Happy Fall Y’all! Are you looking for family-friendly fall festivals to enjoy before winter rolls into town? Here is a list of Fall Festivals that are great for families to enjoy with hay rides, corn mazes, pumpkins, delicious food, and more!
Nothing beats a cool crisp fall weekend spent with your family. Exploring a new area, experiencing a new activity, or visiting one of your family’s favorite spots. Whatever the experience brings it’s fun to do with your family and the Denver metro has a lot of Fall Festivals for families to enjoy!
Looking for more fun Fall activities? Check out our list of the Best Denver Pumpkin Patches and Denver Haunted Houses!
Denver Area Festivals for Fall
Pumpkin Harvest Festival at Four Mile Historic Park
There is so much to do at the Pumpkin Harvest Festival from visiting the pumpkin patch to ax throwing and everything in between. You can:
- Build Your Own Scarecrow
- Play Praire Games
- Do Fall themed crafts and activities
- Live demonstrations
- Live Music
- Visit the Marketplace
- Tractor Rides
- Face Painting
- Gold Panning
- Ax Throwing
- Pumpkin Patch
Open: October 14th & 15th
Location: 715 S Forest St, Denver, CO 80246
Hours: 9am – 5pm
Price: $16-$35 prices go up the day of the event so buy your tickets online prior to attending. VIP Pumpkin packages are available.
Note: This festival gets busy so get there early!
Berry Patch Farms Fall Festival
During the Fall they have Hay rides, straw maze, crafts, games, picnics, scavenger hunts, and more! Available Oct 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th from 10 am – 4 pm. There is also a Pick Your Own Farm.
Open: Tuesdays and Saturdays
Hours: Tue 10am to 1pm. Sat 10am to 4pm
Location: 13785 POTOMAC STREET BRIGHTON, CO, 80601
Price: Children age 2+ are $7. $2 per adult. Children under 2 are free. Pumpkins are separate.
Littleton Museum Harvest Festival
Buy your Halloween pumpkins and enjoy wagon rides, carnival games, and other fun activities.
Open: Sat, October 8, 2022
Hours: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: 6028 South Gallup Street Littleton, CO 80120
Price: $10-$40
Botanic Gardens Pumpkin Festival
Spend a day with gorgeous views at Chatfield Farms. Visit the pumpkin patch (pumpkins are extra), take a stroll through the corn maze, bounce houses, food trucks, tractor rides, face painting, balloon animals, and live music.
Open: Friday – Sunday, Oct. 7-9
Hours: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: 8500 W Deer Creek Canyon Road Littleton, CO 80128
Price: $15 Adults, $13 Seniors (65+), $11 Children (ages 3-15), Free admission for children 2 and younger. Military, Member, and Student discounts are available. Tickets must be purchased online and cannot be bought at the door.
Growing Gardens Community Festival
Pumpkin and face painting, lawn games, Goat Dairy goats, and more. A bluegrass band will be performing while you enjoy delicious food from local food trucks and grab a drink from the Biergarten. They will also have pumpkins, fall perennials, and Long’s Gardens Iris bulbs for sale!
Open: October 12th
Hours: 4-7 pm
Location: 1630 Hawthorn Avenue Boulder, CO 80304
Price: Free, but donations are highly encouraged.
Schweiger Ranch Fall Festival
Pumpkin Patch, Wagon Rides, Petting Zoo, Vendor Tents, Food Trucks, Live Music from Dustbowl Daughters, Live Pumpkin Carving from Bloom Orthodontics.
11AM, 12PM, 1PM Story Time & Marshmallow Roasting
Open: Saturday, October 15th
Hours: 10AM-2PM
Location: 10822 S Havana St, Lone Tree, CO 80124
Price: Pricing is not available. Hayrides are free, but reservations need to be made prior to attending.
Smith Farms Giant Pumpkin Festival
Fun activities include Giant Jumping Pillow, Farm Animals, Corn Pool, Hay Rides and More!
Open: Saturday, October 15th
Hours: 10am – 4pm
Location: 8310 Blue Gill Drive Peyton, CO 80831
Price: Admission is free.
Anderson Farms Fall Festival
Visit the Anderson Farms Fall Festival where you can take a barrel ride, combine slide, corn maze, pumpkin canon, pedal karts, farm animals, fire pits, and much much more. Pumpkins are extra!
Open: September 21st – October 31st
Hours: 10am – 6pm (time depends on the day)
Location: 6728 County Road 3-1/4Erie, Colorado 80516
Price: from $17 to $37 depending on day and time.
Miner’s Pumpkin Patch
Support the Western Museum of Mining and Industry with their fall festival pumpkin patch. You can play lawn games, take hayrides, pan for gold, sack races, and more.
Open: Saturdays in October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Hours: 9 am – 4 pm
Location: 225 North Gate Blvd Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921
Prices: $10 online or $12 at the gate. Age 3 and under Free.
Spooky Streets at SouthGlenn
Free fall fun for the entire family! Enjoy an entertainment stage, face painting, balloon artists, dance party, a parade of costumes, and MORE!
Open: Friday, October 21st
Location: The Streets at SouthGlenn
No other info is available as of writing this article.
Treat Street
Games and activities, petting farm, live entertainment, costume contest, pumpkin painting, adult beverages, food trucks, and more! First ever HALLO-WEENIE Races where Dachshund dogs will race to the finish line.
Open: Saturday, October 22, 2022
Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Event Center 25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO 80016
Price: Tickets are $10 per person. Kids under 2 years old are FREE. Wear your Halloween costume and receive FREE entry! Tickets can be purchased online or at the event.
Applefest at Yaya Farm and Orchard
Visit Yaya Farm and Orchard and take part in Applefest. Your ticket includes a plate from the fabulous Nordy’s BBQ, plus apples and apple cider donuts, and live bluegrass music from a local band.
Open: Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd
Hours: 3:30pm – 6pm
Location: 6914 Ute Hwy Longmont, CO 80503
Price: Adults $45 (11 and up), Kids 10 and under $22, and 3 years and under $5
Important Note: This event does not include apple picking. This event is different from apple picking and the farmstand.
Farmstand hours are:
September & October
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:00 – 3:00**
Thursday: 9:00-6:00
Saturday: 9:00-3:00
Sunday: 9:00 -5:00**
November
Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 – 3:00
Fall Flannel Fest
Head down to the Dairy Block and spend the day listening to live music, face paintings, a live pumpkin carver, a photo booth and so much MORE! Kids will also have the opportunity to trick-or-treat through the Alley & around the block, with candy bags provided. Come dressed in your favorite flannel or Halloween costume.
Open: Saturday, October 23rd
Hours: 11am – 2pm
Location: 1800 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202
Price: Free
Olde Town Arvada’s Trick or Treat Street
Participating businesses will be handing out candy from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm or while supplies last. Costume contests will start at 7:00 pm in Olde Town Square.
Open: Friday, Oct 28th
Hours: 5-7:30 pm
Location: Olde Town Arvada
Price: Free
Harvest Hoot at Children’s Museum
Dress to impress in your costume and enjoy fun activities like fang-tastic bites from The Teaching Kitchen, carnival games, boo-tiful crafts and so much more! Note: There is no trick or treating for this event.
Open: October 28 – October 30, 2022
Location: 2121 Children’s Museum Drive Denver, CO 80211
Hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm
Prices: Reservations required. Under 1 is Free. Ages 1 & 60 are $15. Ages 2-59 are $17. Members: Free.
Photo Opportunities: Costumed families playing carnival games, making Halloween crafts, riding the mini-train, and more, all in the middle of a fall festival full of pumpkins, corn stalks, and hay bales.