AHA! Night on Thursday, July 9, from 3 to 10 p.m. brings live entertainment, art, and family-friendly activities to Custom House Square and nearby venues.

Visitors can watch Big Nazo Puppets, Aerialicious Entertainment, and Smile Factory clowns. Get your face painted, hear live music by Stone Gon, stroll the Seaport Art Walk, climb aboard a New Bedford Fire Department fire truck, try rowing on land with the New Bedford Rowing Center, play with bubbles, join a scavenger hunt, and grab a drink from Tamani’s Lemonade Stand.

Downtown businesses and organizations will also join the evening. The New Bedford Light will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a children’s craft. The first 250 visitors will receive free Sorbae frozen treats. Adults 21 and older can sample wines from Coastal Bubbles with the first 50 pours free.

Shimmer will host a beading workshop, Verdean Veterans Memorial Hall will offer a paint night, and Sangha Yoga NB will lead a free yoga class.

United Way of Greater New Bedford will provide free crafts and games for children in Custom House Square.

“New Bedford Rocks the Park” is a series of five, free outdoor concerts on Thursdays from July 9 through Aug. 13, 6 to 8 p.m., at Custom House Square. The Whaling History Alliance presents the family-friendly program to promote the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.

Here’s this year’s lineup:

• July 9: Stone Gon — Soul, R&B, and dance music
• July 16: Lively Up — The music of Bob Marley and other reggae favorites
• July 23: Wild Nites — Popular dance and party hits
• Aug. 6: Fast Forward — Dance music
• Aug. 13: Redline Band — Rock, country, pop, and alternative

The July 9 and Aug. 13 concerts coincide with AHA! Night.

Admission is free. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs.

The series supports the Whaling History Alliance’s mission to promote and preserve the park and the region’s maritime history.

Creative Canvas Club meets Wednesdays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. from July 8 through Aug. 26. The class is open to ages 7 and older.

Admission is $50 for members and $55 for nonmembers. All materials are included.

The program is led by artist Devin McLaughlin. Students may follow guided painting projects or create original artwork.

“Puffs: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic” will be staged July 9 through 12 at the Steeple Playhouse. Tickets range from $25 to $30.

The comedy follows Wayne Hopkins and his classmates at a certain school of magic while a famous boy wizard saves the world. Sorted into the overlooked Puff house, the group navigates seven years of classes, odd teachers, and mishaps as larger battles happen around them.

It moves quickly and focuses on friendship and loyalty. The award-winning comedy centers on the underdogs and explores life on the sidelines of a familiar wizarding world.