There's Still Time To Catch Fall Festivals Near Bethel

BETHEL, CT — Fall is a great time to get outside in Ridgefield and take in the rich offering of festivals.

The changing colors of autumn provide a scenic background for fall and harvest festivals, which have contests ranging from apple bobbing and pumpkin carving to lumberjack contests and Halloween parades.

Fall is also the season for corn mazes, pumpkin patches and apple orchard visits.

Here are a few festivals and events in and Bethel worth putting on the calendar:

• Oct. 15: Come Help Unload Pumpkins @ The Jesse Lee Pumpkin Patch!
• Oct. 21: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Oct. 22: Children's Pumpkin Festival
• Oct. 28: Family-Friendly Ghost Tour