It's fall ya'll…even if it doesn't feel like it outside! The 2025 list of our favorite pumpkin patches in Tampa Bay, fall festivals, corn mazes, Halloween events, and more is ghoulishly good.

So check out our list as it grows throughout the season as updates come in, and get ready for some frighteningly good fun. Happy haunting…we mean, hunting!

There are three BIG sections on this page for you to explore:

Pumpkin Patches and Corn Mazes in Tampa Bay
Halloween Events at Theme Parks and Attractions
Fall Festivals and Trick-or-Treating Events in Tampa Bay

Cover photo: Creatures of the Night at ZooTampa by Tampa Bay Parenting. Have an event you want to add it to our list? Email us at calendar@tbparenting.com.

Featured Events:

Halloween Harvest at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay — Halloween Harvest 2024 at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Kandy's Sweetacular Celebration at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Saturdays and Sundays, September 6-October 26, 2025, from noon to 4 pm
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, 10165 McKinley Drive, Tampa
Cost is included with theme park admission

Join Kandy's new Sweetactular Celebration, go trick-or-treating, and participate in themed activities, games, and more! You can also celebrate with your Sesame Street friends at the Sesame Street Safari of Fun!

Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens

Select Nights September 5 – November 2, 2025, select nights
Tickets start at $33.99

Experience terrors around every corner at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Meet up with hundreds of roaming creatures, terrifying outdoor scare zones, and returning favorite haunted houses, including Stranglewood Estate. There will also be live, interactive entertainment, scare zones, and more.

Brick or Treat Monster Party at LEGOLAND Florida

Weekends September 20-November 2, 2025
LEGOLAND Florida, 1 LEGOLAND Way, Winter Haven
Cost is included with daily admission

Enjoy a Halloween party built just for kids at LEGOLAND Florida Resort in Winter Haven. Kids can enjoy spooky LEGO building activities, trick-or-treating at MORE candy stations than ever before, NEW character meet-and-greets, and MORE.

Creatures of the Night at ZooTampa at Lowry Park

13 select nights from September 27 to October 26, 2025
Tickets start at $29.95

Tampa Bay’s favorite family Halloween event will return in 2025! Creatures of the Night at ZooTampa is full of eerie family fun for everyone! Ghouls and goblins of all ages can enjoy howling outdoor experiences, mischievous characters, creepy culinary treats, and much more! NEW in 2025: Mesozoic Mayhem, the ultimate spooky adventures featuring dinosaurs, plus more all-new family-friendly fun!

A Pirate's Halloween on The Lost Pearl

Select days in October 2025
Cost:$39.95 for adults, $29.95 for kids, $12.95 for infants
Location: 33 S Franklin St., Tampa

This October, set sail aboard The Lost Pearl Pirate Ship for a Halloween adventure! The 1.5-hour Halloween pirate cruise blends spooky fun with swashbuckling excitement. Costumes are encouraged for kids AND adults. Activities include Halloween and Pirate Games: Pumpkin Toss, Water Cannon Battles, Mummy Wrap, Spooky Dance Party, and Captain Patchy’s Pumpkin Patch.

Haunted River Tours with Pirate Water Taxi

Weekends October 3 – 26, 2025
Convention Center/ Marriott Water Street (Stop 7 location)
$35

Join Pirate Water Taxi’s crew for an entertaining evening with tales of ghosts along the Hillsborough River. Each tour will be led by a dead-lightful docent who will tell eerie stories of Tampa’s past. This tour is PG-13 this year since the Lost Pearl is sailing once again and offering the Pirate's Halloween Cruise! Tours last 45-50 minutes.

Nightmare on Franklin Street “Mummy & Me” series at the Tampa Theatre

Screenings on select dates Oct 4-Oct 25, 2025
Location: Tampa Theatre: 711 N. Franklin St, Tampa

The Tampa Theatre’s Nightmare of Franklin Street returns this month, featuring classic horror movies for spooky date nights, but for a family-friendly day out, there’s the “Mummy & Me” series featuring kid classics like “Hocus Pocus!” Here’s the “Mummy & Me” lineup: Oct. 4 at 1:45 p.m.: Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Oct. 5 at 1:30 p.m.: The Haunted Mansion (2023), Oct. 19 at 1:30 p.m.: Scooby-Doo (2002), and Oct. 25 at 3 p.m.: Hocus Pocus (1993).

The Theater is also offering ghost tours, which are great for tweens and teens!

