Fall Festivals for Kids in NYC 2025

Top Fall Festivals in NYC in September 2025

99th Annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy
Little Italy
Thursday, September 11-Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Feast of San Gennaro honors Italian Americans in professional baseball this year with its blocks-long street festival dubbed the "Feast of all Feasts!" Enjoy food, entertainment, and vendors along Mulberry Street from Houston to Canal. Visit the website here.

FAMChella on Fifth
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn – FREE
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Brooklyn Bridge Parents and the 5th Avenue BID host a free family-friendly block party inspired by the fun and flair of Coachella, turning the car-free stretch of 5th Avenue from 68th to 81st Street into a lively festival zone filled with free kids' activities, including a bouncy house, arts and crafts, Lego play, water fun, DIY bedazzled headbands, and more. Visit the website here.

One Bite Pizza Festival on Randall's Island
Randall's Island
Saturday, September 13, 2025
The greatest gathering of pizzerias ever features all-you-can-eat pizza from over 40 iconic pizzerias. Enjoy delicious Italian bites in the Ferraro Foods Piazza, sweet treats in the Italian Dessert Village, unlimited Pepsi products, and access to interactive pizza experiences, saucy brand activations, and tons of surprises along the way. Visit the website here.

United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow in Prospect Park
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, September 13-Sunday, September 14, 2025
Prospect Park Alliance, Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Collective, and American Indian Community House host the Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow, welcoming the original Indigenous Lenape peoples with a weekend of family-friendly fun, culture, art, and learning withIndigenous dancers, drummers, and artisan craft and food vendors. Visit the website here.

City Island Fall Arts & Crafts Fair
City Island, the Bronx – FREE
Saturday, September 13-Sunday, September 14, 2025
Featuring fine art, jewelry, photography, wood crafts, candles, soaps, body care, crochet, face painting and more, the City Island Art Fair hosts 50+ vendors and local businesses displaying their work on the sidewalk from Bay Street to Schofield Street in the center of City Island. Visit the website here.

Back to School Party in Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn – FREE
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Brooklyn Bridge Parents host an annual back-to-school party during Open Streets on Montague, with 25 free kids' activities, a dance party, and a science show. Stop by for games, arts and crafts, soccer, face painting, building activities, an obstacle course, and more. Visit the website here.

Community Street Fair on the Upper West Side
Upper West Side
Sunday, September 14, 2025
This high holiday block party and street fair features inflatables, games, interactive shows, crafts, delicious kosher barbecue, and more kid-friendly fun! Visit the website here.

Celebración Latina: Family Day Block Party at Ballet Hispanico
Upper West Side – FREE
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Ballet Hispánico's Celebración Latina: Family Day Block Party transforms the block into a joyful, music-filled playground of dance, sabor, and community. Enjoy two outdoor stages, free performances and dance classes, surprise giveaways, special offers, food trucks, live music, family-friendly art activities, and appearances from cultural partners. Visit the website here.

Brooklyn Book Festival
Prospect Heights – FREE
Sunday, September 14-Monday, September 22, 2025
Dive into some great books at the 2025 Brooklyn Book Festival. Kid-friendly programming abounds during Children's Day on Saturday, September 20. Visit the website here.

Brooklyn Americana Music Festival
Multiple Brooklyn Locations
Thursday, September 18-Sunday, September 21, 2025
Americana musicians perform original and traditional songs on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, upright bass, ukulele, and more, spanning a range of genres including country, folk, blues, old-time, bluegrass, and jazz. Visit the website here.

Fall Equinox Garden Party in Rockefeller Park
Battery Park City – FREE
Friday, September 19, 2025
Wind down your week in the Children’s Garden and celebrate the changing of the seasons. Enjoy fall-blooming flowers, treats from the garden, and a fun take-home craft in a festive atmosphere. Plus, Sarabesque performs. Visit the website here.

Making Moves Dance Festival 2025 at Jamaica Performing Arts Center
Jamaica, Queens – FREE
Friday, September 19-Sunday, September 21, 2025
For 16 years, Making Moves Dance Festival, presented by JCAL, has served as a platform to promote new, emerging, and underrepresented dance companies. This year presents an exciting lineup of talented dancers and choreographers. Visit the website here.

Battery Park City Block Party
Battery Park City – FREE
Saturday, September 20, 2025
The beloved neighborhood tradition returns to Battery Park City, with children’s games and family activities, live musical performances, local business and restaurant vendors, contests, prizes, and much more! Visit the website here.

Family Fun Day at Hudson Yards
Midtown West – FREE
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Hudson Yards hosts an action-packed day of family-friendly entertainment, with music, magic, and interactive performances that include a Back to School, Back to Rhythm concert by Mozart for Munchkins, a high-energy western set by Hopalong Andrew, and a magic show you won’t want to miss! Visit the website here.

National Dance Day Festival in Fort Tryon Park
Washington Heights– FREE
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Celebrate National Dance Day with an immersive, multi-disciplinary arts experience in Fort Tryon Park! Walk the Broadway path and encounter Uptown Dance Collective’s (UDC) “Tales: Altered and Repaired,” inspired by folk and fairy tales with dance, music, and spoken word all woven into the landscape of the parkland. Visit the website here.

NYSoM SuperHero Festival in Sherman Creek Park
Inwood– FREE
Saturday, September 20, 2025
NYSoM celebrates the arrival of autumn with Batman, the Incredible Hulk, Darth Vader, Harry Potter, Pokemon, and more during this daylong celebration. Visit the website here.

