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Events Not to Miss:
Why: Grab your tix for the tastiest night in town.
When: Thursday October 10, 6-9 pm
Where: Edgewood Country Club, River Vale
What: Trolls Storytime & Party
Why: Join the Trolls party for a morning of fun for kids up to 3 years old.
When: Friday October 11, 9-9:50 am
Where: The Little Gym Englewood, Englewood
Why: Kids enjoy medical play stations, plus arts & crafts, clowns, and more interactive fun.
When: Sunday October 13, 10 am-2 pm
Where: 4 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus
What: Open Cockpit Days
Why: Hop into the pilot's seat and pretend to take flight.
When: Sunday October 13, 10:30 am-4 pm
Where: New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame, Teterboro
What: Fall Family Festival
Why: Celebrate the season with bouncing, food trucks, pony rides, pumpkins, and more treats.
When: Sunday October 13, 11 am-2 pm
Where: Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly
What: Family Pumpkin Carving
Why: Bring the fam and make a mess as you carve a Jack-O'-Lantern.
When: Tuesday October 15, 4:30-6 pm, 6-8 pm
Where: Stokes Farm, Old Tappan
Why: Join The Fonz and his co-authors as they sign their new book Detective Duck.
When: Tuesday October 15, 7 pm
Where: Bookends, Ridgewood
What: Mommy and Me Meet-Up
Why: Bring the kids for crafts while you enjoy coffee and conversation with new friends.
When: Wednesday October 16, 10 am
Where: Vale Coffee Shop, River Vale
What: Apple Cider Making
Why: Make and learn about the fall-friendly drink.
When: Sundays through October 20, 2 pm and 3:30 pm
Where: Tenafly Nature Center, Tenafly
Why: Head to the farm for fall fun including hayrides, pumpkin picking, and more.
When: Now-Sunday November 3, 3-4:45 pm weekdays, 9:30 am-4 pm weekends
Where: Secor Farms, Mahwah
Why: Get ready for Halloween and take a hayride to the patch.
When: Thursdays-Fridays, 3-4:30 pm, Saturdays-Sundays 8 am-4:30 pm
Where: Demarest Farms, Hillsdale
Why: Celebrate fall with hayrides, farm animals, and pumpkins.
When: Now through Saturday November 2, 1-4:30 pm weekdays, 9 am-4 pm Saturdays
Where: Abma's Farm, Wyckoff
If You're Heading Out of Bergen
What: Nyack Famous Street Fair
Why: The popular fair over the Bergen County border is back with shopping and kids activities.
When: Sunday October 13, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Main Street, Nyack
Why: The huge fair is back with rides, games, and food.
When: Now through Monday October 14, weekdays 6 pm, weekends 2 pm
Where: James J. Braddock-North Hudson County Park, North Bergen
Why: The family- (and pet-) friendly day has music, beer, German food, bouncing, music, and more.
When: Weekends through Sunday October 13, 11 am-5 pm
Where: Bear Mountain, NY
What: Fall Fest
Why: Fall arrived at LSC, bringing trick-or-treating, a potions lab, indoor train, Halloween laser show, and more with it.
When: Now through Sunday November 3, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Liberty Science Center, Jersey City
Why: Spooky season starts with 6,000+ Jack-O'-Lanterns and a fall festival.
When: Now through Sunday November 3, times vary
Where: Skylands Stadium, Augusta
What: Fall Harvest Festivals
Why: Enjoy live music while you pick your own goodies, plus wagon rides, a corn maze, and more.
When: Weekends through Sunday October 27, 9 am-4:15 pm
Where: Fishkill Farms, Hopewell Junction
What: The Great Pumpkin Train
Why: All aboard for a ride to the pumpkin patch for some fall fun.
When: Now through Tuesday October 29, 10 am-4 pm
Where: Delaware River Railroad Excursions, Phillipsburg
What: Fall Harvest Weekend
Why: PYO apples and pumpkins, enjoy a corn maze, and grab some farm-fresh treats.
When: Weekends through Sunday October 27, 11 am-5 pm
Where: Donaldson Farms, Hackettstown
What: Great Pumpkin Festival
Why: There are dozens of family-friendly fall activities including a corn maze, boo barn, and new this year — baseball speed throw.
When: Now through Sunday November 3, 10 am-6 pm
Where: Heaven Hill Farm, Vernon
What: 2024 Fall Festival
Why: Think: hay maze, pumpkin bowling, horse lasso, and more farm fun to celebrate the season.
When: Now through Sunday November 3, 10 am-5 pm
Where: Happy Day Farm, Manalapan
Why: This lit event has thousands of Jack-O-Lanterns plus more boo-tiful displays.
When: Now through Sunday November 17, select times available
Where: Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson
What: Boo at the Zoo
Why: Take a break from the animals and enjoy a Halloween maze, creepy crawly mystery wall, mind reading, and more not-so-scary fun.
When: Now through Sunday October 27, select times throughout the day
Where: Bronx Zoo, Bronx
Upcoming Events:
What: Zoo Boo
Why: It's spooky season at the zoo, so grab your tix for some Halloween fun.
When: Friday October 18-Sunday October 20, check schedule for daily times
Where: Bergen County Zoo, Paramus
What: Great Fall Festival
Why: The annual event is back with live music, hikes, nature crafts, food trucks, and more.
When: Sunday October 20, 1-3 pm
Where: Flat Rock Brook, Englewood
