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This weekend in Babylon (October 1 to 4): Pumpkin Festival & Family Fun Day at Salt Shack Seaside Grill (Sunday 12:00PM); Happy Hour Band: One Nite Band at Lily Flanagan's Pub (Friday 6:00PM); Southern Earth Experience at Salt Shack Seaside Grill (Saturday 7:00PM), plus 7 more picks below.
Events for the weekend of October 1 to 4, 2026
Every week we read through everything happening across the South Shore and keep only what is actually worth your time. Here is what is on in Babylon this weekend.
For Families in Babylon this weekend: Pumpkin Festival & Family Fun Day at Salt Shack Seaside Grill (Sunday 12:00PM).
The rained-out September festival gets its day on the water at Cedar Beach, noon to 4: bounce houses, face painting, kids' temporary tattoos, Disney characters, and a pumpkin for the first 600 kids. Outdoors, with a chance of showers on Sunday.
Free & Affordable in Babylon this weekend: Happy Hour Band: One Nite Band at Lily Flanagan's Pub (Friday 6:00PM); Southern Earth Experience at Salt Shack Seaside Grill (Saturday 7:00PM).
Babylon Village's pub on Deer Park Avenue opens Friday with its happy-hour band.
Saturday-night live music on the water at Cedar Beach.
Around the Community in Babylon this weekend: SeniorNet Laptop and Tablet Donation Drive at Babylon.
Drop off working laptops and tablets, with chargers, at the Babylon Public Library Thursday through Saturday, October 1 to 3; SeniorNet wipes and refurbishes them for families in need.
Also Happening This Weekend in Babylon: Shopping Crawl at Babylon Village (Sunday 10:30AM); Saturday Band: Legendary Murphys at Lily Flanagan's Pub (Saturday 6:00PM); The 90's Band Live at Salt Shack Seaside Grill (Friday 7:00PM).
A village-wide shopping stroll, 10:30 to 4; the first 200 to register that day get the event tote.
Irish-rock Saturday set.
'90s throwbacks on the water.
Sunday-evening classic rock at Cedar Beach.
A free afternoon comedy show at the library.
Friends of the Library book sale.
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