20+ Adorable Fall Festivals in Tampa Bay for Kids
Ahhh–it’s fall, y’all! Even if it doesn’t quite feel like it outside, our favorite fall festivals in Tampa Bay will help put you into the spirit of the season. Get ready to inhale as much pumpkin spice as you can get your hands on! But don’t wait – some of them are ending this weekend!
Our top picks list has festivals on the farm, fall festivals with pumpkin patches in Tampa Bay, and of course, plenty of fall festivals with Insta-worthy photo opportunities to capture those forever memories!
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Updated October 2024
- Pumpkin Patch: October 4 – 24, 2024
- Fall Festival: Saturday, October 19, from 4 pm-7 pm
- Location: 19509 N Dale Mabry Hwy and 3703 W McKay Ave
Get ready for pumpkin season in Tampa Bay! Watermelon Swim’s annual Pumpkin Patch opens on October 4, offering a variety of perfect pumpkins at four locations. Lutz and South Tampa have large outdoor patches, while Wesley Chapel and Riverview offer cozy indoor setups. Each location boasts charming fall photo spots for your family to capture the spirit. Admission is free, and they are open from 8 am to 8 pm throughout October. A portion of the proceeds benefits their swim programs including the swimmers with disabilities program. Join them on October 19 for their FREE Fall Festival at Lutz and South Tampa, featuring trunk-or-treating, games, food trucks, and more.
The Best Fall Festivals in Tampa Bay for Kids
Events are listed in order of event start date.
Harvest Holler Pumpkin Patch in Polk City
- September 20 – November 17, 2024
- Location: 950 Tavares Rd., Polk City, FL 33868 – about 30 min east of Tampa
- Cost: $17 for ages 13-64, $14 for ages 2-12, seniors 65+, and active-duty military
It’s an easy ride from Tampa – just about a half hour east on I-4 – and suddenly you’re at Farmer Jerry and his family’s Harvest Holler Farm. Come out for a fun fall tradition and stroll the fields of this year’s corn maze and pumpkin patch at Harvest Holler Farm, a working family farm! You can explore the pumpkin patch, go on a hayride, enjoy some country eats, meet live farm animals, and more! There’s also a cow train, corn hole, and many more activities.
Raprager Family Farm Fall Pumpkin Patch
- September 20 – November 3, 2024, Fridays: 4pm-9pm, Saturdays: 9am-10pm & Sundays: 9am-8pm
- Location: 16907 Boy Scout Rd, Odessa, FL, 33556
- Cost: $16.95 when purchased in advance for ages 3 and up, children 2 and under are free. Parking is free.
Raprager Family Farm’s Fall Festival is BACK for 2024 with even more fall fun on the farm! Attractions this year include axe throwing, pumpkin painting, a 900ft inflatable maze, a baby cow, and more. The haunted barn is back along with the hay rides, petting zoo, hay chute slide, and other favorites. The farm is kid-friendly all day but does get scarier after 6:00 p.m.
HarvestMoon Farm Pumpkin Patch
- September 28-November 3, 2024. Open Wednesday-Friday from 10 am-2 pm and then Sat-Sun: 10 am-5 pm. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
- Location: 15990 Stur St., Masaryktown, FL 34604
- Cost: $12.95 weekdays and $15.95 weekends, ages 3 and up
You’ll want to pre-purchase a ticket online to secure your spot to navigate the 5-acre corn maze, explore the many attractions like a cow train, pedal cars, jumping pillow, and barnyard games. There’s also a petting farm and tree house. Bring some extra cash in case the little ones decide they want to participate in gem mining or even pick out their own pumpkins in the pumpkin patch! They even host a Haunted Nights Nights event for $24.95 on select nights.
16th Annual Sweetfields Farm Fall Pumpkin Patch
- September 28 – November 3, 2024
- Location: 17250 Benes Roush Rd. Masaryktown, FL 34604
- Cost: $13.28 3 and up, 2 and under are free
Come out for corn maze fun at Sweetfields Farm in Masaryktown, but stay for the Pitcher Pump Duck Race, hayride, pumpkin patch, farm animals and free craft of the season. Buy your tickets ahead of time to secure your spot because this event often sells out. This year’s maze design is inspired by the new farm dog who you just might meet during your visit to Sweetfields! This event often sells out, so you will need to pre-purchase your tickets to secure your spot.
13th Annual Fox Squirrel Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch
- September 28 – October 27, 2024, Sat-Sun: 10 am-5 pm
- Location: 6151 Varn Road, Plant City, FL 33565 (NEW LOCATION this year!)
- Cost: $12. Ages 3 and under are FREE
Take part in exciting, family-friendly fall games and activities during the annual Fox Squirrel Corn Maze! Navigate the corn maze and see how quickly and you can find your way through and then go check out the duck races, challenge your kids to a game of corn hole, go on a hayride, and select the perfect pumpkin for your front porch in Tampa!
Dade City Farms at Lake Iola Fall Festival
- September 28 – November 2, 2024, Saturdays 10 am-5 pm and Sundays 10 am-4 pm
- Location: 17187 Lake Iola Road, Dade City
- Cost: Adults are $12, Kids ages 3-12 are $9 and kids 0-2 are free
Dade City Farms at Lake Iola’s Fall Festival features so many awesome family-friendly activities including a corn maze, jump pad, pumpkin patch, hamster wheel racers, petting zoo, u-pick sunflowers, and so much more. You can also add on experiences like gem mining and face painting.
Kerby’s Nursery Pumpkin Patch in Seffner
- Open daily from September 28 – October 31, 2024
- Location: 2311 S. Parsons Avenue, Seffner
Kerby’s Nursery has a variety of beautiful pumpkins to select from including Cinderella, gladiator, jack-be-little, and more! Enjoy a scarecrow treasure hunt and free decorating seminars. While you’re there, be sure to snap a photo in front of the pumpkin wall!
DK Festival Farm Pumpkin Patch and Festival
- Daily from October 1 – October 27, 2024
- Location: 1750 Lake Ave SE, Largo, FL 33771
- Cost: $10 weekdays/$15 weekend
Explore and pick up a pumpkin at their patch, take a hayride, and enjoy the great fall decorations or hang with some new friends at the petting zoo. There’s a ton more to do and lots of fun for the whole family.
Shimmering Lights Fall Festival
- Select nights October 3 – 27, 2024
- Location: 2302 N. Dover Rd, Dover, FL 33527
- Cost: $9 for Thursday and Sunday and $9.50 for Friday and Saturday, ages 4 and up
This is a unique way to celebrate the fall season on the farm! Sun Kisses Acres is teaming up with Nights of Shimmering Lights to create a 1/3 mile walk-through trail featuring beautiful lights, music, games, hay rides, pumpkin patches, a foam play area on select nights, and more! The light trail is not-so-scary and suitable for kids of all ages! *The walking trail is not suitable or accessible for wheelchairs or strollers.
22nd Annual Brooksville Pumpkin Patch and Fall Festival
- Weekends from October 4 – October 27, 2024
- Location: 475 North Avenue West, Brooksville, FL 34601
- Cost: entry is free
The Brooksville farm has hundreds, if not thousands of pumpkins–to choose from! The farm says most of their pumpkin deliveries are a few days off the vine, so they should last you through the holiday…and maybe even grab some cute ones for decor for Thanksgiving. They also have food vendors, produce, a petting zoo, a bounce house, games, and more.