Celebrate Fall at Ananda Farm in Terra Ciea

Opening weekend September 26-28, 2025.
Location: 579 Ken Hubbard Road, Terra Ceia

Ananda Farm is one of our favorite family-friendly farms in the Tampa Bay Area, where kids can roam and PLAY on incredible attractions like a huge tree house, while adults enjoy a farm-to-table menu, live music, and more. It reopens on the weekend of September 26, and we can't wait! They will also have U-Pick flowers, and kids' activities including pumpkin decorating, hay bale play, face painting, and arts & crafts!

Harvest Days at Keel Farms

Every Saturday and Sunday in October 2025
Location: 5202 Thonotosassa Rd, Plant City, FL 33565
Cost: Free; parking is $10

Visit Keel Farms every Saturday and Sunday in October for Harvest Days! From 10am – 3pm, enjoy family-friendly, festive fun with hay rides, a corn maze, pumpkin patch and painting, camel rides, seasonal wines and ciders, a pumpkin pie eating contest, local vendors and food trucks, and more. No tickets are required for this FREE event, and all ages + dogs are welcome! Parking is just $10.

Keel Farms Harvest Days — Celebrate Fall at Keel Farms weekends in October

Watermelon Swim’s Annual Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch: October 3-31, 2025, at Lutz, South Tampa, Riverview, Wesley Chapel, and Brooksville locations
Fall Festival: October 18, 2025, from 4 pm to 7 pm at Lutz and South Tampa locations
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 3, offering a variety of perfect pumpkins at five locations. Lutz and South Tampa have large outdoor patches, while Wesley Chapel, Brooksville, 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.

The Watermelon Swim Fall Festival will be celebrated on Saturday, October 18, from 4 pm to 7pm at the Lutz and South Tampa locations. This free event will feature trick-or-treating, photo ops, games, prizes, and more!

MOSI’s Spooktacular Science: Carnival of Science & Frights

Saturday, October 18, 2025, 6 pm-9 pm
Cost: $10
Location: 4801 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa

Step right up! This event at MOSI delivers a thrilling night of science and spooky fun for the whole family! Spark your curiosity with hands-on experiments, carnival magic, photo booths, food, drinks, and planetarium shows!

AdventHealth Center Ice Hallowrink Themed Skate

Friday, October 24, 2025, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Cost: $22 in advance or $25 at the door
Location: 3173 Cypress Ridge Blvd., Wesley Chapel

Join in on a Halloween-themed ice skating session with themed music curated by Reign Entertainment, with a costume contest and Ghoul-Tivities!

9th Annual Trick or Treat on the Riverwalk in Tampa and Lighted Boat Parade

October 25, 2025, from 4 pm-7 pm
Downtown Tampa Riverwalk
FREE

Trick-or-treating on the Riverwalk is back. This is a FREE community event! Children in costume and their families are invited to come and trick-or-treat along the Riverwalk, as well as enjoy fun activities. We will have over 50 treat stations participating along the Riverwalk, starting at Water Works Park and ending at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.

Pumpkin Patches in Tampa Bay, Including Awesome Fall Festivals and Corn Mazes

(Listed in order of opening date. Dates, times, and ticket prices are subject to change. Check with your chosen farm's social media sites before you go because some do sell out of tickets on certain days.)

Gallagher's Pumpkin Patch and Christmas Trees

OPENING DAY: September 22, 2025 at 9 am. Sensory friendly hours are on September 29, 9 am.-10 am, and October 25, 8 am-9 am.
7401 4th St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33702

Located in St. Pete for more than 30 years, this family-owned business is the perfect spot to capture super cute photos of your little pumpkins while you select the best of the ‘patch'! Before you leave, be sure you snap a photo in front of the popular vintage pickup truck and pumpkin wall.

Raprager Family Farm Fall Pumpkin Patch

September 20 – November 2, 2025, Fridays: various hours
Location: 16907 Boy Scout Rd, Odessa, FL, 33556
Cost: $15-$17.95 when purchased in advance for ages 3 and up, children 2 and under are free. $19.50 at the gate. Parking is free.

Raprager Family Farm’s Fall Festival is BACK for 2025 with even more fall fun on the farm! Attractions this year include axe throwing, pumpkin painting, a 1,000 square foot inflatable kids maze, a 17,000 square foot haunted maze (after Oct 1), a farm animals, 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.

Raprager Family Farm Fall Festival — Raprager Family Farm. Image Credit: Brie Gorecki

Harvest Holler Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Polk City

September 19 – November 16, 2025
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.

HarvestMoon Farm Pumpkin Patch

September 27-November 2, 2025, select days
Location: 15990 Stur St., Masaryktown, FL 34604
Cost: $13.92 through $26.27, 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, a 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.

