This year’s Fall festivals and fairs are brimming with activities, from the more typical festival and fair activities like bouncy houses, games, rides, and fried fair food to more unordinary ways to spend your weekend, like launching back in time to learn about how the harvest season was spent hundreds of years ago. By coming out and raising money for local civic groups and churches, you can take part in all of these activities and more – many of which are family-friendly and available for free.
One not-to-be-missed Fall event is the Rise of the Jack O’ Lanterns at Old Westbury Gardens, which is running every Thursday through Sunday in October until October 25. Be prepared to be amazed as you go on a safari to see giant animals built from dozens of carved and illuminated pumpkins, and even witness a gigantic dinosaur constructed from hundreds of jack o’ lanterns! If pumpkins aren’t your thing, you are sure to find something in the events below, or in our 2015 September Guide, which has far more street and community fairs going on through the next month.
Every Saturday and Sunday
Saturday, September 19
Friday-Sunday, September 25-27
- Greenport Maritime Festival
- Moriches Rotary Annual Oktoberfest Celebration
- Southampton Septemberfest
Saturday, September 26
- St. Mary's Fall Bazaar in Amityville
- Harvest Day Fair at Roger’s Mansion
- 27th Annual Fall Fair in Huntington
- Wildwood Fall Festival at Wildwood State Park
- Oktoberfest 2015 at Resurrection Lutheran Church
Saturday-Sunday, September 26-27
- Borella's Fall Harvest Festival in St. James (every weekend through October 25)
- Craft and Fine Art Festival at the Nassau County Museum of Art
- 2015 Fall Garden and Harvest Festival at Bayard Cutting Arboretum
- Merrick Fall Festival at Broadcast Plaza
Sunday, September 27
- Village Day Fall Festival at Sands Point Preserve
- Caleb Smith Preserve Fall Festival
- 6th Annual Over 50 Fair at the Melville Marriott
Every Thursday-Sunday in October through October 25
Saturday, October 3
- St. Nicholas Fall Vendor Fair
- Fall Antique Fair and Country Bake Sale at the Old Town Arts and Craft Guild
- Holy Family Regional School Fall Festival and Craft Fair
- Carle Place Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary Craft Fair and Attic Sale
- Freeport Memorial Library Fall Festival
- St. John's Lutheran Church Annual Fall Festival
- Amityville Apple Festival at Park Avenue Elementary School
- Apple Festival at Islip Grange
- Westbury's Annual Street Fair and Festival
Sunday, October 4
Saturday-Sunday, October 10-11
- Long Island Fall Festival at Heckscher Park
- Mill Neck Family Fall Harvest Festival
- Oktoberfest at Eisenhower Park (October 10-12)
- Montauk's 34th Annual Fall Festival
- Fall Family Festival Fundraiser at Sachem HS East
Sunday, October 11
Saturday, October 17
- Center Moriches Fall Festival
- Fall Family Fishing Festival at Hempstead Lake State Park
- Farmingdale Kiwanis Fall Festival on the Green
Saturday-Sunday, October 17-18
Saturday-Sunday, October 24-25
Sunday, October 25