A fall festival featuring bed races, a pumpkin pavilion with activities for all ages, craft vendors, food trucks, a craft beer garden. live music and vendors!
Upcoming Events
We do our best to keep the events calendar current, but we advise you to check in advance or contact the event host directly before heading out to an event.
Fall is the perfect time to visit Donaldson Farms to enjoy apple and pumpkin picking and corn maze, hayrides, corn cannon, fresh-cooked food, apple cider samples, and more. There is no entry fee as activities and food priced individually. PYO activities are priced by the pound.
Join the fall frenzy! WINE not wear a costume? Any adult or child who dresses up in a costume will receive a free gift. Games for everyone!
Visit the "spooktacular" Halloween display with plenty of photo opportunities along with shopping for produce, pumpkins, food specialties, bacon, eggs, jams, jellies, pies and more. Hayrides offered on weekends and include cider and a donut.
Release stress, get exercise and view the swans, turtles and other birds and wildlife that call Allamuchy Pond their home. Canoes, single, and tandem kayaks will be available. An ACA-certified canoe and kayak instructor and lifeguard will be at the dock to provide assistance.
Come out to Brook Hollow for weekly music in October! Wine by the bottle and glass will be available, tastings will conclude by 5:30pm. $3 off pitchers of slushies $2 off wine by the bottle $1 off wine by the glass.
Little Ridge is back every weekend with live music.
October 1 Dave Read
October 7 Scott & Mac Paige Duo
October 8 Alan Wilcockson
In partnership with Mars Wrigley Confectioners, Atlantic Health Systems, Hackettstown BID and the Hackettstown Police Department are happy to announce the 10th Halloween Parade. There will be prizes for the best costume in each group.
This in-person class includes all supplies to create 10 custom design cookies. Complimentary water bottles will be available during class, along with coffee/tea.
Cost is $30/ person. Prepayment required. RSVPv by Oct. 21.
Come - if you dare - to the Hayride of Horrors and Haunted House at Corrado's Farm located in Hackettstown. The Corrado Family has been brightening dark Autumn nights with frights and chills for more than 20 years! Pick haunted hayride, corn maze, or any combination.
Come for a "bloody good time" as the Haunted Halls at Blairstown Masonic Lodge #165 are ready to make your nightmares come to life in their maze of hallways! Admission is $15 per person or $12 at the door with a non-perishable food donation.
You're invited into the woods at Mohican Outdoor Center for a walk through their Haunted Trails. Ghosts, witches and zombies will join you along way. Watch out for the creepy campers they don't like to be disturbed!
UACNJ provides free public programs at the astronomy club in Jenny Jump State Forest from April through October on Saturday evenings. The live presentation is followed by stargazing on the telescopes until 10:30 PM, weather permitting.
Enjoy a day in the country on a beautiful railroad that runs along the Delaware River. Take a leisurely ride back in time, visit the Susquehanna Mining Company or beautiful Villa Milagro Vineyard.
THE SUSQUEHANNA MINING CO. TRAIN
When riding the Great Pumpkin Train, every child will be able to pick their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. $20/adult; $14/child. Trips leave 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm.
The play tells the story of six Louisiana women—Truvy, Annelle, Ouiser, Clairee, M’lynn, and Shelby—who gather at Truvy’s at-home beauty parlor to trade gossip. But when Shelby makes a decision that endangers her own life, the iron strength of these women and their friendship is put into focus.
Opening May 7 is Hackettstown own farmers' market! Every Sunday until Oct. 29 from 9:30am - 1pm, vendors include local farmers like Kimballs, cottage food makers, artisans, craftsman, bakers like Coots Kitchen, and bread makers Down to Earth Breads, Jersey Pickels and RuxiTirisi Designs.
Warren County Habitat for Humanity is hosting its 2nd annual Fall Fest to raise money for a veteran build. Tickets are $17 and include music, corn maze, pedal carts, 20+ games and activities, hay rides and the sunflower trail!
Phillipsburg's first open air market will have their Grand Opening June 18 with a garland cutting. There will be vendors, baked goods, farms and artisans.