Huge List of Family Friendly Boston Events: October 18-23
Circus in the Sukkah
Tuesday, October 18 4:30pm-6:30pm
The Chai Center's Sukkah, 105 St. Paul St., Brookline, 02446
617-278-2424
$5/ per person, $25/ per family max.
The Circus in the Sukkah will feature DOG PALS, performing dog ticks, and various other forms of entertainment for all ages. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy food and popcorn, balloons, clowns, sand candy crafts, and more.
Friday Family Music @ Henry Bears Park
Friday, October 21 5-6pm
Henry Bears Park, 17 White St., Cambridge 02140
617-547-8424
Free
The October 21st Friday Family Music Night event at the Porter Square Henry Bears Park store will feature songs with Singer, Song Writer, and Guitarist, Liz Buchanan. Free Friday Family Music Nights are offered on the third Friday of each month.
Ninja Night @ Henry Bears Park
Friday, October 21 5-6:30pm
Henry Bears Park, 19 Harvard St., Brookline 02446
617-264-2422
Free
The Henry Bears Park Brookline location presents Ninja Night, featuring Ninjago battles, Ninja-shaped cookies, Lego Ninjago games, and more. Visitors are encouraged to dress in costume.
Flooky & the Beans
Saturday, October 22 @ 10:30am
Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington, 02476
781-646-4849
Ages 3 to 8
$10/adults; $8/kids and seniors; $7/regent members
The Regent Theatre presents a live musical performance with Flooky & the Beans, children's pop group, featuring memorable characters who find a way to merge technology with the natural world by way of a shared love for music. Get Tickets
Suffolk Downs Food Truck Festival
Saturday, October 22 Noon-5pm
Suffolk Downs, Route 1A North, East Boston, 02128
617-567-3900
All Ages
$5
Suffolk Downs Thoroughbred Racetrack and MAGIC 106.7FM present the Suffolk Downs Food Truck Festival, an afternoon featuring food trucks offering a wide variety of specialty food types, such as coffee and pastries, Thai food, wood-fired pizza, fried dough, frozen yogurt, homemade ice cream sandwiches, New England seafood, and much more. There will also be face painting, balloon artists, and live racing events held alongside of the festival. Admission price is $5 per person; please note that due to state regulations, there are no ATMs on site.
Canine Promenade on the Charles River Esplanade
Saturday, October 22 10:30am-12:30pm
The Lotta Fountain, Charles River Esplanade (Between Berkeley & Clarendon Sts.) Boston
617-227-0363
$10 donation per dog
The Esplanade Association and Pawsh co-present the Canine Promenade, an event created to raise funds and awareness for the Charles River Esplanade as a resource for dog owners. The event will include a 1/2 -mile Halloween Dog Parade with Grand Marshall WHDH Meteorologist, Dylan Dreyer, costume contests, treats, professional photos, and more. Register to participate
Phillips Street Play Area Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 22 Noon-3pm
Phillips Street Play Area, 19 Phillips Street, Boston 02114
All Ages
Free
Friends of the Phillips Street Play Area in Beacon Hill present the 3rd Annual Harvest Festival, featuring music, face painting, pumpkin decorating, a bake sale, children's art contest, and prizes for the best kid's costume. The festival will also feature Special Guest, Amy Traverso, who will sign copies of her new, Apple Lover's Cookbook from 3-4pm.
Free Family Day @ the Sackler Art Museum
Saturday, October 22 1-3pm
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge 02138
617-496-8576
Ages 8 and Up
Free
The Harvard Art Museums present a series of Free Family Days at the Sackler Art Museum. The October 22nd program, "Mapping the Natural World" will coincide with the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe exhibit.
Head of the Charles Regatta
Saturday, October 22 7:30am-5:30pm
Sunday, October 23 7:30am-4:30pm
Banks of the Charles River, Cambridge
617-864-8415
All Ages
Free
The 47th Annual Head of the Charles Regatta will feature 19 different race events with over 8,800 competitors from 19 countries. Join thousands of spectators on the banks of the Charles River to watch the race and enjoy a variety of family friendly activities, including a rowing and fitness expo, food vendors, and more. See full schedule of events
American Girl Fashion Show
Saturday, October 22 11am & 2pm
Sunday, October 23 10:30am & 1pm
Hyatt Regency, L'Avenue de LaFayette, Boston, 02111
617-536-9640
$46/Adults; $36/Kids
The Junior League of Boston presents The American Girl Fashion Show, a celebration for girls, featuring a presentation of historical and contemporary fashions, refreshments, prizes, and more. Each day will offer two sessions. The morning shows will include breakfast and the afternoon shows will include a cupcake and tea service. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Junior League of Boston. Get Tickets
Bari Koral Family Rock Band
Sunday, October 23 @ 10:30am
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-734-2500
Ages 3 and Up
$9.75 Adults; $7.75 Kids
Award-winning Bari Koral and band will be at the Coolidge Corner Theatre to perform a live interactive music concert for kids. You may have seen the band's music videos on PBS Kids or heard their songs on the radio. Bari Koral has been referred to as the "Sheryl Crow for kids" by the New York Post (www.coolidge.org). Get Tickets
The Ghosts of Somerville Tour
Sunday, October 23 Noon-4pm
Milk Row Cemetery,400 Somerville Ave., Somerville
617.625.6600 ext. 2985
Donations Requested
The Ghosts of Somerville: Up Close and Personal is a guided tour of Somerville's 19th Century burial grounds, featuring presentations by 'ghosts' at each site who will discuss their lives in history. The tour group will meet at Milk Row Cemetery at Noon.
Monster Mash
Sunday, October 23 Noon-4pm
Somerville Ave. (from Union Square to Porter Square)
617.625.6600 ext. 2985
All Ages
Free
The City of Somerville presents Monster Mash, the final event in the 2011 SomerStreets program series. The Monster Mash Halloween celebration will feature costume contests, a parade, trick or treating, ghost tours, fall crafts, a haunted house, Oktoberfest, a local DJ competition, and more. The festival will take place along Somerville Avenue from Washington St. to Beacon St.
National Chemistry Week Celebration
Sunday, October 23 1pm & 4pm
Museum of Science, Cahners Theater, 1 Science Park, Boston 02114
617-723-2500
All Ages
Free w/ Museum Admission
The Museum of Science invites visitors to celebrate National Chemistry Week 2011 with Bassam Shakhashiri, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the president-elect of the American Chemical Society, who will provide live demonstrations using common household products. There will also be a variety of hands-on health and wellness related activities. Reserve Tickets
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