14th Annual Fox Squirrel Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch

September 27 – October 26, 2025, Sat-Sun: 10 am-5 pm
Location: 6151 Varn Road, Plant City, FL 33565
Cost: $12. Ages 3 and under are FREE (2024 price)

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!

Kerby’s Nursery Pumpkin Patch in Seffner

Fall kickoff on September 27, 2025. Open daily.
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!

17th Annual Sweetfields Farm Fall Pumpkin Patch

Opening late September 2025
Location: 17250 Benes Roush Rd. Masaryktown, FL 34604
Cost: $11.95 when purchased in advance for ages 3 and up, 2 and under are free. $14 at the gate

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.

Hyde Park Village Pumpkin Patch

October 1 – 31, 2025
1602 W. Snow Circle, Tampa, FL
Free to attend. Pumpkin prices vary.

Come pick out the perfect pumpkin at Hyde Park Village as it turns into a pumpkin-filled wonderland! Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Tampa Bay and Feeding Tampa Bay.

23rd Annual Brooksville Pumpkin Patch and Fall Festival

Opening weekend, October 3, 2025
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.

DK Festival Farm Pumpkin Patch

Opening weekend October 4-5, 2025. Open daily.
Location: 1750 Lake Ave SE, Largo, FL 33771
Cost: $10.95 weekdays/$16 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. They also have capybaras to meet!

Shimmering Lights Fall Festival

Saturday, Oct. 4 – Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location: 2302 N. Dover Rd, Dover, FL 33527
Cost: $9

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.

HorsePower for Kids and Animal Sanctuary 16th Annual Fall Festival Fundraiser

October 4 – 24, 2025, on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am – 5 pm
Location: 8005 Racetrack Rd., Tampa, FL 33635
Cost: $15 admission, $1 parking

Bring the family out for a day of fun while supporting a non-profit animal sanctuary right outside the Westchase area. The festival includes pony, train and hayrides, as well as farm animals. Fall games and bonfire, which includes marshmallows. Proceeds go to the animal rescue and sanctuary.

Horsepower For Kids Fall Festival — Horsepower Fall Festival. Image Credit: Brie Gorecki

35th Annual Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Patch Festival

Dates: October 11 – 26, 2025, on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 am-5 pm
Location: 5500 C.R. 675, Bradenton, FL 34211
Cost: $15 for ages 11 and up, children under 10 are free. $5 for parking (cash only)

Make the drive south of Tampa Bay to experience the 34th annual Pumpkin Patch Festival on select weekends in October. There will be hayrides, a petting zoo, games, a pumpkin patch, and more! The main attraction is the corn maze which is an additional $2 per person. Make sure to bring cash for other cool activities like a children’s train ride, Butterfly Experience, zip line, and more!

8th Annual Heights Fall Festival Pumpkin Patch at Armature Works

Oct 11 & 12, 2025. Oct 11. from 12 pm-6 pm, and Oct. 12, from 12 pm-4 pm
Location: Armature Works, Tampa
Cost: Free to attend

The Heights Fall Festival will feature a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, face painters, activities for the whole family, and live music.

St. Pete Pier Pumpkin Patch

Friday October 10th to Sunday October 19th, 2025
Spa Beach Park, 800 2nd Ave NE, St. Pete
Free (pumpkins available for purchase)

Experience the magic of fall! Whether you're on the hunt for the perfect pumpkin or simply eager to soak in the festive ambiance, the St. Pete Pier pumpkin patch is the perfect spot. Don't forget to bring your camera for a festive fall pic between the golden haystacks, rustic truck, and scenic pumpkin displays.

Pumpkin Patch Express (Florida Railroad Museum)

October 18 – 19, 25 – 26, 2025, at various times | Tickets are on sale now
12210 83rd St East Parrish, FL 34219
Cost: Tickets start at $25

The Florida Railroad Museum is calling “all aboard” for young and old train enthusiasts as you embark on the Pumpkin Patch Express to a field full of pumpkins to pick, as well as kid-friendly activities on your 2.5-hour journey. Children are invited to pick their own pumpkin to take home. Everyone is also invited to participate in other crafts and activities.

Florida Botanical Garden's Pumpkin Fest

Saturday, October 25, 2025, 10 am-2 pm
Florida Botanical Gardens
Cost: Free

Join the Florida Botanical Gardens for a pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, and other spooky activities like the 4-H Scarecrow contest, Pumpkin painting, Build your own slime, Bat Book reading, pumpkin decoupage, food trucks, and more!

Boo Barn Bash at Old McMicky's Farm

Saturday, October 25, 9am – 1pm
9612 Crescent Dr., Odessa
TICKETS TBA

Old McMicky's is hosting its annual Halloween event with a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, bounce house, face painters, food, games, music, and more!

