Join us this fall as we celebrate the changing of the seasons at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s Sound & Color! Autumn in New York fall festival.

Enjoy live musical performances, food vendors, kids activities, arts and crafts, field games and more—including our signature pumpkin patch. We have a great lineup of community partners who will be lending their time and talents, for a day of family-friendly fun. Scroll down for details, including the schedule, and site map! Subject to change.

Presented by Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and In The Raw

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ALL DAY (11 AM – 3 PM)

• Arts & Activity Stations by our Partners
• Pumpkin Decorating + Arts & Crafts host by Private Picassos
• Lawn Games including:
  • 12:30 PM Egg & Spoon Race
  • 1:15 PM Sack Race
  • 2:00 PM 3-Legged Race
  • Required fitness waiver to participate!
• Touch Tank by the Conservancy’s Education team
• Food & Drink for purchase
• … and more!

HIGHLIGHTS

• 3D Pumpkin Carving Demonstration by Lenny Calvin Creations starting at 12 PM. Lenny Calvin demonstrates live 3-D pumpkin carving near the main stage – enter our raffle to win the completed carved pumpkin (raffle drawing at 2:00 PM)!
• Mini Pumpkin Patch 11 AM – 2 PM: Visit the Private Picassos Pavilion to decorate your mini pumpkin!
• Face Painting  12 PM – 3 PM ($5 suggested donation)
• Story Time & Sing Along:
  • 11:45 AM Brooklyn Public Library
  • 12:15 PM Bee Conservancy
  • 2:00 PM Bee Conservancy

LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES

• 12:00 PM Bi-Lingual Birdies
• 2:00 – 4:00 PM Jazz House Band, featuring performances by: jazz vocalist Brianna Thomas, saxophonist Brent Birckhead & Jason Samuels Smith – tap dance!

ENTER OUR RAFFLE!

Enter our raffle by getting a “passport” card on site and getting 6 stamps from partners and activities on site. Then, head to one of our Conservancy Welcome tables to submit it by 1:45 PM to be entered to win our random drawing! Prizes include a Baked By Melissa $50 gift card, popcorn snack bags by Cacio Pop, and Lenny Calvin’s 3D carved pumpkin once completed on site! Winners for all selected and announced around 2:00 PM.

THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS!

A big thank you to our community partners, organizations, venders, and more, who help make this day possible, including: Baked by Melissa, BAR by Fornino, Bilingual Birdies, Billion Oyster Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Tea, Cacio Pop, Exotic Bowls, FBI Explorers, Genspace, Green Mountain Energy, Lenny Calvin Creations, Melinda’s Children’s Parties, Metro Soccer NY, NORY, Park Slope Parents, Private Picassos, The Bee Conservancy, The Craft Studio, and Trail Blazers! Thank you to our musicians and performers including DJ Frei Speech, our House Band (Mike King on piano, Otis Brown III on drums, Sebastian Rios on bass), tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith, saxophonist Brent Birckhead, and vocalist Brianna Thomas. And of course a big thank you to our presenting sponsor In The Raw!

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