Oktoberfest, Haunted Houses and Mazes, Theme Parks, Fall Festivals, Harvest Festivals, and more
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day time is child friendly with trick or treating and other activities, evenings are recommended for 12+ due to scare actors, fog effects, pyro, and more.
Halloween Haunt at Kings Island
the best Oktoberfest in Ohio - very affordable, great food and drinks, great entertainment
Minster Oktoberfest
this is the one festival we always go to every year for the food and the drinks
The Italian Fall Festa
so many activities for kids and families - hay ride, corn maze, playground, games, food, and more
Waynesville Fall Fest
Waynesville has a historic downtown known for its antique shops and restaurants - the perfect setting for an all things sauerkraut festival
Ohio Sauerkraut Festival
Ohioans love to say their favorite vegetable is potatoes, so this is a perfect festival for us!
Potato Festival general info
these mazes are insane! There are mail boxes hidden in different color coded sections with a piece to a map of the maze and you have to find them all to complete the maze.
Tom's Maze and Pumpkin Farm
this festival has a little bit of everything when it comes to food, games, and shopping small businesses.
Beavercreek Popcorn Festival
so many people go multiple times throughout the season and dress up in costumes. there is a ton of entertainment and food.
Ohio Renaissance Festival
this festival is downtown at the Greek Orthodox Church and always takes place the weekend after Labor Day
Dayton Greek Festival
at the Preble County Fairgrounds the 3rd full weekend of September! includes a petting zoo, pony rides, camel rides, tractor pulls, pig racing, and more
Preble County Pork Festival
another great Oktoberfest option that is local
Dayton Liederkranz-Turner
the second weekend of October - and they have kids activities sponsored by COSI
Oktoberfest - Lebanon, Ohio
hand crafted local vendors, carnival rides, kids activities, lots of food and drink options
Germantown Pretzel Festival
hay rides, pumpkin patch, corn cannons, straw maze, farm animals, and seasonal treats
McMonigle Farms Pumpkin Fest
corn maze, corn cannons, hay rides, games, farm animals, pony rides, movies under the stars
Fall Farm Fest
the Historical Society makes apple butter the old fashioned way, parking and admission is free
Enon Apple Butter Festival
Autumn Fest with pony rides, hay rides, food trucks, animals, live music, games, local vendors
Learning Tree Farm
Foy's Halloween store is one of the best in the area. During the festival they turn into a haunted house.
Fairborn Halloween Festival
on certain nights you can go through this haunted house with all lights off
The Dent Schoolhouse
in Wilmington - includes haunted hayrides, haunted houses, zombie paintball, and more
Brimstone Haunt
includes a haunted trail and 2 haunted houses available on weekends
Dayton Scream Park
during the Halloween season, this cave tour is turned into a haunted tour
The Lewisburg Haunted Cave
you can go on special extreme blackout night to get an even more terrorizing experience
Wilmington Haunted Hollow Ride
Land of Illusion offers season passes and admission to Middletown Haunted Trail
Cincinnati & Dayton Haunted House
free, but accepts donations
The Haunted Garage | Tipp City OH
hand painted pumpkins with glow in the dark paint that lights up under black lights.
Pumpkin Glow
a compilation of all of my favorite things to do in the Fall around Dayton, Ohio!
