# Things to do with kids in Bristol County, MA

> 13 upcoming family events and 7 places and ongoing programs in Bristol County, MA, in the Providence–Warwick area. Listings whose address ZIP code is in this county (Census Bureau ZIP-to-county file). Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Boo at the Zoo at Buttonwood Park Zoo](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/boo-at-the-zoo-at-buttonwood-park-zoo--listing-7ef1f2c82527b60b25fc07bc) — Sat, Oct 24 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford · All ages · From $15 · checked Oct 24. Buttonwood Park Zoo's 25th annual daytime Halloween celebration spreads trick-or-treating across the whole zoo campus over three October weekends; this is the final weekend…
- [Woodward Discovery Days: Bats & Spiders at Oak Knoll](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/woodward-discovery-days-bats-and-spiders-at-oak-knoll--listing-3574ad27d4e2ccd9a14e4233) — Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Mass Audubon Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Center), Attleboro · Free · checked Oct 24. Oak Knoll's monthly free drop-in morning in its Nature Center takes on two of the sanctuary's spookiest residents for Halloween week. Families move at their own pace between…
- [Wicked Sing-Along at the Zeiterion](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/wicked-sing-along-at-the-zeiterion--listing-cd4f8fce91d0e6831c4f51ff) — Sun, Nov 1 · 2:00 PM · The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford · From $15 · checked Oct 24. A big-screen sing-along screening of the movie Wicked at New Bedford's historic Zeiterion theater, with the lyrics on screen so the whole audience can belt out the songs. The…
- [Fall Evening Owl Prowl II](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/fall-evening-owl-prowl-ii--listing-0330e3d20d95e36dfd9ce18f) — Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM · Lloyd Center for the Environment (lower parking lot near the Welcome Center), Dartmouth · Ages 10+ · From $25 · checked Oct 24. An evening owl walk at the Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth, led by research associate Jamie Bogart. As colder fall weather arrives, many animals get ready for…
- [America the Beautiful: Our Natural Wonders (Giant Screen) at the Whaling Museum](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/america-the-beautiful-our-natural-wonders-giant-screen-at-the-whaling--listing-a1adcecac51364b67d6bad49) — Wed, Nov 11 (+15 more dates) · 12:30 PM · New Bedford Whaling Museum · From $10 · checked Oct 24. A giant-screen nature documentary shown daily at the New Bedford Whaling Museum for two weeks in November, including the Veterans Day holiday and Thanksgiving week. Narrated by…
- [Homeschool Day at Battleship Cove](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/homeschool-day-at-battleship-cove--listing-ac3221bbed55d5ba8444baa5) — Fri, Nov 20 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Battleship Cove, Fall River · From $10 · checked Oct 24. Battleship Cove opens to homeschool families for a morning of hands-on naval history and science. Families can go aboard and inside a battleship, a submarine and a destroyer, and…
- [SouthCoast Youth Climate Summit](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/southcoast-youth-climate-summit--listing-fd4d1eae1f2342cf762f8e4c) — Fri, Nov 20 · 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM · Bristol Community College, Fall River · Ages 13–17 · Free · checked Oct 24. A free half-day climate summit for teens aged 13 to 17 from across the South Coast, organized by Mass Audubon's Allens Pond sanctuary. This year's theme, Local Climate Solutions…
- [Christmas Festival of Lights at La Salette Shrine](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/christmas-festival-of-lights-at-la-salette-shrine--listing-1583499b8a6452bb70d1ced8) — Nov 21 – Jan 3 · National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, Attleboro · All ages · checked Oct 24. The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro lights its hillside grounds with more than one million Christmas lights each season. The 2026-27 festival is themed…
- [Woodward Discovery Days: Turkey Time at Oak Knoll](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/woodward-discovery-days-turkey-time-at-oak-knoll--listing-72948b5d54e22fc8344eed68) — Sat, Nov 21 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Mass Audubon Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Center), Attleboro · Free · checked Oct 24. A free Thanksgiving-season drop-in at Oak Knoll's Nature Center all about wild turkeys, one of the region's most familiar and surprising birds. Activity stations and exhibits…
- [Pete the Cat — TheaterWorksUSA Musical at the Zeiterion](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/pete-the-cat-theaterworksusa-musical-at-the-zeiterion--listing-336143a407070f2be6ca342a) — Wed, Dec 9 · 12:30 PM · The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford · From $15 · checked Oct 24. TheaterWorksUSA's touring musical about the groovy blue cat, recommended for children in pre-K through 3rd grade. Pete rocks the Biddle family's world, except for Jimmy, the most…
- [Woodward Discovery Days: Animals in Winter at Oak Knoll](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/woodward-discovery-days-animals-in-winter-at-oak-knoll--listing-ba2b3e6fca3a4d531d0f305c) — Sat, Dec 19 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Mass Audubon Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Center), Attleboro · Free · checked Oct 24. Oak Knoll's free December drop-in morning looks at how wildlife gets through the hardest season of the year: the hibernators tucked under logs and leaf litter, and the year-round…