We're sharing MORE Pumpkin Patches in Tampa Bay

Our Favorite Halloween Events at Theme Parks and Attractions in 2025:

Spooktacular Time Piece and Alfred — Say cheese! Meet new characters in 2023 at Spooktacular at Busch Gardens, including Time Piece and Alfred. They love taking pictures with the kids! Photo by Laura Byrne.

Kandy's Sweetacular Celebration at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Saturdays and Sundays, September 6-October 26, 2025
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, 10165 McKinley Drive, Tampa
Cost is included with theme park admission

Join Kandy's new Sweetactular Celebration, go trick-or-treating, and participate in themed activities, games, and more! You'll also be able to celebrate with your Sesame Street friends at the Sesame Street Safari of Fun!

Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens

Select Nights September 5 -November 2, 2025
Tickets start at $33.99

Brick or Treat Monster Party at LEGOLAND Florida

Weekends September 20-November 2, 2025
LEGOLAND Florida, 1 LEGOLAND Way, Winter Haven
Cost is Included with daily admission

Creatures of the Night at ZooTampa at Lowry Park

13 select nights from September 27 to October 26, 2025
Tickets start at $29.95

Monster Splash Spooky Tunes Adventure

Every Saturday and Sunday, October 4-19 ,2025, at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Florida Aquarium

Get ready to sing, dance, and splash along with this silly, spooky stage show all about strange and misunderstood creatures—just the thing to get kids and grownups in the Halloween spirit!

Wild N' Wicked Nights

October 17-18, and 24-25, 2025, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Cost: $12 per person (ages 3+)

Swim into spooky season at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park with The Black Button Underwater Show, The Other Side Manor Haunted House, The Dark Realm Haunted Maze, a peek-a-boo pumpkin path, carnival games, bounce houses, and a costume contest! The Other Side Manor Haunted House and The Dark Side Realm Haunted Maze is not recommended for small children.

Tall Tales of Old Florida at Cracker Country

Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
4800 Hwy 301 N, Tampa

Explore Tampa’s 19th-century living history museum by night! Along the way, meet storytellers who will spin wild yarns about a few of Florida’s unexplained oddities. A little scary, a little funny, and always family-friendly, the Tall Tales tour is a Florida history adventure by lantern light. Recommended for ages 6+.

Tampa Bay History Center’s A Night at the Museum

Sunday, October 19, 3pm – 6:30pm
801 Water Street, Tampa
$20

Trick-or-treat your way through the Tampa Bay History Center galleries in search of sweet rewards on Sunday, Oct. 19. Plan for an evening of games, crafts, costume characters, and more! Timed tickets are available now and children age 3 and younger are free.

Guppyween at The Florida Aquarium

October 25 & 26, 2025, from 9 am-5 pm
Included with admission. Costmed kids get free admission with a paid adult.

Dress in your Halloween best and head to the Aquarium for Guppyween! Kids in costume get free admission with a paid adult–this offer is redeemable at the ticket window. There will be a trick-or-treating trail, costume parade, character appearances, costumed divers, underwater pumpkin carving, and more! A sensory-friendly event is scheduled for Sunday, October 26, at 8 am.

Halloween Spookquarium at Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Friday, October 31, 2025, from 10 am- 6 pm (trick-or-treat stations from 3 pm-6 pm)
Cost: included with admission
Location: CMA, 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater

Have the kiddos dress up in their Halloween best and head to CMA for a day of spooky fun at the aquarium! CMA will be decorated for the holiday to add to the fun. Kids can take part in the themed crafts, interactive games, watch an underwater pumpkin carving, and even go trick-or-treating!

Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom

August 15-October 31, 2025, various nights
$119-$199 per person

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party is back, and we couldn't be more excited! You can expect all of the returning favorites, including the Boo-to-You Parade and live shows featuring the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus.

You can also meet Jack Skellington and Sally, enjoy special character experiences, dining, and more! We're sharing our favorite things about Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party to help you plan!

SeaWorld Orlando’s Halloween Spooktacular

August 30-November 2, 2025
Cost is included with daily admission

Kids can dress in their favorite Halloween costume to safely trick-or-treat at SeaWorld Orlando and meet up with everyone’s favorite neighbors on Sesame Street as The Count, Elmo, Abby, and others!

Día de los Muertos with Xochi

Saturday, November 1, and Sunday, November 2, 2025, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Florida Aquarium

The season doesn’t stop at Halloween! Celebrate the Aquarium’s first-ever Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with their new axolotl costumed character, Xochi, who will be specially dressed for the holiday!

