Fall is here! There are plenty of fun events and activities for families looking to celebrate all things fall whether it be in person or virtual! From pumpkin picking and corn mazes to Halloween-themed events and storytimes, there's something for everyone.
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| 🍎 PICK YOUR OWN APPLES, 🎃 PUMPKIN PATCHES & 🌽 CORN MAZES |
NOTE: Always call ahead to confirm field conditions and crop availability due to weather.
Apple picking is not available this season due to Spring frosts and freezes according to their web site. But they WILL have pumpkins! Blue Jay grows their pumpkins offsite, but they have a festive fenced-in area that displays a very large amount of pumpkins that you can select from. They also provide wheelbarrows for easy transporting from the "patch" to the checkout stand. No reservations required and there is no fee to park. Pumpkin Patch opens September 16. The market is open 11AM-5PM 7 days a week for cider, pies and donuts!
Beautifully situated along scenic Route 302, Castle Hill Farm is well known in the area as a family destination for fall fun! Its 7-acre corn maze is wildly popular with a different themed design each year. They even do a night-time flashlight maze the last weekend of October. You can usually catch live music on weekends and the kids will love visiting with the farm animals! Corn maze: $13/person. Hayride Adventure to feed the cows: $6/person. Kids 3 and under are free. The corn maze and pumpkin patch along with hayrides will open on weekends starting October 1 from 10a-5p.
This family-owned farm is one of the area's premier pumpkin growers for over 20 years, specializing in large, jack-o-lantern style pumpkins along with winter squash and gourds of all sizes. Pumpkin picking from the patch is offered on weekends in October.
Located at 401 Federal Road next to Twins BBQ, The Cornfield offers a Large Corn Maze and a Small Kiddie Maze, Pumpkin Patch and Kids Activities. Open weekends 11-4 in October. Prices are $5 per person. Children under 4 are free.
Head over to Jones Family Farms in Shelton for a wide selection of pumpkins, squashes and gourds. Plus, enjoy farm walking trails, a mini corn maze, and beautiful photo ops. Book your picking time online (though not required). Opening weekend is Sept. 16-17. Then open daily from September 23 through October 30: 10 am to 5:30 pm (open at 9 am on our October peak weekends). Weekend pricing is $10 online or $12 for walk-ins. Weekday admission is $5. 50% of the fee ($5 on weekends and $2.50 during the week) equals 1 "pumpkin credit" which you can use to save money on the purchase of pumpkins, squashes and/or gourds. Entry fee includes corn maze and pumpkin path, educational displays and much more. Children 2 and under can enter and enjoy hayrides for free. Hayrides are an additional fee - $7 on weekdays, $8 on weekends.
Families will love March Farm! Open now for PYO Apples, Corn Maze and Wagon Rides. Tickets for the Corn Maze are $5/person. Ages 3 and under are FREE. Tickets must be purchased at the PYO Apple tent at Hilltop. Wagon rides stops include the corn maze and pumpkin patch: $3/person. Ages 3 and under are FREE. Be sure to visit the Hayloft Playscape with the kids - a 30,000 square foot activity space surrounded by a 450-foot tricycle track and other fun features like hay bale hills and climbing walls. Also don't miss the Pondside Animal Yard where the kids can see the goats! Open now for Pick-Your-Own Apples weekends only 10AM-4:30PM. Also, the Corn maze is now open 10:30-4:30pm; Pumpkins coming soon toward the end of September!
The last fully operational farm in Trumbull, Plasko's Farm has a nursery, country store, bakery and most recently, a creamery. Fall family fun includes a corn maze and pumpkins! The annual corn maze is open to the general public every weekend in October from 10am-6pm (last ticket sold at 5:30pm). No reservation is required. Pumpkins are plentiful and the farm also fully stocks a variety of squash, gourds, Indian corn, corn stalks and many more fall decorative accessories. **UPDATED INFO FOR 2023 COMING SOON!**
This family farm has been in operation since the 1920's and is a favorite pick-your-own fruit destination for many families in Connecticut. Fall is a great time of year to visit, not only for picking apples, but the pumpkins, corn stalks and other fall decor make for a great backdrop for photos! Be sure to visit their famous "Cereal Bowl" - the kids will love it! They get to play, explore hay-bale tunnels, and make “corn angels.” The market and animal farm is open 7 days a week, 9AM-5PM.
Locals love this small, family-run farm in beautiful Redding. In operation for 35 years, their focus is on making maple syrup (live demos offered in March), fall vegetables and pumpkin season. Pick your own pumpkins and gourds off the vine or choose one at the farm stand. Visit the barnyard animals or take a stroll through the meadow path. The farm stand is stocked with apples, cider, maple syrup and candy. NOT OPEN IN 2023.
