THE WEEKEND AHEAD · HALLOWEEN

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so the season gets ten days. The best of it from the I Love Babylon calendar, weekend first.

THIS WEEKEND

Long Island Family Festival, Friday to Sunday, Tanner Park, Copiague. Rained out in September, the Copiague Chamber of Commerce’s festival is back on the bay: Friday 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Carnival rides, live music, an art, craft and gift show, and the Long Island Pet Expo. The listing says admission is free. Details

Rotary Club Pups on Parade, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Lindenhurst Village Square Park and Gazebo, 116 N. Wellwood Ave. The Lindenhurst Rotary’s dog parade. No price listed. Details

NYSF Spooky Happenings Market, Saturday, noon to 4 p.m., 759 Long Island Ave., Deer Park. More than 100 vendors, live music, food trucks and puppy adoptions. Free. Details

Lindy Cares Trick or Trunk, Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m., back at the Village Square in Lindenhurst. The Village’s trunk-or-treat for children. No price listed. Details

Trunk or Treat and Breast Cancer Walk, Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., James A. Caples Memorial Park, 398 S. Bay View Ave., Amityville, run by the Amityville Teachers Association. No price listed. Details

Creepy Crawl, Sunday, noon to 3 p.m., downtown Babylon Village. The Village Chamber’s Halloween walk through participating shops, with a tote and map from registration. It ends at the Babylon Public Library, 24 S. Carll Ave., where the free Monster Mash Dance Party runs 1 to 4 p.m., no registration. Details

HALLOWEEN WEEK

Halloween Bash, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Lindenhurst Memorial Library, 1 Lee Ave. Games, crafts, dancing and the Haunted SLED walkthrough in the library’s backyard. Free. Details

Amityville Music Hall, 198 Broadway, for the grown-ups: Shrek Rave: Swamp-O-Ween, Thursday, Oct. 29, 9 p.m., 18 and over, $26.99 to $56.99; and the Halloween Cover Show, Friday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m., $21, with local bands playing as classic hardcore and punk acts.

The little-kid parades, all free. Friday, Oct. 30 at 11 a.m.: the North Babylon Public Library concert and parade, and West Babylon Public Library’s costume parade for ages 1 to 5 at 211 Route 109. Saturday, Oct. 31 at 11:30 a.m.: the Copiague Memorial Public Library parade, then pizza and a cartoon. Check each library for registration.

Trunk or Treat at Simpson UMC, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2 to 4 p.m., 30 Locust Ave., Amityville. All welcome. No price listed. Details

Frankenstein, Saturday, Oct. 31, Studio Theatre Long Island, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. A Halloween bonus performance of Tim Kelly’s adaptation. No curtain time or price listed; check with the theater. Details

And tomorrow night: the Wyandanch Public Library’s free Halloween Horror Movie Night, Thursday, Oct. 22, 5 to 7:30 p.m., for teens and adults.

Source: I Love Babylon events calendar, October 22 to 31, 2026