Long Island Celebrates Fall's Rich Bounty
The air is a crisp, the leaves are spectacular and the farms and vineyards are full of fresh produce, all ready for the harvest. Many of Long Island’s festivals are centered on celebrating the Island’s rich bounty while others, including an oyster fest, a garlic fair, music celebrations and more, offer their own unique experience. There are dozens of wonderful celebrations to enjoy before the colder winter months settle in.
Following is a listing of some upcoming fall festival events. Search our Calendar of Events for a complete fall listing.
Date: 9/6/08 - 10/18/08
Long Island Film Festival - "From Montauk to Manhattan to Hollywood"
The Long Island Film Festival, a "road-show" traveling tour of independent film screenings and special events, kicks off its landmark 25th Anniversary celebration at the Montauk Movie Theater on Saturday, September 6th. Additional venues for the historic ten-week festival tour will be held in Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
Various Location of NY
Phone: (516) 238-1325
Date: 9/19/08 - 9/21/08
Greek Festival
The St. John Orthodox Church Mediterranean Greek Festival will kick off on Friday Sept. 19th from 5 - 11 pm. The Festival will feature music, games food and rides.
Additional dates and times:
Sat. Sept. 20 from 2 pm - 11 pm
Sun. Sept. 21 from 2 pm - 10 pm.
St. John Orthodox Church Mediterranean Greek Festival
80 Water Lane
Levittown, NY 11561
Phone: (516) 314-7573
Date: 9/13/08 - 10/28/08
Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown
Spend the most exciting time of the year –the harvest - with Palmer Vineyards and receive a free hot dog with the purchase of a glass of wine or kool-aid for the kids.
Time: 11:00am- 6:00pm
Palmer Vineyards
180 Sound Avenue
Aquebogue, NY 11931
Phone: (631) 722-WINE
Date: 9/20/08
Huge Fall Crafter & Vendor Fair
Dozens of crafters and vendors with traditional and unique items, refreshments and snacks.
Time: Please Inquire
Knights of Columbus Hall
400 South Broadway
Lindenhurst, NY 11757
Phone: (516) 754-6243
Date: 9/20/08 - 9/21/08
Maritime Festival
Parade (noon Sat. only), vendors, music, traditional arts & crafts demonstration, Captain Kid's Alley, old-fashioned games, kayak derby, whale boat races, dancing.
Time: 11:00am-5:00pm
Village of Greenport
Phone: 631-477-2100
Date: 9/20/08 - 10/6/08
Fall Pumpkin Festival Weekends
Celebrate the fall season with pumpkin picking, corn mazes, live entertainment, roasted corn, homemade candy apples, hayrides, pony rides, beautiful country vistas and more! The fall festivals will be every weekend from September 20 - October 6th at Harbes Farms locations in Mattituck, Jamesport, and Riverhead!
Time: 10 - 6 pm
Main Road, Route 25
Jamesport, NY 11947
Phone: (631) 298-0800
Date: 9/20/08
Country Fair
The 16th Annual Country Fair in Hempstead will feature over 100 vendors, baked goods, farm stand, petting zoo, and handmade crafts.
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Hempstead Turnpike
Levittown, NY 11756
Phone: (516) 698-6308
Date: 9/20/08
Nassau County 6th Battalion Parade & 60th Anniversary Carnival
The Nassau County Parade and Levittown Carnival will be on Sept. 20th from 5 - 11pm. Games, food, and vendors.
Time: 5 pm - 11 pm
Levittown Fire Dept.
120 Gardiners Ave.
Levittown, NY 11756
Phone: (516) 731-5800
Date: 9/21/08
Hofstra University's Annual Italian- American Festival
Music, food, children's activities and more.
Time: 11 am - 5 pm
Hofstra University
University Relations Office
South Campus
Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone: (516) 463-6582
Date: 9/21/08
Long Island Festival and Walk for Mental Health in Huntington
Join the Mental Health Association in Suffolk County, on September 21st from 12:30 pm - 4 pm. Food, vendors, and entertainment will be at Heckscher Park, immediately following the walk.
