Thank you for always showing up: for bringing your Swirls bracelets around the world, for your generous donations, and for your ongoing love and support. It truly means the world. You are family.
- And to Matthew, for being our inspiration.
We already can’t wait to Swirl again for Round 5!!!!! We love you all!!
3rd Annual Pub Crawl
October 16, 2021
To our Swirls Family & Friends,
Where do we begin? We are speechless. And if you know the Swirls family, that never happens.
It was amazing that after a year and a half later, we were able to finally come together again for our 3rd Annual Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl.
And because of you, it was truly the best one yet.
In true Swirls fashion, each of you showed up with your generous support to make this year’s event so memorable and a huge success! We are always grateful.
Thank you to the incredible staff and team at our 4 pubs for welcoming us back once again: Sissy K’s (Bill, Brittany, & Jackie) Ned Devine’s (Kristi, Meredith, & Elizabeth), Hong Kong Boston (Tedd) and Wild Rover. You go above and beyond to make sure the day runs perfectly and smoothly. Special thank you to Ned Devine’s and Hong Kong for the special Swirls drinks, and to Hong Kong & team for the generous donation. Thank you to the team at Sissy K’s and Wild Rover for having us twice in one day, being the start and endpoints of our crawl. We wouldn’t want to kick off and finish strong anywhere else!
Thank you to our incredibly generous raffle donors: The Boston Celtics, Bruins and Red Sox, Element Massage-Medford, Let’s Roam The Sport’s Museum, Title One Boxing- Danvers, Total Wine, Tree Top Adventures, Yard House and Raso’s Restaurant.
And to our amazing Swirls Supporters who went out of their way to donate prizes to our raffle: Donny and Andrea Cirelli, Martha Wightman, Reilly Finn, Ashley Lebert, Karen Breen.
Thank you to our Swirls team of helpers: who assisted with transportation of everything from pub to pub (which can get difficult after a few beverages), as well as with selling raffle tickets, and keeping track of winners): Auntie Carol, Nicole, Dora, Karen Breen, Jeanna Bertolaccini, Carol Cimetti, Kelly Allen, Julie Andrew and Zoe Jacob. Special thanks to Ginny Lombardo for the most important job of carrying and caring for Matt’s Picture!
Special Shout Out To:
- The Finn family and the Clougherty family for making up 75% of those in attendance (we enjoy the number competition each year)!
- Silent auction Bruins ticket winner Brittany Naumann for her generous support!
- Our special stars of the Pub Crawl: Emmie and Nico!
Special Thank you to:
- Mama Swirls, Dad Swirls, and Jared for giving us the honor of continuing Matthew’s legacy.
- Our warrior and angel families for being the greatest blessings in our lives and keeping us true to our mission..
- And each of you…our Swirls family & friends: who make it possible. Thank you for always showing up: for bringing your Swirls bracelets around the world, for your generous donations, and your ongoing love and support. It truly means the world. You are family.
And to Matthew, for being our inspiration.
We already can’t wait to Swirl again for Round 4!!!!! We love you all!!
2nd Annual Pub Crawl
March 30, 2019
To our incredible friends and family. Our Swirls Family.
Thank you all so much for all of your love, support, encouragement, and attendance at our Second Annual Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl.
The Second Annual SATW Pub Crawl was beyond amazing and an incredible success. It was a day filled with lots of smiles, laughter, memories, good times, and salutes to Swirls; a day that we will remember forever.
Thank you to over 230 of our wonderful friends and family who came out to celebrate Swirls, and to those who sent their support from afar. We are all on Cloud 9 and so speechless. We are so honored to have made such incredible connections and are so blessed for the people that Swirls brought into our lives.
Swirls Around the World Represents Matthew in 3 Ways: The traveling Swirls Strong bracelet, the Matthew “Swirls” Cirelli Memorial Scholarship and Matt’s desire to attend college, and Giving Back and Paying it Forward to Ewing sarcoma Warriors, such as our Swirls Superstar Ollie!
A big thank you to the incredible event staff at Sissy K’s & the Wild Rover for being the best starting and ending points for our crawl. We appreciate all of the hard work you all put in to making this event run perfectly. And to our middle stops, Ned Devine’s & Paddy O’s. Another big thank you to the donors of our incredible raffle prizes, Title Boxing, Flatbread Co, King’s Bowling, Apex Entertainment Center, Elizabeth Grady, the Boston Bruins Foundation, The Sport’s Museum, Total Wine, Dave & Busters, Martha Wightman, & Hannah O’Brien.
This wouldn’t be possible without each and every one of you.
Special shout-out to the Finn Family & Emmie who was swirling with us in spirit!
Thank you for Swirling with us! Now rest up everybody, we will see you for our 3rd Annual Pub Crawl!!!
1st Annual Pub Crawl
March 24, 2018
To our incredible friends and family. Our Swirls Family.
Thank you all so much for all of your love, support, encouragement, and attendance at our First Annual Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl. The First Annual SATW Pub Crawl was beyond amazing and an incredible success. It was a day filled with lots of smiles, laughter, memories, good times, and salutes to Swirls; a day that we will remember forever.
Thank you to the 200 of our wonderful friends and family who came out to celebrate Swirls, and to those who sent their support from afar. We are all on Cloud 9 and so speechless. We are so honored to have made such incredible connections and are so blessed for the people that Swirls brought into our lives.
Big things to come for Swirls Around the World. Start resting up from the 2nd Annual Swirls Around the World Pub Crawl in 2019.
Love to you all. Swirls Strong Forever.
