💗 Loving Westchester's Weekend Scene: When "Fearless" Met Headless

🧹 A Wicked Weekend in Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow

The cauldron is bubbling over with things to do this weekend!

• Block Party… revelers, vendors, live music and entertainment will have Beekman buzzing. Festivities kick off Fri., Oct 17 at 5p, continuing Sat., Oct 18.

• TaSH… the #1 farmers market in New York State (not hyperbole, they’ve just won the actual award last week!) runs on Sat. Oct 18 between 8.30a-1.30p at Tarrytown’s Patriots Park.

• Rock the Dock… Sailhouse’s Oysterfest concludes with a Sat. blowout featuring wood-fired oysters, po’ boys, gumbo & more with tattoo artists and the Headless Horseman making an appearance!

• SUP Witches Festival… paddling witches hit the Hudson while festival goers stay dry and cheer them on from the shore, Soul Brewing pint in one hand and a Walter’s dog in the other.

🎃 Mamaroneck’s Halloween Spooktacular

Sun., Oct 19 | Mamaroneck Ave. to Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck | 11a

This year’s Spooktacular kicks off with a Halloween parade down Mamaroneck Ave. at 11a with the celebration continuing at Harbor Island Park at 12.15p. Festivities include trick-or-treating, crafts, games, face painting, pumpkin decorating & a haunted house.

👻 Halloween Weekend at Westchester Children’s Museum

Sat., Oct 18 & Sun., Oct 19 | Westchester Children’s Museum, Rye | 9.30a-5.30p | Included with museum admission

It’s a “not-so-scary” STEAM weekend at Westchester Children’s Museum, where the little ones can create yarn spider webs, investigate animal bones & skeletons, explore the insides of a pumpkin with a seed count and paint their own spooky ghosts.

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👻 Yorktown Halloween Parade & Carnival

Sat., Oct 18 | Commerce St. & Jack DeVito Veterans Memorial Field, Yorktown | From 1.15p

All are welcome to join in the Yorktown Halloween parade in costume (lining up at 1.15p at the firehouse) with the carnival beginning at 2p complete with games, activities, food trucks and goodie bags.

🍁 Harvest at the House

Sat., Oct 18 | Ronald McDonald House, Valhalla | 2-6p | Tickets $10, 14 and under $5

Ronald McDonald House in Valhalla hosts Harvest at the House this Saturday featuring a giant inflatable corn maze, pumpkin painting, line dancing and music with Penny Lick, Westchester Burger and Captain Lawrence on hand! It’s a fall festival for a great cause.

🎃 LaBooBoo Party

Sat., Oct 18 | Rochambeau Farm, Mount Kisco | 3-5p | Tickets $75

Rochambeau Farm in Mount Kisco is hosting a LaBooBoo Party this Saturday where kids can bring in their own Labubu (or buy on-site) to create custom outfits for it along with a slime lab, picture frame creating station and mini pumpkin painting. Ages 3+.

🧛‍♂️ Rye’s 2nd Annual Halloween Costume Parade

Sun., Oct 19 | Purchase St., Rye | Festivities from 9a, Parade 11a | Parade registration at link above

The Halloween festivities return to downtown Rye with a fund-raising costume parade benefitting Children’s Philanthropy & RyeGives.com and a full schedule of entertainment including live music, a magician, face painting, pumpkin carving & more!

🍷 5th Annual West Harrison Italian Heritage Festival

Sun., Oct 19 | Silver Lake, West Harrison | 11.30a-7p

Come celebrate Italian heritage this Sunday in West Harrison where live music, Italian food & treats, fun and games will entertain guests all day. Try and grab one of Giovanni’s bocconcini as he flings ‘em off stage into the crowd!

🐉 A “Hardly Haunted” Matinee

Sun., Oct 19 | Playland Park, Rye | 12-4p

Families are welcome to come by Scared by the Sound on Sunday for a kid-friendly afternoon that includes face painting, Halloween treats, cotton candy & more.

