Things to Do With Kids on Long Island

Things to do with kids on Long Island

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Saturday Sep. 27, 2025

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

The Eugene “Geno” Goodrich Foundation Fighting Melanoma 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

The Eugene “Geno” Goodrich Foundation Fighting Melanoma 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Farmingdale High SchoolFarmingdale

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

hay Ride

10 am – 4 pm

Hallockville Country Fair

Ages: All
Family
Festivals

Hallockville Museum FarmRiverhead

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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11 am

Atlantic Base Ball Club 19th Century Base Ball

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

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11 am – 4 pm

Legendary Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Tim Broom Making as a William Sidney Mount Painting

11 am – 3:30 pm

Broom Making Demonstrations

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Snapology: Space Wars Robotics

Ages: 5 – 8
Craft & DIY
Family

The J House GreenwichRiverside

9-27-25

2 pm

Hopelessly Olivia + Dolly & The Divas @ Studio Theatre Long Island

Ages: All
Family
Music
Theater

Studio Theatre Long IslandLindenhurst

FB Family Weekend

3:30 – 7:30 pm

Stony Brook Football vs. Merrimack

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Sports

Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook

4 – 9 pm

Valley Stream Centennial Parade & Community Block Party

Village Green Lawn Valley StreamValley Stream

4 – 5:30 pm

Discover Your PAST LIVES: A Past Life Regression Workshop

Ages: All
Art
Classes
Family

Here and Now Yoga, Wellness & Arts CollectiveFloral Park

5:30 – 8 pm

OFVS Kids’ Night Out

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

OFVS Studio at Project MOSTEast Hampton

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6 – 7 pm

Mesmerica

Ages: All
Art
Family
Music

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Gateway PACSCBellport

Sunday Sep. 28

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

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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Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

8:30 am – noon

The Classic Apple Pie 5K

Ages: All
Family

Eisenhower Park – Field 2East Meadow

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9 – 10 am

Tunnel 2 Towers North Shore Kids Walk/Stroller-thon

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free
Fundraisers

Gemelli’s North Gourmet Market – Parking Lot Starting LineGlen Head

10 am – noon

Clay Pot Making for Littles

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

hay Ride

10 am – 4 pm

Hallockville Country Fair

Ages: All
Family
Festivals

Hallockville Museum FarmRiverhead

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10 am – 4 pm

The Great Whale Takeover

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

10 – 11 am

CANCELED: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Ages: All
Family

Hempstead Lake State ParkWest Hempstead

9.28.25 SURVIVAL SCIENCE

10 am – 11:30 pm

Survival Science Family Workshop at SMLI

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Outdoors

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

Legendary Crafts Jelly Fish Wand – Image Only

11 am – 4 pm

Legendary Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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