What will you DISCOVER?

SEPT. 24: ENFIELD, Shaker Harvest Festival. A bushel of family fun awaits at Enfield Shaker Village. Take a horse-drawn wagon ride and hunt for prizes in a haystack. Make your own cider, churn butter, and crank your own ice cream. Dip handmade candles and learn other traditional crafts. Enjoy a savory harvest lunch of homemade soups. 603-6324346; shakermuseum.org

SEPT. 24–25: PORTSMOUTH, 17th Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival. Enjoy traditional American and English folk music celebrating our maritime history and the classic Age of Sail with live performances in Market Square and at other downtown venues. See the website for a detailed schedule. new englandfolknetwork.org/pmff

SEPT. 29–OCT. 10: BEDFORD, Craftworkers’ Guild Harvest Craft Shop. More than 60 juried artisans participate in this seasonal shop (open just three times per year) located in the historic Oliver Kendall House. Discover quality handmade items, including fashion accessories, jewelry, Shaker-style boxes, photography, and more. 603-472-8109; thecraft workersguild.org

OCT. 1: DOVER, Apple Harvest Day. Check out more than 400 local vendors, artisans, and organizations gathered in the downtown area, hosting a craft fair, three stages of live entertainment, dozens of kids’ activities, and more. 603742-2218; dovernh.org

OCT. 2: PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire Food Truck Festival. Red Hook Brewery hosts the state’s largest congregation of wheeled food vendors. Past events have featured everything from Viet namese sandwiches to lobster rolls to duck tacos, from frozen hoagies to juicy burgers and fresh, bubbling, flavorful pizza. We bet you can’t get to them all! 617-782-7117; foodtruckfestivals ofamerica.com

OCT. 8–9: MONADNOCK REGION, 21st Art Tour. Enhance your foliage drive through the beautiful countryside by picking up a map and following the “Art Tour” signs leading to the homes and studios of the region’s artists. Have a visit, ask questions, and view a wide variety of fine artwork. Studios are open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. monadnockart.org

OCT. 8–10: CENTER SANDWICH, Sandwich Fair. Swing by the local fairgrounds for a true New England agricultural fair, complete with arts and crafts, a midway, livestock and 4-H shows, competitions, an antique-car parade, live music, and more. 603-284-7062; thesandwichfair.com

OCT. 22: CANTERBURY, Ghost Encounters. Enjoy strolling Canterbury Shaker Village into the evening for an entirely other worldly experience at this 200-year-old historic site. Go trick-ortreating, listen to the storytellers and their true ghost accounts, and enjoy Halloween-themed activities at this family-focused event. Come in costume! 603-783-9511; shakers.org

OCT. 28–29: PORTSMOUTH, Ghosts on the Banke. Long-dead sea captains, 17thcentury shopkeepers, and wayward privateers haunt the streets of Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth’s oldest neighborhood, as you trick-or-treat by jack-o’lantern light from house to historic house. Discover treasure, visit with a whacky witch, learn your future from the Gypsy fortuneteller, or listen to a ghost story. 603-433-1100; strawberybanke.org

Rhode Island

AUG. 26–SEPT. 25: PAWTUCKET, Arts Festival. A citywide showcase of visual and performing arts, with interactive workshops and musical, theatrical, and dance performances, located downtown and at

September 24

Museum Day Live!

Regionwide

For one day only, participating museums will emulate the Smithsonian’s freeadmission policy to encourage cultural learning nationwide. Download a free ticket (good for the holder and one guest) and check participating venues: smithsonian.com/museumdaylive

Slater Park. 401-724-5200; pawtucketarts festival.org

SEPT. 3: PAWTUCKET, Chinese Dragon Boat Races & Taiwan Day Festival. Watch the colorful dragon boats—both professional and amateur teams—race along the Seekonk River off the School Street pier, or simply enjoy the onshore activities and entertainment with an emphasis on competition and fun. 401-7242200; dragonboatri.com

SEPT. 10–11: PROVIDENCE, Seafood Festival. India Point Park provides the bayside setting for sampling premier seafood and enjoying rocking live music. Come celebrate summer’s end and fine food. riseafoodfest.com

SEPT. 15– 18: NEWPORT, International Boat Show. At the Newport Yachting Center, discover one of the largest in-water boat shows in the country and the premier show in the Northeast: all makes and models of powerboats and sailboats ready for boarding, plus an array of marine products and services to enhance the boating lifestyle. 401-846-1115; newport boatshow.com

