No matter whether you start celebrating autumn as soon as the temperature hits 90 or you wait until the official start of the season, there are fall events happening all over the Austin area for you!
Here’s a roundup of the best fall festivals and pumpkin patches happening in Central Texas this year. Start planning now so you can get all your autumn and Halloween fun packed in!
A lot of the big festivals happen in Austin’s surrounding areas, so I’ve arranged them by where in the greater Austin area they are.
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Fall Events in Central Austin
Pecan Street Festival: Sept. 14-15
East 6th Street, between Brazos and I-35
This twice-a-year arts festival takes place in downtown Austin on 6th Street between Brazos and 35. There are lots of local artists selling pieces, 3 stages for live music, and food vendors. For kids, there’s usually face painting, rides, a petting zoo, performers and more.
Halloween Children’s Concert: Oct. 20
701 W Riverside Dr
Austin, TX 78704
This year’s annual Halloween children’s concert is a murder mystery written by composer Nathaniel Stookey and children’s author Lemony Snicket! Best for ages 4-11. Costumes welcome! There are fun activities before the concert, so get there early!
Fall Events on the North Side of Austin
Sweet Eats Fall Festival: Sept. 21-Oct. 31
14400 E State Hwy 29
Georgetown, TX 78626
Sweet Eats Adventure Farm in Georgetown provides a full day of fun to ring in fall. There’s a pumpkin patch and pumpkin house with perfect spots for photos. Then you can play with the apple cannons, jump on the big bounce pad, climb the tire mountain to the slides, and pet and feed all the animals.
Texas Pumpkin Fest: Oct. 4 – Oct. 31
This festival in Leander has a giant pumpkin patch and lots of fun. It moved to a new bigger location a couple years ago to make room for even more fall excitement. Axe throwing, pumpkin smashing, rides (big and small), face painting and games.
Round Rock Pumpkin Festival and Pumpkin Patch: Sept. 28-Oct. 27
Old Settlers Park
3300 E Palm Valley Blvd
Round Rock, TX 78665
This is a great little fall festival if you don’t want to spend all day at the pumpkin patch. There are bounce houses, a corn pit, barrel train, yard games and a pumpkin patch. It’s relatively inexpensive (though they used to have $5 weekday entry, which I loved! It looks like it’s $10 every day now).
Sweet Berry Farm Harvest of Fall Fun: Sept. 21-Nov. 3
1801 FM1980
Marble Falls, TX 78654
This Marble Falls festival has plenty of things to do (and take home) from pumpkin painting to scarecrow stuffing to flower picking. Go on a hayride, find your way through the mazes, and of course pick a pumpkin from the patch.
Robinson Family Farm Fall Fest: weekends Sept. 28-Nov. 10
2651 Bob White Rd
Temple, TX 76501
Head to Temple on the weekends for all kinds of activities. There’s live music, farm animals, chainsaw wood carving, and a wine and beer garden. Kids will love the corn pit, barrel train, and bounce pad!
See also: Pumpkin Nights in the East section — it’s in northeast Austin!
Fall Events on the South Side of Austin
Indian Springs Ranch Pumpkin Patch: Sept. 28-Oct. 27
403 Elm View Way
Manchaca, TX 78652
Come see some of the exotic animals at Indian Springs Ranch while also getting all those cozy fall feelings. Check out the pumpkin patch, photo ops, giant spider web, and corn pit, and on the weekends, enjoy the jumping pillow, face painting, and food and craft vendors.
You can feed the animals for $5 — we saw buffalo (including a white one!), camels (one of them had two humps!), a yak, alpacas, horses, and lots of different types of cows.
Uhland Fall Fest: Sept. 28 – Oct. 27
2400 Cotton Gin Rd
Kyle, TX 78640
There’s a lot going on at this fall festival 25 miles south of Austin! So many fun things for both kids and adults! Mazes, corn pit, lots of food and drink vendors, and tons of animal activities like camel rides, fowl play bingo, petting zoo, kids goat yoga and more.
Mama Mary’s Farm and Pumpkin Patch: Sept. 28 – Nov. 3
5701 Williamson Rd
Creedmoor, TX 78610
Come visit the farm! There’s animals, a hay maze, a hay ride, a tractor tire playground, rubber duck races and more.
Fall Events on the East Side of Austin
Pumpkin Nights: Sept. 19-Oct. 31
10621 Pioneer Farms Dr
Austin, TX 78754
This has become an annual tradition for us. It’s good with kids, but would’ve been super fun as a date night without them. There are thousands of (fake) pumpkins carved and arranged in the coolest ways, and you walk through all the different scenes. They are mostly the same year to year, so keep that in mind if you’ve been before.
Fall Fun at Elgin Christmas Tree Farm: Weekends in October
120 Natures Way
Elgin, TX 78621
This Elgin farm is a favorite of local families for Christmas time, but did you know they have a fall festival too? While they are scaling back from years past, this would be a great fall outing with small kids who don’t need dozens of activities or if you only have a couple of hours. There will be photo ops, animals, rubber duck races, one maze, a train ride and a hay ride.
Fall Events on the West Side of Austin
Boo at the Zoo: Friday and Saturday nights in October
Austin Zoo
10808 Rawhide Trail
Austin, TX 78736
This family-friendly outing has Halloween-themed games and activities throughout the Austin Zoo, including a haunted train ride, haunted mansion and Halloween decorations throughout. Costumes are encouraged!
Another fall favorite is Oktoberfest! Check out these family-friendly Oktoberfests in the area.
If you’re hungry after your fall event, check out my round-up of restaurants with playgrounds in the area. Or if you’re taking your kids alone, I wrote down my tips for going on adventures with kids.
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