Also, visit our Guide to Pick-Your-Own Apple Orchards.
| 🍁 FESTIVALS, 5Ks, TRAIN RIDES AND FOLIAGE WALKS |
🏮🐯 GLOW Wild Lantern Festival @ CT Beardsley Zoo (Thursdays through Sundays, now through Dec. 2)
🍁 Fall Festival Weekends @ Castle Hill Farm (Weekends in October)
⚙️ 🍁 Fall Festival @ CT Antique Machinery Association (Fri 9/22 - Sun 9/24)🎨 Newtown Arts Festival (Sat. 9/23-9/24) Cancelled due to weather
🌻 41st Annual Family Nature Day @ White Memorial Conservation Center (Sat 9/23)
🐶 Bark in the Park @ Bennett Memorial Park (Sun 9/24)
🍁🚜🎃 31st Annual Fall Festival @ Hollandia Nurseries (Sat 9/30 and Sun 10/1)
🍁 Fall Festival Weekends @ Castle Hill Farm (Every Weekend in October starting 10/1)
🍁 New Milford Riverfest @ Young's Field (Sat 9/30-Sun 10/1)
🚒 🍁 Fire Prevention Day and Oktoberfest @ Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company (Sun 10/1)
🎃 Ridgefield's 11th Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off @ Ballard Park(Sun 9/24) Postponed to 10/1
🎃 🚂 Ride “The Husking Bee” Pumpkin Patch Train (Sat/Sun in Oct. 7-29)
☘️ Greater Danbury Irish Festival @ CityCenter Green (Sat 9/23 - Sun 9/24) Postponed to 10/7-10/8
🎃 Pumpkin Festival @ United Methodist Church of Danbury (Sat 10/7)
🍁 Octoberfest Fair @ St. Mary Church Bethel (Sat. 10/7)
🍁 Bethel Autumn Craft Festival @ Bethel Municipal Center Lawn (Sat 10/7)
🐶 6th Annual Pets in the Park @ Danbury Town Park (Sun 10/8)
🎃 🍁 Fall Fest w/New Milford Youth Agency @ John Pettibone Community Center (Fri 10/13)
🎃 Pumpkin Fest @ Walnut Hill Community Church (Sat. 10/14)
🍁 Harvest Festival Science & Nature Day @ New Pond Farm (Sat 10/14)
🍁 Yankee Fair and Barn Sale @ Congregational Church of Brookfield (Sat 10/14)
🍁 Falling Leaves and Migrating Birds @ Aldrich Park (Sat 10/14)
🍁 Fall in Love with Ridgefield (Sat 10/14)
🎃 Children's Pumpkin Festival @ First Congregational Church of Bethel (Sat. 10/21)
🚜 🌽 2nd Annual Redding Grange Agricultural Fair (Sun 10/22)
🎃 Kids Nature Night: Hollow-Ween Hike @ Great Hollow Nature Center (Fri 10/27)
🍁 Annual Fall Festival @ Faith Church New Milford (Sat 10/28)
🎃 🏃🏽♂️ Halloween 5K @ Brookfield Municipal Center (Sun 10/29)
| 👻 HALLOWEEN PARTIES, CELEBRATIONS, PARADES |
👻 Spooktacular Night Out @ Newtown Community Center (Fri. 10/6)
🎃 Glow in the Dark Party: Halloween Edition @ Danbury Library (Sat 10/21)
🐈⬛ Caturday SpookCATular @ Bethel Library (Sat 10/21)
👻 Beasties and Besties Halloween Bash @ Stepping Stones Museum for Children (Sat 10/21)
🎃🍀 Children's Samhain "Irish Halloween" Celebration, Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center (Sun 10/22)
🎃 Halloween Crafting Party @ The Giggling Pig (Thurs. 10/26)
🎃 Halloween Happening @ Newtown Community Center (Fri 10/27)
🎃 Jack-o-Lantern Jamboree @ EverWonder Children's Museum (Sat. 10/28)
🎃 Halloween Costume Party & Drive-in Movie (Hocus Pocus) @ JJ Stacks (Sat. 10/28)
🎃 Bethel CT Pride Halloween Party (11-14) @ First Congregational Church in Bethel (Sat 10/28)
🎃 Bethel CT Pride Halloween Party (14-18) @ First Congregational Church in Bethel (Sat 10/28)
🎃 Halloween Party @ Kidz Klub, Danbury Fair Mall (Sun 10/29)
🎃 Tiny Tots Halloween Storytime and Parade @ Mark Twain Library (Mon 10/30)
