Fall is almost here and we've got a head start listing all the area's family-friendly fall festivals and Halloween events. Be sure to bookmark this page as events and activities will be added daily as businesses announce them! If you find another FREE or inexpensive family event, please fill us in on the details. Either click submit an event or send info to catherinef@macaronikid.com
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Festivals
Fox Squirrel Corn Maze Oct 3 - 25 Sat & Sun only
Corn Maze, Hayride, best in the county!--Ends at Dusk, Fun Duck races, Cool Corn Box for the little ones, Horseshoes for the grown-ups & the little ones, Cornhole Game-challenge your friends to a game, Dummy Steer Ropin', can you rope a steer?, Cracker Country will be demonstrating the "old ways" of doing things
Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival October 10 & 11, 17 & 18 and 24 & 25, 2015
100+ Craft Booths • Live Music • Live Shows • Pumpkins • Charity Pumpkin Games • Pioneer Trades Village • Hayrides • Pony Rides • Chainsaw Sculptor • Corn Maze Scarecrow Displays • Homemade Ice Cream • Farm Roasted Sweet Corn • Food Galore • Pumpkin Pie • Pumpkin Cannon-hourly• Corn Cannons• Rock Climbing Wall• Power Jump • Petting Zoo • Barnyard Playground • Face Painting • Children’s Train Ride • Juggler • Fresh Produce • Remote Controlled Airplanes • Butterfly Experience • Frog Jumping Championship • Swamp Buggy Rides
Hillsborough County Fair October 22-25 and October 29- November 1
With new attractions and events, you can be sure the whole family is in for a lot of fun!
Ongoing Events
Scream-A-Geddon select nights from September 25th through November 1st
The new horror park features six haunted attractions with a Monster Midway spread over a sinister 60 acres of Old Florida forest.
ZooBoo KIDS at Lowry Park Zoo October 10-11, 17-18, 23-26 & 30-Nov 1
It's an all new ZooBoo, and it's just for kids! Ideal for younger boys and “ghouls” (age 11 & under), ZooBoo KIDS is a Halloween treat. Go batty with extended hours on select days and “fright-free” festivities like trick-or-treat stations, a crazy corn maze, kooky not spooky character appearances, jeepers creepers critter encounters, fun fall photo opportunities, Monster Mash groovy tunes and more. Plus, watch some of the Zoo's animals have a smashing good time too with pumpkin enrichments on select days.
Wolfe's Family Halloween Hayrides 10/16-18, 10/23-25 & 10/28-30
This is a very kid/ family friendly event fun for all ages. Come in fall spirit and take a ride through our 13 acre wooded "spooky" trail
Festive Events
The Oktoberfest is the Immanuel Lutheran School's largest event of the year. It is a Christian based carnival for students, families, and friends to socialize, have fun together, eat a bratwurst, visit vendor booths, play games, watch judo and karate demonstrations, hear musical performances by the school band and student vocalists.
Hyde Park Fall Festival 10/10
The whole family can enjoy face painting, pumpkin carving, a photo opp area, seasonal samples from Piquant and Sur La Table and crafts from Color Me Mine and Paper Source.
Hyde Park Fall Festival 10/10
The whole family can enjoy face painting, pumpkin carving, a photo opp area, seasonal samples from Piquant and Sur La Table and crafts from Color Me Mine and Paper Source.
Be a part of our fall concert series and help make a difference as we support Feeding America Tampa Bay with Concerts for a Cause.
Hawthorne Village Fall Festival 10/23
Face painting, rock climbing wall, photo booth, scavenger hunt, pumpkin contest (anyone can submit one!) and lots more!
Hawthorne Village Fall Festival 10/23
Face painting, rock climbing wall, photo booth, scavenger hunt, pumpkin contest (anyone can submit one!) and lots more!
Be a part of our fall concert series and help make a difference as we support Feeding America Tampa Bay with Concerts for a Cause.
Hydro Harvest Farms 10th Annual Boofest 10/24
Great Free Fun! Paint Pumpkins, make earth friendly crafts, play games and more. Come hungry, the Big Truck has spooktacular food and refreshments! Wear your costume for extra treats!
Open Arms Preschool Fall Festival 10/24
Come out to enjoy a day with family and friends! We will be hosting costume contests and pumpkin decorating contests & more!
