Family events on Long Island
22 hand-picked family-friendly events — museums, library programs, festivals, and the family weekends Long Island does best.
Editor's Pick Northport Fall Festival
Northport Village's signature street festival shuts Main Street down for a full Saturday of food trucks, live music on the harborfront stage, kids' rides, and 100+ local vendors. Park on Bay Avenue by 10:30 AM — the main lot fills by 11. The food vendor lineup at the village green is the highlight; line up by noon for the first wave before the lunch rush.
- When
- Where
- Northport Village, Northport
Editor's Pick Oyster Bay Oyster Festival — 200K Visitors, One Weekend
Long Island's biggest single annual event — 200,000+ visitors descend on Theodore Roosevelt Park in Oyster Bay over a mid-October weekend for $1 oysters, 100+ food vendors, 250+ craft stalls, multi-stage live music, a tall ship in the harbor, and the working-fishing-village atmosphere that the Hamptons don't have. Free admission. Forty-plus years of history. The LI fall event of the year.
- When
- Where
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, Oyster Bay
Editor's Pick Korea Festa 2026, Labor Day Edition
Korea Festa runs three days over Labor Day weekend at Mahanaim in Huntington with Korean food, performances, and cultural demos. Free admission gets you into what organizers say is their final year putting this on. Sunday starts at 12:30pm on Nassau Road near the Huntington border.
- When
- Where
- Mahanaim, Huntington
Editor's Pick Clubhouse Tours: Family Program, $4 per person upon arrival
Tour the restored Main House at Connetquot River State Park, originally built for the South Side Sportsman's Club in the early 1900s. The guides walk you through rooms where Teddy Roosevelt and other wealthy sportsmen gathered for trout fishing weekends. Park entry is $8 per vehicle; tours start promptly at 1 PM.
- When
- Where
- Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Oakdale
Editor's Pick Korea Festa 2026, Labor Day Edition
Korea Festa runs three days over Labor Day weekend at Mahanaim in Huntington with Korean food, performances, and cultural demos. Free admission gets you into what organizers say is their final year putting this on. Monday's session starts at 12:30pm on Nassau Road near the Huntington border.
- When
- Where
- Mahanaim, Huntington
Editor's Pick Huntington Village New York Murder Mystery Pub Crawl
New York Improv Theater turns Huntington Village into a game board where you'll bounce between bars solving "A Portrait Without a Face" while picking up local ghost stories and history. Starts at the Paramount at 5pm, then you're off tracking clues through the village's watering holes. Actors guide the mystery as you drink your way to the solution.
- When
- Where
- Paramount, Huntington
- Price
- See ticket page
Editor's Pick SecretSeshLI
SquareHead Brewing hosts this weekly Saturday market with local vendors and a more curated vibe than your typical craft fair. Free entry, and you're already at a brewery in Holbrook, so grab a beer while you browse. Starts at 5 PM every weekend.
- When
- Where
- SquareHead Brewing Company, Holbrook
Greenport Maritime Festival — North Fork Harbor Weekend
Greenport's annual Maritime Festival turns the working harbor village into a regional weekend destination — tall ships in the harbor, oyster shucking competitions, traditional whaleboat races, food + craft vendors along Front Street, live music throughout. Free admission. The locals' East End fall favorite.
- When
- Where
- Greenport Village Harbor, Greenport
Editor's Pick Islanders vs. Rangers — Battle of New York
The Islanders host the Rangers at UBS Arena in Belmont — the regular-season opener of the most-watched rivalry in NYC-area pro sports. UBS Arena is the modernized 17,000-seat home of the Islanders since 2021. Plan extra time for parking + the Belmont Park access road traffic on game nights.
- When
- Where
- UBS Arena, Belmont Park
- Price
- See ticket page
Editor's Pick NYSF Full Moon Market
Tarot readers, crystal vendors, and oddities dealers set up shop under the full moon at this after-dark market in Bohemia. Food trucks will be posted up outside The Fit Factory on Johnson Avenue while you browse metaphysical goods and curiosities. Free to walk around and check out the scene.
- When
- Where
- The Fit Factory, Bohemia
Sands Point Preserve — Fall Mansion Tours + Trail Walks
Sands Point Preserve is the Port Washington-adjacent peninsula with three Gilded Age mansions, 5 miles of trails, and Long Island Sound shoreline. Fall mansion tours run Friday-Sunday September through November. The Hempstead House mansion is famously the supposed inspiration for Gatsby's mansion.
