Fall Family Festival Returns To Essex County For 2018: Event Info

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 14th annual Fall Family Festival is returning to the Essex County Environmental Center for 2018. The event – which includes free admission – will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 621B Eagle Rock Avenue in Roseland.

According to county officials:

“Visitors to the Fall Family Festival can go on canoe trips on the Passaic River or nature walks in Essex County’s West Essex Park. There will be a petting zoo, gardening tips, a live beehive display, woodturning demonstrations, Star-Dome gazing, nature arts and crafts, face painting, a pumpkin patch, display tables from a variety of eco-vendors and live music.”

Event partners include New Jersey Audubon, Essex County Master Gardeners, Essex County Beekeepers, 4-H Club, Essex County Rutgers Cooperative Extension, New Jersey Woodturners Association and the Essex County Environmental Commission.

Admission throughout the day is free, but vendor items will be for sale. For more information, call 973-228-8776.

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