Harvest Home Festival


Sunday, September 30 from 11am-5pm
Historic Longstreet Farm, Longstreet Road, Holmdel


Harvest Home Festival is a miniature country fair, an event that was popular in the late 1890s. The schedule is as follows:

Entertainment:

Let’s Talk Baseball - Bradley Shaw at 12:30pm & 3pm
Chorus of the Atlantic: 1-1:45pm & 2:15-3pm

Ongoing entertainment:

“Phydeauz” Flying Flea Circus & “Wahoo” Medicine Show
Jugtown Mountain Band  
Music Man Rich Marzec 
Banjo Player Chuck Winch   

Ongoing activities:

Old-Fashioned Games
Cider Making Demonstration from 12-4pm
Wagon Rides
Potato Harvesting
Blacksmithing Demonstration
Beekeeping Demonstration
Plowing Demonstrations from 1-2pm & 3-4pm

Scheduled ongoing craft demonstrations:

Rug Hooking
Rug Braiding
Lacemaking
Knitting
Smocking
Quilting
Weaving
Embroidery 
Penny Rugs

Pie Eating Contest:

Children ages 8 & under at 1pm & 3:30pm
Children ages 9-14 at 2pm & 3pm
Adults at 1:30pm & 2:30pm

Corn Husking Competition: 1pm, 2pm & 3pm

Biggest Pumpkin: Weight Announcement at 4:30pm
         

Harvest Home Festival Competitions

Area residents can join in the spirit of the festival by entering into one of many competitions and winning a prize ribbon. Competition categories include vegetables, fruits, canning, condiments, baked goods, needlework, quilting, and rug hooking. Learn more about the General Rules for the Harvest Home Festival Competitions.

Divisions
(click on each division to see categories)

Baked Goods
Canning
Needlework
Vegetables

Get your Harvest Home Festival Competition application here.
Applications must be received by Wednesday, September 26.


 
 

For more information about Harvest Home Festival or any Longstreet Farm event, call Historic Longstreet Farm at (732) 946-3758 or the Park System at (732) 842-4000, ext. 4312. For people with hearing impairment, the TTY/TDD number is 711.

Historic Longstreet Farm

 Directions

  • Garden State Parkway to Exit 114. Southbound, turn right onto Red Hill Rd; northbound, turn left onto Red Hill Rd. Follow Red Hill Rd. to Everett Rd., turn right (heading west). Follow Everett Rd. to Roberts Rd., turn left. Follow Roberts Rd. to Longstreet Rd., turn right to Park on left.  
  • State Hwy. 34 to Roberts Rd. (1.75 miles north of Rt. 520). Southbound, turn left; northbound, turn right. Follow Roberts Rd. to Longstreet Rd., turn left. Park is on left. 
  • State Hwy. 35 to Holmdel/Keyport Rd. Northbound, turn left; southbound, turn right. Follow Holmdel/Keyport Rd. to Crawfords Corner Rd., turn left. Continue to Longstreet Rd., turn right Park is on right.