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Fall Dog Parade & Costume Contest!

  • Old Westbury Gardens 71 Old Westbury Road Old Westbury, NY, 11568 United States (map)

We're letting the dogs IN! As part of our celebration of everyone’s best friend this Dog Days Weekend, we are pleased to once again host the Fall Dog Parade and Costume Contest, a fun and anticipated yearly event where pooches (and their parents) get to strut their stuff for a chance to win prizes! The contest begins at 3pm. Costume Contest participants must register at the map stand by 2:00pm.

Prize categories include:

  • Best Overall

  • Prettiest

  • Most Handsome

  • Most Original

  • Best Person & Dog

  • Funniest

Vendors on site on 10/27 (11am to 4pm) only include:

  • American Pet Professionals

  • Barks Bakeshop

  • Bone & Barrel Co.

  • Canine Camp Getaway

  • Dolly pet LLC

  • Keep Seeking Lure Coursing

  • Klean K9

  • Little Lexi's Barkery

  • Long Island Dog Owners Group (LI-DOG)

  • Martial Arfs

  • Mia Nutrition

  • Parker's House

  • Personalize Your Pet

  • Raw by Design

  • Three Dog Bakery

  • Yorkie911 Rescue


FREE with admission. Tickets MUST be purchased in advance. NO entry tickets will be sold onsite.

Members or visitors using valid library passes do not need to make reservations.

Remember, visitors may bring their leashed dogs to stroll the gardens on this day. Leashed dogs are permitted throughout the gardens except in the Walled Garden.

Earlier Event: October 26
Yoga in the Gardens
Later Event: October 28
Trick-or-Treat at Old Westbury Gardens!