Time: 12:30 - 4 pm
Heckscher State Park
Heckscher Parkway
East Islip, NY 11730
Phone: (631) 226-3900
Date: 9/21/08
Antiques & Auto Street Fair
Annual show and sale with more than 70 exhibitors, sponsored by the United Community Fund of Great Neck. $10.00 early admission 8-9am, $5.00 9-4pm.
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Great Neck Plaza
Nassau County
Phone: 516-868-2751
Date: 9/25/08 - 9/28/08
The Annual Bellmore Family Street Festival
The Annual Bellmore Family Street Festival will kickoff on Sept. 25 with a carnival while the rest of the street festival begins: 107 exhibits and attractions, rides, Kids Expo, Special Attraction in the Midway, over 150 Hand Crafted Vendors and more.
Time: 11 am - 11 pm
Bellmore LIRR Station
2675 Sunrise Highway
Bellmore, NY 11710
Phone: (516) 679-1875
Date: 9/25/08 - 9/28/08
Long Island Fair
Recreated 19th century county fair features prize-winning vegetables, flower and crafts displayed in the replica of 1866 Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall. Farm animals, poultry, brass band concerts, traditional music, historic carousel, children's games, and more.
Time: 10-5
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
Round Swamp Road
Phone: (516) 572-8400
Date: 9/27/08 - 9/28/08
Garlic Festival
Celebrate the wonder of Garliciana Organic foods and local agriculture, foods crafts, live music and just plain garlic Farm tours and hayrides along with pony rides and petting zoo.
Time: 10-6
Garden of Eve
4558 Sound Avenue
Phone: (631) 523-6608
Date: 9/27/08
Fall Crafter & Vendor Fair
The Fall Crafter and Vendor Fair includes dozens of crafters and vendors with traditional and unique items, refreshments and snacks.
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Knights of Columbus Hall
110 Merritts Rd.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
Phone: (516) 754-6243
Date: 9/27/08
Wildwood Fall Festival
Family oriented fall event with pony rides, funny photos, environmental displays, pie eating contest, craft vendors, and much more.
Time: 11-4pm
Wildwood State Park
Hulse Landing Road
Wading River, NY 11792
Phone: (631) 669-1000
Date: 9/27/08
Long Island Naturally Environmental Fair
Environmental fun & learning includes exhibits, games community yard sale, demonstrations of environment-friendly practices, folk music, and safari to discover the local wildlife.
Rain Date: Sept. 28th.
Time: 11:00am-4:30pm
Manor Farm
Manor Rd.
Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: 516-938-6152
Date: 9/27/08 - 9/28/08
Grape Jam Festival
Blues, rock, jam band, country, jazz, folk, arts & crafts, food and children's entertainment. 12:00pm-10:00pm Sept. 27th; 12:00pm-9:00pm Sept. 28th.
Time: noon-10:00pm
Pindar Vineyards
Main Road
Peconic, NY 11958
Phone: (631) 734-6200
Date: 9/27/08
Fall Fair
Features used furniture, electronics & household items, fresh cheese, produce, baked goods, jewelry, children's clothing, books & toys, movies, music, flowers & plants & silent auction (begins at 11:00am), lunch served 11:30am-2:00pm
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
United Methodist Church
180 West Neck Rd.
Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: 631-427-0326
Date: 9/27/08
Harvest Fair
Farmers' Market with Long Island produce, crafts, jewelry, pony rides, children's games & food.
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Old Grace Church
Merrick Rd. & Cedar Shore Dr.
Massapequa, NY 11758
Phone: 516-798-1122
Date: 9/27/08
Garden City Fall Street Fair
The Annual Garden City Street Fair will have the High School Homecoming Parade, food, and games.