Bonus Fun:

• Pumpkin Decorating at Peekskill Farmers Market | Sat., Oct 18 | Pugsley Park, Peekskill | 1-3p | FREE for Peekskill residents, ages Pre-K - 6th

• Conservation Volunteer Day | Sun., Oct 19 | Westmoreland Sanctuary, Mount Kisco | 10-11.30a

• Pumpkin Patch & Haunt | Sun., Oct 19 | Hudson Park Children’s Greenhouse, New Rochelle | 11a-2p | Tickets $10

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Show | Sun., Oct 19 | Tarrytown Music Hall | 1p | Tickets from $39.50

• Fearless – The Taylor Swift Experience | Sun., Oct 19 | Emelin Theatre, Mamaroneck | 2p & 5p | Ticket details in link

🎸 Guster’s Ryan Miller Joins Colbie Caillat & Shawn Colvin For Great Local Cause

Fri., Oct. 24 | The Capitol Theater, Port Chester | 8pm | Tickets at link above

Our giveaway for Pace Women’s Justice Center’s upcoming benefit, Raising The Bar has wrapped — thank you to everyone who entered. Congratulations to the winner who has an exciting email waiting for them in their inbox! If you missed out, there’s still time to grab your tickets and enjoy a great night out for an incredible cause.

🐟 Friday Night Dinner Series at Half Moon

Fri., Oct 17 | Half Moon Restaurant, Dobbs Ferry | Check link for reservation availability and dinner series details

The voyage begins this Friday night at Half Moon with the first installment of its Dinner Series: Flavors of the World, focusing on the Galicia region in Spain. The evening is part of a passport dinner series alongside Hastings’ Harvest on Hudson.

🏰 Lyndhurst After Dark

Running Thu.-Sun. until Oct 26 | Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown | Times & tickets at the link above

Step into Lyndhurst Mansion, freshly decked out in seasonal decor, for a candlelit tour complete with special collections on view and storytellers reliving traditions and superstitions of the past. Recommended for 10 and up, under 2 not permitted.

🍀 McLean Avenue Fall Festival

Sat., Oct 18 | McLean Ave. (btwn Woodlawn & Aqueduct), Yonkers | 12-6p

Yonkers’ “Emerald Mile” welcomes guests to its annual Fall Festival with rides, vendors, games & food. Be sure to stop by Rory Dolan’s, as the neighborhood favorite hosts its Oktoberfest during the McLean Ave. celebration.

🤣 A Night of Laughs in White Plains

Sat., Oct 18 | Tre Angelina, White Plains | 7p Seating, 8p Show | Tickets at the link above

Westchester Comedy Club takes the stage at Tre Angelina in White Plains this Saturday night with scheduled sets from Chris Griggs, Cyndy Cecil, Alex Babbitt, Adam Gabel & Ben Rosenfeld.

🍻 Oktoberfest: Part 2

Sun., Oct 19 | The Green at Cross County Center, Yonkers | 1-5p

Yonkers Brewing Co. is running it back this Sunday with an extra Oktoberfest celebration at Cross County Center in Yonkers. Expect the expected… great beer, seasonal food, music, games and family fun.

☕ Witches Brew Afternoon Tea

Sat., Oct 25 | Vesta Kitchen, Harrison | 1.30-3.30p | Ticket details at link above

“Tea With Meredith” is hosting a Halloween-inspired afternoon tea sitting complete with three courses, including scones and sweet & savory treats, alongside premium tea offerings. Sharing this highly reviewed experience in advance to allow time for booking!

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Hulda’s Night | 25 Sleepy Hollow Rd., Sleepy Hollow

Runs Oct 17-18 & Oct 22-25; immersive theatre walkthrough experience; “moderately strenuous 2 mile hike”; runs between 2-2.5 hours; recommended for ages 10+

Haunted Kill Trail of Terror | Kill Brook Gorge, Ossining

Runs Fri., Oct 17 & Sat., Oct 18; haunted walk through attraction featuring “scary fairy tales; recommended for ages 13+

The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze | Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson

Open every night through Oct & Fri. to Sun. through Nov 16 ; kid-friendly; highly photogenic; VIP experiences available

Mystic Moon | Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard, North Salem

Open daily through Nov 1; kid-friendly; “more enchanting than spooky”; we visited at the start of the season, loved it and highly recommend it

Twilight Village | Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow

Runs Fri. to Sun. through Nov 1; immersive walk through Philipsburg Manor; kid-friendly; Headless Horseman alert!

Scared by the Sound | Playland Park, Rye

Open Fri. to Sun. through Nov 1 & Thu., Oct 30; haunted house attraction; recommended for older kids and adults

The Haunt at Wildcliff Mansion | Hudson Park Children’s Greenhouse, New Rochelle

Open Fri. to Sun. through Nov 1; haunted walkthrough; recommended for ages 10 and up