Looking for events around the area? Wondering about some resources for kids? Check out these event resources as well as listings for area classes, activities, outdoor fun, and more. If you would like to have anything added to the list, please contact Clare Dombrowski with your organization information.
COMMUNITY EVENT RESOURCES:
You can also find a number of these on Facebook to get regular updates of events.
Boston Central: Calendar of Events for the greater Boston area
Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Greater Newburyport Mothers and Family Club (membership required)
Macaroni Kids: Newburyport Activities and Events
North Shore Kid: Calendar of Events, camp information, and resources
ART
Amesbury Farmhouse Studios (Amesbury)
Art for Everyone (Exeter, NH)
Began By Hand (Merrimac)
Board & Brush (Amesbury)
Colorful Kids (Amesbury)
Essex Art (Lawrence)
Newburyport Art Association (Newburyport)
Offbeat Owl Paint Bar (Exeter, NH)
Pottery Isle (Newburyport)
Purple Sage Pottery (Merrimac)
The Artist’s Playground (Newburyport)
BEACHES
Coast Guide Beaches A guide to all the beach on the North Shore.
Crane Wildlife Refuge (Ipswich)
Hampton Beach (Hampton, NH)
Plum Island (Newburyport)
Salisbury Reservation (Salisbury)
BIKING/WALKING TRAILS
Amesbury Trails has guides to trails in town.
Riverwalk: Amesbury’s scenic walkway and bike path.
BOWLING
Academy Lanes (Bradford)
Exeter Lanes (Exeter, NH)
Leo’s Super Bowl (Amesbury)
Riverwalk Lanes (Amesbury)
DANCE
Adagio Dance Studio (Exeter, NH)
Bracken School of Irish Dance (Salisbury)
Dance Technics (Merrimac)
JNP Dance Academy (Amesbury)
Joyce Dance Studios (Amesbury)
Kadee’s Tumbleweed (Salisbury)
Murray’s Academy of Irish Dance (Exeter, NH)
Musical Arts Academy of Music and Dance (Exeter, Dover and North Hampton, NH)
Rap ‘N Tap School of Dance (Amesbury)
The Dance Place (Newburyport)
FARMS/GARDENING
Applecrest Farm Orchards (Hampton Falls, NH)
Cider Hill Farm (Amesbury)
Davis Farmland (Sterling)
Heron Pond Farm (South Hampton & Kensington)
Ingaldsby Farm (Boxford)
Long Hill Orchard (West Newbury)
Richardson’s Dairy (Middleton)
Russell Orchards (Ipswich)
Smolak Farms (North Andover)
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury)
Tendercrop Farm (Newbury)
GYMNASTICS/EXERCISE
All Around Gymnastics Training Center (Newburyport)
Clipper City Gymnastics (Amesbury)
Crossfit (Amesbury)
Gymboree (Rye, NH)
Haverhill YMCA (Haverhill)
MetroRock Indoor Rock Climbing (Newburyport)
New Hampshire Academy of Artistic Gymnastics (Hampton, NH)
Off the Wall Gymnastics (Plaistow, NH)
Yogasmith (Amesbury)
Rumble Tumble (Portsmouth, NH)
Rye Airfield Indoor Skate and Bike (Rye, NH)
Seacoast United (Hampton, NH)
ICE SKATING
Amesbury Town Park, 138 Friend Street
Graf Skating Rink (Newburyport)
The Rinks at Exeter (Exeter, NH)
INDOOR PLAYSPACES
aMAZEment Center/Cedarland (Haverhill)
ARTastic (Hampton Falls)
Itsy Bitsy Zone (Amesbury)
Jump On In! (Haverhill)
Junior Gym (North Hampton)
Monkey Joe’s (Danvers)
LANGUAGES
Jade’s Classroom (Newburyport)
MARTIAL ARTS
Atlantic Karate Training Center (Hampton, NH)
Great Bay Tai Chi & Yoga Center (Amesbury)
Mike Worobel Martial Arts (North Hampton, NH)
Tokyo Joe’s Studios of Self Defense (Salisbury)
MINI GOLF
Buc’s Lagoon (Hampton, NH)
Captain’s Cove (Hampton, NH)
Captain’s Corner (Salisbury)
Cedarland Family Fun Center (Haverhill)
Jurassic Mini Golf (Salisbury)
Monster Mini Golf (Danvers)
Nunan Florist & Greenhouse (Georgetown)
Richardson’s Ice Cream (Middleton)
Sagamore Golf Club (Hampton, NH)
MOVIES
Cinemagic (Salisbury)
Stage Two Cinema Pub (Amesbury)
Vision Max Cinema (Salisbury)
MUSEUMS
This is a partial list of museums. For a longer list, please visit museums. Also, don’t forget to check our library and other local libraries for museum passes to get free or discounted admission to some of these museums.
American Independence Museum (Exeter)
Boston Children’s Museum (Boston)
Boston Museum of Science (Boston)
The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (Dover, NH)
Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH)
Custom House Maritime Museum (Newburyport)
Cushing House Museum (Newburyport)
Discovery Museum (Acton)
Lowell’s Boat Shop (Amesbury)
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)
Seacoast Science Center (Rye, NH)
Strawbery Banke (Portsmouth, NH)
Wenham Museum (Wenham)
Whittier House (Amesbury)
MUSIC
River Music Academy (Amesbury)
Baby Wiggle (Newburyport)
Itsy Bitsy Zone (Amesbury)
Music Together (Newburyport)
The Musical Suite (Newburyport)
Zach Fields Drum Studio (Newburyport)
NATURE
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Topsfield)
Joppa Flats Audubon (Newburyport)
Maudslay State Park (Newburyport)
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Newburyport)
Riverwalk (Amesbury)
Wolf Hollow (Ipswich)
PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS
Action Cove, 15 Bachelor Stree, West Newbury
Alliance Park, Main Street, Point Shore Area
Amesbury Town Park Playground, Friend Street
Atkinson Common, 1 Storey Avenue, Newburyport
Ayers Playground (Kent Street Playground), 1 Buck Street, Newburyport
Bartlett Mall (Newburyport)
Bradley Palmer State Park (Topsfield)
Cashman Park, 5 Pop Crowley Way, Newburyport
Collins Street Playground, Collins Street
Endicott Park (Danvers)
Inn Street Playground, Tot Lot on Inn Street, Newburyport
Maudslay State Park (Newburyport)
Moseley Woods (Newburyport)
Patton Park, 330 Bay Road, Hamilton
Perkins Playground, 15 Beacon Avenue, Newburyport
Salisbury Beach Reservation Playground (Salisbury)
Sawyer Park, Trundlebed Road, Kensington, NH
SKIING/WINTER
New England Sports Park, Tubing (Amesbury)
Bradford Ski Area (Bradford)
SWIMMING/PADDLING
Lake Gardner, 80 High St.
Plum Island Kayak (Newburyport)
ZOOS
Charmingfare Farm (Candia, NH)
Franklin Park Zoo (Boston)
Southwick’s Zoo (Mendon)
Stoneham Zoo (Stoneham)
York’s Wild Kingdom (York, ME)