Ballet Masquerade, Smashing Pumpkins, Cartoon Festival, Howling Halloween, All Hallows Eve, and more: Top Events for Oct 29-Nov 4, 2014

With Halloween around the corner, there are tons of very fun seasonal and holiday events going on over the next week!

We think you will love New England Fall Events' recommendations for our final week of the weekly blog posts. 

Remember, even if you don’t hear from us every week, there are still dozens of fall festivities scattered throughout November worth checking out so visit the Fall Events and Activities pages listings as we will continue to add new discoveries when they come across our radar.

As our last post of the season, we wish to say Thank You to everyone who checked in, offered feedback, alerted us to worthwhile events, shared photos, entered contests, posted flyers, and shared the New England Fall Events website and Facebook page. 

We were touched by the incredible enthusiasm for this site and it's been a pleasure to share our love of fall, New England, local farms, local food, and making new memories. It has been a joy to connect with you throughout the season and we look forward to next year!    

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

After this week, fall events and activties begin to wind down considerably in preparation for the holidays. Before that happens, you will have a wonderful selection of terrific events lined up for the weekend!
Here are our recommended activities for Oct 29-Nov 4:

Spooky Studio at Providence Children's Museum

Providence, RI   Click for event details.

Wednesday and Thursday, October 29th & 30th, 2014 

Halloween at the Blue Hills Trailside Museum

Milton, MA   Click for event details.

Thursday, October 30th, 2014

Halloween Cocktail Party

Woonsocket, RI   Click for event details.

Thursday and Friday, October 30th & 31st, 2014  

Boston Ballet Swan Lake Masquerade

Boston, MA  Click for event details.

Friday, October 31st, 2014 

Pumpkins on the Point

Old Saybrook, CT  Click for event details.

Friday through Sunday, October 31st – November 2nd, 2014

Jack-o’-Lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Park and Zoo

Providence, RI  Click for event details.

Open nightly through November 2nd, 2014

Smashing Pumpkins Weekend at Fright Fest Six Flags New England

Agawam, MA   Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, November 1st & 2nd, 2014

Holidaze: The Real Story of Halloween, Thanksgiving & Christmas Exhibit

Museum Guilford, CT   Click for event details.

Wednesday through Sunday, now through Dec 22nd, 2014

Howling Halloween Party for Pups

Hooksett, NH  Click for event details.

Saturday, November 1st, 2014

Day of the Dead Celebration at Taza Chocolate Factory

Somerville, MA  Click for event details.

Saturday, November 1st, 2014 

All Hallows Eve Celebration 

Newport, VT  Click for event details.

Saturday, November 1st, 2014

Classical Cartoon Festival

Boston, MA  Click for event details.

Saturday, November 1st, 2014

If you love Halloween and night activities, remember to visit our sister website Halloween New England for guides to local haunted houses and trails, ghost tours, haunted and flashlight corn mazes, night hayrides, costume guide, a Salem guide and more.

Need help mapping out where to go? New England Fall Events’ state page maps are handy for scrolling and spotting farms near home or near your road-trip destination.

Orchard and fall attraction maps for:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Halloween Yoga, Trick-or-Treating, Boo Bash, Creepy Crawlies, Storybook Hayrides, and more: Top Events for Oct 22-28, 2014

Last Thursday's post-storm rainbow in Hopkinton, MA

It's incredible that we're already rounding the corner towards Halloween!

There are still plenty of wonderful activities and events posted at New England Fall Events! However, the seasonal event calendar will start to quiet over the next week or two as people begin to turn their attention towards Thanksgiving so make the most of the outdoor weather, the opportunities, and the foliage while you can.  

There's still time to buy costumes for you and your pumpkin!

If you haven't picked up your costume yet, don't fret!
We have complete listings of year-round and seasonal costume and Halloween supply stores for your Halloween festivities on our sister website Halloween New England.
Simply hover over your state and click on the Halloween and Costume category and you will find links to stores, maps, features, contact info and much more.

With apple season starting to wind down, you'll also want to act fast to steal a day of picking in the orchard before the trees go dormant.
Check out New England Fall Events' complete guides, features, maps, and contact info for New England PYO apple orchards: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island.

Remember, it's always wise to call ahead before heading to your PYO location as some farms will adjust their hours on a daily basis to account for inclement weather or to allow extra time for fruit to ripen.

New England Fall Events has your guides to Pumpkin Patches and PYO Pumpkins for all six New England states. Here is our Quick and Easy Guide to Pumpkin Patches in New England.

