Best October Kids Events

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Best October Kids Events: Dare we say, the best Fall Family Events Guide you’ll find anywhere! Festivals, movies, a Trash Bash, pandas and Lou Pinella!

October

Sleeping with Wolves, Wolf Conservation Center – Friday & Select Saturdays 9/1 -10/20: 6pm- 8:30am. Camp out overnight with 20+ wolves that call the WCC in South Salem home! It’s cheaper than a trip to Yellowstone – and you’ll leave a much smaller carbon footprint. The evening includes a pizza party with Ambassador wolves Atka, Alawa, Nikai and Xephyr, movies under the stars, tents for all campers, fireside snacks and a light breakfast. Pre-registration is required at www.nywolf.com)

Lou Pinella Alert! Fall Classic Baseball Card Show, County Center – Fri-Sun, 10/5-7: check times: Thousands of autographed/game used inserts, modern and vintage sports cards (Pre 1900’s – current), factory/hand collated sets, hobby and wax boxes – all sports and non-sport, graded cards and more. Plus autographs signings from Lou Pinella, Bucky Dent, Sparky Lyle, Chris Chambliss, Ron Davis,Roy White, Ed Figueroa, and more. On-Site autograph authentication (JSA or PSA). (198 Central Ave., White Plains; www.countycenter.biz)

Local! Fall Festival & Halloween Train Show, Lasdon Park – Sat- Mon: 10/6-8 & Sat-Sun, 10/13-10/28: 10am-4pm: At this Fall Festival cum Halloween Train Show, Lasdon’s Main House is spooked out with decorations. There’s music, face painting, an animal embassy, Louie the T-Rex, a Halloween Crazy Maze, beer tastings, food trucks and, of course the Model Train display. Check out the Color of Summer exhibit in the Conservatory’s Glass House while you are there.(2810 Amawalk Rd., Katonah; www.lasdonpark.org)

Hot Ticket Alert! Annual Stone Barns Harvest Fest – Sat, 10/6: 10am-3pm: Their 15th annual celebration and fundraiser will be a hot ticket so sign up early. THIS EVENT ALWAYS SELLS OUT! Live music, hay rides and educational tours throughout the farm. There’s farm demonstrations and a close up look at the farm’s animals. There’s a seasonal Food Market featuring local purveyors and delicious fare. (630 Bedford Rd., Pocantico Hills; www.stonebarnscenter.org)

Fall Fest, Hilltop Hanover Farm – Sat-Sun, 10/6-7: 10am-4pm: A weekend of farm activities including hay rides, pumpkin picking, hikes on 3.5 miles of marked trails, farm animals, farm stand and u-pick veggies and more. (1271 Hanover St., Yorktown Heights; www.hilltophanoverfarm.org)

Heritage Apple Fest at Boscobel – Sat, 10/6: 9am-4pm: Celebrate Hudson Valley harvests, overlooking West Point & the Hudson River at Boscobel’s Heritage Applefest. Featuring live music, sweet and hard cider sampling, and press-your-own cider as well as family games and activities. In addition to sweet and hard cider, apple cider doughnuts, apple cider butter, and apple cider syrup will be available for purchase from local vendors. Visit the historic house museum while you are there. (Boscobel, 1601 Rt. 9D, Garrison; www.boscobel.org)

Local! The Pound Ridge Harvest Festival ROCKS, FEATURED ARTIST: CRACKER, Pound Ridge Town Park, Sat, 10/13: 1-6pm: Come on Armonk, Bedford & Chappaqua, you’re not trying hard enough! The Pound Ridge Harvest Festival features activities for kids, a craft beer garden for adults, and a root beer garden for kids, wine tastings, a Scarecrow Content and BBQ for all. This year’s featured music act is Cracker, the “country/gurnge/rock” band best known for it’s gold-selling 1993 album Kerosene Hat, including hit songs “Low” and “Euro-Trash Girl”. Their 1992 single “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” hit No. 1 on the US Modern Rock Charts. (Pound Ridge Town Park, 179 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge; www.poundridgeharvestfestival.com)

Local! Zero Waste Challenge Trash Bash, Bedford Hills Memorial Park, Sat, 10/13: 10am-1pm: This event kicks off Bedfod 2020’s Zero Waste Challenge. This outdoor event includes games, food, and fun around recycling, reducing plastic, eliminating food waste, composting, and more! If you are interested in joining the Zero Waste Challenge, this event will also include the training and materials needed to participate. (60 Haines Rd., Bedford Hills; www.bedford2020.org)

Chappaqua Harvest Fest Pumpkin Patch, Church of St. Mary The Virgin, Sat, 10/13: 11am-3pm: Buy your Halloween pumpkin at this event at St. Mary The Virgin, next to Bell Middle School. On Saturday, there will will games, face painting, crafts, photo ops, pumpkin decorating and a pie sale, donuts, cider and hot dogs. Pumpkin sales continue till 5pm on Saturday and again on Sunday, 10/14 from 12-5pm. (191 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua)