Discover Xochi’s traditions from her home in Mexico City while wandering through the Aquarium. Families can honor loved ones, craft colorful sugar skulls, and enjoy festive fun surrounded by vibrant décor. Guests can also enjoy an exclusive menu in Café 71 including a Short Rib Tamale and Apple and Fruit Compote Tamales.

MORE Fall Festivals, Halloween, and Trick-or-Treating Events in the Tampa Bay Area:

(Listed in order of the event date.)

Sir Henry's Haunted Trail in Plant City

September 26-November 1, 2025, select nights
2837 S Frontage Rd in Plant City
Tickets start at $27

For an extra spooky night filled with terrifying thrills, head to Sir Henry's Haunted Trail in Plant City! There are three haunted trails, laser tag, and even an escape room. The haunted trails are not appropriate for kids under age 12, so leave the little ones at home.

Spooky Train Rides and Scary Trail at the Concourse in Shady Hills

Every Friday and Saturday throughout October 2025
11919 Alric Pottberg Rd, Shady Hills
$8 train, $10 trail, or $15 for both

Come out to the Concourse for Spooky Train Rides and Scary Trail! The train is now DOUBLE the length as years past! There will be many activities for the kids so come out and have a spooky time!

Dave’s Christmas Tree Lot Pumpkin Patch

October 1-31, 2025, Monday-Friday: 1 pm-8 pm, Sat-Sun: 9 am-9 pm
106 E Lumsden Avenue, Brandon, FL
Pumpkin prices TBA

It’s not officially fall until you’ve visited this pumpkin patch in October! Bring your friends and family out to wander through rows of pie pumpkins, mini pumpkins, white pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, highly stacked hay bales, garden mums, and much more. Bring the whole family and take as many photos as you like!

Scarecrow Festival at the Pioneer Florida Museum

October 11, 2025, 9 am-4 pm
15602 Pioneer Museum Rd., Dade City, FL 33523
$5 for students ages 5 and up, $10 for adult

Take part in fall games and activities as a family at Pioneer Florida Museum and Village in Dade City. Paint a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, make a scarecrow, visit the petting zoo, take a pony ride, pose for a photo with a scarecrow, touch a truck, get your face painted, go on carnival rides and more! No pets, coolers, food, or beverages allowed.

St. Pete Fall Festival

Saturday, October 18, 2025, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
St. Pete Pier
Free

Celebrate the season at the St. Pete Fall Fest, a family-friendly festival that transforms the waterfront into an autumn wonderland, complete with a pumpkin patch, live music, local vendors, seasonal food and drinks, fall-themed photo ops, and festive décor!

This year’s Fall Fest features the epic Drone Show originally planned for the St. Pete Pier’s 5-Year Anniversary Celebration. Don’t miss this breathtaking nighttime spectacle as 1000 synchronized drones light up the sky over Tampa Bay!

Pumpkin Carving Workshop at Largo Community Center

October 24, 2025
Largo Community Center: 400 Alt Keene Road, Largo
PUMPKIN PRICE: $15

Come on out to the Largo Community Center to carve a pumpkin with all the tools you'll need on hand along with some expert tips on how to carve a pumpkin.

Trick-or-Treat Trail in Downtown Largo

October 24, 2025, at 5:30 pm
Largo's Ulmer Park: 301 W Bay Drive, Largo
Free for kids

Bring your kiddos dressed in their Halloween costumes for a night of trick-or-treating around Downtown Largo. Bags and candy will be provided. This is an outdoor event.

9th Annual Trick or Treat on the Riverwalk in Tampa and Lighted Boat Parade

October 25, 2025, from 4 pm-7 pm
Downtown Tampa Riverwalk
FREE

Trick-or-treating on the Riverwalk is back. This is a FREE community event! Children in costume and their families are invited to come and trick or treat along the Riverwalk as well as enjoy fun activities. We will have over 50 treat stations participating along the Riverwalk, starting at Water Works Park and ending at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.

7th Annual Spooky Stroll with TRIBE Seminole Heights

October 25, 2025, from 6 pm-9 pm
Seminole Heights Garden Center, Tampa
TICKETS TBA

This beloved annual event will sell out fast, so be sure to purchase your tickets in advance to secure your spot. TRIBE Seminole Heights’ Spooky Stroll features tons of family-friendly fun, including costumed characters, trick-or-treat stations, and a pumpkin patch. More details coming soon!

Halloween on Central in St Pete 2025

October 26, 2025, from noon to 5:00 pm
Central Ave in St. Pete between MLK and 31st St S
Free

22 blocks are closed to cars and motor vehicles from noon to 5 pm for this family event, which will be filled with a parade of costumes, street performers, entertainment, and tons of Halloween fun!

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