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Saturday Oct. 4, 2025

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10:30 am

Birding for Beginners

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

Homefront to Battlefront

11 am – 4 pm

Homefront to Battlefront: Southampton during World War II

Veterans Memorial HallSouthampton

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11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Taylor Swift Celebration GFX

11 am – 5 pm

Taylor Swift Celebration Day and Craft Fair at The Shoppes

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Dance
Family

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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11 am – 4 pm

“EXPLORATIONS” Marilyn Stevenson Solo Exhibit

Art
Free

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

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11 am – 5 pm

The 28th Annual Covert Avenue Street Fair

Covert Avenue from Tulip Ave to Beverly AveStewart Manor

11 am – 6 pm

ASCEND: The Evolution of Identity

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 4 pm

SouthamptonFest

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

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11 am – 5 pm

Hamptons Sculpture Walk October 4-5

Art
Expo

760 Montauk Hwy, Water MillWater Mill

Countryfair

Noon – 5 pm

MP MS Historical Society

Historic Hawkins House Groundsmiller place

Noon – 4:30 pm

Grand Baldwin Festival

Baldwin Public LibraryBaldwin

BigWorks

Noon – 4 pm

Big Works

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 4 pm

Great Neck Library Art Exhibit: Manhasset Art Association

Art
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

Dock house

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Point O’Woods Historical Buildings Tour

Point O’Woods

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3 – 7 pm

Celebrate Southamptonfest at the Southampton Inn

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Festivals
Food & Drink

Claudes Restaurant at the Southampton InnSouthampton

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4 – 9 pm

The Langdon Social, Lynbrook

The LangdonLynbrook

Art and Ale Tickets

4:30 – 11:30 pm

Art + Ale Oktoberfest – Where Art, Fall, and German Tradition Collide!

Great South Bay BreweryBay Shore

Opening Reception Churchennial 12

6 – 7:30 pm

OPENING RECEPTION for Here & There: The First Churchennial

Art
Free

The ChurchSag Harbor

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6 – 8 pm

“1901 E Brush Shipwreck” Light Painting Experience – On the Beach Rocky Point

Art
Free

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

Sunday Oct. 5

9 am – 5 pm

NASA Space Apps Brookhaven

Free

1 Zebra Plaza, Holtsville, NY 11742Holtsville

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9:30 – 11 am

Discover the Orthodox Christian Church (English Language Services)

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

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10 – 11:30 am

Woods Walks and Swamp Strolls

Coffin WoodsLocust Valley

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

Mineola St Fair

10 am – 5 pm

Mineola Street Fair

Mineola Street FairMineola

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10:30 am – noon

“All Creatures Great and Small” – A Blessing of the Animals

Animals
Free

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay ShoreBay Shore

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

The Village of Massapequa Park Street Fair

Park Boulevard & Front StreetMassapequa Park

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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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11 am – 4 pm

“EXPLORATIONS” Marilyn Stevenson Solo Exhibit

Art
Free

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

11 am – noon

Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

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