Things To Do With Kids this FALL
....... What’s happening this September and October 2021.......
Field Station: Dinosaurs ... close enough to touch! Sat & Sun Sept thru Nov, 10AM-5PM. Travel 90 million years back in time and encounter Jersey’s favorite dinosaurs, a thrilling, educational and fun attraction. 3 Overpeck Park Driveway, Leonia, NJ 855.999.9010. jerseydinos.com
Bridgewater Community Day. Sept 12, 11AM-3PM. Free Family Event featuring Touch-a-Truck, Music, Fitness Class Demos, Food Trucks, Artisans, Inflatables, Face Painting, Sparkee, Animal Welfare Agencies & More. Bridgewater Commons Mall Parking Lot. bridgewatercommunityday.org
Community Day: Fiesta Latina by The Newark Museum of Art. Sept 18, 10AM-5PM. Kick-off National Hispanic Heritage Month at our festive outdoor celebration! Featuring live music, dance, and a variety of hands-on activities, there’s fun for the whole family. Learn how to dance salsa, express yourself through metalwork, contribute to a Frida Kahlo-inspired community project, enjoy a traditional Ecuadorian folk dance performance, and so much more! Washington Park, Newark 973.596.6550.
43rd Annual Festival Of The Sea at Point Pleasant Beach. Sept 18, 10AM-7PM. Live music, games, free shuttle, wine garden, family activities, and over 200 vendors for your family to enjoy. 601 Arnold Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, 732-899-2424.
Northlandz Music and Car Show, Sept 18. Held at the world’s largest miniature wonderland. View over 75 classic cars, relax and listen to great music; enjoy food trucks, then-
take a fun outdoor train ride. Tour indoors with over 60 trains running over a mile long of 100 bridges and 400 tunnels...plus a doll museum. 495 Route 202, Flemington, 908-782-4022.
Food Truck and Music Festival at Sussex County Fair Grounds. Sept 18, 11AM-6:30PM. Come and celebrate a day in the sun with fabulous food trucks, arts, and great live music! Bring your dog! 37 Plains Road, Augusta (973) 383-0027.
Arts and Cars in Summit. Sept 19, 10AM5M. Live Entertainment, Classic Car Show, Activities. Come color the street with sidewalk chalk! Food Trucks, take out from downtown restaurants, Summit Farmers Market. Summit.
Fridays on the Farm at Montclair History Center. Sept 24, 5-8PM. Bring your own picnic and we’ll supply the lawn games, farm activities, opportunities to meet our chickens and more. 108 Orange Road, Montclair (973) 744-1796.
Warren County Hot Air Balloons, Fun & Games Festival. Sept 24-26, 3PM-7:30PM. Hot air balloons will take off each evening at 5PM. Enjoy food trucks, vendors, entertainment, and of course, the mass balloon launch in the evenings. Plus special drone demonstrations by Warren County Community College. Warren County Community College-Washington. 475 NJ-57, Washington. (908) 835-9222.
Delaware River Festival. Sept 24 - Oct 3. Join us in the water, near the water, or from the comfort of your home during the Delaware River Festival. Many Locations, www.delawareriverfest.org
Octoberfest at Morey’s Piers Ride Operations, Sept 24, Oct, 1, 8, 6-11PM. Strike up the Oompah Band and join us for Oktoberfest, that ancient German tradition of merriment, roller coasters, tilt-a-whirls, beer, pretzels, and bratwurst. Bring the whole family for a night of fun! 3501 Boardwalk, Wildwood, (609) 729-3700. moreyspiers.com
Annual Rock The Farm Festival at Seaside Heights. Sept 25, 12-10PM. Rock the Farm is a premier family friendly music festival, featuring 10 hours of world class music across two stages, with a family-friendly kid-zone, Beer & wine garden, craft vendors, food trucks, games, and the infamous foam dance party. Grant Avenue, Seaside Heights (833) 300-4673. rockthefarmnj
Edison Fall Family Spectacular. Sept 25, 11AM-11PM. Family event for kiddie rides, games, face painting, sand art, pro wrestling ring, remote control car track and much more! Over Eight Blocks of Food, Crafts, Exhibitors & Wine & Beer Garden plus 2 stages of live music plus inflatable kiddie rides, face painting, sand art, temporary tattoos, game trailers and much more. 1011 Amboy Ave, Edison.
Branchburg County Fair. Sept 25, 11AM8:30PM. Family and Community Fun. Great Food Live Entertainment All Day Activities, Crafters, Vendors, Non-Profits, and Businesses, Firework Displays starts at 8PM Branchburg.
