Fairy House Tours, Autumn-fest, Peanuts Corn Maze, Fluff Festival, Game of Thrones Weekend, and More: New England Fall Events Top Picks for Sept 21- 27

It's another white-hot weekend for fall festivities coming up! Your head just may spin from all the fabulous fun competing for your attention! 

Mother and Daughter peering into a
Fairy House in Portsmouth, NH

This weekend's Portsmouth Fairy Tour is one of the most anticipated events of the season!

The excitement has been building for weeks! Our experience at the Portsmouth Fairy House Tour was so special and memorable that we simply insist that you try to attend one of the best events of the season!
Here's a sneak peek into the Fairy House Tour with our short video of festival moments and our complete write up to give you in-depth look at why this is a festival not to be missed!

Can't attend this weekend? Here's our Fall Guide to Fairy and Princess Events Across New England.

Gaines Farm "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Corn Maze Celebrates the Peanuts!

It's the 50th Anniversary for Charles M. Schulz's beloved Peanuts this year and Gaines Farm in Guilford, VT is honoring them this fall with a "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" themed corn maze! Gaines Farm, situated just 1.5 mile north of the MA state line off Rte 91, is super easy to reach from anywhere in central New England.

CONTEST! Enter to WIN a Family Four Pack of tickets to Gaines Farm! Contest ends 9/26. Enter here.

You may remember that Gaines was host to the wildly popular Frozen corn maze two years ago--a huge hit with New England Fall Events readers! In addition to the maze, Gaines Farm has tons of family-friendly activities to enjoy such as the cow train, a corn pit, pumpkin bowling, and a corn cannon too! Learn more about Gaines Farm.

Union Square Donuts' version of
Fluffernutter What the Fluff Festival.

Somerville's What the Fluff? Festival Coming up Saturday!
You may have heard that inventor Archibald Query developed Marshmallow Fluff right in Somerville’s Union Square 99 years ago. If you are a native New Englander you fully grasp how much nostalgia fluffernutter sandwiches hold in our childhood food memories.

This Saturday's What the Fluff? Festival gives this sticky sugary culinary goo it's due with wacky games, fluff-inspired food, fluff jousting, luff Fear Factor and more! Eating FlufferNutters are a New England childhood rite of passage and now you can add the What the Fluff? Festival to your True New Englander bucket list. Read about this one-of-a-kind festival right here: "Somerville's Fluff Festival is Sticky, Campy Fun for your Bucket List".

Bridgewater, MA Rings in 28 years of Family Fun at Autumn-fest this Saturday

The BSU Quad at Autumn-fest

We know it is a busy weekend of fall fun ahead but if you are looking for a low-key yet entertaining fall festival, then make a beeline to Autumn-Fest in Bridgewater, MA. They've been hosting this ever-expanding fall festival for 28^th years! 
Autumn-Fest is a family-friendly festival jam-packed with kids’ activities, performances, crafts, vendors, train rides, live music, bouncy houses, petting zoo, and more all on the grassy quad at Bridgewater State University. This is a large-scale fall festival with a personal touch and it's easy to see why it is an annual outing for many local families. Curious? New England Fall Events had the pleasure of attending this festival first-hand and here's everything you would love to know about Autumn-fest.

In case you missed it...

The Big E Celebrates it's 100th Year!

In the lead up to the Centennial Opening Day at Springfield, MA's The Big E, New England Fall Events' Facebook page offered a daily feature from our our "Complete Guide to The Big E"blog post. 
Are you a first-time Big E Fair-goer? Check out our just-posted "Five Must-Sees and Top Tips for Families" who are making their plans to attend this super-sized New England fair. 

As King Richard's Faire in Carver, MA is still running every weekend through October 23rd, be sure to read our "King Richard's Faire Offers Charm and Good Cheer" for a taste of the delight you'll have awaiting you there.

New England Fall Events' Top Recommendations for this Weekend's Fall Fun

With plenty of fantastic festivities going on this weekend you'll have your work cut out for you to narrow down where to go! Here's our group of this weekend's Top Pick and you'll find even more terrific events listed on every New England state’s Fall & Activities and Food & Harvest Festival Guides on our website.