My Perfect Pet, Emelin Theatre, Sun, 10/14: 11am & 1:30pm: This original musical follows Cailin Green and her friends Amy and Josh to school on her 10th birthday. She has just one wish for her birthday, a very special puppy she spotted in a shelter. Broadway World called it “A bright and bouncy, light and giggly, tuneful show for the young and young at heart.” Ages 4-8. (153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Local! The Book of Life, Jacob Burns, Sat, 10/20: 12pm: In Jorge Gutierrez’s 2014 animated film, three childhood friends, a bullfighter, a soldier and a very independent girl embark on an el Dia de los Muertos adventure that spans three fantastical worlds, two gods from the Underworld and a wager on who will marry Maria. Recommended for ages 7 & up.(Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville; www.burnsfilmcenter.org)

Local! Run the Farm 5M, Muscoot Farm, Sun, 10/21: 9:30am & Kids Mile: 8:30am: 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. Runners receive farm bucks to use at the Farmer’s Market. Races start at 8:30, 8:45 & 9:30am. Arrive 30 minutes before race start time. Check out the farmers market, animals and historic buildings after the race. (Rt. 100, Somers; www.runthefarm.org)

The Real Wicked Witches of Halloween Hills, Emelin Theatre, Sun, 10/28: 11am & 1:30pm: On All Hallows Eve the world’s most notorious witches compete for the title of Supreme Witch! But someone is trying to mess up the contest? Can a young witch apprentice, a skeleton boy, and a cat named Pumpkin uncover who is trying to control The Real Wicked Witches of Halloween Hills? This one-hour musical for ages k-5, is from John Tracey Eagen (The Producers) and Robert Hager (Fun Home). (153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Pandas, IMAX Movies, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Daily: check times: The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is open daily year-round featuring a full range of aquarium exhibits such as a sea turtle nursery. It also features a seven story IMAX screen that shows four movies daily including Pandas, a new movie following Chinese biologists teaching a baby panda survival skills from its first steps. Also showing this fall: Great White Shark and Backyard Wilderness filmed in Westchester County. (10 N. Water St., Norwalk, www.maritimeaquarium.org)

Pride of the Hudson River Cruise, Newburg, Fri-Sun & select weekdays, 8/31-10/28: check times: See the majestic beauty of the Hudson River on this 2-hour narrated river adventure from Newburgh to West Point taking in the sights of Washington’s Headquarters, World’s End, Mt. Beacon, Bannerman Island, Constitution Island, Breakneck Mountain, and the town of Cold Spring. (Blu Pointe Landing, 100 Front St., Newburgh; www.prideofthehudson.com)

Planetarium Shows, Hudson River Museum, Sat-Sun: 9/1-30: 12:30, 2 & 3:30pm: HRM presents three star shows every weekend, for kids 5+ and 8+, from a repertory of ten feature shows. The age appropriate shows range from One World, One Sky produced by Sesame Workshop and the Liberty Science Center for 5+ and featuring Big Bird and Elmo to We Are Aliens a 360° digital planetarium show narrated by Rupert Grint (from Harry Potter films) that takes an epic ride in search of evidence of alien life for 8+. (511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers; www.hrm.org)

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Ride, Sat-Sun, 9/1-23 & Daily 9/28-10/21: check times: Take a 2 ½ hour narrated train and riverboat ride through what the Nature Conservancy calls “one of the last great places on earth,” the Connecticut River Valley. The train passes farms, waterfalls, and wetland habitats with blue heron and egrets. The riverboat cruise on the Connecticut River passes the historic Gillette Castle, Goodspeed Opera House and Haddam Swing Bridge. Check out their special Dinner Train, Riverboat Lunch and Sunset Excursions. (1 Railroad Ave., Essex, CT; www.essexsteamtrain.com)

Coming soon! Where To Celebrate Halloween, The Dead, The Undead & The Grateful Dead: You didn’t think we’d forget the biggest fall events of all? Our Annual Halloween Events Calendar will be out soon. We’ll have everything from all the major boo-fests to the local kids parades and celebrations. Last year we listed over thirty Halloween events in eluding Horseman’s Hallow at Philipsburg Manor (pictured here). Plus, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Old Dutch Church, Spooky Tales at Caramoor and The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Multiple venues. Check back soon or sign up for the What To Do Email Newsletter to make sure you don’t miss a thing.