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

As Pumpkins and October go together like peanut butter and jelly, you'll see that many activities this week have a pumpkin or Halloween theme and you won't catch us complaining about that!

Without further ado, let's dive right into our top picks. 
Here are our recommended activities for Oct 22-28:

Hocus Pocus Afternoon Tea
Pomfret Center, CT   Click for event details.

Thursday October 23^rd and Saturday, October 25^th, 2014

Halloween Yoga for Toddlers and Tykes and Parents

Westborough, MA  Click for details.

Saturday, October 25^th, 2014

Trick or Treat FROZEN Corn Maze at Smolak Farms

North Andover, MA  Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 25^th & 26^th, 2014

Harvest on the Harbor

Portland, ME   Click for event details.

Wednesday through Saturday, October 22^nd – 25^th, 2014

Wee Faerie Village in a Steampunk'd Wonderland

Old Lyme, CT   Click for event details.

Tuesday through Sunday, through November 2^nd, 2014

Slithery, Slimy, Creepy, Crawly Outdoor Adventure

Stamford, CT   Click for event details.

Friday, October 24^th, 2014

Howl-o-Ween at the Beardsley Zoo

Bridgeport, CT  Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 25^th & 26^th, 2014

Storybook Hayrides at Applecrest Farm Orchards  

Hampton Falls, NH   Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 25^th & 26^th, 2014

Haunted History Lantern Tour at Cedar Hill Cemetery

Hartford, CT   Click for event details.

Friday, October 24^th, 2014

Ghosts on the Banke
Portsmourth, NH  Click for event details.

Saturday, October 25^th, 2014

Halloween Hysterics at the Henry Whitfield Museum

Guilford, CT   Click for event details.

Saturday, October 25^th, 2014

Shelburne Museum Trick-or-Treating
Haunted Happenings
Shelburne, VT   Click for event details.

Sunday, October 26^th, 2014

Halloween Prowl at the Moose Hill
Wildlife Sanctuary
Sharon, MA  Click for event details.

Friday through Sunday, October 24^th  - 26^th, 2014

Corn Maze Trick-or-Treating at Emery Farm

Durham, NH  Click for event details.

Saturday, October 26^th, 2014

Jeannie Mack's Halloween Party
Southborough, MA   Click for event details.

Saturday, October 25^th, 2014

Boo Bash at Providence Children's Museum
Providence, RI   Click for event details.

Sunday, October 26^th, 2014

A Family Halloween at Billings Farm & Museum
Woodstock, VT  Click for event details.

Sunday, October 26^th, 2014 

If you love Halloween and night activities, remember to visit our sister website Halloween New England for guides to local haunted houses and trails, ghost tours, haunted and flashlight corn mazes, night hayrides, costume guide, a Salem guide and more.


Need help mapping out where to go? New England Fall Events’ state page maps are handy for scrolling and spotting farms near home or near your road-trip destination.

Orchard and fall attraction maps for:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Frozen's Anna and Elsa, Faerie Village, Scarecrows, Ghostport, a Wicked Evening, and More: Top Events for Oct 15-21, 2014

We’re going to be straight with you—this is a BIG weekend for events this fall. 

If you were thinking of going to the movies this weekend or sleeping in, we suggest you rethink your plan. With a Thursday night game this week even the Patriots are cooperating to free up your weekend to take full advantage of the bounty of fall fun coming up.

We just posted dozens of new late fall events to the Fall Activities and Food Festivals Guides on New England Fall Events –more will continue to be added every day so check back often for even more terrific ideas lined up for every New England state. 

We’re excited that this Saturday, October 18^th is the Wallingford Scarecrow Festival-- one of our favorites of the year! Even if you have never made a scarecrow before, you will have your chance to create one from scratch and they’ll have all the goodies you could need to bring home a harvest friend to plant in your lawn. You can vote on scarecrow contest entries, and if you love crafts—making them or buying them—this festival has you covered. This year they’ll be featuring performances from FROZEN’s Anna and Elsa so your little Frozen fanatics will be delighted as can be.

If you missed it, you can read about our wonderful time last year at this festival and we’ve included useful family and festival tips for making the most of your visit.

We also want to highlight a special event featuring author Gregory Maguire and the composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz of the smash musical WICKED. This is a Tuesday night event so you may want plan ahead to take a trip to this special event in Hartford.

Details here.

