Events North of Boston

New England Equine Rescue’s Spring Open House

New England Equine Rescue North 52 Ash Street, West Newbury, MA, United States
New England Equine Rescue North 52 Ash Street, West Newbury, MA, United States

New England Equine Rescue North  

New England Equine Rescue North 52 Ash Street, West Newbury, MA

Please join us for our Annual Spring Open House at the New England Equine Rescue in West Newbury from 11-2 on Saturday, May 17th. At this free family friendly event, we will have farm tours, food for purchase, live music, horse demos in the arena, family activities including crafts for the kids and photos with...

Free

Feathered Friends & Facing Back, Facing Forward: Cape Ann Student Exhibition Opening Day

Cape Ann Museum Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, United States
Cape Ann Museum Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

Cape Ann Museum Green  

Cape Ann Museum Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA

Saturday, May 17, 2025 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CAM Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester MA Free and open to the public. Parking at O’Maley Innovation Middle School, 32 Cherry Street, Gloucester, with complimentary Shuttle Bus. For an opening reception in partnership with The Gloucester Student Arts Festival. View this year’s collaborative installations by second...

Free and Open to the Public

Free Self-Guided Spring Orchard Walk

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States
Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States

Cider Hill Farm  

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M

Step out amongst 10,000 blossoming fruit trees at Cider Hill Farm. Enjoy the fresh air and views as you walk through the orchards. Open Saturdays and Sundays 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4/19 - 5/31. Free. No registration required. Best blossom viewing is late April to mid-May. Along your walk, you'll see apple, peach, pear,...

Free

Crane Beach Star Party

The Crane Estate 310 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA, United States
The Crane Estate 310 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA, United States

The Crane Estate  

The Crane Estate 310 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA

Join us for a star party with the North Shore Astronomy Club. Club members will bring telescopes and expertise to help us explore and view the dark sky from the Crane Beach parking lot. Bring your binoculars, scopes, starfinding apps, and curiosity. You may also want to bring: red light/head lamp, bug spray, water bottle,...

$5 – $10

Free Self-Guided Spring Orchard Walk

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States
Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States

Cider Hill Farm  

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M

Step out amongst 10,000 blossoming fruit trees at Cider Hill Farm. Enjoy the fresh air and views as you walk through the orchards. Open Saturdays and Sundays 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4/19 - 5/31. Free. No registration required. Best blossom viewing is late April to mid-May. Along your walk, you'll see apple, peach, pear,...

Free

Free Self-Guided Spring Orchard Walk

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States
Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States

Cider Hill Farm  

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M

Step out amongst 10,000 blossoming fruit trees at Cider Hill Farm. Enjoy the fresh air and views as you walk through the orchards. Open Saturdays and Sundays 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4/19 - 5/31. Free. No registration required. Best blossom viewing is late April to mid-May. Along your walk, you'll see apple, peach, pear,...

Free

Free Self-Guided Spring Orchard Walk

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States
Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States

Cider Hill Farm  

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M

Step out amongst 10,000 blossoming fruit trees at Cider Hill Farm. Enjoy the fresh air and views as you walk through the orchards. Open Saturdays and Sundays 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4/19 - 5/31. Free. No registration required. Best blossom viewing is late April to mid-May. Along your walk, you'll see apple, peach, pear,...

Free

CoastalExplorer: Shoreline & Shipwreck Scholars

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M, United States
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M, United States

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate  

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M

Coastal exploration with a side of shipwreck! Participants will be guided on a Castle Hill hike to Steep Hill Beach, where we will explore the beach and discover treasures washed up by the waves. Piece together clues to learn what is living under the sand and below the water line. We will use field guides...

$8 – $25

Pastries on the Porch

Event Series Pastries on the Porch
Long HIll 576 Essex Street, Beverly, MA, United States
Long HIll 576 Essex Street, Beverly, MA, United States

Long HIll  

Long HIll 576 Essex Street, Beverly, MA

Indulge in a morning of timeless elegance as you sip fragrant tea and savor an assortment of locally crafted, fresh-baked pastries on the porch overlooking the enchanting Sedgwick Gardens. Each party will be presented with a beautifully curated box of delicate pastries and confections and a steaming pot of tea, all set against the backdrop...

$15 – $25

Free Story Time at Cider Hill Farm

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States
Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States

Cider Hill Farm  

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M

Children and their grown-ups to join our friends from the Amesbury Public Library on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for stories inspired by farming and the season's harvest! This program is held under Cider Hill Farm's picnic tent near the goats. Event is rain or shine. RSVP to just stay informed if anything changes.

Free

2025 Pollinator Festival at Cider Hill Farm

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States
Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States

Cider Hill Farm  

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M

Cider Hill is celebrating all things bees, butterflies, birds, bats and ladybugs from June 16-22! Help us show some love to creatures essential to our food supply! This week long...

Free and paid activities

2025 Pollinator Festival at Cider Hill Farm

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States
Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, United States

Cider Hill Farm  

Cider Hill Farm 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M

Cider Hill is celebrating all things bees, butterflies, birds, bats and ladybugs from June 16-22! Help us show some love to creatures essential to our food supply! This week long...

Free and paid activities