Oktoberfest at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester, where a beer tent, four bands, and food vendors close out the farm’s season. | Photograph courtesy of Wright-Locke Farm

Celebrate the Season: Visit a Local Farm Festival to Celebrate Autumn and the Beauty of Fall on the North Shore

Alexandra PecciSeptember 16, 2026

Here on the North Shore, harvest season on the farm means the sweet, spiced scent of warm cider donuts in the crisp air, the crunch of fallen leaves under-foot, a riot of fiery foliage in the trees, fat orange pumpkins straight off the vine, and hayrides rumbling through the orchards. Celebrate the season with these fall festivals and happenings on the farm. The “meet the machines” area at Appleton Farms’ Farm Days, where kids get an up-close look at the equipment that works the fields all year. | Photograph by Michael Otte APPLETON FARMS Ipswich and Hamilton “Fall, for sure, is a time of bounty and beauty for us,” says Ap

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