Hydro Harvest Farms 10th Annual Boofest 10/24
Great Free Fun! Paint Pumpkins, make earth friendly crafts, play games and more. Come hungry, the Big Truck has spooktacular food and refreshments! Wear your costume for extra treats!
Open Arms Preschool Fall Festival 10/24
Come out to enjoy a day with family and friends! We will be hosting costume contests and pumpkin decorating contests & more!
Pumpkin Patch Express 10/24-2 10/25
All Aboard! The express trains to the Pumpkin Patch will be departing this October. Enjoy a two hour excursion including a stop at our Pumpkin Patch!
Just For Teens
Our biggest teen event of the year! Music, costumes, games, food, and more!
Pumpkin Patches
Hyde Park
Wolfe's Produce Market
Trick-or-Treat
Halloween Dress Rehearsal at Disney Store 10/16 & 17
Join Disney Store for a Halloween Party including crafts, games and a costume parade! Come dressed as your favorite Disney character & join the costume parade to get a FREE Halloween surprise!
As the museum winds down, our exhibits come alive! Catch pirates, pioneers, Star Wars characters, 1920s gangsters and flappers, and even the Ghostbusters sneaking around the galleries as you trick or treat through our hands-on exhibits.Ghoulish games and special surprises await. Don't forget your candy bags!
Trick or Treat Street 10/24
The purpose of this special annual event is to create a safe place for children of all ages to have fun and share in the tradition of trick or treating while meeting local businesses, churches and organizations. Thousands of local residents flock to get candy, play games, enjoy bounce houses, eat food and win prizes. Kids and dogs also have the opportunity to participate in costume contests!
Who said the ghost and goblins only come out at night? Costumed Munchkins are invited to take part in the Halloween Parade and will enjoy lots of Treat Stations hosted by Civic Clubs & Businesses along the route. *note: there is a $2/ child fee this year
Guppyween 10/24 & 10/25
Be whoever or whatever you want and trick-or-treat at The Florida Aquarium's Guppyween! With a safe and family-friendly setting, live entertainment and more than 20,000 animals, there's plenty of fun to go around!
Trick-or-Treat at IKEA Tampa 10/25
Calling all monsters, superheros, cowboys, pumpkins, ghosts, dinosaurs, ninja's, spiders, puppies, bees, lions, tigers and bears...(whew) Join us for our annual Trick or Treat event in our Showroom!
Trick-or-Treat at IKEA Tampa 10/25
Calling all monsters, superheros, cowboys, pumpkins, ghosts, dinosaurs, ninja's, spiders, puppies, bees, lions, tigers and bears...(whew) Join us for our annual Trick or Treat event in our Showroom!
Join us for Element's 5th Annual Trunk or Treat Celebration! There will be candy, costume contest, games, crafts, and lots of fun!
Get your little goblins ready to monster mash, trick-or-treat, and wiggle at the Glazer Children's Museum's not so scary Halloween party.
Mall-Wide Trick-or-Treat 10/31
Calling little ghosts and goblins! Come in costume and trick or treat throughout the mall at participating retailers.
Spooky Library, Book Related and Arts & Crafts Events
TBD
Worth the Drive
Ghouls, ghosts and goblins descend on LEGOLAND Florida Resort transforming it into a haunted adventure. LEGO spiders have taken over Miniland USA. Play your part in a scavenger hunt in search for these scary creatures that have invaded our famous cities, each participant will receive a LEGO collectors brick.* Collect all four, with a different one each weekend! This spooky event takes place select dates in October, and features trick-or-treating along the brick-or-treat trail, super brick build activities, the largest LEGO Jack-O-Lantern in the world , Halloween entertainment and an all-kids costume contest with brick-tastic prizes!
Don your favorite costume and get ready to trick-or-treat at this Halloween-themed event in Magic Kingdom park—Select Nights September 15 - November 01, 2015
An Ocean Of Halloween Fun For The Whole Family! SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular takes place from 12 p.m. – 7 p.m. weekends in October (3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, and 31) and is included with park admission. Costumes are not required, but are encouraged.
On select nights September 18 - November 1, your worst nightmares will take shape as Universal Studios Florida® theme park is transformed into the award-winning Halloween Horror Nights®. See if you can survive all-new haunted houses, spine-chilling street experiences, outrageous live shows, and more.