Here are our recommended activities for September 21-27, 2016

The Big E
West Springfield, MA     Click for details
Wednesday through Tuesday, September 21st -27th, 2016
Plan ahead with New England Fall Events' essential "Complete Guide to The Big E"

Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
Provincetown, MA      Click for details
Thursday through Sunday, September 22-25th, 2016
Read our article "The Provincetown Tennessee Williams' Theater Festival is Cultural Gem in New England"

Durham Fair

Durham, CT       Click for details
Thursday through Sunday, September 22nd – 25th, 2016

Acadia Night Sky Festival
Bar Harbor, ME       Click for details
Thursday through Sunday, September 22nd-25th, 2016
Click for more Moonlight and Sunset Fall Events.

Springfield VT Steampunk Festival
Springfield, VT        Click for details
Friday through Sunday, September 23rd, 24th, & 25th, 2016

47th Annual Scallop Festival

East Falmouth, MA      Click for details
Friday through Sunday, September 23rd - 25th, 2016

Mushrooming, Owling and Elegant Dining at the Maxwell Mays Lakeside Cabin 
Coventry, RI       Click for details
Friday, September 23, 2016

Pentangle Light Garden
Woodstock, VT        Click for details
Friday and Saturday, September 23rd & 24th, 2016
Click for more Moonlight and Sunset Fall Events.

The Portsmouth NH Fairy House Tour
Portsmouth, NH        Click for details
Saturday and Sunday, September 24th &  25th, 2016
Read about our visit "Portsmouth NH Fairy House Tour is a Magical and Imaginative Weekend"
Get a sneak peek at the delights at the festival with our Portsmouth Fairy House Tour video.
Click for more Fairy and Princess Fall Events in New England.

Game of Thrones Weekend at King Richard's Faire
Carver, MA        Click for details
Saturday and Sunday, September 24th & 25th, 2016
Read about our visit to KRF and find faire-going tips in "King Richard's Renaissance Faire Offers Costumed Charm and Good Cheer"

Autumn-fest
West Bridgewater, MA       Click for details
Saturday September 24th, 2016
Click to read all about New England Fall Events' visit to Autumn-Fest and plan your visit.

"What the Fluff?" Festival
Somerville, MA       Click for details
Saturday September 24th, 2016

Read about our visit in our article "Somerville's Fluff Festival is Sticky, Campy Fun for your Bucket List".

Escobar's Farm Pumpkin Festival
Portsmouth, RI     Click for details
Saturday, September 24th, 206 (rain date Sun 9/27)

Annual Maine Lakes Brew Fest
Casco, ME       Click for details
Saturday September 24th, 2016

B.O.N.E.S. Annual Beagle Bash
Auburn, MA         Click for details
Saturday, September 24th, 2016
Click for more Dog-friendly Fall Events.
Click for Dog-friendly Apple Orchards.

Peru Fair
Peru, VT        Click for details
Saturday, September 24th, 2016

Aeronautics Day at Discovery Museum and Planetarium
Bridgeport CT        Click for details
Saturday, September 24th, 2016

International Oktoberfest
Providence, RI        Click for details
Saturday and Sunday, September 24th & 25th, 2016

Forest Festival Weekend
Woodstock , VT        Click for details
Saturday and Sunday, September 24th & 25th, 2016

Apple Days Festival at Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge, MA        Click for details
Saturday and Sunday, September 24th & 25th, 2016

19th Century Apple & Cheese Harvest Festival
Strafford, VT        Click for details
Sunday, September 25th, 2016

VT Fairy House Festival
Grafton, VT         Click for details
Saturday and Sunday, September 24th & 25th, 2016
Click for more Fairy and Princess Fall Events in New England.

Woofstock Dog Festival
Hudson, MA        Click for details
Saturday, September 24th, 2016
Click for more Dog-friendly Fall Events.
Click for Dog-friendly Apple Orchards.

Hartford ComiCONN
Hartford, CT        Click for details
Saturday and Sunday, September 24th & 25th, 2016

Going apple picking this coming weekend? New England Fall Events has complete guides, features, maps, and contact info for all the New England PYO apple orchards! Here are your quick links to the apple picking guides:

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island.

Even easier, New England Fall Events has state attraction maps which are handy for scrolling for farms near home or wherever you're headed. Quick links to orchard and fall attraction maps for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Remember, always best to call ahead before adventuring out to PYO as some farms will adjust their hours for weather or they close to allow more time for fruit to ripen.