Fall offers plenty of outdoor activities for everyone being military I've experienced different events in different states & countries. Though the season is short most of these happen in October check out my list of entertaining fall festivals, e...
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Dallas sept 21st to Nov 3rd. Most beautiful Arboretum & Botanical garden! Colorful displays of flowers and foliage filled with 100,000 local pumpkins, gourds & squash. It has 66 acres of gardens and seasonal exhibits. Including a beautiful P...
Autumn at the Arboretum
Here volunteers fry 600 quarter-chickens in 30 gallons of oil. It includes 3 stages of live music and entertainment. A gospel stage is on Sunday. Vendors line the streets so you'll need to bring money to buy awesome stuff! They have competitions l...
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Ketchum, Idaho. Farm to table dinners, wool workshops, the Sheepdog Trials and the Folklife Fair, live entertainment and hearty food. For the Love of Lamb is an event in which you can sample lamb based dishes from certain local restaurants if...
Trailing of the Sheep Festival – Sun Valley, Idaho
Dìa de los Muertos. Hemisfair, San Antonio for October 26-27. Day of the dead a Mexican holiday to honor deceased loved ones. A festival has elaborate altars, live music, art vendors and other activities highlighting Mexican heritage.
Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos)
Hudson Valley, New York September 13th-November 17th. 7,000 hand carved pumpkins across the grounds of the historic Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton on Hudson. It takes 45 to 90 minutes to walk all the way through a half mile path lined with illuminated gourds. Visitors do have to purchase ticket online in advance for entry on select nights starting at $20.
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley
International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico for Oct. 5-13. The largest hot air balloon festival in the world. Nearly a million people come to New Mexico's largest city. Revelers can eat, drink, photograph, dance, and shop. Other activities include chainsaw carving demonstrations, live music, fireworks, shopping and dining vendors.
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Biglerville, Pennsylvania October 5-6 & 12-13. Apple art, Apple jellies and Apple syrup making for people who pay the admission fee $10 for adults. More than 300 arts and crafts vendors, watch chainsaw carving demonstrations, live entertainment ...
National Apple Harvest Festival
Southwestern celebration of wine, food and the state's most famous crop the New Mexico green Chile. Cooking demonstrations, wine classes, brunch, luncheons and even a scenic wine tour by train are among the various culinary activities scheduled at ve...
Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta
Colfax Louisiana pecan festival Nov. 1-3. The Pecan Festival typically kicks off with a Childrens Day, which features free family friendly activities such as a petting zoo, rock walls, games and more. During the weekend festival attendees will see a...
Louisiana Pecan Festival
California isn't known for its spectacular fall colors. To bring in the fall colors the region hosts this popular green festival dedicated to avocado. Yes it's fun and free! The main focus of this event is food and music with a grand total of 100,000...
California Avocado Festival
This Tualatin, Oregon festival is super fun it's held on Oct. 19th-20th. Totally free! It's a series of rowing races but without boats and with enormous partially hollowed out pumpkins. Local farmers are to thank for this. Most rowers do wear costumes. You may not be able to be able to be in a pumpkin to row because they are typically for organizations. There are other fun games like pumpkin bowling, pumpkin golf where you hit balls into floating pumpkins. Selfies with giant pumpkins right by w...
West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta
September 27th-29th & October 4-6. 250+ vendors selling Antique and Vintage clothing, furniture, decor, hand crafts and more. The best part is the pumpkin house with bonfires, Apple cider donuts, pumpkin spice lattes and a plethora of food ...
Junkstock
This is a pretty big fall festival. This festival has several great food booths, live entertainment, parades, talent competitions and the best carnival rides. There's over 200,000 people each year that attend this number one fall festival.
West Side Nut Club Fall Festival
One of the best fall festivals in the US that serves apple pie apple cider and candy apples. Around 60,000 to 80,000 people attend this festival each year. There are a variety of family friendly activities and parades including carnival rides.
Festivals - Nebraska City
This place is like a gigantic arts and crafts festival that completely takes over the town for three days you can find just about any type of artisan thing to buy and there are some cool food booths that include deep fried cranberries on a stick. It'...
Warrens Cranberry Festival
There are so many activities for You and your family, to name a few they have corn pit & extreme corn pit which holds more than 10,000 bushels of corn in each. A zoo area where the kids can get up close and personal with kangaroos, goats, camel, ...