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Saturday Oct. 18, 2025

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley

Van Cortlandt ManorCroton-on-Hudson

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Midnight

Halloween in the Woods for Families

Ages: 3 – 8
Animals
Attractions

Sheldrake Environmental CenterLarchmont

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9am–2pm

Yorktown H.S. Annual Music Tag Sale

Ages: All
Free
Fundraisers

Yorktown High SchoolYorktown Heights

9:30am–5:30pm

Halloween Big Weekend Event

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Halloween

Westchester Children’s MuseumRye

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10am–5:30pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10am–6pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Boo at the Zoo

10am–5:30pm

Bronx Zoo Boo at the Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10am–6pm

Wicked Broadway Garden

Ages: All
Attractions

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10am–7pm

Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Games

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

10am–4pm

Trick-or-Treat Weekend

Ages: All
Halloween
Holiday

LyndhurstTarrytown

10am–6pm

Brick-or-Treat

LEGOLAND New York ResortGoshen

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10am–1pm

Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky

Ages: All
Animals
Craft & DIY

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10am–4pm

Ride “The Husking Bee” Pumpkin Patch Train

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Fundraisers

Danbury Railway MuseumDanbury

Scavenger Hunt at the Met Museum

10:30am–12:30pm

The Wizard School Scavenger Hunt at the Met Museum

Ages: All
Attractions

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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11am–6pm

Pearl River Day

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Pearl River DayPearl River

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11am–1pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: All
Music
Theater

Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium Murphy Science Building Iona UniversityNew Rochelle

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11am–4pm

Annual Pumpkin Carve-Off

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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Noon–2pm

BACKYARD BEEKEEPING – WINTER PREP

Ages: All

Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal SanctuaryNewtown

Noon–4pm

“Bulls of Wall Street,” a New Exhibition on 19th-century Finance

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion MuseumNorwalk

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Noon–4:30pm

Spooktoberfest

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Festivals

Hart’s Brook ParkHartsdale

Noon–5pm

Hudson Valley Craft Beer & Food Truck Festival

Clover StadiumPomona

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Noon–4pm

Family Art Workshop: Sun Prints

Ages: All
Art
Classes

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

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Noon–4pm

Family Art Workshop: Masquerade Masks

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

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Noon–4pm

Family Science Workshop: Visualizing Heat

Ages: All
Attractions
Classes

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

Noon–1pm

Scarecrow Festival Piermont, New York

Ages: All
Art

Piermont Public LibraryPiermont

12:30–10:30pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community

Dakota’sBronx

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1–3pm

Family Time October 2025 Art-Making for All Ages

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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2–3:15pm

Backyard Bird Feeding 101

Ages: 9 and up

Catherine’s Learning BarnNewtown

2pm

Kid's Movie Saturday

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Baychester LibraryBaychester

2–5pm

Halloween Carnival

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Nanuet Town CentreNanuet

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5:30–8pm

Mystic Moon: A Spooktacular Experience at Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard

Ages: 3 and up
Food & Drink
Halloween

Harvest Moon Farm & OrchardNorth Salem

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