Climate Fest at the American Museum of Natural History
Upper West Side
Saturday, September 20, 2025
ClimateFest, a full-day celebration of science, sustainability, and community, brings the science of climate change to life through hands-on activities, communal art projects, pop-up presentations, and live demonstrations across the museum. Visit the website here.

Flatbush Frolic
Flatbush, Brooklyn
Sunday, September 21, 2025
One of NYC's largest street fairs, featuring thousands of visitors and hundreds of vendors, the Flatbush Frolic dizzies up Cortelyou Road with food, games, pony rides, carnival rides, music, and more. Visit the website here.

Annual Bus Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Dumbo, Brooklyn – FREE
Sunday, September 21, 2025
The New York Transit Museum invites visitors aboard some of its beloved vintage vehicles at this annual fest. Explore buses from the vintage fleet representing more than 80 years of New York City surface transit history. Visit the website here.

50th Annual Park Fair in Forest Park
Forest Park, Queens
Saturday, September 27, 2025
The Richmond Hill Block Association hosts its 50th annual Park Fair in Forest Park, with rides, food, and more. Visit the website here.

Poseidon Parade
Rockaway Beach, Queens– FREE
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Family-friendly and art-centered, this annual march celebrates self-expression, community, and the beauty of the Rockaway shore. Visit the website here.

Queens Agricultural Fair at the Queens County Farm Museum
Floral Park, Queens
Saturday, September 27-Sunday, September 28, 2025
Get a little bit country at the Queens Agricultural Fair! Enjoy pie-eating and corn-husking contests, hayrides, carnival rides, and midway games. Visit the main stage and family entertainment tents featuring live music and theatrical performances, check out local craft and food vendors, and more. Visit the website here.

Family-Friendly Fall Festivals in NYC in October 2025

Little Red Lighthouse Festival
Washington Heights – FREE
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse with Urban Park Ranger presentations, readings of The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge children’s book, live music, and activities for all ages. Visit the website here.

Maker Faire on Coney Island
Coney Island, Brooklyn
Saturday, October 4-Sunday, October 5, 2025
Head to Coney Island for hands-on exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops in fields such as robotics, crafts, engineering, art, music, 3D-printing, and future technologies, designed by students, teachers, and independent folks who build interesting things. Visit the website here.

Fungus Festival on Randall's Island
Randall's Island – FREE
Sunday, October 5, 2025
The New York Mycological Society (NYMS) hosts its annual Fungus Festival, welcoming mushroom-curious amateurs and experts of all ages. Visit the website here.

Blessing of the Animals at St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights – FREE
Sunday, October 5, 2025
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine welcomes families for a day of music, prayer, joy, blessings, and fun in honor of Saint Francis, the patron saint of animals and the environment. Visit the website here.

Fall Fest Atlantic Terminal Mall Plaza
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn– FREE
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Atlantic Terminal Mall and Brooklyn Bridge Parents host a free family-friendly fall festival on Atlantic Terminal’s outdoor plaza and car-free Fort Greene Place with an "urban pumpkin patch" with 1,000 pumpkins waiting to be decorated by the kiddos, along with arts & crafts, pumpkin painting, block building, haunted trucks to enter (if you dare), soccer, costume dance party, face painting and more! Visit the website here.

Indigenous Peoples Weekend at Wave Hill
Riverdale, the Bronx
Saturday, October 11-Monday, October 13, 2025
Wave Hill celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day with an indigenous-themed birding walk and corn husk doll workshops. Admission is free on Monday. Visit the website here.

Festa D'Italia & Motori D’Italia at Casa Belvedere
Silver Lake, Staten Island
Saturday, October 11-Sunday, October 12, 2025
Celebrate Italian culture at Staten Island's Casa Belvedere with live entertainment, homemade Italian delicacies, games, rides, crafts, all-you-can-eat contests, and a display of exotic cars and motorcycles. Visit the website here.

Diwali at Times Square
Midtown West – FREE
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Billed as "the largest Indian Festival outside India," Diwali at Times Square features cultural performances, folk dances, concerts, Indian food, Indian clothing and jewels, Henna/Mehandi artists, balloon figures, and face painting plus free gifts and raffle drawings. Visit the website here.

Open House New York
Citywide – FREE
Friday, October 17-Sunday, October 19, 2025
Open House New York is an annual festival that unlocks 300 destinations across the five boroughs for behind-the-scenes tours and special activities. Look at new buildings transforming the skyline, step inside infrastructure facilities keeping the city running, explore parks offering respite, discover state-of-the-art performance spaces, visit manufacturing workshops, browse private collections, and much more. Visit the website here.

Old Home Day at Historic Richmond Town
Richmond, Staten Island
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Head to Historic Richmond Town for the annual Old Home Day. Visitors can witness historic trade demonstrations like blacksmithing, tinsmithing, carpentry, cabinet-making, and more. Enjoy music, food, crafts, and sweet treats. Visit the website here.

College Point Street Fair
College Point, Queens – FREE
Sunday, October 19, 2025
College Point boasts the only NYC street fair that offers free rides, including a bouncy house. Enjoy games, fair food, and more. Visit the website here.

Court Street Spectacular Street Fest
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Brooklyn's last big street festival of the year features shopping, food, and lots of kid-friendly amusement rides. Visit the website here.

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