Seasonal & Holidays
Essex County To Hold 12th Fall Family Festival: Kid-Friendly Activities, Pumpkin Patch
The free, public festival will include family-friendly attractions and a pumpkin patch, Essex County officials say.

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Environmental Center (ECEC) will host its 12th Annual Fall Family Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24. The event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ECEC’s building at 621 Eagle Rock Avenue in Roseland, according to a county flyer.
The free, public festival will include family-friendly attractions such as “hands-on” nature games and crafts, a farmer’s market featuring a variety of New Jersey fresh seasonal produce, canoeing, displays of Native American life, a pumpkin patch, a petting zoo and food.
The event is weather and river-level dependent. For more information, contact the Essex County Environmental Center at 973-228-8776 or click here.
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