Fall in love with Ohio at these festivals and events in October!
With the leaves changing color, the evenings getting cooler, the pumpkins ripening, and the apple cider flowing, there are so many reasons why Ohio is known for its fall season. Expect crisp, comfortable temperatures, brilliant bursts of red, yellow and orange — and of course, plenty of pumpkins!
The Great Pumpkin Fest
Keehner Park | October 4, 2025
Enjoy a free, family-friendly fall festival at Keehner Park. All are invited for an afternoon of fun and entertainment. Activities include a puppet show, a petting zoo, a costume contest, a hay bale maze, the "Not-So-Scary" haunted trail, games, crafts and more. Children are encouraged to wear a costume and bring a bag or basket to collect candy.
Apple Butter Festival
Hueston Woods Pioneer Farm Museum | October 4-5, 2025
This annual festival is a fall favorite! You can watch the process of how homemade apple butter is made. Craft vendors, food concessions and music are all part of this family fun fall festival. Learn more about blacksmithing, apple butter cooking, and spinning & weaving!
Operation Pumpkin
Downtown Hamilton | October 10 - 12, 2025
Celebrate the most popular produce of the fall season, the pumpkin! Operation Pumpkin, held in historic downtown Hamilton, Ohio is a pumpkin and art festival held each year in the fall. Pumpkins are sculpted, carved, decorated and eaten all weekend long! This fall festival is packed with crafts, live music, pumpkin vendors and rides for kids.
Harvest Fest
Garver Family Farm Market | October 11, 2025
Enjoy fall family fun at Garver Family Farm Market! Search for the perfect pumpkin to pick and enjoy sweet fall treats. Sit and listen to live music as you sip on cider. Browse 30+ local vendors and find unique handmade gifts. Grab a bite from one of the food trucks and enjoy kids' activities!
Hocus Pocus Halloween
Downtown Middletown | October 12, 2025
Enjoy Hocus Pocus-themed fun this October! This family-fun festival includes food and craft vendors, dance troupes, a magic and illusion show, pumpkin carvers, Binx the cat, fun music, a Howl-o-ween dog costume contest and parade, games and activities for kids, and more! The festive day wraps up with a free screening of the full-length feature film, Hocus Pocus.
The Howl
Voice of America MetroPark | October 21, 2025
Bark your calendars for the Howl, Voice of America MetroPark's costumed-canine celebration! Explore Wiggly Field with your dog, visit treat stations sponsored by friends from the local pet community, and compete in the cutest costume contest Butler County has ever seen. Create canine cuisine, test out enriching toys, and spark your dog's creativity to become the next Pup-casso.
Halloween on the Green
Village Green Park | October 23, 2025
Grab your trick-or-treat bag and get those costumes on! Enjoy trick-or-treating from local businesses and organizations set up around Village Green Park. Special treats, surprises, performances, and food trucks will be available!
Monster Mash
Liberty Center | October 25, 2025
Head to Liberty Center for Monster Mash to enjoy store-to-store Trick-or-Treating, crafts with Fitton Center for Creative Arts, a spooky animal exhibit with MetroParks of Butler County, live music, and more!
Candy Bomber
BC Warbirds Museum | October 26, 2025
Inspired by the famous Berlin Airlift, and Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen, the Butler County Warbirds will be dropping parachutes of candy from their 1941 Aeronca L-3E for all the kids! Get festive and wear your favorite costume to this FREE, family-friendly event, and learn a little something about history, too! Skydivers from START Skydiving will be dropping in as well!
Horror on the Hill
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park | October 26, 2025
Take a nostalgic trip to 1980 for a screening of the horror classic, Friday the 13th. Come early to stake out your spot, enjoy an adult beverage, and explore the grounds as Pyramid Hill transforms into Camp Crystal Lake. Costumes welcome!