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Things To Do on Long Island this Weekend with Kids: Maritime & Fall Festivals, Touch-A-Truck, Sesame Street Live

Meet a friendly ghost and decorate a pumpkin with your own design using a number of crafting decorations at Hicks Nurseries. Photo courtesy of the nursery
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Sail into Greenport for the Maritime Festival this weekend. Enjoy classic wooden boats, kayak races, demonstrations of high-tech water sports, wood carving, model ship building, and more.

Or enjoy carnival rides, live music, craft vendors, children's shows including the National Circus Project, a petting zoo, pony rides, and more at Lido Beach Town Park's Festival by the Sea. There are also festivals in Seaford, Bellmore, Woodbury, Old Bethpage and Smithtown this weekend.

Elmo teams up with Abby and Justin, embarking on an amazing journey to be a part of a visiting magic show in Sesame Street Live! Make Your Magic show this weekend at the Nassau Coliseum.

Children have a hands-on opportunity to see, touch, and explore heavy machinery and meet the people who build, protect, and serve the community at the Hampton Bays Firehouse FREE  Touch-A-Truck event.

See our Fall Family Fun Guide and our September GoList for the best in seasonal entertainment, including day trip ideas, fall festivals, corn mazes. and plenty of FREE events and activities. As always, our Event Calendar is loaded with fun, daily happenings for Long Island kids.

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Ride the dragon coaster, if you dare, at the Bellmore Family Street Fair. Photo by Jaime Sumersille
Ride the dragon coaster, if you dare, at the Bellmore Family Street Fair. Photo by Jaime Sumersille

Things to Do on Long Island All Weekend

Long Island Fair

Old Bethpage
Step back into the days of old at the annual Long Island Fair. There are thousands of exhibits and blue-ribbon competitions in areas like horticulture, needlework, and agricultural skills, as well as circus acts and puppet performances.  READ MORE

Greenport Maritime Festival

Greenport — FREE
Greenport's maritime heritage is at the forefront of the Maritime Festival. Saturday morning’s parade kicks off the festival, followed by wood boat displays, water sports demonstrations, wood carving, model ship building, music, children’s activities, and more.  READ MORE

Bellmore Family Street Festival

Bellmore — FREE
Enjoy crafts, kids and sports expos, home improvement ideas, carnival rides and games, local business booths, radio booths, food, and more at the Bellmore Family Street Festival. READ MORE

Festival by the Sea

Lido Beach — FREE
The celebration features rides for all ages, live music, craft vendors, children's shows including the National Circus Project, a petting zoo, pony rides, carnival games, and great fair food. READ MORE

Egyptian Festival

Woodbury
This cultural festival features a tour of “Old Egypt,” where visitors experience different regions of the country. Kids can enjoy bouncers, bubble mania, and other games.  READ MORE

Sesame Street Live! Make Your Magic

Uniondale
When magician extraordinaire Justin visits Sesame Street to put on a magic show for the whole neighborhood, Elmo wants to be part of the big event. READ MORE
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Join the fun at DogFest Long Island, a community-based walk and festival that brings dog lovers together for a cause. Photo courtesy of Canine Companions for Independence

Things to Do on Long Island Saturday, September 21

Sand Candles at Caleb Smith State Park Preserve

Smithtown
Have fun making unique candles using sand & wax.  READ MORE

Big Truck Day at CMEE

Bridgehampton
Join the Children's Museum of the East End for the return of Big Truck Day. Kids have the chance to interact with some of the massive machines that share our roads and keep the East End moving.  READ MORE

Forest Explorers at Connetquot River State Park Preserve

Oakdale
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DogFest Long Island 2019

Deer Park — FREE
DogFest Long Island 2019 is coming to Deer Park. So grab your leash and get ready to have a tail-waggin' good time. Furry friends and their families are invited to enjoy a day of fun, festivities, graduate speakers, dog demonstrations, music, food and more. READ MORE
The Heckscher Museum of Art invites all ages to Draw Out, a lively, free community event. Photo courtesy of the museum
The Heckscher Museum of Art invites all ages to Draw Out, a lively, free community event. Photo courtesy of the museum

Things to Do on Long Island Sunday, September 22

Heritage Country Fair at the Smithtown Historical Society

Smithtown
The Heritage Fair offers old-time fun and fanfare on the grounds of the Smithtown Historical Society. There are trucks on display, plus spinning and weaving demonstrations, music, hayrides, antique cars, face painting, a petting zoo, arts and crafts and more! READ MORE

Long Island Live Steamers

Brookhaven
Chug on down to Long Island Live Steamers' twice-monthly Sunday public run days. Ride steam, diesel, and electric trains operating on eight acres of scale tracks.  READ MORE

Draw Out Community Arts Festival

Huntington — FREE
Enjoy a fun day full of art and music at the Heckscher Museum and in Heckscher Park at this annual event celebrating artistic creativity. Art supplies are limited to the first 100 attendees. READ MORE

Art & Garden Family Day at the Nassau County Museum of Art

Roslyn
Join the Nassau County Museum of Art for an opening reception of a new exhibition of children’s book illustrations at The Manes Art & Education Center. READ MORE

Seaford Fall Fest

Seaford — FREE
The Seaford Chamber of Commerce is hosting an afternoon of fall family fun at the train station. From food trucks to pumpkins and everything autumn in between, there's something for everyone. READ MORE

Rosh Hashana Story Time at The Dolphin Bookshop

Port Washington — FREE
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Arts Below Sunrise STEAM Festival

Hewlett
Bring the whole family to the 8th Annual Arts Below Sunrise STEAM Festival across from the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library on Broadway in Hewlett/Woodmere on Sunday, Sept. 22 from 10-5. READ MORE

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