Wharton Arts to Host Free Fall Fest in Berkeley Heights on October 30

BERKELEY HEIGHTS—Wharton Arts will host its annual Fall Fest on Friday, October 30, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the WhartonPerforming Arts School in Berkeley Heights. The free community event will feature Halloween-themed activities, student performances, treats, and opportunities for families to explore music and the performing arts.

Guests are invited to wear their Halloween costumes and enjoy an instrument petting zoo, student performances, cider and donuts, and concessions from the BURGER+ food truck. A costume parade and contest will also be held, with winners announced at 6:30 p.m.

Following Fall Fest, guests can stay for the Suzuki Halloween Playdown, featuring select Wharton Arts Suzuki students in a special Halloween-themed performance.

WHAT: Wharton Arts Fall Fest
WHEN: Friday, October 30, 2026, 4:30–6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Wharton Performing Arts School, 60 Locust Avenue, Berkeley Heights, NJ
ADMISSION: Free
For more information, visit WhartonArts.org.

Wharton Arts' mission is to offer accessible, high quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities.

Wharton Arts is New Jersey's largest independent non-profit community performing arts education center serving nearly 2,000 students through a range of classes and ensembles. The 5 ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Chorus, an auditioned choral ensemble program for students in grades 3–12, encourage a love and appreciation of choral music while nurturing personal growth and creative development. The 15 ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Symphony, which serve over 500 students in grades 3–12 by audition, inspire young people to achieve musical excellence through high-level ensemble training and performance opportunities. Based in Paterson, the Paterson Music Project is an El Sistema-inspired program of Wharton Arts that uses music education as a vehicle for social action by empowering and inspiring young people to achieve their full potential through the community experience of ensemble learning and playing. From Pathways classes for young children to Lifelong Learning programs for adults, the Wharton Performing Arts School has a robust musical theater and drama program and offers both private and group classes for instruments and voice for all ages and all abilities. With the belief in the positive and unifying influence of music and that performing arts education should be accessible to all people regardless of their ability to pay, Wharton Arts offers need-based scholarships.
Wharton Arts is located in Berkeley Heights, New Providence, and Paterson, NJ and reaches students from 12 counties. All of Wharton Arts' extraordinary teaching artists, faculty members, and conductors hold degrees in their teaching specialty and have been vetted and trained to enable our students to achieve their personal best.

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