BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Mother's Day is this weekend, and for some people, plans are already in motion.

William, a Boston College student who was at South Station on Friday morning, said he was about to catch a ride back home for the holiday.

"I'm surprising my mom for the weekend; she doesn't know I'm coming," he said. "I told her that I was watching a movie later today, and she usually calls me around the time I'd be watching it, so I'll just be like, I'm watching a movie, I'll call you back, and then holler, be like, this is what the movie was like, and then knock on the door, how you doing?"

For those who can't afford to do anything extravagant for the special woman in their life, here is a list of free events happening on Mother's Day:

Masako Miki Midnight March Exhibit: MassArt Art Museum, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Live Music Sundays: Samuel Adams Boston Brewery, 30 Germania St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Friends of the Public Garden Duckling Day: Boston Common, 165 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Sunday Art Space BYO Art at the Gallery Table: Mill District Local Art Gallery, 91 Cowls Road, Amherst, MA 01002
Complimentary Open House Wine Tasting: The Wine Cellar Outlet Walpole, 565 Main Street, Walpole, MA 02081
Brew-N-Laughs Free Open Mic Comedy Show: Castle Island Brewing, 10 Old Colony Ave, South Boston, MA 02127
Lilac Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum: The Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130
SoWa Art Walk: SoWa Artists Guild, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Salem Witch Trials Memorial: The Salem Witch Trials Memorial, 24 Liberty Street, Salem, MA
Sunday Funday Mother’s Day Edition: The Vault Performing Arts Center &Pub, 791 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740

WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas (@JamesRojasMMJ) reports.