Time: 9:30 am - 3 pm
Garden City Fall Street Fair
Seventh Street
Garden City, NY 11530
Phone: (516) 746-7724
Date: 9/28/08 - 10/26/08
Annual Scarecrow Competition
Election Day is just around the corner for unique six-foot scarecrows that will stand and guard along the winding pathways of the Stony Brook Village Center Main Street on the Harbor. The creations will be part of The Ward Melville Heritage Organizations 18th Annual Scarecrow Competition.
Ward Melville Heritage Organization
111 Main Street
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Phone: (631) 751-2244
Date: 9/28/08
West Islip Country Fair
300 craft vendors, demonstrations, music, pony rides, games, much more.
Time: 11am - 5:30
West Islip Library
3 Higbie Lane
Phone: (631) 422-8943
Date: 9/28/08
Americana Fest
Musical entertainment, children's activities and rides, hot dogs, hamburgers and other foods. Also an Honor Guard ceremony.
Time: 12:00pm-4:00pm
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
36 E. John St.
Lindenhurst, NY 11757
Phone: 631-226-1274
Date: 9/28/08
Pickle Festival
Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association's annual pickle festival features homemade pickles, jams, jellies, farm grown vegetables, baked goods and family activities.
Time: 11:00am-4:00pm
John Gardiner Farm
900 Park Ave
Greenlawn, NY 11740
Phone: 631-754-1180
Date: 9/28/08
Long Island Apple Festival
Activities will include colonial games such as a "tug-o-war," the opportunity to create an apple-head doll, pony rides and apple relay races. A food historian will conduct an open-hearth colonial cooking demonstration, and traditional music.
Time: 11 am- 4 pm
Sherwood-Jayne House
55 Old Post Road
East Setauket, NY
Phone: (631) 692-4664
Date: 10/4/08 - 10/13/08
Annual Fall Festival
Pumpkin picking and decorating, 3-D corn maze, haunted house, hayrides, petting zoo, costume contest, most activities geared for 12 or younger. Oct. 4-5 and 11-13.
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
The Garden Spot
366 Railroad Ave.
Center Moriches, NY 11934
Phone: (631) 878-5662
Date: 10/4/08
Historic Suffolk County Fair
Historic Exhibits from the county.
Time: 10-4
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site & Interpretive Center
246 Old Walt Whitman Road
Huntington Station, NY 11746
Phone: (631) 427-5240
Date: 10/4/08 - 10/5/08
Pumpkin Fest
This annual fundraiser for the Suffolk County Farm and Cornell Cooperative Extension's 4-h Youth Development programs features a corn maze, wagon rides, carnival games, pumpkin picking and painting, crafts and concerts by High Noon and Six Gun.
Time: 11 am - 5 pm
Suffolk County Farm
Yaphank Avenue
Yaphank, NY 11980
Phone: (631) 852-5300
Date: 10/4/08
Fall Crafter/Vendor Fair
Crafter/Vendor Fair with antiques and attic treasures.
Time: 9-4
Woodmere Lawrence united Methodist Church
1023 Broadway
Woodmere, NY
Phone: (516) 754-6243
Date: 10/4/08 - 10/5/08
Hallockville Fall Festival and Craft Show
Craft vendors, music children's activities, food, home baked goods, demonstrations and tours.
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Hallockville Museum Farm and Folk Life Center
6038 Sound Avenue
Riverhead, NY
Phone: (631) 298-5292
Date: 10/10/08 - 10/13/08
Long Island Fall Festival
Carnival, 300 craft vendors, two international food courts, 4 stages of continuous live entertainment, farmers' market, petting zoos, pony rides. Entertainment 6-11pm on Fri., Oct. 10th; carnival & food court open until 11pm, crafts 11:00am-6:00pm Sat., Oct. 11th & Sun., Oct. 12th; carnival & food court 11:00am-5:00pm Mon., Oct. 13th
Heckscher State Park
Heckscher Parkway
East Islip, NY 11730
Phone: (631) 581-2100
Date: 10/11/08 - 10/12/08
Montauk Fall Festival
Clam chowder-tasting contest, clam shucking, pumpkin decorating, pony rides, Long Island wine & microbrewery tasting, children's art contest & activities, music, "Cash Catch" raffle, Oktoberfest foods, carousel, roasted corn, crab races, carnival games, fundraising auction for the Montauk Playhouse Community Center.