🎃 Halloween Storytime and Parade @ Ridgefield Library (Tues. 10/31)
🎃 Halloween Storytime and Parade @ New Fairfield Library (Tues. 10/31)
👻 Halloween Parade @ Newtown Community Center (Tues. 10/31)
| 🎨 ART/CRAFT/SCIENCE WORKSHOPS |
🎃 Sunday Makebreak: Pumpkin Fest @ Michael's (Sun 9/24)
🎃 Pumpkins and pajamas @ Create Escape Studio (Sun 10/1)
🎃 Sunday Makebreak: Halloween Pumpkin @ Michael's (Sun 10/1)
🕷 Spinning Spider Magnetic Science @ Brookfield Library (Thurs. 10/5)
👹 Monster Mash @ Create Escape Studio (Fri 10/6)
🍁 Family Workshop and Tours: Indigenous Peoples’ Day - Creating Coil Pots (Mon 10/9)
🎃 Candy Corn Cutie @ Create Escape (Mon 10/9)
🎃 Pumpkin Pickin' Mummy @ Create Escape (Mon 10/9)
🎃 Walk-In Pumpkin Patch Workshop @ Board & Brush Danbury (Mon 10/9)
🐸 🧙🏻♀️ A Spoonful of Frogs @ Ridgefield Library (Thurs. 10/12)
👻 Clothes Hanger Ghost Craft @ Brookfield Library (Thurs. 10/12)
👻 Halloween Paper Mache Ghost @ The Giggling Pig (Thurs. 10/12)
🎃 Halloween Glow-in-the-Dark Slime @ The Giggling Pig (Thurs. 10/12)
🍁 Fall Craft Workshop @ Brookfield Town Hall Bandstand (Sat 10/14)
🧪 Spooktacular Science @ Ridgefield Library (Sat 10/14)
👻 Sew Your Own Ghost for Teens @ Ridgefield Library (Thurs. 10/19)
👻 Glowing Ghosts @ C.H. Booth Library (Thurs. 10/19)
🎃 DIY Haunted Gingerbread House @ Newtown Community Center (Sun 10/22)
🧙 Sunday Makebreak: Witch Silhouette Painting @ Michael's (Sun 10/22)
🎃 Family Holiday Cookie Making @ WorkspaceCT (Wed. 10/25)
🎃 Halloween Crafting Party @ The Giggling Pig (Thurs. 10/26)
🎃 Halloween Slime Science @ Ridgefield Library (Thurs. 10/26)
🎃 Paint a Pumpkin for the Special Olympics @ Kids Kingdom Playground (Fri 10/27)
👻 🏡 Haunted House Craft Workshop @ Brookfield Town Hall (Sat. 10/28)
👻 Spooky House Craft @ New Fairfield Library (Sat. 10/28)
🎃 Sunday Makebreak: Pumpkin Mandala Art @ Michael's (Sun 10/29)
👻 Halloween Spooktacular @ Bethel Library (Mon 10/30)
🎃 🧪 Mad Science Halloween Spooktacular @ Mark Twain Library (Mon 10/30)
| 🍁 SCARECROW MAKING |
🍁 Scarecrow Decorating Workshop @ Brookfield Town Hall Bandstand (Thurs. 10/5)
🧙🏻♀️ 4th Annual Scarecrow Contest @ Fairfield Hills (Thurs. 10/26 - 10/29)
🍁 Scarecrow Making Workshop @ Redding Community Center (Thurs. 10/26)
| 🎃 PUMPKIN CARVING/DECORATING |
🎃 Pumpkin Carving @ New Fairfield Library (Tues 10/10)
🎃 Pumpkin Painting @ Newtown Community Center (Sat 10/14)
🎃 Zentangle a Pumpkin @ Burnham Library (Sat 10/14)
🎃 Pumpkin Decorating Workshop @ Ridgefield Library (Sat 10/21)
🎃 Pumpkin Carving @ New Pond Farm (Tues 10/24)
🎃 Halloween Dance & Pumpkin Carving Party for Neurodiverse Children (Fri 10/20)
🎃 Preschool Pumpkin Decorating @ Burnham Library (Thurs. 10/26)
🎃 Paint a Pumpkin @ Sherman Library (Thurs. 10/26)
| 🍿 MOVIES, SHOWS & STORYTIMES |
🍎 Apples Aloft @ Brookfield Library (Tues 9/26)
🍁 🌝 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival @ Ridgefield Library (Wed 9/27)
🎃 Alphabet Celebrations: Halloween @ Danbury Library (Mondays in October)
🍿 Movie Night: Friday the 13th @ Lynn Deming Park (Friday 10/13)
🍿🎃 Halloween Hay Bale Theater @ Stew Leonard's (Fridays 10/13 and 10/27)
