LI Events Calendar « Prev October 2015 Next » Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 2* Stand Up With Chris DiStefanoStand Up With Chris DiStefano Stand Up With Chris DiStefano at The Brokerage Comedy Club in Bellmore Oct 2 & 3 at 9:30pm. Described as a high energy comic, Chris Distefano acts out a variety of characters derived from his life, typically leaving you on the edge of your seat! Tickets are 25.00USD 3* Long Island FairLong Island Fair at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Old Bethpage. Tickets range from: Free - 12USD. Oct. 2, 3 & 4. One of America’s oldest agricultural festivals where visitors can engage in corn-husking and scarecrow building events, guessing the weight of a giant pumpkin... Attractions include a petting zoo, live music and dancing; pony, tractor and carnival rides; magic shows, stilt walkers, puppets, juggling, storytelling; Civil War reenactments and other historical demonstrations; mouthwatering fall fair foods such as candied apples, pumpkins, organic veggies, fresh-made candy, giant turkey legs and funnel cakes.* Pumpkin FestPumpkin Fest Time: 12:00 amPumpkin Fest 2015 Cornell Cooperative Extension Long Island Autumn Festival with Live music, pumpkin picking and decorating, carnival rides and games, wagon rides and more! Suffolk County Farm & Education Center, 350 Yaphank Ave., Yaphank. 11 a.m. Oct. 3, Oct. 4 4* OktoberfestOktoberfest Oktoberfest: Home Brewed Craft Beer Demo at Brewology in Speonk @ 4:00 PM. Free event! Learn how small batches of beer are made from a real brewmaster, and enjoy tastings along the way! Your reservation ticket will also be entered into a drawing for a home brewing kit and other prizes! 5 6 7 8 9* Huntington Fall FestivalHuntington Fall Festival at Heckscher Park, Huntington, 5-10 p.m. Oct. 9, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 10 & 11, 11 a.m.- 5p.m. Oct. 12. Enjoy the music, food and carnival starting Friday, with Saturday and Sunday joined by contests, vendors and arts and crafts before one last day of food and rides Monday. Free Event. 10* OctoberfestOctoberfest Oktoberfest at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow 10/10-10/12 (noon-5pm)...Come on down and enjoy live entertainment, traditional German food, beer and much more - FREE Event* Babylon Fall FestivalBabylon Fall Festival Hay rides, a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, live music, fresh food and face painting. Town Hall Park, Lindenhurst. FREE EVENT. 12-3 p.m. 11* Montauk Fall FestivalMontauk Fall Festival at Village Green, Montauk, 11am-5pm Oct. 10 & 11, this festival kicks off with their famous clam chowder contest at 11 a.m. on Saturday. It includes crab races, rides, a farmers’ market, live music and incorporates elements of Octoberfest with Long Island craft brews. Free Event* Long Beach Fall FestivalLong Beach Fall Festival at Kennedy Plaza, Long Beach 10am-5pm with a pumpkin patch, a haunted house, a bounce house, a petting zoo, a ferris wheel, pony rides, hay rides, arts and crafts and a costume contest. Come down for some serious fun! 15USD per day, 25USD weekend pass. 12 13 14* Book SigningBook Signing Historic Haunts of Long Island - Book Signing With Kerriann Flanagan Brosky at Huntington Public Library. 6-8pm. Free Event. After the success of the Ghosts of Long Island books, Long Island’s haunted past once again comes alive, in award-winning author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky’s latest book Historic Haunts of Long Island: Ghosts and Legends from the Gold Coast to Montauk Point. Ms. Brosky discusses fascinating new places she has researched and investigated with medium and paranormal investigator Joe Giaquinto. Join her as she uncovers Long Island’s history and ghost tales. Book signing to follow. Registration required. Open to all. Call the library for registration and additional details Tel: (631) 427-5165. 15* Seascapes & SipsSeascapes & Sips at Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center, Riverhead. 6pm. This version features two 18-ounce painted wine glasses which we’ll work on together in the Shark Room of the Aquarium. Table service for the cash bar and a light fare menu will be available for purchase beginning at 6pm. No artistic skills are needed, just a positive attitude, a willingness to have fun and some fine wine to pour into your beautifully decorated glasses! Two glasses, brushes, and paint are included. Registration begins at 6pm and we’ll start painting at 7pm 39.00USD/person (includes 2 glasses) 16 17* Oyster FestivalOyster Festival Theodore Roosevelt Park, Oyster Bay 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 17 & 18. Billed as the largest annual outdoor festival and the biggest waterfront fest on the East Coast with about 200,000 attendees on average, the 31st oyster fest is back. The lineup includes tall ships, pirate shows and carnival rides. Aside from oysters prepared every way imaginable, it also features the famous oyster-shucking contest. Free event, fees for rides. 18* Oktoberfest Pub CrawlOktoberfest Pub Crawl First Annual Oktoberfest Pub Crawl at The Suffolk Theater, Riverhead...12pm-8pm, bracelets on sale now!!!!! Costumes encouraged! If you purchase online, please pick up your bracelet at the Suffolk Theater Box Office. Bracelets can be purchased with cash through participating vendors. This is a General Admission Event. Tickets 10.00 USD* Huntington Apple FestHuntington Apple Fest Dr. Daniel W. Kissam House Museum, Huntington, noon-4pm. Scarecrow making, hayrides, music, old-timey games as well as arts and crafts—plus lots and lots of apples. Free Event. 19 20 21 22 23 24* Jack-o’-Lantern SpectacularJack-o’-Lantern Spectacular Belmont Lake State Park, North Babylon. 4pm-6pm. In addition to contestants setting sail to their Jack-o’-Lantern, there will be a kid-friendly spooky house, balloon twisting, arts and crafts, trick or treating, “funny fotos,” games and more. Participation limited to the first 50 carved pumpkins. Jack-o’-Lanterns will set sail at 6 p.m. Participating pumpkins must be between the size of a soccer ball and a basketball and must be dropped off between 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on the day of the event. 8USD parking, free with Empire Pass. * OktoberfestOktoberfest Garden of Eve Organic Farm, Riverhead., 10am-5pm, Oct. 24 & 25. Enjoy Long Island craft beers, live music, pumpkin picking, farm tours, arts and crafts and more at the East End’s only Oktoberfest! 15USD adults. 25* Street FairStreet Fair Garden City South Street Fair on Nassau Blvd., Garden City 10am-5pm. This 15th annual event will be the best yet! Handmade crafts, unique merchandise, inflatable rides, great food, entertainment. Free Event. 26 27 28 29 30* Halloween Boat BurningHalloween Boat Burning Long Island Maritime Museum, West Sayville, 5pm-9pm. In this local annual tradition, a boat that has been deemed too-unsafe-to-sail is set ablaze in sacrifice while thousands watch from the shore. Fear not! Festivities include raffles, snacks, hot apple cider and live music. Free Event. 31* Book & Art FairBook & Art Fair Long Island Antique Book, Paper and Art Fair at Hofstra University, Hempstead, 11am-5pm Oct. 31, 11am-4pm Nov. 1. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind collision of the written word and arts and crafts that will make your heart bend and soul absolutely just break out into song and sing, sing, sing! Free Event* Happy Halloween!Happy Halloween! Calendar developed and supported by Kieran O'Shea Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
