Fall is here, and there’s so much to do right here in our area, from pumpkin-filled farm days to can’t-miss local festivals and family favorites. I’ll be updating this over the next few days as more events pop up, and feel free to submit anything I should include here too 🍁🎃
🍂 Fall Festivals & Big Events (Must-Do)
- Charlotte Joy Touch-a-Truck (Freehold) - The biggest Touch-A-Truck Event! October 10, 2026 (10:00AM-4:00PM)
- Foundation Fun Fest - Join and support MERS on October 17th, 2026 (10:00AM-3:00PM)
🎃 Town Fall Festivals
- Old Bridge Day - September 26, 2026
- Matawan Day - October 3, 2026
🍁 Fall Festival Experiences (Farms + Attractions)
- Twin Pond Farm Harvest Festival (Freehold) - September 19, 2026 to November 1, 2026
- Happy Day Farm (Manalapan) - September 19, 2026 to November 8, 2026
- Maple Leaf Farms (Manalapan) - September 12, 2026 to October 31, 2026
🍽️ Food + Community Weeks
- Manalapan Restaurant Week - Taste of Manalapan from September 27,2026 - October 4, 2026
- Marlboro Restaurant Week - Marlboro Township Restaurant Week from October 11,2026 - October 18, 2026
🛍️ Farmers Markets
- Marlboro Farmers Market - Every Sunday Every week on Sunday until October 26, 2026 (9:00AM-1:00PM)
- Freehold Farmers Market - Every week on Friday until October 30, 2026 (11:00AM-4:00PM)
🍬 Trick-or-Treat & Trunk-or-Treat Events
More details to be updated soon! I’m working on gathering all the local trick-or-treat events, trunk-or-treats, and Halloween happenings across the area.
- 2026 Haunted Hayride & Trunk or Treat (Freehold) - Sunday, October 18th (1:00PM-4:00PM)
- Halloween BOO-Tacular (Matawan) - Friday, October 23rd (6:00PM-8:00PM)
- Monster Mania (Manalapan) - Friday, October 23rd (4:00PM-8:00PM)
- Sayre Woods South Baseball League Trunk or Treat (Old Bridge) - Saturday, October 24th (5:00PM-8:00PM)
- Zombie Walk & Halloween Costume Parade (Jamesburg) - Saturday, October 24th (7:00PM)
- Rising Stars School of Dance Trunk or Treat (Manalapan) - Sunday, October 25th (3:00PM-5:00pm)
- Halloween Spooktacular Parade (Freehold) - Sunday, October 25th (1:00PM)
- Cambridge Square Halloween Spooktacular - Monday, October 27th (5:00PM-7:00PM)
- 3rd Annual Jersey Freeze Trunk or Treat (Freehold) - Tuesday, October 27th (4:00PM-6:30PM)
- Trick or Treat in the Park (Freehold) - Wednesday, October 28th (3:30PM-6:00PM) *For Freehold residents only*
- New Horizons in Autism Trunk or Treat (Freehold) - Friday, October 30th (6:00PM-8:00PM)
- Success on the Spectrum Halloween Grand Opening (Freehold) - Saturday, October 31st (11:00AM-3:00PM)