You’ll notice from this week’s selection of Top Picks that the Halloween season is in full swing and many of the events have a Halloween theme or costume aspect to them. This is really just a drop in the bucket so be sure to visit New England Fall Events for a complete list of Food, Fall, and Harvest events for each New England state.

If you are looking for more Halloween and night activities, remember to visit our sister website Halloween New England for guides to local haunted houses and trails, ghost tours, haunted and flashlight corn mazes, night hayrides, costume guide, a Salem guide and more.

Pumpkins Abound!  New England Fall Events has compiled guides to Pumpkin Patches and PYO Pumpkins for every New England state. Remember to support your local farms by purchasing your pumpkins from your local farm’s harvest—everybody wins when you do! Quick and Easy Guide to Pumpkin Patches in New England.

Where is New England Fall Events Headed this Weekend?

We, like you, will have a hard time narrowing down where we end up—there is SO much to fit in! We’re eyeing the Goffstown Weigh-off & Pumpkin Regatta and the Newburyport Great Pumpkin & Lighting Stroll, We’ll be spending our evenings on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday covering night attractions for our companion website Halloween New England .

VT's most photographed farm - Jenne Farm in 2014 foliage

New England Foliage Report from Jeff-Foliage:

This week Jeff Foliage gives us a report from Jenne Farm, which has the distinction of being Vermont’s most photographed farm.

"5:00AM came way too early on Friday and Lisa and I (she’s a great trooper, BTW) made our way to join the throng of photographers at the Jenne farm. Maybe I should call it a murder of photographers? Why? read on…"
Click here to read Jeff's full report.

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

Here's a sample of some wonderful events to keep on your radar heading into the weekend! Find even more terrific events listed on every New England state’s Fall & Activities guide and Food & Harvest Festival Guide.

Here are our recommended activities for Oct 15-21:

Wallingford Scarecrow Festival -appearances by FROZEN’s Anna and Elsa – FREE

Wallingford, CT  Click for details.

Saturday, October 18^th, 2014
Read why we LOVE the Wallingford Scarecrow Festival.

Trick or Treat FROZEN Corn Maze at Smolak Farms

North Andover, MA  Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 18^th & 19^th, 2014

Hallowlantern Hayride at C.N. Smith Farm
East Bridgewater, MA   Click for event details.

Friday through Sunday, Oct 17^th – 19^th, 2014

Ghostport – FREE

Bucksport, ME   Click for event details.

Saturday, October 18^th, 2014

Wee Faerie Village in a Steampunk'd Wonderland

Old Lyme, CT   Click for event details.

Tuesday through Sunday, now through November 2^nd, 2014

Food Truck and Beer Festival
at Six Flags New England

Agawam, MA   Click for event details.

Saturday, October 18^th, 2014

Masquerade Tween Night

New Milford, CT  Click for event details.

Friday, October 17^th, 2014

Howl-o-ween at the Beardsley Zoo

Bridgeport, CT   Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 18^th & 19^th, 2014

Ballet Spooktacular
Old Saybrook, CT  Click for event details.

Saturday, October 18^th, 2014

 

Bike Boulevard Scavenger Hunt – FREE

Glastonbury, CT   Click for event details.

Sunday, October 19^th, 2014  

Goffstown Pumpkin Weigh-off and Regatta
Goffstown, NH  Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 18^th & 19^th, 2014

Pumpkin Festival at Lanni Orchards  – FREE 

Lunenburg, MA  Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 18^th & 19^th, 2014

Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival – FREE
Newport, RI  Click for event details.

Saturday & Sunday, October 18^th & 19^th, 2014

Adult CosPlay and Costume Contest
at King Richards Faire 
Carver, MA   Click for event details.

Saturday, October 18^th, 2014 (rain date: Oct 19^th)

Glastonbury Apple Harvest Festival– FREE

Glastonbury, CT   Click for event details.

Friday through Sunday, October 17^th – 19^th, 2014

Cabot Apple Pie Festival

Cabot, VT   Click for event details.

Saturday, October 18^th, 2014

CT Cheese and Wine Festival
Milford, NH   Click for event details.

Saturday, October 18^th, 2014

A WICKED Cool Evening! with Gregory Maguire and Stephen Schwartz
Hartford, CT  Click for event details.

Tuesday, October 21^st, 2014

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

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

Need help mapping out where to go? New England Fall Events’ state page maps are handy for scrolling and spotting farms near home or near your road-trip destination.
Orchard and fall attraction maps for:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Remember, it's always smart to call ahead before heading to your PYO location as some farms will adjust their hours to accomodate weather or to give extra time for fruit to ripen.