Updated January 21, 2025
Love family-friendly musicals, concerts, shows and performances? We're lucky to have many great theatres less than an hour away. Plan a memorable family outing to a fun-filled family show with our list of upcoming nearby performances. If you're planning a special date night evening, all of these theaters have many babysitter-worthy shows too!
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
50 East Merrimack St
Lowell MA 01852
866-722-8881
- Sesame Street Live! Say Hello, March 27
- Dog Man: The Musical, April 22
Tsongas Center
300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Lowell MA 01852
(866) 722-8780
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
50 East Merrimack St
Lowell MA 01852
(978) 654-4678
- Elephant and Piggie's "We Are In A Play!", January 26
DCU Center
50 Foster St
Worcester MA 01608
- Commerford Kids Fun Fair, February 1-2
- Monster Jam, February 14-16
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
2 Southbridge St
Worcester MA 01608
(877) 571-SHOW (7569)
- Layon Gray's Black Angels Over Tuskegee, February 26
- Sesame Street Live! Say Hello, March 19
- Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live!, April 9
Boch Center Wang Theatre & Shubert Theatre
270 Tremont St
Boston MA 02116
- The Addams Family, March 21-23
- PAW Patrol Live! A Mighty Adventure, March 29-30
- Riverdance, April 8-13
Boston Opera House
539 Washington St
Boston MA 02111
617-259-3400
- Peter Pan, January 21 - February 2
- Back to the Future, July 8-20
Agganis Arena
925 Commonwealth Ave
Boston MA 02215
617-358-7000
North Shore Music Theatre
62 Dunham Rd
Beverly MA 01915
978-232-7200
- Curious George: The Golden Meatball, March 22
- How I Became a Pirate & Seussical Kids, April 13
- Beetlejuice Jr, April 12-13
- Finding Nemo Jr., July 24-25
SNHU Arena
555 Elm St
Manchester NH 03101
(603) 644-5000
- Monster Jam, May 10-11
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