FreeWorkshops & Classes · Saturday, October 17, 2026
The Great Pumpkin Spooktacular
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The Great Pumpkin Spooktacular is a free fall celebration at Soundview Park in the Bronx, hosted by NYC Parks and Council Member Amanda Farias. It is billed as a day for the whole family, with festive games, pumpkin picking and pumpkin decorating among the activities, plus other seasonal fun. NYC Parks lists the event for Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 12pm to 4pm, which gives a long afternoon window to drop in. It meets at the park entrance at Lafayette Avenue and Morrison Avenue. The price is listed as free, and the event is described as free and open to the public. No minimum age or registration requirement is recorded, so check the NYC Parks event page for the latest details. No transit notes are recorded for this entrance, so enter the cross streets above into a trip planner for subway and bus options. Soundview Park has two current listings on this calendar: this festival and a Tree Planting at Soundview Park session on Tuesday, October 20 at 9:30am. The festival is one of at least ten fall events listed for the same Saturday, including the Williamsbridge Fall Fiesta in the Bronx at 11am and the Kaiser Park festival in Brooklyn at noon, so it is the longest of the three by hours, running to 4pm.