free events in boston this weekendHappy first weekend of 2019!

Here’s the first Cheap Weekend Fun roundup of the New Year. As always, please let me know in the comments if I missed any fun and cheap events in the Boston area.

Winter Trails Day: January 6, 2019 at participating winter resorts and Nordic centers including Weston Ski Track. Learn how to snowshoe or cross country ski for free this weekend at participating centers across the country. *This event may cancel, weather permitting so make sure to check link for more info*

Bank of America’s Museum on Us: Saturday and Sunday, January 5-6, 2019. Bank of America & Merrill Lynch cardholders can get into select museums the first weekend of every month for free by showing their bank card (per cardholder, not family). Museum of Fine Arts, MIT Museum and other museums across the state participate.

Kid Price Saturday at Zoo New England: Pay and feel like a kid the first Saturday of this month at Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo where everyone pays kids price for admission until noon!

Harvard Art Museums: Massachusetts residents are admitted free every Saturday morning from 10am to Noon year-round with proof of residency

Harvard Museum of Natural History: Massachusetts residents are admitted free every Sunday morning from 9am to Noon year-round with proof of residency

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: Massachusetts residents are admitted free every Sunday morning from 9am to Noon year-round with proof of residency

If your anxious for snow, you may want to head up to Cranmore Mountain on Friday for their annual Ticket Rollback Day, lift tickets are just $10 on 1/4/19. I’ve been in my younger days and it was a really great and easy deal to take advantage of.

Happy first weekend of 2019!