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Friday Oct. 17, 2025

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5 – 8 pm

Winter Acoustic Sessions!

Topping Rose HouseBridgehampton

10-17 new space sounds

5 – 6 pm

New Space Sounds with Mercer Shavelson

Art
Music

The Corwith HouseBridgehampton

country line dancing

5:30 – 7 pm

Country Line Dancing

Dance
Free

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community
Family

Club 8Plainview

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6 – 9 pm

Spooky Fest

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

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6:30 – 8 pm

Frights and Bites Outdoor Movie Night!

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Gateway PACSCBellport

7 – 10:30 pm

Gateway’s Haunted House

Bellport

7 – 11 pm

Darkside Haunted House

Darkside Haunted HouseWading River

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7 – 9 pm

Haunted Tree House

Ages: 3 – 12
Animals
Attractions
Family

Long Island AquariumRiverhead

FINAL VERSION

7 – 9 pm

Spooky Walk 2025

Fundraisers

Camp PaquatuckCenter Moriches

HAUNTEDPROPS.COM Presents Ghosts, Witches

7 – 10 pm

HAUNTEDPROPS.COM Presents Ghosts, Witches

HAUNTEDPROPS.COMManorville

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Playwrights’ Theatre of East Hampton at LTV Studios Presents ‘Be My Baby’

Theater

LTV StudiosWainscott

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8 – 10 pm

Uptown

Music

The SuffolkRiverhead

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8:30 – 11 pm

The Rocky Horror Pictures Show at Sparkle on Stage

Sparkle on StageFREEPORT

Saturday Oct. 18

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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All day

FALL FESTIVAL/ART TALK

Mattituck-Laurel Historical SocietyMattituck

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Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

2025 Fall Artwalk Flyer (2)

All day

2025 Port Jefferson Fall Art Walk Self-Guided Tour

Art

5K Run for the Ridley

8 – 11 am

5K Run for the Ridley

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

McDermott Ave parking lotRiverhead

8:30 am – noon

Runtoberfest 5K

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Cedar Creek Park – Field 4Seaford

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor’s 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor’s 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Oyster Bay Community CenterOyster Bay

Terryville FD Stop, Drop & Run 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

Terryville FD Stop, Drop & Run 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Terryville Fire Dept. Station #2Port Jefferson Station

The GSE Shybunko Memorial Fund Presents Our 2nd Annual Legacy Run in the Park 5K

9 am – noon

The GSE Shybunko Memorial Fund Presents: Our 2nd Annual Legacy Run in the Park 5K Walk/Run

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Long Island Innovation Park at HauppaugeHauppauge

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