Weymouth families have a full day of free entertainment lined up this Saturday, as the town's annual Kids Day takes over Tufts Library and Weston Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Organizers are promising a foam party, food trucks, a Pokémon and trading-card-game show, and meet-and-greet photo opportunities with Rapunzel and Spider-Man, all packed into the four-hour event at 46 Broad Street.
According to the Weymouth Police Department, the event will also feature more than 40 local vendors selling toys, 3D-printed items, crafts, games and Pokémon collectibles, alongside other family-friendly businesses. DJ Chris Pickett is set to provide live music throughout the day, and organizers say vendor spaces are filling quickly, though some remain available. Kids Day is associated with the Town of Weymouth and is sponsored in part by V.I.P. Taxi, McDonald Keohane Funeral Home, South Shore STARS and Childscapes Playgrounds, with organizers also thanking Town Taxi and HawkVisuals.
Two Venues, One Sprawling Party
The setup takes advantage of Weymouth's newest civic showpiece. The current Tufts Library building opened in September 2020 as a $33 million project supported by a $12.08 million grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, replacing a historic structure that dated back to 1880. The building includes a dedicated Children's Services Department for ages 0 to 12, five meeting rooms that can hold up to 196 people, an outdoor amphitheater and a local history center, giving Kids Day organizers ample indoor space for programming like the Pokémon card show and the life-sized Candy Land activity.
Right behind the library sits Weston Park, where the foam party will unfold. The park was renovated in 2019 and now features two age-segregated playgrounds, a 0.6-mile walking path, sports fields, a basketball court and a wetland observation platform, according to the North and South Rivers Watershed Association. The park's name traces back to Thomas Weston, who established the Wessagusset trading post in 1622 in present-day North Weymouth — a settlement that made Weymouth the second-oldest European community in Massachusetts, after Plymouth, according to the same organization.
Community Sponsors With Deep South Shore Roots
The sponsors backing Saturday's event have long histories in the region. South Shore STARS, an early childhood non-profit that has operated since 1970, expanded its Weymouth footprint in 2023 when it acquired a 30,000-square-foot facility on Libbey Industrial Parkway using $4.64 million in tax-exempt bond financing from MassDevelopment, per the agency's own announcement. McDonald Keohane Funeral Home, which operates three locations across Weymouth, is part of a family-owned enterprise founded in 1932 that regularly funds South Shore community programs, according to the company's website.
Childscapes Playgrounds, based in Marshfield, is the exclusive Massachusetts commercial representative for BCI Burke playground systems and outdoor park equipment, a role that ties the company directly to the kind of recreational infrastructure Kids Day is built around. The event's blend of municipal space and private sponsorship reflects a broader pattern in Weymouth, where the Parks and Recreation Department oversees more than 700 acres of parkland and conservation land across the town.
A Growing Town Gets a Signature Summer Event
Weymouth's population reached 57,437 residents across 16.77 square miles as of the 2020 U.S. Census, a 6.9% increase over 2010, making it one of the larger municipalities in Norfolk County and a natural draw for a family event of this scale. The town's leadership has also shifted recently: former Mayor Robert Hedlund, who oversaw major civic infrastructure builds including the new Tufts Library, stepped down in July 2025 after nearly a decade in office, with long-time Town Councillor Michael Molisse taking over as acting mayor.
Saturday's Kids Day is free and open to the public, running from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tufts Library and Weston Park. Families looking for a full day of activities can expect everything from the foam party and food trucks to character photo ops and the sprawling vendor market, all within walking distance of one another on the same Broad Street campus.
