10/16/2026
🍁 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND | OCTOBER 17 & 18
Looking for free fall fun around Ocean & Monmouth Counties? Here are some local events to add to your weekend plans! 🍂
📍 OCEAN COUNTY
🍁Brick Township’s Annual FallFest — Windward Beach Park
Saturday, Oct. 17 | 1 PM–7 PM
Food trucks and vendors, games, rides and evening fireworks.
🎃 Fall Fest at Vine Garden & Gift — Toms River
Saturday, Oct. 17 | 12 PM–5:30 PM
Pumpkin painting, live music, fall treats, and local shopping.
🍂 Beachwood Harvest Festival — Beachwood Beach
Saturday, Oct. 17 | 5–9 PM
Enjoy an autumn evening by the water with pumpkins and seasonal festivities.
🚒 Fire Prevention Day Open House — Whiting
Saturday, Oct. 17 | 12–5 PM
A community open house at Whiting Fire Company.
🎨 Fall Festival at Common Grounds Community Garden — Lakewood
Sunday, Oct. 18 | 1:30–4 PM
A FREE family-friendly event with local vendors, live music, garden tours, a petting zoo, and pony rides.
📍 MONMOUTH COUNTY
🍁 Thompson Park Day — Lincroft
Sunday, Oct. 18 | 11 AM–5 PM
FREE admission and parking! Enjoy fall activities, entertainment, pumpkin painting, and wagon rides. Some activities have a fee.
⚙️ Mill Demonstrations at Historic Walnford — Upper Freehold
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 17–18
FREE demonstrations at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 PM. Watch a historic 19th-century gristmill in action!
🧵 Traditional Quilting Demonstration — Historic Longstreet Farm, Holmdel
Sunday, Oct. 18 | 1–3 PM
A FREE opportunity to see traditional quilting techniques.
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