- [Holiday Pops with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/holiday-pops-with-the-new-bedford-symphony-orchestra--listing-a1e864bd94f4250dfedc9963) — Sun, Dec 20 · 3:30 PM · The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford · From $30 · checked Oct 24. The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra's holiday concert with conductor Yaniv Dinur, vocal group The Showstoppers and young musicians from the Southeastern Massachusetts Youth…
- [Toe Jam New Year's Eve Family Bash at the Whaling Museum](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/toe-jam-new-year-s-eve-family-bash-at-the-whaling-museum--listing-a53100253ef558851823098a) — Thu, Dec 31 · 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · New Bedford Whaling Museum · Free · checked Oct 24. An early, kid-sized New Year's Eve party at the New Bedford Whaling Museum with the Toe Jam Puppet Band. The Jacobs Family Gallery turns into a dance floor for music, movement…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Battleship Cove](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/battleship-cove--listing-4c70968e45844ec4e2f4f0f6) — Ships — Fall hours Oct 19–Dec 7, 2026: 7 days a week 9am–4pm. Winter hours Dec 8… · Battleship Cove, Fall River · From $15 · checked Oct 24. A waterfront naval museum in Fall River with five National Historic Landmark vessels that families can board to learn about military ships of World War II and the Korean and…
- [Buttonwood Park Zoo](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/buttonwood-park-zoo--listing-26a9e5c2f1b272a4a58b2bac) — Daily 9am–4pm; may close early for special events; closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas… · Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford · Paid · checked Oct 24. Founded in 1894, Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford is the 12th oldest zoo in the United States and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It keeps more than 240…
- [Homeschool at Oak Knoll: Young Explorers](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/homeschool-at-oak-knoll-young-explorers--listing-62ee279c438a244c97836b16) — Selected Wednesdays 9am–12pm, Sept 9, 2026–Apr 14, 2027 (16 classes) · Mass Audubon Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary, Attleboro · From $525 · checked Oct 24. A drop-off nature program for homeschooled young naturalists that follows the seasons through monthly themes such as Changes in Nature, Animal Classification and the Water Cycle…
- [Lloyd Center for the Environment Walking Trails](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/lloyd-center-for-the-environment-walking-trails--listing-6dd84b2914a145aa25cf1b3f) — Trails open dawn to dusk daily, 365 days a year; main building closed during construction · Lloyd Center for the Environment, Dartmouth · Free · checked Oct 24. The Lloyd Center sits on 82 acres of oak-hickory forest, freshwater wetlands, salt marsh and estuary in Dartmouth, with seven walking trails and views of Buzzards Bay, Demarest…
- [Mass Audubon Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/mass-audubon-allens-pond-wildlife-sanctuary--listing-a353fb0c93aa846b5bcd6e9f) — Trails open daily, dawn to dusk · Mass Audubon Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Westport · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Hundreds of acres of protected beach, fields, woodland, pond and salt marsh on the Westport–Dartmouth coast, with about 7 miles of trails and ocean and pond views from many…
- [Mass Audubon Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/mass-audubon-oak-knoll-wildlife-sanctuary--listing-aa9fd655bd8044e8cfa3ad4b) — Trails open daily, dawn to dusk · Mass Audubon Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary, Attleboro · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. A free wildlife sanctuary a few minutes from downtown Attleboro. About 1.5 miles of wooded trails and boardwalk wind through a red maple swamp, upland forest and freshwater marsh…
- [New Bedford Whaling Museum](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/new-bedford-whaling-museum--listing-b6957260c87ccb8e6aa0fc6c) — Open Mon–Sun 9am–5pm. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day… · New Bedford Whaling Museum · From $14 · checked Oct 24. A large museum of natural, social and local history on Johnny Cake Hill that tells how New Bedford shaped global trade, migration and innovation. Children can climb aboard the…

## Nearby

- Towns in Bristol County, MA: [New Bedford, MA](https://grassyknees.com/providence/towns/new-bedford-ma) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/providence/towns/new-bedford-ma.md), [Attleboro, MA](https://grassyknees.com/providence/towns/attleboro-ma) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/providence/towns/attleboro-ma.md), [Fall River, MA](https://grassyknees.com/providence/towns/fall-river-ma) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/providence/towns/fall-river-ma.md)
- [Things to do with kids in Providence](https://grassyknees.com/providence) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/providence.md)
- [This weekend in Providence](https://grassyknees.com/providence/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/providence/this-weekend.md)

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