Community · Boston

School shows, the park, and the playhouse.

School musicals and plays, free concerts on a lawn or the Mall, and the playhouses. A school night is marked school. Most park and school listings are free, or the school did not print a price, so none is invented. A large production or an off-Broadway house is ticketed, and that same night is on the city board.

Halloween

Time of the season

Haunted houses, a corn maze, hayrides a farm actually posts, and the parade. Community places, not music rooms. For Halloween the search goes about 30 miles out. The houses, the hayrides, and the corn mazes are usually on a farm road, not downtown.

Haunted house · BostonBarrett’s Haunted MansionBarrett’s Haunted Mansion · Abington · 16 miles outSelect nights, September 18 through October 31, 2026. The mansion opens at 7pm.Ticket on the house’s pageCorn maze · BostonConnors Farm corn mazeConnors Farm · Danvers · 17 miles outThe farm posts the fall days. The stand lists daily hours.Maze price on the farm’s pagePumpkin patch · BostonBrooksby Farm pumpkin patchBrooksby Farm · Peabody · 15 miles outFall harvest. The city posts the days. Tuesday through Sunday, 9am–5pm when the season is open.Pumpkins at the farmFall festival · BostonThe Topsfield FairTopsfield Fairgrounds · Topsfield · 21 miles outThe fair posts its October dates.Gate price on the fair’s pageHaunted house · BostonThe Lost MuseumThe Lost Museum · Salem · 14 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · BostonFrankensteins Castle and Haunted Witch VillageFrankensteins Castle and Haunted Witch Village · Salem · 14 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · BostonWitch MansionWitch Mansion · Salem · 14 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · BostonChambers of TerrorChambers of Terror · Salem · 14 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageCorn maze · BostonSauchuk's Corn Maze & Pumpkin PatchPlympton, MA · 31 miles outSat & Sun 9am-6pm through Oct 31, 2026 (Oct 31 9am-5pm)Ticketed (may sell out)Fall festival · BostonSalem Haunted HappeningsSalem, MA · 14 miles outThrough Oct 31, 2026; events daily across downtown SalemMany events free; some ticketedFall festival · BostonHaunted Happenings MarketplaceSalem, MA · 14 miles outThrough Nov 1, 2026Free to browseFall festival · BostonKids' Fun Fest on Salem CommonSalem, MA · 14 miles outSat-Sun Oct 24-25, 2026, 10am-5pmFreeFall festival · BostonHalloween Night Live Music & Drone Show FinaleSalem, MA · 14 miles outSat Oct 31, 2026; live music from noon, drone show 10pmFreeFall festival · BostonHalloween on the Hill at Long HillBeverly, MA · 19 miles outSelect nights through Oct 30, 2026 (including Oct 21-23)TicketedFall festival · BostonJack-O'-Lantern Nights at Stone ZooStoneham, MA · 7 miles outThu-Sun 5:30-9:30pm through Oct 31, 2026TicketedPumpkin patch · BostonKrochmal Farms Pumpkin Festival & Safe Trick or Treat HayrideTewksbury, MA · 20 miles outSat-Sun Oct 24-25, 2026, 10am-5pmFree entry; hayride, pony ride & corn maze $7 eachCorn maze · BostonMarini Farm Dinosaur Corn MazeIpswich, MA · 25 miles outSat 10am-10pm & Sun 10am-6pm, Oct 24-25 & Oct 31, 2026; flashlight nights Saturdays 6-10pm$19.99 online / $22.99 gate (ages 3+); 2 & under freeFall festival · BostonHalloween Spooktacular at Boston Children's MuseumBoston, MA · 1 miles outSat Oct 24, 2026, 5-8pmTicketed (sold out in past years)Halloween parade · BostonNeponset Pumpkin ParadeDorchester, MA · 5 miles outThu Oct 29, 2026, 5:30-7pm (rain date Fri Oct 30)Free