Long Island Fall Festival

Heckscher Park in Huntington is the setting for this chamber festival, mixing live music from local artists, food from local eateries and trucks, and a curated artisan market. Newton Shows brings what the chamber bills as a world-class carnival of rides and games. A beer, wine, and spirits tent across from the main stage looks onto the Chapin Rainbow Stage. A meatball-eating contest lands on the Chapin Stage, a magic show and illusionist play the carnival area, and local youth talent takes that same stage. Heckscher Museum welcomes festival guests, and the Long Island Public Arts Festival adds a Prism pop-up in the park.

Our take: Plan around the Newton Shows carnival if rides are the draw, and aim for the Chapin Stage if the meatball-eating contest is the one thing you do not want to miss.