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Weekly on Saturday and Sunday, starting from Oct 22, 2022, until Oct 31, 2022
Nolan Park - Nolan Park - Lawn

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. Come ear­ly in the day to make sure you have your pick of the pump­kin patch, and please lim­it pump­kins to one per per­son per house­hold. Please be advised, a large num­ber of vis­i­tors is expect­ed for Pump­kin Point, so leave extra time to board and ride the fer­ry. Click here for fer­ry sched­ules and tickets. 

See below for a full sched­ule of events and pro­grams, with more to be announced. Gov­er­nors Island food ven­dors, includ­ing Lit­tle Eva’s, Fauzi­a’s Heav­en­ly Delights, and 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 with Porch Stomp artists Johan­na Wack­er & Jere­my Aaron — 12 – 2pm
  • Blue’s Big City Adven­ture Pho­to Op: 10am-5pm

Octo­ber 23

  • Pump­kin pick­ing — 10am-5pm
  • Inter­ac­tive dance and cre­ativ­i­ty work­shop with Kine­sis Project — 11am
  • Pump­kin Paint­ing — 11am-4pm
  • Mag­ic shows from Brook­lyn Mag­ic Shop — 1 & 3pm
  • The Gar­den, pre­sent­ed by Fly­ing Leap Pro­duc­tions & Beam Cen­ter — 2 & 3:30pm
  • Blue’s Big City Adven­ture Pho­to Op: 10am‑4:30pm

Octo­ber 29

  • Pump­kin pick­ing — 10am-5pm
  • Arts & crafts — 11am-4pm
  • Pump­kin Paint­ing — 11am-4pm
  • Won­der­Spark Pup­pet Show & Work­shop — 12pm
  • Folk music with Porch Stomp artists Snowy Moun­tain Sis­ters — 1 – 3pm

Octo­ber 30

  • Pump­kin pick­ing — 10am-5pm
  • Arts & crafts — 11am-4pm
  • Pump­kin Paint­ing — 11am-4pm
  • Drag Sto­ry Hour — 11:30am
  • Trick or Treat­ing — 1pm Vis­i­tors are encour­aged to bring their own bags for trick or treating.
  • The Pinoc­chio Syn­drome: They are among us, an inter­ac­tive per­for­mance from Res­i­den­cy Unlim­it­ed — 2pm
  • H‑OWL-oween Cos­tume Con­test with NYC Audubon — 2pm

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.

Weekly on Saturday and Sunday, starting from Oct 22, 2022, until Oct 31, 2022
Nolan Park - Nolan Park - Lawn