Halloween Harvest Festival
\nSaturday, October 29th
\n12 – 5 PM
\nRain date: Sunday October 30th<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane, no its a\u2026 pumpkin! Our high flying Halloween Harvest festival is back with the second annual \u201cFlight of the Gourds\u201d pumpkin carving contest and compost catapult as well as New York\u2019s second largest dog costume contest presented by Chateau le Woof! Celebrate the autumn season with us with pumpkin decorating and creative costume making workshops, harvest-themed dance performances from cultures around the world, international food vendors, and our epic launch of the pumpkins! And don\u2019t miss the cutest and spookiest dog costume contest around, hosted by Chateau Le Woof\u00a0and Friends with Four Paws. It’s a Halloween like no other and can only be experienced at Socrates Sculpture Park!<\/p>\n
Schedule 10:00 AM \u2013 2:00 PM\u00a0–\u00a0Hellgate Farmstand<\/p>\n
12:00 \u2013 2:00 PM\u00a0– dance performances and dance-alongs presented in partnership with\u00a0 Queensboro Dance Festival that celebrate harvest from cultures around the world:<\/p>\n
\t12pm Manhatitlan Mexican Folkloric Dance Group\u00a0(Mexico)\u00a0
\n \t1pm Greek American Folklore Society\u00a0(Greece)
\n \t2pm MaeMae Dance Studio (China)<\/p>\n
12:00-2:00 PM – Pumpkin Carving Contest: SSP Artist Fellows vs. Kids!\u00a0<\/p>\n
2:00 \u2013 3:30 PM – Public vote for your favorite pumpkin!<\/p>\n
12:00 – 3:00 PM –\u00a0Drop-in Pumpkin Decorating Workshop, pumpkins provided while supplies last or bring your own!<\/p>\n
12:00 – 4:00 PM – Drop-in Costume Making Workshop: with reused materials by Materials for the Arts<\/p>\n
3:00 PM –\u00a0 \u201cChildren of the Corn Dog\u201d Dog Costume Contest by Chateau le Woof. 3 Prizes for Winner of the Contest, Runner Up and 3rd Place<\/p>\n
4:00 PM – it\u2019s the 2nd annual \u201cFlight of the Gourds\u201d pumpkin compost catapult!<\/p>\n
All Day – International Food Vendors with Queens-based restaurants and chefs curated by Queens Together<\/p>\n
Juquila \u2013 A taste of Oaxaca in the heart of Queens, New York. Recipes from our\u00a0traditional \u201cfondas\u201d of our hometown of Santa Catarina Juquila, deep in the mountains of Oaxaca.\u00a0www.Juquilanyc.com<\/p>\n
Taste of Surabaya – Indonesian Surabaya style food. Partnering vendor with the NY Indonesian Food Bazaar in Elmhurst.<\/p>\n
Telly\u2019s Taverna –\u00a0Homestyle taverna Greek cuisine, with locations in the heart of Astoria and Westchester County. Just like Ya-ya’s dishes! Sea you soon!<\/p>\n
Val\u2019s Cookie Canvas – Astoria-based buttercream decorated cookies. Check out our “Hocus Pocus” Cookie Set and “Killer Mini” Cookie Set featuring spooky Michael, Ghostface, Leather Face. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7392,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event-category":[],"class_list":["post-7391","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=7391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}