What’s Happening in NJ this Weekend
What’s happening in NJ this weekend? Here are some great free or inexpensive activities to do with your family over the weekend! It’s always nice to have a plan!
Saturday 10/4/14:
10th Annual Octoberfest Fall Family Celebration
Cost: FREE
Description: The Environmental Center will host an autumn celebration for all ages to enjoy! The fun will include activities such as hands-on nature games and crafts, farmer’s market featuring a variety of NJ Fresh seasonal produce, canoeing, Native American life, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, food, and more. This is a free event that won’t disappoint!
Location: The Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ
Time: 11 am – 4 pm
More Info: 10th Annual Octoberfest Fall Family Celebration
Holmdel Harvest Festival
Cost: admission is free/$10 per car to park
Description: Holmdel’s second annual Harvest Festival! Free rides, a petting zoo, live entertainment, food and craft vendors, a beer and wine tent. Watch a family movie followed by FIREWORKS on Saturday 7pm. Come join us for a family fun event!
Location: Bayonet Farm, 41 Middletown Road, Holmdel, NJ
Time: noon – 9 pm
More Info: Holmdel Harvest Festival
Sunday 10/5/14:
NJ Botanical Gardens Harvest Fest Craft Fair
Cost: FREE
Description: There’s something for everyone at NJBG’s annual Harvest Fest & Craft Fair at the NJ State Botanical Garden, Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, from 10 am to 5 pm. Hay rides, pumpkin painting, children’s games, autumn plant sale, applesauce making, spinning and weaving demonstration, a blacksmith (Saturday), Craft Fair with lots of handmade items and good things to eat. Free guided garden tours, or wander on your own self-guided tour. Bring your camera — great photo ops!
Location: New Jersey Botanical Gardens (Ringwood State Park), 2 Morris Road, Ringwood, NJ
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
More Info: NJ Botanical Gardens Harvest Fest Craft Fair
14th Annual Pumpkin Festival
Cost: Adults: $14.; Children (under 12): $9.; Infants (1 year & under): Free
Description: Spend the day at the Whippany Railway Museum and Celebrate the Fall Harvest and the Season of the Witch, during the Museum’s 14th Annual Pumpkin Festival. Walk among the pumpkins, corn shocks and grinning scarecrows. Enjoy the wares of local craft merchants and railroad memorabilia dealers at the “Pumpkin Market Place Crafts Fair.” See a unique collection of antique Farm Tractors, and view two operating model railroad layouts. Climb aboard the “Pumpkinliner” excursion train that follows the route of the Historic “Whippanong Trail.” The combined age of the equipment used on the vintage train is an astounding 635 years! Meet “Stormy The Scarecrow” and enjoy his kid-friendly jokes and magic tricks. Trains leave every 45 minutes.
Location: Whippany Railway Museum, 1 Railroad Plaza, Whippany, NJ
Time: noon – 5:30 pm
More Info: 14th Annual Pumpkin Festival
Be sure to check out NJ Family for even more Family Friendly activities. Feel free to add more events below to share with others. I love to see what’s happening in your neck of the woods 🙂 I would love to know what you’re doing!