Posted on Sep 11
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. There’s a crisp, cool comfortable feel to the air, brilliant bursts of red, orange, and golden hues dot the landscape and there’s all the pumpkin treats you could ever want.
Pack light sweaters, your adorable boots and fall in love with Ohio, at these autumn festivals and events for 2020!
Wendel Farms Fall Activities
Wendel Farms
Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays from September 26 - October 31, 2020
Each weekend in the fall, Wendel Farms offers an exciting family fall festival. You’re welcomed to the farm with a fun filled 6.5-acre corn maze, petting zoo and a hayride to the pick your own pumpkin in the patch. (They even have tricycles for adults to ride). How fun!
Image: Wendel Farm
Annual Village Green Car Show
Village Green Park
Event cancelled for 2020.
Fall Festival Weekends
Saturdays & Sundays from September 26 - October 25, 2020
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 Family Farm Fall Festival
Brown's Family Farm Market
Dates to be announced for 2020.
Open weekends! Take the kids to play in the "Tiny Town" village, navigate a corn maze, pick a pumpkin and more. Throughout the farm you'll also find photo opportunities and farm equipment displays.
Image: Brown's Family Farm Market
Niederman Family Farm Fall Festival
September 18 - October 31, 2020
Must purchase tickets in advance. Gets yours here!
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.
Liberty Township Fall Festival
Liberty Park
Canceled for 2020.
Sips in Sunflowers
September 26, 2020.
With an autumn ale in hand, bask in the glow of fall’s favorite flower. Burwinkel Farms is hosting a wine and craft beer event among their gorgeous sea of sunflowers. The signature Burwinkel Farms hayride will transport autumn adventurers from the farmers market to the pumpkin and sunflower fields. Hors d’oeuvers using local, fresh ingredients will be prepared by Roger Hollstegge, a culinary innovator from Destiny’s Catering.
Harvest Fest 2020
October 3rd, 2020
With all of the classic Fall activities happening, why not come to Harvest Fest 2020? Come for the pumpkin patch, hay rides, inflatables, face painting, and games! Numerous vendors & food trucks from the community will also be there for some great creations and food! To top it all off, bluegrass bands will be playing some great music throughout the day!
Pyramid Hill Art and Music Festival
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum
September 26-27, 2020
Limited to 400 guests max
300+ acre sculpture park + over 60 monumental sculptures + an art fair with local and national artists = the ultimate artsy fall weekend getaway.
Jack O’Lantern Junction
September 19 - October 31, 2020
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.
Image: EnterTRAINment Junction
Sunflower, Corn Maze, & Pumpkin Patch Weekends
September 26 - November 1, 2020.
Burwinkel Farms features two corn mazes, a skid maze, and the ultimate fall hayride through a sunflower field to a pumpkin patch. 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. Check out their Facebook page for details on prices and safety regulations.
Image: Burwinkel Farms
Weekend of Fire
Jungle Jim’s International Market
Canceled for 2020.
Apple Butter Festival
Pioneer Farm Museum
Canceled for 2020.
Operation Pumpkin
Downtown Hamilton
October 8-10, 2020
Fall AKA pumpkin everything season is celebrated in full splendor at Operation Pumpkin. At this annual fall festival pumpkins are sculpted, carved, decorated and eaten all weekend long! Hamilton's downtown transforms into a pumpkin paradise. This year, the festival will be expanded so that small businesses on High & Main Street will be promoted & included!
The Great Pumpkin Fest
October 10, 2020
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.
Farm-R-Treat
Village Green Park
Canceled for 2020.
Hocus Pocus Halloween
Downtown Middletown
October 11 & 31, 2020
Event Dress Code: Costume
An epic Halloween dance, a massive pumpkin carving contest, a creepy car show and screening of Hocus Pocus are in your future in Middletown.
Ruffles and Rust
September 26-27, 2020
Don’t miss this traveling, eclectic boutique show with a vintage flair. The expo promises shoppers handcrafted items, home décor, boutique fashions and more.
Image: Ruffles and Rust
Liberty Township Heritage Day
September 19th, 2020
Come celebrate and learn about Liberty Township's history! You can take a tour throughout an 1800s pioneer log cabin and check out blacksmith demonstrations, corn shelling, pioneer toy & craft making, some great old time music, and so much more!
For a full list of fall events and safety regulations please visit our Events Calendar.
Get ready for sweater weather and Halloween candy galore, and don't miss these amazing fall events!
