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

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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!  Sometimes there’s a lot of crossover – a farm might throw a Fall Festival, and it has a corn maze and pumpkins – but lots of Fall Festivals take place away from farms.  So we’ve got them all covered!

Break out the cute clothes, maybe a pair of boots, sip on a great cocktail, and get ready for Fall in Tampa Bay! We’re continued to update as 2024 events are announced.

Updated July 2024.

FEATURED EVENT

Haunting of River Ranch

2024 Dates TBD

For a memorable date night that combines adventure and the spirit of Halloween, look no further than Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo’s newest event, “The Haunting of River Ranch.” This seasonal extravaganza promises an unforgettable evening for couples.
Begin your thrilling night by hopping onto a haunted hayride that will take you through uncharted territory at the ranch, unveiling a spine-tingling tale that will send shivers down your spine. Hold hands with your partner as you navigate twists, turns, and eerie encounters.
For those seeking even more excitement, dare to enter the haunted house, where bravery becomes a shared experience. Make this Halloween season unforgettable with your special someone at Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo’s “The Haunting of River Ranch.”
It’s a date night adventure that will leave you both with lasting memories and a shared love for the spooky season.

Fall Festivals Around Tampa Bay

13th Annual Fox Squirrel Fall Festival

September 28-October 27, 2024, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am-5 pm
Cost: $12 ages 18 and up, $10 ages 3-17
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 and 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!

21st Annual Brooksville Pumpkin Patch

October 4-27, 2024, 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, tortoise experience, and more.

DK Farms Fall Festival 

October 1-31, 2024
1750 Lake Ave SE, Largo, FL 33771
Cost: $10 weekdays, $15 weekends
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 places on weekdays as well as weekends!

Gallagher’s Pumpkin Patch and Christmas Trees

2024 Dates TBD
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.

Keel Farms Fall Harvest Days and Corky’s Pumpkin Patch at Keel Farms 

2024 Dates TBD
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.

Hyde Park Village Pumpkin Patch

2024 Dates TBD
1602 W. Snow Circle, Tampa, FL
Come pick out the perfect pumpkin at Hyde Park Village.  Different than 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.

Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Patch Festival

October 5-27, 2024 Sat-Sun: 10am-5pm
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, family circus and of course, a Pumpkin Patch!

Shimmering Lights Fall Festival 

2024 Dates TBD
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 Olay area on select nights, and more! The light trail is not-so-scary and suitable for kids of all ages!  *Walking trail is not suitable or accessible for wheelchairs or strollers.

Frazier Farms Fall Festival and Corn Fest in Brooksville

2024 Dates TBD
10am – 5pm
20175 Manecke Road, Brooksville, FL 34601
Cost: Free parking and entry, but you can purchase a $20 wristband for activities
There will be lots of kids games, big kids games, corn hole, pumpkin painting, hay rides, “Moo” train barrel ride, a wide variety of craft & food vendors, shaved ice, ice cream, corn shucking contests and a pumpkin patch!

33rd Annual Hunsader Farms Fall Festival

October 12-27, 2024 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
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 actLS