The Ember List

Kids' music & stage shows in the Boston area

Browse family concerts, kids' sing-alongs, music and movement, and youth orchestra shows in the Boston area. We reviewed 9,000+ Boston-area events and found 32 kids' music & stage events between October 23 and October 29. Updated daily.

All kids' music & stage events in the Boston area — October 23–29

Friday, October 23Fri 10/23
FRIDAY
23
OCTOBER

6 PM – 7 PM·Legacy Place · Dedham

Halloween concert on The Green at Legacy Place features Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys singing, dancing, jumping, spinning, imagining, bubbles; costumes encouraged, free tickets required, all ages.

8 PM·Building W16: Kresge Auditorium, 48 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, Cambridge, MA 02139

MIT Wind Ensemble and Festival Jazz Ensemble perform 20th‑century works, including Copland, Shostakovich, Ellington, and a guest vocal jazz set, at Kresge Auditorium, all ages.

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM·Coolidge Corner — Meeting Room - Coolidge Corner · Brookline

Interactive 40‑minute concert in Coolidge Corner Meeting Room features a Little Groove musician leading sing‑along and hands‑on play with drums, shakers, and tambourines, for ages 3–12.

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM·Central Library in Copley Square, Children's Room, Boston

Musical singalong performance in the Central Library Children’s Room, space limited, funded by the Louise H. Allen Children’s Music Fund, for ages 0‑5.

7 PM – 10 PM·The Stein · Waltham

Thursday Afternoon reunites at The Stein for nostalgic rock, live music, mingling, appetizers, and a cash bar, all ages.

12:15 PM – 1 PM·Church, 206 Clarendon St.,, Boston, MA

Midday organ concerts showcase Trinity’s historic 7,000‑pipe instruments with innovative programs by national and international recitalists, suggested donation $10, all ages.

SATURDAY
24
OCTOBER

4 PM – 8 PM·Museum of Science Boston

Mark Rober leads hands‑on engineering demos, conversation, and audience participation at the Museum of Science Boston.

12 PM – 1:15 PM·Central Square Branch — Lewis Room · Cambridge

Original live music, shadow puppetry, video projection, and gothic storytelling inspired by Poe, Shelley, Irving, Dickinson, Stoker, and Rice fill the Lewis Room, all ages.

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM·Main Library — Craft Room · Wellesley

A&W Ukulele Players lead an hour of singing, dancing, interactive songs, plus a 15‑minute hands‑on ukulele demo in the Main Library Craft Room, for ages 6 and up.

3 PM – 4 PM·Americal Civic Center 467 Main St, Wakefield, MA 01880, Community Locations, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

Rubin Brothers perform time‑traveling vaudeville circus act with unicycling, juggling, acrobatics and jazzy originals at the Americal Civic Center.

2 PM · 8 PM·Citizens Opera House, 539 Washington Street, Boston

Wicked (Touring) at Citizens Opera House — Musical theater performance, small purses only, $5 facility fee added to each ticket.

8 PM – 10 PM·Brandeis University events · Waltham

Student and alumni groups present a variety of performances at Brandeis University events.

9 AM – 1 PM·Union Square Farmers Market, 66-70 Union Square · Somerville

Tap dance company YellowShed performs all day at Union Square Farmers Market and sells original paint‑by‑tap artwork.

10 AM – 11 PM·High Street Place · Boston

College football games play on the biggest downtown Boston screen at High Street Place, with food, drinks, and sound for all ages.

18 more events through Thursday, October 29.

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