Free Family Activity Watch

Why this is recommended

Two museum tickets, a zoo visit and a kids-free dinner are $150 a month for a family of four; the Tab finds the free version every week and the popular registrations before they fill.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Families with kids, on any budget, in or near a big metro.

When it runs

Museums, parks and cities post weekend programs by Thursday; families plan on Thursday night

Scope

The 25 largest US metros, named by metro; free museum days, Bank of America Museums on Us, Blue Star Museums, Museums for All and library museum passes; national and state park fee-free days and youth passes; free concerts, festivals, fireworks, movies in the park, parades and city events within 14 days; kids-eat-free, kids-fly-free and kids-free promotions from national chains; free camp, class and league registrations; zoo, aquarium, science center and theme park discount windows

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Free museum days and card programs, national and state park free days, library perks and passes, free concerts, festivals, movies in the park and city events in the twenty-five largest metros, kids-eat-free and kids-free promotions from national chains, registration openings for popular free camps and classes and zoo, aquarium and science center discount windows, with the metro or program first.

Track free and low-cost family activities in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: free museum days, Bank of America Museums on Us, Blue Star Museums, Museums for All and library museum passes; national and state park fee-free days and free youth passes; free concerts, festivals, fireworks, movies in the park, parades and city-run events in the 25 largest metros for the next 14 days; kids-eat-free, kids-fly-free and kids-free promotions from national chains with dates; registration openings for popular free camps, classes and sports leagues; and zoo, aquarium, science center and theme park discount windows. Prefer institution pages, city and park agency sites and established local family reporting; ignore unverified event listings. Put the metro or program first in the title with the date. Use high severity for a registration opening within 3 days for a program that fills, or a free day at a major institution within 7 days. Return no more than 10 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what it is, when and where, how to get it, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.