Roselle Park Art Festival. Sept 25, 12-6PM. Local, regional and professional artists, artisans and performers along with accessible and interactive arts. A celebration of the arts! 314 Chestnut Street, Roselle Park, NJ rplovesart
Passaic County BBQ Festival. Sept 25. It’s a celebration of all smoked and BBQ meats! Food Trucks, a mix of local NJ craft beers, wine and hard seltzers, games and entertainment. Weasel Brook Park, Westervelt Place, Clifton
OKTOBERFEST. Oct 2 - 3, 10AM-5PM. Over 100 juried crafters, an international food court, music, kids’ activities, non-profit organizations and more! 615 East Moss Mill Road, Galloway. Smithville.
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Lake Hopatcong Block Party. Oct 2, 10AM4PM. A unique Main Street-style experience in a beautiful lakeside setting, this event brings visitors together with businesses, non-profit organizations, community groups, crafters, and food vendors for a community day. Featuring activities, entertainment, raffles, a children’s scavenger hunt, and more. Hopatcong State Park, Lakeside Blvd, Landing. 973-663-2500.
Fall Festival at Snyder’s Farm in Somerset. Oct 2-24, weekends only, 11AM-6PM. Come celebrate the fall at Snyder�s Farm. Activities Include: Hay rides, Pumpkin Picking, Corn Maze, Food, Music, Corn Hole, Photo Op Areas, Haybale Activity Centers and so much more! Fun time for the whole family! 586 South Middlebush Road, Somerset. 732.496.0441. http://snyders-farm.com/fall-festival/
Garden State Food Truck Festival at Westfield Garden State Plaza. Oct 3, 11AM7PM. 1 Garden State Plaza Blvd, Paramus, (908) 625-2674
‘Last Blast’ Food Truck and Music FestivalWaterloo Village in Hackettstown. Oct 3, 11AM-6PM. Come and celebrate a day in the sun with fabulous food trucks, arts, and great live music! Special activities for the kids including a face painter and more! Live entertainment. Waterloo Village. 2 Kinney Road, Hackettstown (973) 810-2853.
Middlesex County Food Truck Fest. Oct 9. Fall Festival season is in full swing as we come to the Borough of Middlesex to celebrate the community! Join between 12-14 food trucks, live music, games including hatchet tossing cornhole, facepainters and so much more! Locations: Mountainview Park, Middlesex, and 141 Mountain View Rd, Hillsborough Township.
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18th Annual South Jersey Pumpkin Show, Salem County Fairgrounds. Oct 9 - 10, 10AM8PM (Saturday) and 10AM-5PM (Sunday). This two-day Festival of Pumpkins welcomes the autumn harvest. Costume Contest & Trick or Treat Stroll for kids ages 4-10 begins at 6pm. Free trick or treat bags, free pumpkins/ gourds first 200 kids. 735 Harding Highway, Pilesgrove, 856 765-0118.
Somerset County’s 16th Annual Journey through the Past. Oct 9 (10AM-5PM) - Oct 10 (10AM-4PM) in person (or virtually throughout October). Make a vibrant connection to history to Somerset County! Several Somerset County historic sites will be open free to the public. Somerset County (908) 231-7021. SCHistoryWeekend.com
Wildwoods Food & Music Festival at Byrne Plaza. Oct 9, 11AM-8PM. Food Vendors, Craft Vendors, Beer Garden, Kids Korner and two stages of live music. FREE Family Fun Event. 3400 Pacific Ave, Wildwood, NJ (609) 7294000. wildwoodsnj.com/event/the-wildwoodsfood-music-festival/
Allentown Fall Festival - Oct 9 - 10, 10AM5PM. Features live music, a craft beer garden, food trucks, classic cars, civil war encampment, craft vendors, and a host of activities for kids. Visit the local specialty shops eateries offering Fall Festival specials. 28 South Main Street, Allentown
19th Annual 5K/Walk for Brain Injury Awareness! Oct 9, 9AM-12AM at Bradley Beach Boardwalk with 5K registration options in addition to walk registration. A family fun event that increases brain injury awareness and raises funds for critical programs and services. Participants can walk, run or ride together through a designated accessible route and enjoy music, games, prizes, food and more. All events are dog-friendly!** Admission is free with 5K/Walk registration or $20 at the door. Register at bianj.org/5k walk Bradley Beach, Ocean Ave.