Time: noon-5:00pm
Montauk Chamber of Commerce
742 Montauk Highway
Montauk, NY 11954
Phone: (631) 668-2428
Date: 10/11/08 - 10/12/08
Fall Harvest Festival
Country crafts vendors, children's activities, meat shop, cheeses, apples, entertainment and the latest in deaf technology and information.
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children
Frost Mill Rd.
Mill Neck, NY 11765
Phone: 516-922-4100
Date: 10/11/08 - 10/31/08
Pumpkin Patch Festival
Pumpkin picking, storytelling, face painting, entertainment, food.
Time: Please call for times
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
3434 Hempstead Tpke.
Levittown, NY 11756
Phone: 516-731-7387
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
Date: 10/11/08 - 10/12/08
Fall Festival "Taste of Southampton Harvest"
Local fares served at local restaurants, merchant sidewalk displays in Southampton
Village.
Southampton Village
Southampton, NY 11968
Phone: (631) 283-0402
Date: 10/11/08 - 10/13/08
12th Annual Craft Art Festival
An exposition and sale of superior quality American arts, crafts, gifts, personal and home accessories.
Time: Sat. 11 am - 6pm, Sun. & Mon. 10am - 6pm
Nassau County Museum of Art
One Museum Drive
Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576
Phone: (516) 484-9337
Date: 10/11/08 - 10/12/08
Fall Festival at Deepwells Farms
Time: 10-5
Deepwells Farm County Park
Rt.25A Moriches Rd.
St. James, NY
Phone: (631) 854-0989
Date: 10/11/08
Southampton Arts & Crafts Festival
A juried Arts and Crafts Show.
Time: 10-5
Agawam Park
Southampton Village,
Phone: (631) 283-0402
Date: 10/12/08
Harvest Festival
Cider making, folk music, games, crafts, homestead arts, storytelling, local produce,
food, pumpkin picking and hay rides.
Time: noon-4:00pm
Benner's Farm
56 Gnarled Hollow Rd.
Setauket, NY 11733
Phone: 631-689-8172
Date: 10/12/08
West Hempstead Street Fair
Arts, crafts, new merchandise, antiques.
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm
West Hempstead Street Fair
Nassau Blvd., adjacent to Halls Pond Park
West Hempstead, NY 11552
Phone: 631-724-5966
Date: 10/12/08
Riverhead Country Fair
More than 400 crafts vendors, entertainment, agriculture, homemaking & needlecraft competitions, vegetable decorating contest, carnival rides & activities, folk music, arts, farm animals & pony rides, Expo 2008, food, Long Island produce, tractor pulls. Rain date:
Oct. 13th
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm
Riverhead Country Fair
Main St. & along the Peconic River
Riverhead, NY 11901Phone: 631-727-1215
Date: 10/18/08
Fall Festival & Haunted House
Come celebrate Sagtikos Manor's festive, yet frightening, Fall Festival and Haunted House.
Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sagtikos Manor
Montauk Highway between Manor Lane and Gardiner Drive
Bayshore, NY
Phone: (631) 854-0939
Date: 10/18/08
Fall Crafter & Vendor Fair
Dozens of crafters and vendors with traditional and unique items, refreshments, and snacks.
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Knights of Columbus Hall
1 Morton Street
Farmingdale, NY 11735
Phone: (516) 754-6243
Date: 10/18/08
Historical Society of The Massapequa’s Apple Festival
Apple cobbler, face painting, Long Island produce.
Time: Please call for time
Old Grace Church
Merrick Rd. & Cedar Shore Dr.
Massapequa, NY 11758
Phone: 516-799-2023
Date: 10/18/08
Fish Hatchery Fall Fair
Exhibits by environmental groups & conservationists, children's games, fishing for younger than 12 ($2.00 for 10 minutes) & music.
