Tampa Bay’s Fall Festivals: Enchanting Grown-Up Fun

We are weeks away from fall festivals and autumn fun, Florida style! Tampa Bay's Fall Festivals are the perfect fun way to celebrate fall in Tampa Bay – except without the cold! For many couples, friends, and families it is one of the best times of the year to get together and have some fun.

In addition to our list of Fall Festivals, be sure to check out Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes, and Halloween Events – all on our Fun Ways to Celebrate Fall list to get that last taste of fall before the holidays are here!

2025 Fall Festivals Around Tampa Bay

Raprager Family Farm Fall Pumpkin Patch

September 20-November 3, 2025, Fridays: 4pm-9pm, Saturdays: 9am-10pm & Sundays: 9am-8pm
16907 Boy Scout Rd, Odessa, FL, 33556
Raprager Family Farm is packed with fun activities like axe throwing, pumpkin painting, a massive 900-foot inflatable maze, and even a baby cow! You can also explore the haunted barn, take a hay ride, visit the petting zoo, zoom down the hay chute slide, and enjoy plenty of other favorites.

The farm is kid-friendly all day but does get scarier after 6:00 p.m.

Annual Brooksville Pumpkin Patch

October 3-31, 2025 Fri: 4pm-9pm, Sat: 10am-5pm, and Sun: 1pm-5pm
475 North Avenue West, Brooksville, FL 34601
The Brooksville farm has hundreds, if not thousands of pumpkins–to choose from at their Fall Festival events throughout October!

The farm says most of their pumpkin deliveries are a few days off the vine, so they should last you through the holiday…and maybe even grab some cute ones for decor for Thanksgiving. Their Fall Festival events also have food vendors, produce, a petting zoo, a tortoise experience, and more.

Keel Farms Fall Harvest Days 

Weekends in October, starting Saturday, Oct. 4 until Oct. 26
Plant City, FL, about 20 minutes east of downtown Tampa
Keel Farms in Plant City is hosting a great fall festival in Tampa Bay! It features a four-acre corn maze for you and the kids to navigate as you find hidden clues and solve a riddle with the rooster mascot, Corky and pals. There is also a pumpkin hatch, hayrides, kids zone, and more!

Stick around and enjoy some of Keel's fruit wines, sangrias, beers, and ciders during their Harvest Days event.
FREE admission, $10 parking 

Annual Hunsader Farms Fall Festival

October 11-26, 2025 on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am – 5pm
5500 C.R. 675, Bradenton, FL 34211
Cost: $15 ages 11 and up, children under 10 are free. $5 for parking (CASH ONLY)
Make the drive south of Tampa Bay to experience the 33rd annual Fall Festival on select weekends in October. There will be hayrides, a petting zoo, games, pumpkin patch and more! The main attraction is the corn maze which is an additional $2 per person. Make sure to bring cash for other cool activities!

Awaiting Announcements for 2025

Gallagher's Pumpkin Patch and Christmas Trees

Open Daily, usually October 1 -31, 2025 – to be confirmed soon
7401 4th St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Who says a Tampa Fall Festival has to be on a farm?  This one isn't, but it's one of the best Fall Festivals in the Tampa Bay area!  Located in St. Pete, this St. Petersburg Fall Festival has taken place for more than 30 years, a family-owned business that's the perfect spot to capture super cute photos of your little pumpkins while you select the best of the ‘patch'!

You can also pick up a yummy homemade pie and even feed goats in the goat pen. Before you leave, be sure you snap a photo in front of the popular vintage pick up truck.

Annual Fox Squirrel Fall Festival

2025 TBA, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am-5 pm
3002 Charlie Taylor Rd., Plant City, FL
Take part in exciting, family-friendly fall games and activities during the annual Fox Squirrel Corn Maze! Navigate the corn maze and see how quickly you can find your way through and then go check out the duck races, challenge your kids to a game of corn hole, go on a hayride, and select the perfect pumpkin for your front porch in Tampa!

Shimmering Lights Fall Festival 

2025 TBA
2302 N. Dover Rd, Dover, FL 33527
Cost: $9 ages 3 and up
This is a unique way to celebrate the fall season on the farm! Sun Kisses Acres is teaming up with Nights of Shimmering Lights to create a 1/4 mile walk through trail featuring beautiful lights, music, games, hay rides, pumpkin patches and foam

The light trail is not-so-scary and suitable for kids of all ages!  *The walking trail is not suitable or accessible for wheelchairs or strollers.

Lum's Fall Festival

2025 TBA
4898 James Redman Pkwy., Plant City
Enjoy fun for the whole family like a petting zoo, inflatables, vendors, hay rides, food and desserts, games, and more! All activities included in the purchase of a wristband. While you're there, you can also pick up some goods from their seasonal farmer's market. $8 per person.

Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Patch Festival

2025 TBA
7410 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, 34240
Cost: $5 parking, admission is free. Activities range from $1-$10

A quick hop down to Sarasota to check out Fruitville Grove's 34th Annual Pumpkin Patch Festival might be just the change of pace and scenery you and your bunch of little pumpkins need! Held every weekend throughout October, it includes fun family-friendly activities, a butterfly garden, pony rides, a family circus, and of course, a Pumpkin Patch!

Hyde Park Village Pumpkin Patch

2025 TBA usually, Monday-Thursday from 3 pm-6 pm and Friday-Sunday from 10 am-6 pm
1602 W. Snow Circle, Tampa, FL
Come pick out the perfect pumpkin at Hyde Park Village.  Unlike a Fall Festival on a farm, this South Tampa fall festival tradition is easy, cute, and close to bars! Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. The pumpkin patch will be located by the fountain near Pottery Barn.

Annual Heights Fall Festival Pumpkin Patch at Armature Works

2025 TBA
1910 N. Ola Ave, Tampa
The Heights Fall Festival will feature a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, face painters, activities for the whole family, and live music. There will also be a food drive benefiting Metropolitan Ministries.

DK Farms Fall Festival  

2025 TBA
1750 Lake Ave SE, Largo, FL 33771
Explore and pick up a pumpkin at their patch, take a hayride, and enjoy the great fall decorations or hang with some new friends at the petting zoo. There's a ton more to do and lots of fun for the whole family. Best of all, this is one of the few Tampa Bay area fall festivals that takes place on weekdays as well as weekends!

Wishing you a fun fall season with your sweetheart!

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