November

Fall Forest Weekend, New York Botanical Garden, Sat-Sun, 11/3-4 & 10-11: 11am-4pm: NYBG offers live raptor demonstrations, Shakespearean performance and guided tours of the Thain Family forest, the largest remaining tract of old-growth forest in New York City, during prime foliage season. You can even see the Forest from a different perspective with a scenic canoe trip down the Bronx River and spot birds that call this woodland home. Check back for updates. (2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx www.nybg.org)

Johnny Peers & The Muttville Comix, Ridgefield Playhouse, Sun, 11/4: 1pm: Johnny Peers’ Comedy Adventure Dog Show, features Daphne, the world’s only skateboarding Basset Hound; Squeaky, the ladder climbing Fox Terrier; Mr. Pepe, who only responds to commands in Spanish; and Sir Winston, the Pointer mix who only answers to “Sir.” The show stars mostly dogs rescued from shelters. (80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

Horace Greeley Scholarship Fund Spelling Bee, Horace Greeley High School, Mon, 11/5: 7pm: This event is run by the students of S.H.A.R.E. (Students Have a Responsibility Everywhere), with all money raised going to support the Horace Greeley Scholarship Fund. Established in 1946, by Greeley students, the HGSF have awarded need-based grants to Greeley students for more than 70 years. To sponsor a team (Deadline: 10/19) click here; www.hgsf,org

Disney on Ice: Mickey’s Search Party, Barclay’s Center, Wed-Sun, 11/7-11: check times: A brand-new adventure filled with world-class skating, high-flying acrobatics, and unexpected stunts! Featuring Captain Hook and Tinker Bell, Coco in Miguel’s Disney On Ice, Moana, Belle and the enchanted chandelier comes to life, Elsa in the icy world of Frozen. Then characters from Aladdin, Toy Story and The Little Mermaid join the search parties it becomes an all-out magical celebration on the ice and in the air. Barclay’s Center.

Warren Miller’s Face of Winter, Tarrytown Music Hall, Thurs, 11/15: 7:30 pm: In this 69th chapter, WME visits some of Warren’s favorite locations, from Engleberg to Chamonix, British Columbia to Alaska, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, Washington and more. Watch as world-class athletes such as Anna Segal, Dash Longe, Forrest Jillson, Amie Engerbretson, Simon Hillis, Seth Wescott, Jim Ryan, Jess McMillan, and others carve the faces of remote mountain ranges and pursue the thrills of a life lived in high places. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

WTD Fave Rave: New York Botanical Garden’s Train Show: Sat, 11/17-Mon, 1/21/2019: NYBG’s Holiday Train Show in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory features more than a dozen large scale model train sets (some super-sized) zipping across a quarter mile of track and a landscape of 140 scaled replicas of iconic New York City buildings made of bark, twigs, fruit, seeds and pine cones. Including, the original Penn Station and Yankee Stadium, Radio City Music Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the Brooklyn Bridge. An absolute must do event! (2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx; www.nybg.org)

Local! Chappaqua Craft & Gift Fair, Bell Middle School – Sat, 11/17: 10am-4pm: 33rd annual craft fair featuring over 85 vendors presenting handcrafted jewelry, designer clothing, handbags and accessories, original artwork, tableware, furniture, bath & beauty products, children’s gifts, floral designs, gourmet foods and more. This event produced by the Bell Middle School PTA benefits the Bell Middle School. (50 Senter St., Chappaqua; www.chappaquacraftfair.com)

Circa: Carnival of the Animals, Performing Arts Center, Sun, 11/18: 3pm: The Circa Carnival, one of the world’s leading performance companies, takes you on a whimsical circus escapade inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns’ delightful salute to feathers, fur, and fins. Circa’s acrobats bring this classical music suite to life with juggling “zebras”, somersaulting “kangaroos” and “elephants” with street-cred and rhythm for a whole new generation of circus, music, and animal lovers. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

UBS Parade Spectacular, Downtown Stamford, Sun, 11/18: 12pm: Skip the Macy’s Day Parade and stay local with one of the largest helium balloon parades in the country. When we were there we saw the Pink Panther, Popeye, Underdog (our fave), Nemo, Mighty Mouse, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Miss Piggy, Spiderman and Kermit the Frog. Plus marching bands, floats and street food. Or check out the Giant Balloon Inflation Party with live entertainment, holiday characters and Santa on Sat, 11/17: 3-6pm at Hoyt and Summer St. (Stamford Downtown)

Local! Ice Skating at The Harvey School – Fri, 11/23 & Thurs, 12/27: 12:45-2:45pm: In cooperation with The Harvey School, Jim Whiting and his staff at Bedford Recreation offers two hours of public skating for all ages at The Harvey School ice rink on the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas. There will be a DJ spinning fave tunes and requests. Admission is just $5 and you must provide your own skates and no hockey playing. (The Harvey School, 260 Jay St., Katonah; www.bedfordny.gov)

December

The Rainbow Fish, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Performing Arts Center, Sun, 12/2: 3pm: The acclaimed Mermaid Theatre, that has earned international acclaim for its unique interpretation of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, presents this original stage adaptation of Marcus Pfister’s award-winning book The Rainbow Fish. The performance also includes two of the author’s companion tales, Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea and Opposites, (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Snowkus Pocus, Ridgefield Playhouse – Sat, 12/1: 4 & 7:30pm: This circus/ballet from Cirquetacular follows young Brianna to an enchanted winter wonderland as she encounters Jack Frost, the Snow Queen, the North Wind and a shape-shifter Azura. (80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)