Free things to do this weekend in and around Boston

Boston's Top Picks for FREE family-friendly fun Friday, October 2, 2026 to Sunday, October 4, 2026.

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• Discovery Tykes at the Museum of Natural History - Museum of Natural History and Planetarium - Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI, Friday, October 2, 2026, 10:00AM-10:30AM
• 2026 Attleboro Farmer's Market - Attleboro Farmers Market - 947 Park Street, Attleboro, MA 02703, Saturday, October 3, 2026, 9am-1pm
• Free History Tours of Quincy Market - With Faneuil Hall Marketplace - South Market, South Market Street, Boston, MA, Saturday, October 3, 2026, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
• Free Outdoor Art Exhibit in Brookline - Hancock Village apartment community, Saturday, October 3, 2026, daylight hours
• Family-Friendly Bioblitz - 134 W Clifford St, Providence, RI, Sunday, October 4, 2026, 11:00 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Mayor Michelle Wu's Boston Family Days—At Old State House (Boston) - 310 Washington Street, Boston, MA, Sunday, October 4, 2026, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
• Boston Family Days Free with Boston Family Day Pass—At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, Sunday, October 4, 2026, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
• Seaport Smalls - 85 Northern Ave, D Street / West Broadway, Boston, MA 02210, Sunday, October 4, 2026, 10:00 am-11:00 am
• 2026 Quincy Farmers Market - Quincy Farmers Market, 1 Linden St, Quincy, MA 02171, Sunday, October 4, 2026, 12:30 pm-4:00 pm