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Events Not to Miss:
Why: Celebrate the music of Abbey Road.
When: Thursday October 7, 8 pm
Where: bergenPAC, 30 N Van Brunt St., Englewood
Why: Shopping, food, canoe rides, arts and crafts and more.
When: Saturday October 9, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Demarest Nature Center, 90 Park St., Demarest
What: West Village Oktoberfest
Why: Food, music and family fun.
When: Saturday October 9-Sunday October 10, 10 am-10 pm
Where: Wilsey Square, Ridgewood
What: Open Cockpit Weekend
Why: Hop into the cockpit and pretend to take flight.
When: Saturday October 9, 10:30 am-4 pm
Where: The New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame, 400 Fred Wehran Dr., Teterboro
What: Children's Book Festival
Why: Bring your bookworm for a day of meeting the authors, storytelling and more word play.
When: Saturday October 9, 11 am-3 pm
Where: 1 Harding Plz., Glen Rock
What: Harvest Festival
Why: Civil War Reenactors, 19th century cooking, kids activities and more.
When: Sunday October 10, 10 am-4 pm
Where: Garretson Forge Farm, 4-02 River Rd., Fair Lawn
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
If you're heading out of Bergen:
What: Fall Fest
Why: Celebrate the season with a spider maze, indoor pumpkin patch, Halloween laser show and more.
When: Saturday October 9-Sunday October 31, check schedule for daily operating times
Where: Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City
What: Baby Show Expo
Why: New and expectant mamas can get their kicks shopping from a number of baby vendors.
When: Saturday October 9-Sunday October 10, 10 am-4 pm
Where: NJ Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison
Why: Kids play and shopping for adults.
When: Sunday October 10, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Main Street and Broadway, Nyack
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
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
Why: Have a paw-some day at this exhibit filled with fun and activities in Adventure Bay.
When: Now through Sunday May 1
Where: Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City
Upcoming Events:
What: Montvale Street Fair
Why: From tasty treats and crafts to kiddie rides, there's something for everyone.
When: Sunday October 17, 10 am-5 pm
Where: 1 Paragon Dr., Montvale
