Community Corner

Parsippany Fall Festival Returns With Food, Music, Beer Garden

The free, family-friendly event at Smith Field Park will feature more than 100 vendors and organizations, live music, and college football.

PARSIPPANY, NJ — Parsippany's 23rd Annual Fall Festival returns Saturday, bringing food, crafts, live music and more to Smith Field Park.

Mayor Pulkit Desai and the Township of Parsippany are inviting residents to the festival on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at Smith Field Park, located at the corner of Route 46 East and Baldwin Road.

Admission is free, and the festival is a family-friendly event.

Find out what's happening in Parsippanyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

According to organizers, this year's festival will feature more than 20 food vendors and more than 25 craft vendors, along with more than 80 local businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Two live bands are also scheduled to perform, while a beer garden will be available for adults. College football games will also be shown during the festival on a 17-foot LED screen.

Find out what's happening in Parsippanyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Parking And Traffic Information

Festival parking will be available at Central Middle School, where multiple shuttles will transport attendees to and from the event. Drivers can also park in the commuter lot on Route 46 between Baldwin and Grange roads.

There will be no festival parking at the PAL building because another event is taking place there Saturday.

Accessible parking will be available in the Smith Field parking lot, which can be entered from Baldwin Road.

Police are also reminding anyone walking to the festival to use designated crosswalks. Officers will be stationed at Route 46 and Baldwin Road to assist pedestrians.

Parking will be prohibited from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday along portions of several nearby roads, including Baldwin Road, Mazdabrook Road, Mazdabrook Court and Troy Road. Parking will also be prohibited throughout the VFW dead-end cul-de-sac.

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.