Events & Festivals
Top Things To Do This October
Posted on Oct 3
Fall in love with Ohio at these festivals and events for 2024!
With the leaves changing color, the evenings getting cooler, the pumpkins ripening, and the apple cider flowing, there are so many reasons why Ohio is known for its fall season. Expect crisp, comfortable temperatures, brilliant bursts of red, yellow and orange— and of course, plenty of pumpkins!
FALL EVENTS:
Harvest Fest
Garver Family Farm Market | October 5, 2024
Grab your family and friends to join Garver Family Farm for their annual Harvest Fest. Explore their extensive 5 acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch, feast on local food truck fare, and browse various local craft vendors and booths.
Operation Pumpkin
Downtown Hamilton | October 11 - 13, 2024
For all your pumpkin needs, look no further than Downtown Hamilton! With pumpkin carvings and displays, live entertainment, giant pumpkins, and delicious fall treats, there is something for everyone at Operation Pumpkin.
The Great Pumpkin Fest
Keehner Park | October 5, 2024
Bring the entire family for this free fall event. Kids will love the costume contest (ages 0-12), wagon rides, the petting zoo, a not-so-scary haunted trail, crafts, games and more.
Hocus Pocus Halloween
Downtown Middletown | October 13, 2024
Don't forget your costume for an epic day full of Halloween fun with the Sanderson Sisters in downtown Middletown. This free event features a magic and illusion show, live pumpkin carves, a meet and greet with Binx the cat, a screening of the film Hocus Pocus and so much more!
Halloween on the Green
Village Green Park | October 24, 2024
Enjoy trick-or-treating from local businesses throughout Village Green Park and a ton of other spooky fun. Put on your favorite costume and vote for your favorite decorated booth!
Haunted Scream Park
Land of Illusion | Weekends: September 6th - November 2, 2024
For the spookier side of the season, head over to Land of Illusion for a thrilling and frightening night. There are multiple haunted trails and attractions to choose from, as well as The Voodoo Lounge— featuring live music, a full service bar, and a concession stand complete with the fall essentials.
FALL FESTIVALS:
Fall Festival Weekends
Barn-N-Bunk Farm Market | September 21 - October 27, 2024
Find fun on the farm at Barn-n-Bunk! Take a hayride, pick a pumpkin, paint some pottery, and plenty more. Each weekend offers new and exciting entertainment, including everything from chainsaw art to helicopter rides.
Brown's Family Farm Fall Festival
Brown's Family Farm Market | Weekends| September - October, 2024
Open weekends! Take the kids to play on the brand new combine playground, navigate a corn maze, pick a pumpkin and more. Throughout the farm you'll also find photo opportunities, a sunflower patch, and plenty of delicious fall treats to enjoy!
Niederman Family Farm Fall Festival
Niederman Family Farm | September 20 - October 27, 2024
Enjoy fall in all its festive glory at the Niederman Farm. Take a hayride to pick the perfect pumpkin, eat falls treats, and enjoy a warm and cozy bonfire. Family photo opportunities can be captured around the farm.
Fall on Jackson Family Farm
Jackson Family Farm | Weekends | September 22-October 27, 2024
Come enjoy a beautiful Fall day at Jackson Family Farm. Find pumpkins, farm animals, pedal tractors, the pumpkin cannon, a hay tower, corn barn and so much more.
Jack O’Lantern Junction
EnterTRAINment Junction | September 28-October 31, 2024
Indoor family Halloween fun! Trick-or-treat, see kid-friendly ghosts and visit Halloweenville. Kids get to pick their own mini pumpkin from the indoor pumpkin patch.
Burwinkel Farms Fall Festival
Burwinkel Farms | September 28-October 31, 2024
Each weekend this fall, head to Burwinkel Farms for corn mazes, the ultimate fall hayride through a sunflower field to a pumpkin patch, and so much more! Don't miss their Halloween Scavenger hunt, straw tunnel, and a ‘What do you feel?’ sensory station. Snack on fall treats including homegrown apples and apple cider.