Family Activities, Summer Camps and Activities

The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.

From maker space workshops to a dance studio, a Food Lab to a performance space, The Foundry’s array of spaces will serve your individual or group needs. Bring your creative spirit!

Learn to play the Steel Pan, basic music, and leadership development.

The War Memorial Recreation Center provides residents access to a state of the art, fully accessible, and climate controlled facility for recreational activities.

NSM's Choral Program offers vocal music for children ages 5-17.

We bring robotics, coding, engineering, and design to life—shaping your child’s future through hands-on learning.
Join our afterschool studio with flexible open enrollment or convenient monthly memberships.

We run baseball leagues for new and experienced players at all levels for ages 4 - 12 years old.

We provide language and interpretation classes, youth programs, multicultural community events, and other supports for immigrant families.

Pathways to Family Success supports low-income Cambridge families with free events, activities, supplies, and community.

Can you find the StoryWalks? A StoryWalk is a children's book hung page by page around a park in Cambridge where families can read, walk, and talk together. Find the 8 StoryWalks in Cambridge parks!

Summer Flag Football programs for girls ages 10-18.

Pink Sunday is a 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization dedicated to promoting the importance of women's health and wellness.

Discover the nature of Cambridge from the cockpit of a kayak during this late-summer adventure!

Explore Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters by interactive guided tour! The occupants of this house shaped our nation. A variety of tours invite visitors to connect with their stories.

We are a multilingual and multicultural preschool and kindergarten with afterschool and summer offerings in Central Square. We specialize on Early Global Education and Teachers growth.

We offer fun, high energy martial arts classes for ages 5 to 13.

We host rock climbing weeks for young people with a variety of rock climbing skill levels. We have a standard options as well as options that include parkour activities and rock climbing together.

Join us for Summer Lacrosse Wednesdays, no experience needed, just a place to have fun and play lacrosse with your peers for free!

We've created orienteering courses throughout the city of Cambridge to get you and your family outside and moving around. Check out our map courses on our website!

Join us on the basketball courts this summer! We offer recreational basketball for children, youth, and teens ages 8-19 that take place in the evenings at outdoor courts around Cambridge.

We offer young players a chance to play hockey outside over the summer. Our league will focus on skills, drills, and game competitions for new and experienced players of all identities.

We offer a summer camp where children play sports activities all day!

Enjoy a selection of local, family-owned and operated food trucks every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space, with plenty of outdoor seating options available!

We offer STEM programs at various locations across New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts to children ages 4-13.

We host summer break theatre camps for 8-12 year-olds, led by professional actors and teaching artists from Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Join us for one or for both!

We help girls develop courage, confidence, and character through community service, exploration, workshops and adventures, including lessons in STEM, outdoors, life skills, entrepreneurship.

Kroka is a wilderness expedition school for young people based on an organic farm in Marlow, New Hampshire.