It’s fall ya’ll!
And Brightwaters Farms has fired up its big annual Fall Harvest Festival, which started on Saturday, Sept. 28, at the 12-acre working farm. The gates will be unlocked to the public through October.
This is a can’t-miss Long Island fall event, offering all the charms of the East End farms, without the traffic. And a real pumpkin patch.
We’re also talking roasted corn, apple cider donuts, pies, cookies, candy apples, gourds, pumpkins, mums and animals.
Scroll down for every last detail about the Harvest Festival, which runs all October.
Note: Brightwaters Farms is also open during the week at no charge for pumpkin picking and other attractions.
What’s in store
Everyone’s favorite is the pumpkin patch, which has homegrown pumpkins on the vine, as opposed to pumpkins being trucked in from Pennsylvania, which is what you’ll find at other farms.
But here’s what else you’ll get to see, taste and just experience at Brightwaters Farms for the price of admission:
- Access to the country store
- Unlimited hayrides
- The farmer’s playground
- Face painting
- Animal viewing
Children’s Games:
- Rubber ducky races
- Strong man challenge
- Pumpkin patch bean bag toss
- Farm pit stop challenge
And live entertainment that includes costumed cartoon favorites, magic shows and hayride sing-a-longs.
But there’s even more to the Fall Harvest Festival, albeit at additional costs that are outlined below:
- Pumpkin picking: 0.75 per lb.
- Animal feeding: $5 per cone of feed
- Milk bottle for goats: $5 per bottle
- Tokens: $3 each
- Bouncy Playland: 1 token per bounce house
- Pony rides: $10 per Ride
- Child tractor ride: 1 token per ride per child
- Playland bracelet: $10 (unlimited access to bouncy houses and tractor rides)
There’s also plenty to eat — including burgers, fries and jumbo turkey legs — at each weekend festival, as well as on Columbus Day, with local beer and wine available for the adults.
If you go
The festival runs every Saturday and Sunday, as well as Columbus Day, Oct. 14, until things wrap up on Sunday, Oct. 27.
The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It’s $20 per person to enter the farm, and free for babies under 1 years old. You pay at the door. The address is 1624 Manatuck Blvd. in Bay Shore. See the map below. Click here for even more details. Scroll down for more photos.
Credit: 2022 GLI file photos/Nicholas Grasso
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