Time: 10:00am-4:30pm
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
1660 Route 25A
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Phone: (516) 692-6768
Date: 10/18/08 - 10/19/08
Oyster Festival
Arts & crafts show, fresh seafood, oyster-eating and -shucking contest, 5K run (Sat.), petting zoo, rides, entertainment, historic tall ships.
Time: 11:00am-6:00pm
Oyster Bay Waterfront
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Phone: 516-628-1625
Date: 10/18/08
Valley Stream Fall Festival
Arts, crafts, gifts, antiques.
Time: 11:00am-6:00pm
Arthur J. Hendrickson Park
Merrick Rd.
Valley Stream, NY 11580
Phone: 631-724-5966
Date: 10/18/08
Festival & Crafts Fair
Vendors, baked goods, plant sale, children's activities and food available. Rain date: Oct. 25th
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church
90 Edgewater Ave.
Smithtown, NY 11787
Phone: 631-265-4520
Date: 10/18/08
Town of Islip Apple Festival
Pie-eating and scarecrow contests, craft vendors, craft fair, apple-themed cooking contest, pony rides and demonstration. Rain date: Oct. 19th.
Time: 10:00am-4:30pm
Islip Grange
10 Broadway Ave.
Sayville, NY 11782
Phone: 631-224-5430
Date: 10/18/08
Fall Family Freshwater Fishing Festival
NYS Parks-Long Island presents the Fall Family Freshwater Fishing Festival at Hempstead Lake State Park.
Time: 10am - 4pm
Hempstead Lake State Park
West Hempstead, NY 11552
Phone: (516) 766-1029
Date: 10/19/08
Huntington Historical Society Apple Festival
Local apples, baked goods, cider making, historic crafts demonstrations, including basket weaving, butter churning, old-fashioned games and storytelling, children's games and activities, puppet show, tours of 1795 Kissam House and traditional music.
Time: noon-4:00pm
Daniel W. Kissam House Museum
434 Park Ave.
Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: 631-427-7045
Date: 10/19/08
Long Island Music Lovers Fair
Sales of records, compact discs, DVD's & memorabilia.
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm
American Legion
66 Veterans Blvd.
Massapequa, NY 11758
Phone: 973-209-6067
Date: 10/23/08 - 10/26/08
The Twilight Pumpkin Spectacular
A one of a kind, fun-filled family experience. The gorgeous grounds of Nassau County Museum of Art will be enlivened with a dazzling display of more than 3,000 illuminated jack o' lanterns
Time: 6:00pm-9:30pm
Nassau County Museum of Art
One Museum Drive
Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576
Phone: (516) 484-9337
Date: 10/25/08
Fall Festival in Center Moriches
The Fall Festival and Street Fair in Center Moriches will have vendors, food, and games. Rain date is October 26.
Main Street
Center Moriches, NY 11934
Phone: (631) 874-3849
Date: 10/25/08 - 10/26/08
1880 Long Island Halloween
Celebrate Halloween as it was done on Long Island more than 120 years ago; ghost stories, magic lantern shows, jack-o'-lantern carving and entertaining personalities, such as the local grave digger at the cemetery.
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
Round Swamp Road
Old Bethpage, NY
Phone: (516) 572-8400
Date: 10/25/08
Manhasset Arts & Crafts Fall Fair
Art and craft artisans present their work.
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm
Municipal Lot
behind Mary Jane Davies Green, Manhasset Ave
Manhasset, NY 11030
Phone: 631-724-5966
Date: 10/25/08
6th Annual Children's Halloween Carnival
This indoor event features games, crafts and prizes.
Time: 12 noon - 4 pm
American Legion Post 55
55 Ponquogue Ave.
Hampton Bays, NY
Phone: (631) 728-9387
Date: 10/25/08 - 10/26/08
Dog Festival
Meet with veterinarians, book authors, artists, and many other dog people at this new event.
