Celebrate cooler weather, changing leaves, the harvest season and plenty of fun. Get ready to embrace fall with these fun, family-friendly festivals happening all over Central NJ. Here is your guide to Family-Friendly Fall Festivals in Central NJ.

Family-Friendly Fall Festivals in Central NJ

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September 7
Insect Festival
Hopewell, NJ

September 8
Arts in the Park
Highland Park, NJ

September 13 – 15
Central Jersey Jazz Festival
Flemington and Somerville, NJ

September 14
Wind & Sea Festival
Bayshore Waterfront Park
Port Monmouth, NJ

September 14 – November 3 (select dates)
Fall Harvest
Happy Day Farm
Manalapan, NJ

September 14 – October 27 (weekends)
Fall Festival
Von Thun’s Farms
Monmouth Junction, NJ

September 14 – November 3 (weekends)
Fall Weekend Festivals
Terhune Orchards
Princeton, NJ

September 14 – October (select dates)
Fall Fest
A. Casola Farms
Holmdel, NJ

September 14 – October 27 (weekends)
Fall Funfest
Maple Leaf Farms
Manalapan, NJ

September 14
Latino Fest
Long Branch, NJ

September 14
CareSparc Sustainable Health & Wellness Festival
New Brunswick, NJ

September 15
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Red Bank, NJ

September 18 – 21
Charity Carnival and Music Festival
Carteret Park
Carteret, NJ

September 21
Latino Festival of Monmouth County
Freehold, NJ

September 21
Monroe Township Green, Health and Wellness Fair
Monroe, NJ

September 21
Red Bank RiverCenter Oktoberfest
Red Bank, NJ

September 21
Fall Harvest Festival
Farmingdale, NJ

September 22
Fall Harvest Festival
Farmingdale, NJ

September 25
Middlesex County Jazz Festival
Edison, NJ

September 26
Middlesex County Jazz Festival
Carteret, NJ

September 28
Asbury Park Porchfest
Asbury Park, NJ

September 28
Middlesex County Jazz Festival
Metuchen, NJ

September 28
Middlesex County Jazz Festival
New Brunswick, NJ

September 28 
Edison’s Fall Family Spectacular Street Fair
Edison, NJ

September 28
2024 Latino Festival
Hightstown, NJ

September 28 – 29
Asbury Park Bazaar
Asbury Park, NJ

September 29
Harvest Home Festival
Historic Longstreet Farm
Holmdel, NJ

September 29
Middlesex County Jazz Festival
Woodbridge, NJ

October 3 – 6 (Select Dates)
Hub City Jazz Festival
Multiple Locations
New Brunswick, NJ

October 5
Mayor’s Fall Festival
Basking Ridge, NJ

October 5
Princeton Children’s Book Festival
Hinds Plaza
Princeton, NJ

October 5
Fall Harvest Festival
Ocean Grove, NJ

October 5
4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Perth Amboy, NJ

October 5 – 27 (weekends)
Fall Festival
Synders Farm
Somerset, NJ

October 6
Fall Festival at West Windsor History Museum
West Windsor, NJ

October 6
Somerville Street Fair & Craft Show
Somerville, NJ

October 12
Linwood Fields Fall Festival
Monroe Township, NJ

October 12 – 13
Fall Festival
Allentown, NJ

October 13
Dunellen HarvestFest
Washington Park
Dunellen, NJ

October 13
Hub City Sounds: Corazon Latino Festival
New Brunswick, NJ

October 19
Fall Festival
Scholer Park
Union Beach, NJ

October 19
Diwali Celebration
MarketFair
Princeton, NJ

October 19
Parents’ Day Out Special Needs Fall Festival
Princeton, NJ

October 26
Fall Festival and Trunk & Treat
Pluckemin Presbyterian Church
Pluckemin, NJ

October 27
The Bazaar Fall Festival
Long Branch, NJ