Passaic Paws In The Park at Goffle Brook Park. Oct 9, 10AM-4PM. Entertainment for pet owners, rescue groups and adoptions. Demo from the Sheriff’s K-9 unit, the Sheriffs mounted patrol, a blessing of the animals, pet contests, raffles, DJ, food trucks, vendors, face painters...675 Goffle Rd, Hawthorne.
The B-Street Band. Oct 15, 7-10PM. Presented by West Orange Recreation Department and Pleasant Valley Productions. A tribute to Bruce Springsteen! 4 Boland Drive, W. Orange
Second Annual Oktoberfest Beer Festival. Oct 16. The beer will be flowing, the music will be blasting over 30 local breweries and wine distributors sampling all you can drink for a 4-hour session. 12-4PM and 5-9PM. Grand Theft Audio Raceway Park, Old Bridge Township
Montvale Family Fun Food Truck & Street Festival 2021. Oct 17, 10AM-5PM. Local businesses will be giving out a great selection of freebies from their exhibitor booths. A wide variety of street fair vendors including many fine
artists and crafters along with 2 food courts with food trucks and festival food vendors, plus a beer garden. Kids stay busy in the Kids Zone packed with all sorts of entertaining activities including mechanical rides, face painting........ 1 Paragon Dr, Montvale
Long Branch Fall Bazaar. Oct 23, 24, 125PM. Celebrate Fall & Shop Small! Featuring all things fall, spooky and fun! Shop handcraft & vintage vendors, trick or treating at vendor tables for kids, tarot card readings, kids’ workshops, tote bag giveaways, spooky dance parties, craft beers, food & libations, and snap Instagram-worth photos at Fall and Halloween-themed photo stations, Costume Contests (including Pets), Haunted Birdhouse Decorating Workshop. Outdoors and partially indoors, Free. The Whitechapel Projects, 2nd Avenue, Long Branch.
Monster Bash. Oct 23, 10AM-6PM. This is sponsored by Underground, one of the 60+ stores at Historic Smithville. Come spend a day and night in the Village and take part in the area’s largest Zombie Walk @ 6PM! Vendors and music throughout the day. Show up ready in full costume and make up or we will have makeup artists on site. 615 East Moss Mill Road, Galloway
Haunted Forest. Oct 24, 3:30-8PM. Arrive early or come after dark and meet several live nocturnal animals on a sensory walk along our trails. Learn about animal senses and then test your own sensory skills. All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Must Register. Tenafly Nature Ctr. Tenafly. tenaflynaturecenter.org/Seasonal-Programs
RWJBarnabas Health Running with the Devils 5K Run and Wellness Walk. Oct 24. The Live Run will take place at Essex County’s South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange, while the Live Wellness Walk will be held at Turtle Back Zoo. Virtual format is an opportunity to run or walk at a convenient location from Oct 1-24. Registration open 10/21
at rwjbh.org/runningwiththedevils. Children 11 and under FREE. 560 Northfield Ave, West Orange. 973-322-4334.
Boo at the Zoo. Cape May County Zoo. Oct 30, 10AM-2PM. FREE event. Visitors of all ages are invited to wear a costume to this fun family event, with activities for the kids, games, candy, entertainment, animals, inflatable obstacle course, pirate ship and more. 707 Rte 9, Cape May Court House
Witches’ Day Out. Oct 24, 2-6PM. Come treat yourself to a good time at the Smithville Village, wear your witch’s hat and enter our hat contest; registration is from 12pm-2pm at the Smithville Inn. 615 East Moss Mill Rd, Galloway.
New Providence Street Fair. Oct 24,10AM5PM. Downtown New Providence will be filled with vendors and activities such as mechanical kiddie rides, climbing wall, pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, sand art, temporary tattoos, live entertainment and more. Local merchants will showcase their shops and offer special sales. 1260 Springfield Ave, New Providence.
Randolph Halloween Food Truck Or Treat Festival at County College Of Morris. Oct 30, 11AM-6PM. The Randolph Rescue Squad & Just Jersey Fest have joined together for this Halloween Food Truck Festival. Costume contest, Trick or Treating at every truck & booth, 20 gourmet food trucks, Live Music from Mr Love Joy & The Captains of Leisure, beer, margarita & sangria garden, kid activities. 214 Center Grove Rd, Randolph (973) 328-5000.
Halloween Spooktacular Food Truck Fest. Oct 30, 11AM-7PM. Start the fall and hockey season off with the biggest party of year at the home of the Titans! Over 15 food vendors, live music and games for the entire family including ice skating, Hatchet Tossing, Boardwalk Style games, face painting as well as all the activities at the Sports Complex! Middletown Sports Complex, Harmony Rd
