October is the month when New Brunswick comes alive with fall festivals, scary walks, farmer’s markets, and U-picks.
Get together with your family and friends and enjoy the fabulous fall colours while you check out some of the 25 fun fall activities in New Brunswick this October.
Kedgewick Fall Festival
The Kedgewick Fall Festival is a week of family fun from rallies, sports, dances, live music, and a parade. You should be sure to meet ‘Wick the Partridge,’ who exemplifies the warm welcome of the locals. There is definitely something for everyone at this fun festival.
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October 4 to 8, 2023
Kedgewick
Provincial Giant Pumpkin Festival
Take the family out to see the largest pumpkins from New Brunswick at the Giant Pumpkin Provincial Festival in Neguac. This popular festival attracts competitors and spectators from all over the province. There will also be live musical entertainment that everyone will enjoy.
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Sunday, October 1, 2023
Neguac
Tradition Festival
Tradition Festival offers various cultural activities as well as cabaret nights, farmers market, village brunch and musical performances.
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October 14 & 15, 2023
Bertrand
EggFest Greater Moncton
Attend the first Eggfest on Saturday, October 21st at 2463 Mountain Rd, Moncton NB. They’ll have five live BBQ stations, music, and drinks. From 11 am to 3 pm, five teams will compete for the unofficial Eggfest champions 2023 title.
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October 21, 2023
2463 Mountain Road Moncton
Thanksgiving Dinner at the King’s Head Inn
Enjoy Thanksgiving at Kings Landing with farm-fresh ingredients, time-honoured recipes and a sense of history unique to New Brunswick. You can also join in for the Thanksgiving Weeekend activities here.
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October 1, 7 – 8, 2023
Kings Landing, Prince William
Grande Grouille Pumpkin Festival
During the festival, the garden undergoes a magical transformation, offering enchanting scenery and ample entertainment, including nightly musical performances. Visitors can enjoy a variety of delicious food options, and more!
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October 5 – 8, 2023
New Brunswick Botanical Garden, 15 Isidore-Boucher Blvd, Saint-Jacques
Bercer au Gré des Saisons
Rock to the rhythm of the seasons at the Garden! The Garden is completely transformed with enchanting scenery and lots of entertainment.
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October 5 – 8, 2023
New Brunswick Botanical Garden, Saint-Jacques
Monster Trot
Does the idea of trick or treating door-to-door this year have you spooked? Then this year’s Monster Trot is definitely for you and your little boos! The little monsters will go from station to station collecting treats in a safe way.
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October 21, 2023
Moncton Coliseum, Moncton
$15
Perth-Andover Dam Run
The Dam Run is a key event within the NB Racing Circuit, offering runners the opportunity to earn points for the Provincial Standings. Participants can choose from a 1k kids run, as well as 5k and 10k runs, all of which contribute to the points standings. This event holds the prestigious status of being a Super Series race in the RunNB program.
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October 7, 2023
11 School Street, Perth-Andover
Legends Show
“Legends Show” brings you some of the world’s most exciting performers live on stage. Accompanied by the “Rockin’ Royals Band”, this show will feature the most incredible Tributes to Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley.
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October 18, 2023
Fredericton Playhouse, Fredericton
Nightmare on Exmouth Street
Come join us, along with some of your favourite monsters, Freddy, Jason, and Chucky, for Halloween.
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October 6 & 14, 2023
68 Exmouth Street, Saint John
$60
Boo at the Zoo
This is a family friendly Halloween event that features decorations throughout the Zoo’s 40 acre park and mild, moderate, and scary Halloween venues.
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October 21 – 22, 28 – 29, 2023
125 Magic Mountain Rd., Moncton
Parlures d’icitte Storytelling Festival
The annual Festival of Tales and Legends is back again this year with a diverse lineup of exciting activities for the whole family to enjoy!
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Memramcook
October 13 – 22, 2023
Miramichi Food Truck Fest
Enjoy a full day of Food Trucks, Live entertainment, Kids activities and Vendors!
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October 7, 2023
Downtown Miramichi (Water St. Chatham)
Saint John Zombie Walk
Get dressed up as the scariest zombie and head to the annual Zombie walk. The annual Zombie walk starts at the Loyalist burial ground and ends at the Area 506 Container Village.
