Autumn Blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Harvest Festival

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is gearing up for its annual Fall Harvest Festival, a garden-wide celebration set for Saturday, Oct. 25, from 11:00am to 4:00pm.

The one-day event will bring together live music, hands-on activities, seasonal food and drink, plus family-friendly fun across the garden’s 52 acres.

This year’s music lineup features Grammy-winning vocalist and songwriter Susan McKeown, along with Brooklyn-based artists Wifetime and Louie Lou Louis. Visitors can also enjoy an outdoor beer and cider garden, pumpkin carving demonstrations, a costume parade, face painting, palm readings, lawn games and more.

“Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a year-round space where New Yorkers of all ages can enjoy all four seasons within our beautiful grounds,” said Adrian Benepe, president and chief executive officer of Brooklyn Botanic Garden. “With the Fall Harvest Festival, visitors can celebrate the most anticipated season in the Northeast while they enjoy local beer and cider, live music from world-renowned musicians, myriad activities for children, and leaf-peeping alongside neighbors and friends—without having to drive upstate!”

Festival Highlights

• Hay Bale Haus & Stage (Cherry Esplanade): A pop-up beer and cider garden with lawn games, palm readings and live music, including Wifetime at 11:15am, Louie Lou Louis at 1:00pm and Susan McKeown at 3:00pm.
   
• Pumpkin Patch (Atrium and Patio): Seasonal pumpkins and gourds for sale, with decorating materials provided. Maniac Pumpkin Carving will host live carving demonstrations.
   
• Fall Festivities (Around the Garden): The Shinbone Alley Stilt Band brings Dixieland, swing and jazz to Osborne Garden before leading a costumed parade through the Plant Family Collection. Oak Circle will be transformed into a massive chalk art canvas for community coloring, while guided Fall Fruits and Nuts Tours start at Magnolia Plaza.
   
• Hops and Herbs Hub (Herb Garden): TALEA Beer hosts a behind-the-scenes look at brewing, from recipe development to hop selection.
   
• Harvest Hollow (Water Garden): A cider press, lawn games and family activities alongside cultural performances, including the Redhawk Native American Arts Council at 11:30am and Haiti Cultural Exchange’s Mizik Ayiti! featuring Riva Précil at 2:45pm.
   
• Gather and Grow (Discovery Garden): Hands-on learning stations focused on the Three Sisters (corn, beans and squash), seed saving plus Indigenous farming traditions.

For the full schedule and tickets, visit bbg.org/harvestfest.