Happy first weekend of October! The month is off to a great start with plenty of options for family fun this weekend! From fall festivals to the start of Halloween events, fire house open houses and more… there are plenty of chances to keep the whole family busy! If you still want to fit in apple picking… here’s our list of local orchards! See a full list of weekend events, below!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, October 4
The Pumpkin Patch
St. John’s Lutheran Church
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
TUCK Gin Tasting
Wagon Wheel Wine & Spirits
5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
The Pumpkin Place
Nature’s Art Village
Montville, CT
5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Fall Fair
New Canaan Nature Center
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
GREASE
The Kweskin Theatre
8 p.m.
Bob DiBuono
Palace Theatre
8 p.m.
Friday Night Glow Skate
Twin Rinks
8:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 5
Bootcamp for Boobies
Inspire Fitness
8 a.m.
Halloween Hayride Spooktacular
Stew Leonard’s
9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Fire Plane
Home Depot, Stamford
9 a.m. – noon
Farmer’s Market
Fairgate Farm
9 a.m. – noon
Stamford Downtown Farmer’s Market
Prospect Street at Latham Park (Bedford Street)
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Hatchlings
Maritime Aquarium
9:30 a.m.
Stepping Stones: Storytellers
Stepping Stones
9:30 a.m.
Fall Coastal Clean Up
Cove Island Park
10 a.m. – noon
Lyman Orchards Corn Maze
Lyman Orchards, Middlefield, CT
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Carousel Pavilion Public Hours
Mill River Park
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
New Canaan Farmer’s Market
Old Center School Parking Lot
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Harvest Moon Fall Festival
Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard
North Salem, NY
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
Robert E. Bell Middle School
Chappaqua, NY
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fall Fair
New Canaan Nature Center
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival
Bruce Museum
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Pumpkin Painting & Build a Scarecrow
Sam Bridge Nursery & Garden Center
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Norwalk Open House & Touch A Truck
Norwalk Fire Department
121 Connecticut Avenue
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Pumpkin Patch
St. John’s Lutheran Church
10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Fitness Fun
Stepping Stones
10:30 a.m.
Toddler Time
Main Library
10:30 a.m.
Lord + Taylor Trend Show
Lord + Taylor, Stamford
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Family Program for Hispanic Heritage Month: A History of Serving Our Nation
South End Branch
11 a.m. – noon
Autumn Bounty Festival
Terrain, Westport
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Eden Farms Fall Festival
Eden Farms
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Storytime & Activities
Barnes & Noble
11 a.m.
Family Storytime
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
noon
Fall Nature Festival: Family Fun Day
CT Audubon Society
Fairfield, CT
noon – 4 p.m.
Pumpkins & Pints
Arch in Bloom
Greenwich, CT
noon – 6 p.m.
Halloween Farm Fun
Sport Hill Farm
Easton, CT
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Free Craft & Activities
Party City
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Stepping Stones:
Storytellers Mutt-i-grees
Stepping Stones
1:30 p.m.
Fitness Fun
Stepping Stones
2:30 p.m.
Kids Yoga Series with Sage Irwin
Dew Yoga
4 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
The Pumpkin Place
Nature’s Art Village
Montville, CT
5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Laughtrax: Vincent James
Palace Theatre
8 p.m.
GREASE
The Kweskin Theatre
8 p.m.
Sunday, October 6
Family Fun All Day
Mill River Park
7th Annual MarcUS for Change 5K Walk & Run
8 a.m.
6th Annual STEMfest
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Mayor’s MultiCultural Council’s International Dance Festival
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Run to Eat
New Canaan High School
8:15 a.m.
Bootcamp for Boobies
Inspire Fitness
9 a.m.
Sheep Shearing Day at Mike’s
Mike’s Organic Delivery & Market
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Harbor Point Farmer’s Market
Commons Park
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Halloween Hayride Spooktacular
Stew Leonard’s
9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Lyman Orchards Corn Maze
Lyman Orchards, Middlefield, CT
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Carousel Pavilion Public Hours
Mill River Park
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Story Time Sundays
Mill River Park Carousel
10 a.m.
Sunday Farmer’s Market
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Harvest Moon Fall Festival
Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard
North Salem, NY
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival
Bruce Museum
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Cos Cob Fire Department
Cos Cob Fire Department Co. #1
200 East Putnam Avenue
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Fitness Fun
Stepping Stones Museum
10:30 a.m.
Pumpkin Patch
St. John’s Lutheran Church
10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Eden Farms Fall Festival
Eden Farms
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Baby & Me Storytime
Barnes & Noble
11 a.m.
Stepping Stones: Storytellers
Stepping Stones Museum
11 a. m.
Honeybee Hive Tour
Bartlett Arboretum
11 a.m. – noon
Pumpkin Carving
Stew Leonard’s
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Grace Harvest Festival
Grace Evangelical Free Church
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Teddy Bear Clinic
Medical Building Parking Lot behind Greenwich Hospital
noon – 3 p.m.
Fall Festival
All Saints Catholic School
noon – 4 p.m.
Halloween Farm Fun
Sport Hill Farm
Easton, CT
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
GREASE
The Kweskin Theatre
2 p.m.
Stepping Stones Storytellers
Stepping Stones
2 p.m.
Seaside Center
Old Greenwich, CT
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fitness Fun
Stepping Stones
2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
The Pumpkin Place
Nature’s Art Village
Montville, CT
5 p.m. – 10 p.m.