Featured Event

One Family Music Festival - The Exchange Conference Center, Boston
Sun 5/12
FREE

The One Family Music Festival was created to help Boston area families heal after the tragic events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon. It is intended as a time for families to come together to celebrate Boston as the safe, vibrant place families have always enjoyed, and to reclaim the city for our children.

Performers include: Alastair Moock & Friends, Ben Rudnick & Friends; Josh & the Jamtones; Karen K & the Jitterbugs; Stacey Peasley Band; Vanessa Trien & the Jumping Monkeys. See the website for a full lineup.

Thanks to support from a generous donor and countless businesses and individuals, 100% of the proceeds from the One Family Music Festival will go directly to the One Fund Boston.

More FREE Events for Moms
(and fun for the whole family!)

Free Admission for Mom - Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo
Sunday, 5/12
FREE Admission for Moms

The zoo celebrates moms with free admission for all mothers throughout the day. See the animal moms at the Zoo including the white-cheeked gibbon Iggy and her eight-month-old offspring, Paddy at the Stone Zoo and western lowland gorilla Kiki and her daughters Kira, Kimani and Kambiri, red kangaroo Skippy and her 7-month-old joey named Ramiro, and ring-tailed lemur Nebbie and her new baby at the Franklin Park Zoo.

Belkin Farm Mother's Day Treat - Belkin Farm, South Natick
Sat 5/11 - Sun 5/12
Moms free with at least one paid admission        

Visit the farm this weekend for train rides through the orchards, farm-themed Children's Play Area, caterpillar rides, live children's entertainment and more.

Plus, moms get in free with the purchase of at least one admission.

Moms are Free at the NE Aquarium - Boston
Sun 5/12
Moms free with one paid admission        

Mom's ticket to the Aquarium is on the house - moms receive free admission with any accompanying full-price ticket, free popcorn with an IMAX movie and 10% discounts at the Aquarium's café and gift shop.

Families can explore the oceans together., from the cownose rays to the seal pups at play, plus hundreds more ocean animals gliding through three floors of underwater exhibits.

More Things To Do This Weekend

Author Visits: Kathleen Flaherty & Jennifer Donehey - NE Mobile Bookfair, Needham
Sat 5/11
FREE

Authors Kathleen Flaherty and Jennifer Donehey read their book An Octopus Named Mom and lead an Octodoodles and crayons project. The book celebrates family diversity, single parenthood as well as presenting the struggles children and parents deal with on a day to day basis.

Celebrate Mother's Day Stories and Crafts - Harvard Coop, Cambridge
Sat 5/11
FREE

Children listen to stories about Mother's Day and visit with Biscuit the Dog (in costume character form).

Watch City Festival - Cooper Street, Waltham
Sat 5/11-Sun 5/12
Adults (age 13 and older): $20/weekend, $15/day; Children (4 to 12): $10/weekend or $7/day

The a city-wide event celebrates the imagination, history and ingenuity behind Steampunk (a literary and artistic movement that melds elements of Victorian-era history with modern technology and fantastical fiction). The festival, benefiting the non-profit Charles River Museum, encompasses the entire downtown Waltham.

Younger steampunk may visit Children’s Steampunk Station to make crafts; enjoy puppet shows and magicians, and more. Teens can play Steampunk Trivia Time at the Uppercrust Pizza and have the opportunity to meet one of the nations hottest teen writers M.T. Anderson.

Side show acts include storytellers, belly dancers, scholarly lectures, workshop, theatrical experiences and panels, blacksmith demonstrations, magicians, film screenings, trains and much, much more.

The Art of Craft - Fayerweather Street School, Cambridge
Sat 5/11 and Sun 5/12
FREE

Fayerweather's two-day spring fundraiser is a day of live music, food, and paintings, photography, sculpture, pottery, quilts, fine arts, and jewelry from local artists and artisans.

Children are invited to participate in many activities from dancing or listening to live music by local musicians, having their face painted or grabbing a snack at one of the Fayerweather “Food Truck” booths.

Duckling Day Parade - Boston Public Garden, Boston
Sun 5/12
$35 donation/family        

Children and their families retrace the steps of Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and their family of eight ducklings, led by the Harvard University Marching Band and dressed as one of their favorite characters from the book. Register in advance.

Lilac Sunday - Arnold Arboretum, Boston
Sun 5/12
FREE

Tours of the lilacs and other special collections, music, picnicking (allowed on this special day only), and family activities make for a memorable day.

Street parking along the Arboretum perimeter is limited and visitors are advised to take public transportation.