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Things to Do for Kids in Boston in April 2025
Best Things To Do in Boston in April 2025
2025 Big Climb Boston
1 Beacon Street, Boston
Saturday, April 26, 2025
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) invites participants to take on the challenge of Big Climb, an event dedicated to raising funds for blood cancer research and patient support. Visit the website here.
Watertown Easter Egg Hunt
Grace Chapel Watertown — FREE
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Grace Chapel invites families, friends, and neighbors to this free Eggstravaganza, complete with face painting, bounce houses, music, crafts, tasty treats, outdoor games, and much more. Visit the website here.
Six Flags Opening Day
Route 159, , Agawam
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Thrill-seekers rejoice—Six Flags New England is back! Get ready to spin, splash, twirl, and more on all the rides at this theme park. Six Flags is big, so be sure to plan a whole day and get in as many rides as you can. Visit the website here.
Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day
Various locations — FREE
Tuesday, April 8, 2024
Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops thank their customers with a free scoop of ice cream at all participating locations across the country. Hours may vary. Use the store locator to find your nearest participating store. Visit the website here.
Easter Egg Hunt at Hammond Castle Museum
Gloucester
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Gloucester's Hammond Castle Museum has egg hunts at 10:30 and 12:00 on the oceanfront lawn. The Easter Bunny will be in attendance for a bubble dance party. Visit the website here.
BYSO on Parade
Symphony Hall, Boston
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Get ready for Symphony Hall to be transformed into an explosion of children, music, families and fun! BYSO will present BYSO On Parade, featuring more than 500 young musicians. Visit the website here.
Swan Boats Opening Day
Boston Public Garden
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Yes, they're back! Take a relaxing Swan Boat ride along the waters of the Boston Public Garden. Swan Boat drivers paddle passengers around the Public Garden Lagoon for a peaceful, 15-minute cruise. Visit the website here.
Marathon Daffodil Dash
525 William F McClellan Hwy., East Boston — FREE
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Celebrate Marathon weekend with a kids' race on the historic racetrack, surrounded by ‘Marathon Daffodils’—a symbol of strength and hope that has adorned the streets of Boston since 2013, following the Marathon bombing. Visit the website here.
Concord's Patriots' Day Parade
Concord — FREE
Saturday, April 19, 2025
One of the most popular annual Patriots' Day celebrations around the region, the Concord Parade begins in the town center and travels to North Bridge, where there will be a battle reenactment of the "shot heard 'round the world." Visit the website here.
Patriots’ Day at the Concord Museum
Concord — FREE
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with muskets to prepare for battle, cooking over a firepit, and demonstrating colonial spinning and sewing. Visit the website here.
Free Entrance Days in the National Parks
National Parks - Multiple Locations — FREE
Saturday, April 19, 2025
On select days throughout the year, including January 20, all national parks are open to the public with no admission fee. Visit the website here.
Boston Marathon
Various — FREE
Monday, April 21, 2025
Optimal viewing locations are listed here; to download the course map, click here.
The historic course starts on Main Street in the rural New England town of Hopkinton and runs through Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, where Route 135 joins Route 16. It continues along Route 16 through Newton Lower Falls, the Newton Hills, Chestnut Hill to Cleveland Circle, through Kenmore Square, and under Massachusetts Avenue. The course finishes near the John Hancock Tower in Copley Square. Visit the website here.
Party for the Planet at Stone Zoo
Boston
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Head over to the Stone Zoo for a fun and engaging day to raise awareness for the planet and all it has to offer and learn how to make a difference! Visit the website here.
Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival
Waltham
Saturday, April 26, 2025
It’s the 38th year for this fair with 100 crafters and fiber artists, music, demonstrations of sheepshearing and herding dogs, wagon rides, historic re-enactors, and activities for kids of all ages. Visit the website here.
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