Halloween Harvest Festival at Socrates Sculpture Park
Dogs in Halloween costumes on the lawn at Socrates Sculpture Park, from the park's Halloween Harvest Festival announcement.
Image: Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park closes its season with the Halloween Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 31, from 12 to 5 PM. It is free with RSVP.
This year the festival also marks the debut of installations by two of the park's 2026 Artist Fellows, Xayvier Haughton and Andrew Robinson, who have been building their work on site since July. It is part of Artists Choose Artists: The Socrates Annual Fellowship Anniversary.
Program highlights
- 11 AM to 1 PM: Field Guide: Bats in NYC, an artmaking workshop with iDig2Learn
- 12 to 3 PM: Drop in pumpkin decorating and costume making workshop
- 12 to 3 PM: Mehndi (henna) artists
- 1 to 3 PM: Lizania Cruz: Ecologies of Care, with a 1 to 2:30 PM session led by The City Sponge
- 12:30 and 2 PM: Flying Leap presents The Garden, a performance (about 45 minutes each)
- 12 to 3 PM: Community Resource Fair
- 12 to 2 PM: Pumpkin Carving Contest
- 3 to 5 PM: The annual Halloween Dog Costume Contest, co hosted with Château Le Woof
- 12 to 5 PM: Planted Culture Vegan Food Market: Halloween Edition, curated by Erica Muñoz, with vegan food from vendors across the city
Socrates bills the dog costume contest as New York's second largest.
Where: Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City. Saturday, October 31, 12 to 5 PM. Free; RSVP on Eventbrite. See more in our events calendar.
Source: Socrates Sculpture Park email "Halloween Harvest Festival Coming Soon!", Oct 21 2026; https://socratessculpturepark.org/event/2026-halloween-harvest-festival-season-closeout/ and the Long Island City Partnership calendar (checked Oct 21 2026). Details can change; confirm with the organizer before you go.