Harvest Home Festival Promises A Day Of ‘Old Fashioned Fun’ In Holmdel

HOLMDEL, NJ — The Monmouth County Park System will be hosting its “Harvest Home Festival” in September at Historic Longstreet Farm.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28, attendees will be able to enjoy wagon rides, old-fashioned games, live entertainment, craft demonstrations and more at the autumn event.

Other activities for the day include 1890s-style baseball, a pie-eating contest, and a timber framing activity, officials said.

A full schedule for the day is as follows, according to the Park System website:

On-Going Activities

• Beekeeping demonstrations
• Blacksmith demonstrations
• Hands-on in the garden (11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
• Old-fashioned games
• Two-man saw (12-4:30 p.m.)
• Wagon rides (12-4:30 p.m.)

Other Activities

• Timber Frame Building (11 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
• Let’s Play Base Ball (1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.)

Craft Demonstrations

• Chair caning
• Embroidery
• Felting
• Lace making
• Penny rugs
• Rag dolls
• Rug braiding
• Rug hooking
• Smocking
• Spinning & Knitting (Holmes-Hendrickson House)
• Quilting
• Weaving
• Woodcarving

Musical Entertainment

• Accordion melodies (Theresa Rehberg)
• Banjo music
• Chorus of the Atlantic (1 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.)
• Jugtown Mountain Band

Pie-Eating Competition

• Ages 8 and under (1:15 p.m.)
• Ages 9-14 (1:45 p.m.)
• Adults – ages 15 and up (2:15 p.m.)

Other Competitions

• Potato Sack Race (3-3:30 p.m.)
• Tug of War (4-4:30 p.m.)
• Egg Toss (4:30 p.m.)
• Big Pumpkin Weight Announced (4:30 p.m.)

A tractor-drawn wagon shuttle to Holmes-Hendrickson House will be provided between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

To learn more about the festival or other Park System activities, you can visit the Monmouth County Park System website or call the Park System at 732-842-4000.

For those with hearing impairment, the TTY/TDD number is 711.

The festival will take place at Historic Longstreet Farm, which is located at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel.