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Events Not to Miss:
What: Halloween Spooktacular
Why: Costumes, treats, pumpkins and play.
When: Friday October 29-Saturday October 30, 10 am, 1 pm, 3:30 pm, Sunday October 31, 10 am
Where: Paper Street Play, 40 Park Ave., Park Ridge
Why: Storytelling, music, hot cider and more fun.
When: Friday October 29 and Saturday October 30, 8-10 pm, $10
Where: Fort Lee Historic Park, Hudson Terrace, Fort Lee
Why: Master magician David Caserta created haunted illusions in time for Halloween.
When: Saturday October 30, 12-3 pm
Where: Westfield Garden State Plaza, 1 Garden State Plaza Blvd., Paramus
What: Halloween at Bergen
Why: Halloween fun and trick or treating for little ones.
When: Saturday October 30, 1-4 pm
Where: Bergen Town Center, Route 4 East and Forest Ave., Paramus
What: Potions and Pellets
Why: Have a hoot meeting and learning about owls, and crafting spooky potions.
When: Saturday October 30, 2-3 pm
Where: Tenafly Nature Center, 313 Hudson Ave., Tenafly
Why: Shop, play, eat and enjoy at this fall street fair.
When: Saturday October 30, 10 am-5 pm
Where: 234 Main St., Ridgefield Park
What: Haunted Harvest
Why: Meet the Good Witch and enjoy some family-friendly Halloween fun.
When: Saturday October 30, 11 am-2 pm
Where: Memorial Park at Van Neste Square & E Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood
What: Halloween Festival
Why: Trick or treat, eat and enjoy Halloween games.
When: Sunday October 31, 12-3 pm
Where: Grace Episcopal Church, 128 W. Passaic Ave., Rutherford
What: Trick or Tea!
Why: Come in costume to enjoy Halloween-themed tea and treats.
When: Sunday October 31, 11 am-5 pm
Where: Harmony Tea Room, 224 Fairview Ave., Westwood
What: Dinosaurs After Dark
Why: Go on a spooky pre-historic adventure with darkened trails, live shows and s'mores around the fire.
When: Now through Saturday October 30, 6:45-9:30 pm
Where: Field Station: Dinosaurs, 3 Overpeck Park Driveway, Leonia
What: Halloween Drive-Through
Why: Shop then drive through a maze of Halloween characters and decorations.
When: Now through Sunday October 31, 11 am-9 pm
Where: Stew Leonard's, 700 Paramus Park, Paramus
Why: Take a hayride, pick a perfect pumpkin and hang with the barnyard animals.
When: Now through Saturday October 30, check schedule for daily times
Where: Abma's Farm, 700 Lawlins Rd., Wyckoff
What: Halloween Light Show
Why: A spooktacular drive-thru light display on the farm.
When: Now through Sunday October 31, 7-9 pm Sundays-Thursdays, 7-9:30 pm Fridays and Saturdays
Where: Demarest Farms, 244 Wierimus Lane, Hillsdale
What: Fall Activities
Why: Hayrides, petting zoo, hay maze, pumpkins and more fall fun.
When: Now through October 31, 3-4:45 pm weekdays, 10 am-4 pm weekends
Where: Secor Farms, 85 Airmont Ave., Mahwah
What: Apple Cider Making
Why: An apple-solutely fun time learning about cider-making and make your own batch.
When: Sundays through October 31, 2-3 pm, 3:30-4:30 pm
Where: Tenafly Nature Center, 313 Hudson Ave., Tenafly
What: Fall Fun
Why: Meet the animals, pick a pumpkin, travel through the maze, enjoy hayrides and more.
When: Weekends, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Lupardi's Nursery, 75 Blanch Ave., Closter
Why: Take a ride through the fields to pick a perfect pumpkin.
When: Saturdays through October, 12-4 pm
Where: Stokes Farm, 23 De Wolf Rd., Old Tappan
What: Monster Mash Bash
Why: Costumed characters, trick or treating and spooky trivia.
When: Now through Sunday October 31, 1-7 pm
Where: American Dream, 1 American Dream Way, East Rutherford
Why: Meet The Sopranos stars as they sign their new book Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos.
