Reinstein Woods Fall Festival-September 19, 2026 from 10am to 4pm at 93 Honorine Drive, Depew. Crafts for kids, live animals, hands-on activities, food, and more!

The NFTA Parks Adventure Bus is offering free transportation from the main terminal in Buffalo to the festival. Visit the NFTA website for more details.

Activities Include:

  • Win a prize with the Kid’s Scavenger Hunt
  • Visit our Rescue Turtles
  • Make Bean and Clay Mosaics
  • Test your birding skills at the Spotting Scope Station
  • Enjoy fun activities with 20+ partner organizations, including face painting
  • Live Horn Music by Jack Hampsel

Walks:

  • 10:30 AM Buffalo Ornithological Society Bird Walk
  • 11:15 AM DEC Drone Demonstration
  • 1:00 PM Tree ID Hike with DEC Forester

  • 2:30 PM WNY Young Birder Club Bird Walk

Donations are gratefully accepted at the door to cover the cost of the festival. We encourage festival goers to bring cash for the Boy Scout food tent and other vendors as there is no ATM on site. Please leave pets at home (dogs are not allowed at Reinstein Woods except service animals). There are two water-bottle filling stations on site.

Exhibitors:

  • Adirondack Mountain Club
  • B WELL
  • Buffalo Audubon Society
  • Buffalo Bat Habitat
  • Buffalo Bonsai Society
  • Buffalo Geological Society
  • Buffalo Ornithological Society
  • CCE Erie Master Gardener Volunteer Program
  • Cheektowaga Historical Association
  • Cheektowaga YES & Recreation
  • Citizens Climate Lobby
  • DEC Bureau of Wildlife
  • DEC Fish & Wildlife Bureau of Habitat
  • DEC Great Lakes
  • DEC Lands & Forests
  • DEC Law Enforcement
  • DEC Materials Management
  • Earth Spirit Educational Services
  • Erie County Department of Environment & Protection
  • Erie County Park Rangers
  • Erie County Recycling
  • Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District
  • Friends of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
  • Great Falls Council, Boy Scouts of America
  • NYS Parks
  • Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
  • SPCA of Erie County
  • Tifft Nature Preserve
  • US Fish & Wildlife Service
  • WildWood Western NY
  • WNY Land Conservancy
  • WNY PRISM
  • WNY Young Birder Club