🎃 Pump­kin Point Festival on Gov­er­nors Island

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Pump­kin Point, Gov­er­nors Island’s annu­al free pump­kin patch and fall fes­ti­val, returns to Nolan Park for 2022! Vis­i­tors are invit­ed to pick out their own pump­kins (free with sug­gest­ed dona­tion) on the week­ends of Octo­ber 22 – 23 and Octo­ber 29 – 30, 2022, from 10am to 5pm. See below for a full sched­ule of events and pro­grams, with more to be announced. Gov­er­nors Island food ven­dors, includ­ing Threes Brew­ing, will be on-site both week­ends with Fall-themed food and drink avail­able for purchase.

SCHED­ULE OF EVENTS

Octo­ber 22

• Pumpkin Picking: 10am-5pm
• Pumpkin Painting: 11am-4pm
• Interactive Play with Rising Sun Performance Company: 11am & 2pm
• Folk Music Concert with Porch Stomp artists Johanna Wacker & Jeremy Aaron: 12-2pm
• Blue’s Big City Adventure Photo Op: 10am-5pm
• Food & drink for sale from Little Eva’s, Threes Brewing, & Fauzia’s: 11am-4pm

Octo­ber 23

• Pumpkin Picking: 10am-5pm
• Dance Workshop with Kinesis Project: 11am
• Magic Shows with Brooklyn Magic Shop: 1 & 3pm
• “The Garden,” a performance from Flying Leap Productions & Beam Center: 2 & 3:30pm
• Blue’s Big City Adventure Photo Op: 10am-4:30pm
• Food & drink for sale from Little Eva’s, Threes Brewing, & Fauzia’s: 11am-4pm

Octo­ber 29

• Pump­kin pick­ing — 10am-5pm
• Arts & crafts — 11am-4pm
• Pump­kin Paint­ing — 11am-4pm
• Won­der­Spark Pup­pet Show & Work­shop — 12pm

Octo­ber 30

• Pump­kin pick­ing — 10am-5pm
• Arts & crafts — 11am-4pm
• Pump­kin Paint­ing — 11am-4pm
• Drag Sto­ry Hour — 11:30am
• Trick or Treat­ing — 1pm

Pump­kins left over from Pump­kin Point will be donat­ed to local orga­ni­za­tions fight­ing hunger in New York City, or com­post­ed on Gov­er­nors Island by Earth Mat­ter, which runs a Com­post Learn­ing Cen­ter at the Urban Farm on Gov­er­nors Island.

Pump­kin Point is co-pre­sent­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island and the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island. Gen­er­ous sup­port for the event is pro­vid­ed by Nick­elodeon, Bloomberg Phil­an­thropies, and Intre­pid Pro­duc­tions. In-kind sup­port for trick or treat­ing on Octo­ber 30 pro­vid­ed by Tony’s Cho­colone­ly and Econ­o­my Candy.

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