- When
- Where
- Sands Point Preserve, Sands Point
- Price
- See ticket page
Harbes Family Farm — Pumpkin Picking + Winery Weekend
Harbes Family Farm in Mattituck combines a working farm + pumpkin patch + corn maze + on-site winery — making it the locals' pick for an East End fall day-trip with both kid-friendly farm activities and adult winery tastings. Open daily mid-September through Halloween.
- When
- Where
- Harbes Family Farm, Mattituck
- Price
- See ticket page
Caumsett State Park — Fall Hike + Private Beach Day
Caumsett is the Lloyd Harbor peninsula state park reached by a 1.5-mile walk through mature forest to a private (no parking, no crowds) beach on Long Island Sound. Free, family-friendly, dog-leash-allowed. Fall foliage peak is mid-October. The 'private beach' aspect is real — most visitors don't make the walk.
- When
- Where
- Caumsett State Park, Lloyd Harbor
Clubhouse Tours: Family Program, $4 per person upon arrival
The Main House at Connetquot River State Park Preserve opens up for guided tours through the old South Side Sportsmen's Club building. It's $4 per person when you arrive at 4090 Sunrise Highway in Oakdale. The park has ample parking and trails worth exploring after your tour.
- When
- Where
- Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Oakdale
Long Beach Marathon + Half — Boardwalk Sunday
Long Beach's annual fall marathon + half-marathon along the 2.2-mile boardwalk + neighborhood streets. The boardwalk loop is genuinely one of the prettiest urban race courses in metro NYC. Spectator-friendly — most of the course is visible from the boardwalk.
- When
- Where
- Long Beach Boardwalk, Long Beach
- Price
- See ticket page
Long Island Fall Festival — Pumpkin Picking + Cider Weekend
Long Island's farm trail comes alive in October with pumpkin picking, hayrides, cider donuts, and corn mazes across two dozen working farms in Nassau and Suffolk. The Wednesday + Thursday before peak weekends are dramatically less crowded. Bring cash for many farm stands; not all take cards.
- When
- Where
- Long Island Farm Trail (multiple locations), Long Island
- Price
- See ticket page
Cocktails & Chromosomes
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists break down their genetics research over craft beer at Six Harbors in Huntington. It's a recurring series that makes chromosome mapping actually conversational, and you can walk to dinner spots on New York Ave afterward. Free parking in the municipal lot behind the brewery.
- When
- Where
- Six Harbors Brewing Company, Huntington
- Price
- See ticket page
Writers' Circle: Exploring the Self
Melissa Dennihy leads guided writing prompts that dig into identity and personal growth—think reflective, not academic. All writing levels work here; the focus is on exploration, not polish. Studio Kash is on the second floor at 19 Scudder Avenue in Northport, just off Main Street.
- When
- Where
- 19 Scudder Ave floor 2, Northport
- Price
- See ticket page
Cocktails & Chromosomes
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists break down their genetics research over craft beer at Six Harbors in Huntington. It's a recurring series that makes chromosome mapping actually conversational, and you can walk to dinner spots on New York Ave afterward. Free parking in the municipal lot behind the brewery.
- When
- Where
- Six Harbors Brewing Company, Huntington
- Price
- See ticket page
Korea Festa 2026, Labor Day Edition
Korea Festa 2026, Labor Day Edition at Mahanaim in Huntington, Saturday, September 5 at 12:30 PM. Free admission. Presented by Good News New York Church.
- When
- Where
- Mahanaim, Huntington
SecretSeshLI
SquareHead Brewing in Holbrook hosts this weekly Saturday market at 5pm, mixing local vendors with craft beer in their taproom. It's free to browse, and the brewery's on High Street with its own lot if you're driving over.
- When
- Where
- SquareHead Brewing Company, Holbrook
Huntington Village New York Murder Mystery Pub Crawl
Huntington Village New York Murder Mystery Pub Crawl at Paramount in Huntington, Saturday, September 5 at 5:00 PM. Presented by New York Improv Theater.
- When
- Where
- Paramount, Huntington
- Price
- See ticket page