🧙 🎥 Hocus Pocus Watch Party @ Ridgefield Library (Thurs. 10/19)
🎃 Haunted Theatre Extravaganza @ WorkspaceCT (Sat 10/21)
🎃 Halloween Storytime @ Mark Twain Library (Tues 10/24)
👻 Halloween Fun & Friends @ Brookfield Library (Wed. 10/25)
🧙 🎥 Hocus Pocus 2 @ Ridgefield Library (Sat 10/28)
🎃 Halloween Costume Party & Drive-in Movie (Hocus Pocus) @ JJ Stacks (Sat. 10/28)
🎃 Halloween Storytime @ Bethel Library (Mon 10/30)
🎃 Tiny Tots Halloween Storytime and Parade @ Mark Twain Library (Mon 10/30)
🎃 Halloween Storytime and Parade @ Ridgefield Library (Tues. 10/31)
🎃 Halloween Storytime and Parade @ New Fairfield Library (Tues. 10/31)
| 👻 GHOST STORIES/TOURS/SPOOKY TRAILS |
👻 Terror at Quassy Amusement Park (Fri/Sat/Sun 10/6-10/29)
👻 Ghost Lines for Teens with Author Ryan Meyer @ Brookfield Library (Tues 10/10)
👻 Friendly Ghost Storytime & Craft @ Ridgefield Library (Wed 10/11)
😱 🎃 Skary Skelebration Kids Night Out @ EverWonder Children's Museum (Fri 10/13) xld due to low registrations
👻 Haunted Trail (Ages 13 & Up) @ Harrybrooke Park (Fri/Sat 10/13-10/28)
😱 Forest of Fear @ St. Gregory the Great School (Fri/Sat 10/13-10/28; rain dates each Sun)
👻 🎭 Theater of Horrors: Improv Acting Games @ C.H. Booth Library (Sat 10/14)
👻 Thrills, Chills and Terrifying Tales @ New Fairfield Library (Tues 10/17)
🕷 Spooky Story and Spider Snack @ Sherman Library (Thurs. 10/19)
🎃 Haunted Theatre Extravaganza @ WorkspaceCT (Sat 10/21)
👻 Ghost Tour @ Bethel Historical Society (Fri 10/27)
🌽 👀 Flashlight Corn Maze @ Castle Hill Farm (Fri 10/27 and Sat 10/28)
👻 Ghosts of Ridgefield @ Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center (Fri 10/27 - Sun 10/29)
🦉Whoo Goees There? @ CVH Animal Sanctuary (Sun 10/29)
👻 Boo at the Zoo @ CT Beardsley Zoo (Sun 10/29)
| 🎃 TRICK-OR-TREATING / DRIVE-THRUS |
🎃 Halloween Drive-Thru @ Stew Leonard's (Daily from 9/29 through Halloween)
🎃🐴 Trick-or-Treat with the Rescues @ Rising Starr Horse Rescue (Fri/Sat/Sun 10/20-10/22 and 10/27-10/29)
🎃 Trick-or-Treat with Stew Leonard's Characters (Wed. 10/25)
🎃 Halloween Walk @ Downtown Ridgefield (Sat 10/28)
🎃 Safe Trick-or-Treat @ Danbury Fair Mall (Sat 10/28)
🎃 Trick or Treat Street @ Downtown Bethel (Sat 10/28)
🎃 31st Annual Halloween on the Green @ CityCenter Danbury Green (Sat 10/28)
🍁 Fall Festival Weekend & Trick-or-Treat @ Castle Hill Farm (Sun 10/29)
🎃 Free Ice-Cream Cone for Kids 12 & Under in Costume @ Stew Leonard's (Tues. 10/31)
🎃 Halloween Trick-or-Treat @ Sherman Library (Tues. 10/31)
🎃 21st Annual Trick-or-Treat @ Brookfield Town Hall (Tues. 10/31)
| 🎃 TRUNK-OR-TREATS |
🎃 🚘 Trunk-or-Treat @ Texas Roadhouse (Tues 10/24)
🎃 Trunk or Treat Street @ Redding Community Center (Sat 10/28)
🎃 🚘 Halloween Trunk or Treat @ Regional YMCA Camp Greenknoll (Sat 10/28)
🎃 🚒 Trunk-or-Treat @ Brookfield Volunteer Fire Dept. (Sat 10/28)
🎃 🚘 Halloween Trunk or Treat @ New Milford Town Green (Sat 10/28)
👻 Trunk-or-Treat @ Newtown Community Center (Sun 10/29)
🎃 Sensory-Friendly Trunk-or-Treat @ Bethel Middle School (Sun 10/29)
🎃 Trunk-or-Treat @ Bridgewater Town Center (Tues 10/31)
🎃 🚘 Trunk-or-Treat with Ridgefield FD @ Lounsbury House (Tues 10/31)
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