Best Kids Events This Week
Best Kids Events This Week: There’s so many what to do’s this week we had to break our weekly guide in two. One for kids and one for grown-ups.
Jay Ghoul’s House of Curiosities: Lyndhurst Mansion
October 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jay Ghoul’s House of Curiosities, Lyndhurst Mansion: “Insidious and gloomy, They’re all together looney, The Jay Ghoul Family!” Lyndhurst Mansion goes Adams Family in this year’s version of their Jay Ghoul’s House of Curiosities Halloween event. Meet the abnormal family that lives in…
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
October 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze at Van Cortland Manor: The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is Historic Hudson Valley’s signature event and is a bucket list item for anyone in Westchester County. Whether your kids are young or in their teens,…
Boo at the Zoo
October 18 @ 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Boo at the Zoo, Bronx Zoo, Weekends 9/26-11/3 & Columbus Day: The Bronx Zoo offers a full slate of Halloween themed interactive exhibitions and activities for kids weekends and Columbus Day from September 26 through November 3. Including magic shows, a…
The Unsilent Picture with Bill Irwin
October 18 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Unsilent Picture with Bill Irwin at Philipsburg Manor Settle in to the Philipsburg Manor theater for this original short film based on Washington Irving’s ghostly tale “The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture.” Starring Tony Award-winner Bill Irwin and screened with live sound…
Irving’s Legend
October 18 @ 6:15 pm – 8:45 pm
Irving’s Legend at Sleepy Hollow’s historic Old Dutch Church Master storytellers offer dramatic performances of Washington Irving’s classic tale, featuring the Headless Horseman, Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, and Katrina Van Tassel. Flavored with live spooky music, the spellbinding storytelling captivates…
Spooky Pumpkin Nights @ NYBG
October 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Spooky Pumpkin Nights @ New York Botanical Garden: Sat-Sun, October 18-19 & 25-26: 6:30-8:30pm: Break out your best costume and explore the twisting trails of the Adventure Garden during this frightfully fun nighttime adventure. Encounter more than a hundred silly scarecrows and…
Horseman’s Hollow at Philipsburg Manor
October 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Horseman’s Hollow at Philipsburg Manor Another signature Sleepy Hollow Country event, from Historic Hudson Valley is Horseman’s Hollow. This premiere haunted event is our area’s top Boo-Fest for adults, teens and tweens and is also a threat to sell-out! At…
The Haunt at Rocky Ledge
October 18 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Haunt at Rocky Ledge, North White Plains: The nightmare begins October 4. In it’s 10th season, this Boo-fest for teens is inspired by American horror films such as John Carpenter’s Halloween franchise. (Disturbing?) The Haunt features 9 acres of indoor/outdoor…
Scared By The Sound @ Rye Playland
October 18 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Scared By The Sound, Rye Playland: Fri-Sun, 10/11-27: This gory Boo-Fest for teens celebrates it’s 20th Anniversary this year. Still located within the shuttered Playland Amusement Park and next to the abandoned rides, you’ll find a 12,000sf enclosed haunted House and…
Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard Festival Weekends
October 19 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard Festival Weekends: Apple picking begins at Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard in North Salem on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1. They startrocking’ at the Harvest Moon Festival Weekends a week later. Harvest Moon’s Apple Picking Festival…
Spooky Pumpkin Garden @ NYBG
October 19 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Spooky Pumpkin Garden @ NYBG: Explore hordes of gourds & scarecrows during this season of frightful fun NYBG gets a Halloween makeover with a sea of gourds of all shapes and sizes, a host of silly scarecrows, and frightfully fun activities.…
Highway Rat & Zog @ Jacob Burns:
Highway Rat & Zog @ Jacob Burns: From the creators of The Gruffalo and Revolting Rhymes come festival favorites The Highway Rat and Zog, two animated shorts based on the children’s books by Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler. The clever…
Pumpkin Carving Demonstrations @ NYBG
October 19 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Pumpkin Carving Demonstrations @ New York botanical Garden: Sat- Sun, October 19-20 & 26-27: 1-3pm: Watch as a master carver transforms pumpkins of all shapes and sizes into spooky works of art. Then, pick up an expertly-designed stencil and make your…
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome History of Flight Air Shows
October 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome History of Flight Air Shows: This “living” museum of antique aviation, offers one of the largest collections of early aero-planes (1909 to 1939) in the world plus weekend airshows and bi-plane rides. The museum displays aircraft from the Pioneer Era,…
Run the Farm 5M
Run the Farm 5M & Kids Run: Muscoot’s farm races offer a tough (but scenic) 5 mile course around the farm and through the woods; a 1.1 mile race for kids (7-12), and a .6 mile run for kids under 6.…
Halloween Carnival & Ragamuffin Parade
Local! Halloween Carnival & Ragamuffin Parade, Chappaqua Train Station, Sun, 10/20: 12:30 & 3:30pm: The carnival starts at 12:30 with giant slide games, bounce castle, go carts, rides, cotton candy, popcorn and music. Come in costume and march in the parade…
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