SEPT. 16–18: BLOCK ISLAND, 8th Annual Taste of Block Island. More than 50 island businesses have joined together to host a variety of gallery openings, wine and beer tastings, shopping discounts, hotel and restaurant specials, kayak tours, and more. Purchase your “Taste of Block Island” button to receive a full listing of the many lunch and dinner discounts and additional specials. tasteofbi.com

SEPT. 17–18: BRISTOL, Annual Harvest Fair. A traditional autumn event with 18thcentury flavor and modern appeal, held on the bucolic grounds of Coggeshall Farm Museum. Perfect your aim in the watermelon-seed-spitting contest, or just enjoy live music, historic-trades demonstrations, hands-on children’s crafts, and competitions, plus the “Muck Boot Fashion Show” and more. 401-253-9062; coggeshallfarm.org

SEPT. 22–25: NEWPORT, 10th Wine & Food Festival. A sophisticated event at Rosecliff and Marble House brings together great vintners and fine-food purveyors: two grand tastings, top-notch food and wine, silent and live auctions, wine seminars, celebrity-chef appearances and cooking demonstrations. 401-847-1000; newportmansions.org

OCT. 1–2: MIDDLETOWN, 42nd Harvest Fair. Norman Bird Sanctuary hosts an oldtime fair with food, games, crafters, hayrides, a mud pit, and competitions. 401-846-2577; normanbirdsanctuary.org

OCT. 6–NOV. 6: PROVIDENCE, Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular. Visit Roger Williams Park Zoo after dark to view a display of 5,000 illuminated pumpkins set along the beautiful wetlands trail, presented in themed scenes with music, as well as more than 100 pumpkins intricately carved into works of art. 401-785-3510; rwpzoo.org

OCT. 15–16: NEWPORT, 26th Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival. Savor the harvests of the sea: fresh, local seafood presented by area restaurants and fishermen’s associations (lobster, chowder, stuffed quahogs, clam cakes, shrimp, scallops, raw oysters and clams, plus fare for landlubbers and kids). bowenswharf.com

Vermont

AUG. 26–SEPT. 4: ESSEX JUNCTION, Champlain Valley Fair. Celebrate agriculture at the Champlain Valley Exposition fairgrounds with circus acts, shopping, gardening exhibits, great food, blue-ribbon competitions, horse shows, livestock, and concerts. 802-878-5545; champlainvalleyfair.org

SEPT. 3–4: BENNINGTON, Garlic & Herb Festival. Everything’s better with garlic! Get your fix in the Camelot Village area of downtown as nearly 200 vendors gather. Chat with the growers and savor garlic jelly and other garlic-laced foods, along with live music, kids’ activities, and plenty of garlicky products for purchase. 802-447-3311; lovegarlic.com

SEPT. 4: RANDOLPH, New World Festival. For more than two decades, this oneday event has celebrated the vitality of small-town Vermont and the Celtic and French Canadian heritage of northern New England. Six performance stages in the historic village center feature continuous music, storytelling, and dance. 802-728-6464; chandler-arts.org; newworldfestival.com

SEPT. 9–11: BURLINGTON, South End Art Hop. Visit the city’s original arts dis- trict, where you’ll discover thousands of works, plus outdoor sculpture, performances, live demos, and workshops. Take home originals from the artists’ market, inspire kids’ creativity with activities, and enjoy a contemporary fashion show. 802-859-9222; seaba.com

SEPT. 15–18: TUNBRIDGE, 145th Tunbridge World’s Fair. Visit the fairgrounds to explore family-farm traditions from the past, view antique machinery and implements, and tour an authentic one-room schoolhouse. With daily pig races, harness racing (at one of the few active tracks in the state), livestock and gardening competitions, live entertainment, tempting fair foods, an oldfashioned carnival, and more. 800-8895555; tunbridgeworldsfair.com

SEPT. 24: BURKE, Fall Foliage Festival. Celebrate the season in the village center with horse-drawn wagon rides, a rubber-duck race, 75 craft vendors, a beer and wine tent, a petting zoo, a parade, live music, and games. Plus a soup-andsandwich luncheon and a tag sale put on by East Burke Congregational Church. 802-626-4124; burkevermont.com

OCT. 7–9: STOWE, 34th Foliage Arts Festival. Some 200 juried artisans come to Topnotch Field for the area’s biggest autumn