North Reading Town Day
Join us for a day of family-friendly fun at Ipswich River Park in North Reading. Food Trucks Inflatable Playground Live performances Music Over 90 local organizations exhibiting Paddle Clinic
Join us for a day of family-friendly fun at Ipswich River Park in North Reading. Food Trucks Inflatable Playground Live performances Music Over 90 local organizations exhibiting Paddle Clinic
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
It’s Base Ball, 1864 style at Spencer Peirce Little Farm! These fun, historically accurate games feature underhand pitching without gloves. A ball bounced once and caught is an out! Snacks, baseballs, and cards are available for purchase. Come and see for yourself how “America’s favorite pastime” was played in the 1860s. The teams competing are...
Appleton Farms
Celebrate the beauty of autumn with our annual Fall Celebration: Farm Days at Appleton Farms—a seasonal tradition filled with farm fun, crisp air, and colorful countryside views. Spend the day exploring all that fall has to offer on one of the oldest working farms in the country. Whether you’re looking to visit the barnyard animals,...
Appleton Farms
Young explorers are invited to join us in September & October for a 4-part homeschool series that will get them active & moving with nature adventures, exercise, and outdoor skill building. While exploring Appleton Farms & the Crane Estate, participants complete active adventures & design challenges that will exercise both their body & mind. Some...
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Spend a Wednesday morning exploring the Essex shipyard and surrounding salt marsh with EHSSM Education Coordinator Kaylee Stanton. Learn to identify local birds by sight and sound, use tools like Merlin Bird ID, and discover how the birds around us connect to the larger life of the estuary. All ages and experience levels welcome Perfect...
Manship Artists Residency
HOCKNEY REPRODUCTION(S) A Celebration of the Life and Art of David Hockney (1937–2026) Manship Artists Residency Gloucester Massachusetts Through October 18, 2026 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 1:00 –...
Cider Hill Farm
Kick off each fall weekend from 9/4-10/23 with free live music from 2:30-5:30 pm. Enjoy the outdoor hard cider bar (non-alcoholic sparkling cider available) and grab some farm snacks in the farm store. The farm store is open daily until 6 pm. Apple picking open daily through mid October! See the music schedule: https://www.ciderhill.com/farm-events/live-music
Cider Hill Farm
Labor Day kicks-off the best of New England at Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury, MA! Enjoy apple picking, live music (2 bands per day!), food trucks, hard cider, tractor rides, farmhouse goods, hot cider, donuts and pumpkin whoopie pies! Pick out your seasonal pumpkins, gourds and mums. Purchase apple picking tickets ahead (posted 48 hrs...
The Crane Estate
Spend a day with us in celebration of Choate Island – the crown jewel of the Crane Wildlife Refuge. Here, deer and foxes roam through fields that once housed herds...
Manship Artists Residency
HOCKNEY REPRODUCTION(S) A Celebration of the Life and Art of David Hockney (1937–2026) Manship Artists Residency Gloucester Massachusetts Through October 18, 2026 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 1:00 –...
Cider Hill Farm
Labor Day kicks-off the best of New England at Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury, MA! Enjoy apple picking, live music (2 bands per day!), food trucks, hard cider, tractor rides,...
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
It’s Base Ball, 1864 style at Spencer Peirce Little Farm! These fun, historically accurate games feature underhand pitching without gloves. A ball bounced once and caught is an out! Snacks,...