Category: Family-friendly

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Join the Strawberry Banke Flag Day Celebration

6/14/2022 - Celebrate Flag Day at Strawbery Banke Museum. Festivities include a presentation of the colors by a delegation from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the singing of the National Anthem by Angelynne Hinson, and remarks by Lawrence J. Yerdon, President and CEO, and Sherm Pridham, librarian emeritus of Portsmouth Public Library and… SEE MORE

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Marlin Tournament

7/20/2022 - 7/23/2022 - Celebrating its 40th year, the 2022 Key West Marlin Tournament, featuring $50,000 in guaranteed cash prizes, is set for July 20 – 23, 2022. The tournament, coinciding with the annual Hemingway Days Celebration in Key West, Florida, is a world-class fishing event drawing anglers eager to test the waters on… SEE MORE

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Boston Harborfest

7/1/2022 - 7/4/2022 - With hundreds of activities over Independence Day week at Boston’s best landmarks, this family-friendly event is one of the country’s largest Fourth of July festivals. Activities include historical reenactments, Freedom Trail walks, boat tours, live entertainment, and much more! See below for event highlights. Live Music Downtown Crossing will host a… SEE MORE

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Family Fishing Day as Part of Free Fishing Weekend

6/11/2022 - The Mason & Oceana Counties 4-H Programs a free fishing event for families. No entry fee, registration, or fishing license required (as this is during Michigan’s Free Fishing Weekend). There will be a fishing tournament for 5-19 year olds with prizes for top catch in each age division and overall… SEE MORE

Resurgam Music and Art Festival

6/12/2022 - After the Old Port Festival ended its nearly 50-year run in 2019, Maine’s “city by the sea” was left without a signature summer kickoff. The Maine Academy of Modern Music aims to change that with Resurgam, a full day of free fun on Thompson’s Point featuring music all day, food trucks,… SEE MORE

World Oceans Day is June 8

6/8/2022 - This year’s United Nations World Oceans Day, on 8 June 2022, will highlight the theme Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean. This is the first hybrid celebration of the annual event, hosted in-person at the UN Headquarters in New York and broadcast live. The ocean connects, sustains, and supports us… SEE MORE

Striperfest 2022 Falmouth, MA

9/24/2022 - StriperFest is the biggest fishing party on the East Coast. Over a late summer weekend, thousands of fishermen and their friends and family come to Cape Cod to take boat demo rides, check out the sponsors’ displays, eat, drink and enjoy live music. Way more than just an awards ceremony… SEE MORE

Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT

6/26/2026 - 6/28/2026 - The WoodenBoat Show, at the Mystic Seaport Museum, is hosted in partnership with WoodenBoat Publications and offers something for all wooden boat enthusiasts and maritime history buffs. More than 100 traditional and classic wooden boats of every type will be on display, from handcrafted kayaks to mahogany runabouts, to classic… SEE MORE

Free Fishing Days in New Jersey – Fall 2022

10/22/2022 - Beginning in 2015, the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife has offered spring and fall Free Fishing Days. In 2022, the fall date is October 22. The October date allows the public to take advantage of the fall trout stocking. Remember: on free fishing days residents may fish on the… SEE MORE

Free Fishing Days in New Jersey – Spring 2022

6/4/2022 - Beginning in 2015, the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife has offered spring and fall Free Fishing Days. In 2022 the first is Saturday, June 4. The June Free Fishing Day is held in conjunction with National Fishing and Boating Week; the October date allows the public to take advantage… SEE MORE