When: Tuesday November 2, 7 pm
Where: Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood
If you're heading out of Bergen:
Why: Come in costume for food, crafts, trick or treating and fun.
When: Saturday October 30, 10:30 am-12 pm
Where: The Pearl River Saloon, 45-49 West Central Ave., Pearl River
What: Annual Pumpkin Patch Day
Why: Get into the Halloween spirit with trick or treating, pumpkin picking, hayrides and fall crafts.
When: Saturday October 30, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Liberty Hall Museum, 1003 Morris Ave., Union
What: Gold Over America Tour
Why: Watch gymnasts Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and more perform.
When: Saturday October 30, 7:30 pm
Where: Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark
Why: Wizards and muggles can enjoy the film with the accompaniment of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
When: Saturday October 30, 2 pm
Where: NJPac, 1 Center St., Newark
Why: Enjoy tasty treats on the trail, a contest and more farm fun.
When: Sunday October 31, 12-3 pm
Where: Heaven Hill Farm, 451 State Route 94, Vernon
What: Fall Fest
Why: Celebrate the season with a spider maze, indoor pumpkin patch, Halloween laser show and more.
When: Now through Sunday October 31, check schedule for daily operating times
Where: Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City
Why: Take a walk through thousands of Jack O'Lanterns then enjoy the fall fest.
When: Now through Sunday November 7, opens at 5 pm
Where: Skylands Stadium, 94 Championship Place, Augusta
What: Boo at the Zoo
Why: Walk the candy or pumpkin trail, take in a magic show, or visit the extinct animal graveyard and spider maze.
When: Now through Sunday October 31, activity times throughout the day
Where: Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx
What: Pumpkin Trains
Why: All aboard for a festive ride to a corn maze, music, corn box and more family fun.
When: Weekends through Sunday October 24
Where: Black River & Western Railroad, 80 Stangl Rd., Flemington
What: Fall Harvest Festival
Why: Fall fun includes apple picking, wagon rides, live music and treats.
When: Weekends through Sunday October 31, 9 am-6 pm
Where: Fishkill Farms, 9 Fishkill Farm Rd., Hopewell Junction, NY
What: Fall Harvest
Why: Feed the animals, play pumpkin bowling, take a tractor ride or enjoy tons of other activities.
When: Now through Sunday October 31, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Happy Day Farm, 106 Iron Ore Rd., Manalapan
What: Fall Festival
Why: Give kids a day at the farm with cow train rides, pumpkin picking, corn maze and more.
When: Weekends through Sunday October 31, 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Where: Ort Farms, 25 Bartley Rd., Long Valley
What: Fall Festival 2021
Why: This all-inclusive experience features mazes, hayrides, apples and pumpkins.
When: Fridays 10 am-4 pm, Weekends 9-5 pm
Where: Wightman Farms, 1111 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown
What: Trick Or Treat Train
Why: All aboard for tricks, treats, train rides and more goodies.
When: Now through October 31, select days, 6 pm
Where: New Hope Railroad, 32 West Bridge St., New Hope
What: Harvest Moon Hayride
Why: Nightime on the farm includes hayrides, entertainment, s'mores by the fire and much more.
When: Fridays and Saturdays through October 30, 6 pm
Where: Alstede Farms, 1 Alstede Farms Ln., Chester
What: Harvest Weekend
Why: Pick-your-own fun from a corn maze to pumpkins to hayrides.
When: Weekends through Sunday October 31, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Donaldson Farms, 358 Allen Rd., Hackettstown
What: Disney on Ice
Why: Mickey and friends take you on an adventure with some of Disney's most popular characters.
When: Wednesday November 3-Sunday November 7, check schedule for daily showtimes
Where: Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark
Why: More than 40 family activities from a corn maze and carnival rides to games and sand art.
When: Now through Sunday November 7, 10 am-6 pm weekends, 12-5 pm weekdays
Where: Heaven Hill Farm, 451 State Route 94, Vernon
Why: Walk as thousands of pumpkins light up the night.
When: Now through Sunday November 21, 6:30 pm
Where: Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 S Riverside, Croton-on-Hudson
Upcoming Events:
Why: The famous magician performs eye-popping tricks.
When: Friday November 5, 8 pm
Where: bergenPAC, 30 North Van Brunt St., Englewood