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October 21, 2023
Saint John
Acadian Peninsula Book Fair
Find everything related to books and literature at the Acadian Peninsula Book Fair.
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October 5 – 8, 2023
Centre Rhéal-Cormier, Shippegan
Chop Chop Restaurant Week
For one week in the fall, Uptown Saint John BIA participating restaurants invite you to experience local food prepared by our deliciously-creative chefs. Try a 3-course dinner, 2-course lunch or a specially prepared CHOP CHOP plate! Extra special delights at three different price levels are yours to enjoy during Chop Chop Restaurant Week!
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October 30 – November 5, 2023
Uptown Saint John
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963)
Have you ever wondered what it was like to see a movie with live orchestration? Well now you can experience it for yourself. This spooky season, enjoy a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) with live original score featuring members of Symphony New Brunswick and Resonance New Music.
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October 28, 2023
Fredericton Playhouse, Fredericton
The Nightmare Project
Open annually in October, the Nightmare Project is sure to scare everyone who passes through. You never know what is around each dark corner this year.
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October 1, 15, 20-22, 29-31, 2023
51 Howard Road, Upper Blackville
Bookstravaganza
Bookstravaganza is Atlantic Canada’s largest used charity book sale. You will find books that suit all ages here with most items costing between $1 and $5.
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October 20 – 22, 2023
Moncton Coliseum
Pokeshaw Cranberry Festival
Cranberries and more. Taking place on October 14 and 15, the Pokeshaw Cranberry Festival includes tours of the Canwick Craqnberry fields, live music, entertainment, food and a local craft market.
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October 14 to 15, 2023
Pokeshaw
Take It To The Limit – A Tribute to The Eagles
Take It To The Limit – A Tribute to The Eagles features some of Canada’s finest musicians and vocalists, performing all of your favourite Eagle’s Hits such as Hotel California, Heartache Tonight, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Take It To The Limit, Desperado, Life In The Fast Lane, Take It Easy, Love Will Keep Us Alive, New Kid In Town, Tequila Sunrise, I Can’t Tell You Why, Lyin’ Eyes and many more!
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October 29, 2023
Fredericton Playhouse, Fredericton
Hall’s Orchard
Just outside of Fredericton, Hall’s Apple Orchard is a great place to spend a day picking apples. The u-pick is open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. They make their own jellies and jams. If you stop by on cider making days, you may get the chance to throw some juicy apples into the chopper, see how apple cider is made, or even taste fresh cider.
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Fredericton Junction
Hazen Cameron and Son Farm
Pick up everything that you need for fall at the Hazen Cameron and Son Farm. They offer many varieties of apples in their u-pick, including Cortland, Spartan, and Honey Crisp. During a visit to the farm, you can pick up the perfect pumpkin for your family because they have every size from super small to absolutely huge pumpkins for sale. They also sell apple cider, apple pie, squash, corn and more.
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Gagetown
Semaine Music·Musique NB Week
Semaine MNB Week spans three days of showcases, conferences, and awards. Explore the incredible emerging and established talents from New Brunswick, either discovering them for the first time or rediscovering their remarkable abilities.
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October 19 to 21, 2023
Moncton
Thanksgiving & Halloween
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Fletcher’s Farm
When you head to Fletcher’s Farm, be ready to explore their five-acre corn maze. They offer an authentic outdoor learning experience and a fun scavenger hunt. If you want to do more maze solving, make sure to check out their hay bale maze.
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Miramichi
Green Pig Market
The Green Pig Country Market is a popular location for families in the Moncton area. Their Corn Mazes, both the full size one and the mini one, are fun for all ages and they also have interactive activities for kids that enhance the experience. During their ‘Haunted Corn Maze’ evenings, there are ghosts who enter the maze to scare the visitors.
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Salisbury
Johnny Appleseed U-Pick Orchard
Open since the 1950s, the Johnny Appleseed U-Pick Orchard is one of the oldest apple orchards near Fredericton. Drop on in and pick your own apples, or you can check out their farmstand to buy fresh apples, vegetables, pumpkins, cider, and jellies and jams.
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Keswick Ridge
River View Orchard
Open daily, River View Orchards does not only offer U-pick fruits, but it is also packed with family fun. There is a farm, a duck pond, wagon rides, and a corn maze that you and your loved ones can explore and experience.
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Keswick