Time: Please Call
Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Road
Old Westbury, NY 11568
Phone: (516)333-0048
Date: 10/25/08
Guitar Festival
The Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts Presents a Guitar Festival featuring the Windham Hill All-Stars.
Time: 7:30 pm
Five Towns College
305 North Service Road
Dix Hills, NY 11746
Phone: (631) 656-2148
Date: 10/31/08
Halloween Festival in Stony Brook
Costume parade, trick or treating and a display of scarecrows created for the annual scarecrow competition. Winners of the competition will be announced during the festival and the public votes for favorites.
Time: Please Call
Ward Melville Heritage Organization
111 Main Street
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Phone: (631) 751-2244
Date: 11/1/08
Christmas Craft Fair
Mother's Guild event features more than 150 vendors & food.
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
St. Anthony's High School
Wolf Hill Rd.
Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: 631-271-2020
Date: 11/6/08 - 11/7/08
Annual Craft Fair
Handmade crafts, Christmas room, knitted and quilted items, home decor, baked goods, gently used jewelry. 10:00am-8:00pm Nov. 6th, 10:00am-7:00pm Nov. 7th.
Time: 10:00am-8:00pm
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
36 E. John St
Lindenhurst, NY 11757
Phone: 631-226-1274
Date: 11/15/08 - 11/16/08
Autumn Art & Crafts Festival
Show and sale with more than 170 artists and craftspeople, jewelry, pottery, stained glass, wood carving.
Time: 10:00am-6:00pm
Stony Brook University, Indoor Sports Complex
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone: (631) 632-9653
Date: 11/22/08 - 11/23/08
Thanksgiving Celebration
Weekend demonstrations of traditional Thanksgiving dinner prepared in old-fashioned wood burning stoves, beehive ovens and open hearths.
Time: 10am - 4 pm
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
Round Swamp Road
Old Bethpage, NY
Phone: (516) 572-8400
Date: 11/22/08 - 11/23/08
American Indian Feast
Demonstrations of American Indian cooking and fire making, pottery-making, films, corn grinding, tools, spear-throwing.
Time: 10-4
Garvies Point Museum & Preserve
50 Barry Drive
Glen Cove, NY
Phone: (516) 571-8010
Date: 11/28/08 - 11/30/08
Long Island Festival of Trees
Annual event features displays of designer decorated trees & holiday creations, vendors and children's activities.
Time: Please call
Long Island Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
101 James Doolittle Boulevard
Uniondale, NY 11553
Phone: (516) 794-3800
Date: 11/29/08
Holiday Shopping Kick off Crafter/Vendor Fair
Come to the Crafter/Vendor fair for some Holiday Shopping.
Time: 9-4
Region: South Shore
Knights of Columbus Hall
2333 Bellmore Ave.
Bellmore, NY 11710
Phone: (516) 754-6243
Date: 12/5/08 - 12/7/08 D
Dickens’s Festival
Annual Charles Dickens Festival. Step back in time and enjoy music, entertainment-choral groups in period costume perform through the streets, musicians, street performers, international craft fair, old-fashion market place on East Main St., trolley and carriage rides and much more.
Port Jefferson Village
Port Jefferson, NY
Phone: (631) 473-6767
Date: 12/6/08
Christmas Fair
Christmas Fair will feature crafts, jewelry, ornaments, handmade wreaths, and holiday items. Breakfast and lunch items available for purchase. Sponsored by the Hampton Bays
United Methodist Church.
Time: 9 am - 3 pm
Anderson-Warner Hall
158 West Montauk Highway
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
Phone: (631) 728-1660
Date: 12/20/08
Southampton Country Holiday Event
Holiday Characters (The Grinch & Winnie the Pooh!), Horse & Buggy Rides, Hayrides,
Victorian Carolers and more.
Time: 1 pm - 3 pm
Southampton Chamber of Commerce
76 Main Street
South Huntington, NY 11968
Phone: (631) 283-0402
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