Welcome Pumpkin Season Chicago
The leaves are changing, the air is crisp as an apple, and fall is here! Let's celebrate the season and visit the countryside for fresh-picked apples and pumpkins. Get your thrill on with haunted houses, cozy hayrides, and campfires.
So grab your flannel and head to the best farms, pumpkin patches, and festivals in and around Chicago!
Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm & Fall Festival
Where: 13341 West 151st St., Homer Glen, IL
Bengtson Pumpkin Farm is the premier Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch in the Chicagoland area. Established in 1981, the Bengtson family sold their pumpkin crop to the public from the family farm. Food options most easily described as award-winning are not your typical festival food. Admission includes unlimited access to all the rides and activities. One low price for an entire day of fun.
Annual Pier Pumpkin Lights | Navy Pier
Where: 600 E. Grand Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Explore a variety of larger-than-life pumpkin pop-up installations throughout the Pier featuring photo opportunities galore! Enjoy the autumnal season both indoors and outside as you stroll along the lakefront.
Odyssey Fun Farm
Where: 18900 Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, IL 60477
The Odyssey Fun Farm is fun for all ages! Built on a 110-acre farm! A 5-acre courtyard is full of family-friendly activities: Giant Pillow Bouncy, Expanded Barnyard Zoo, a Cow Train, Duck Races, Hay Rides, Pony Rides, and more!
Jerry Smith Pumpkin Farm
Where: 7150 18th Street (Highway L) Kenosha, WI 53144
Jerry Smith Farm is worth the trip! Paid admission activity area, you will have unlimited access to a vast variety of fun and memorable activities such as the Giant Bounce Pad, 6-Acre Crazy Corn Maze, Petting Zoo (additional cost for feed & animal encounters), Hayrides, Tire Mountain, and so much more!
Sonny Acres Farm
Where: 29W310 North Ave., West Chicago, IL
Sonny Acres's iconic family-friendly festival runs September 17th for a limited time through October 30th. FALL in love with our non-stop family fun fit for all ages at Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival.
Harvest Tyme Family Farm
Where: 17904 Grant St, Lowell, IN 46356
You-pick pumpkin patch, giant corn maze, and amusement rides - they’ve got it all to ensure you have FUN this fall!
Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest
Where: 2400 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago, IL 60614
Dive into the wonderful world of autumn—from picking the perfect pumpkin to nostalgic Ferris wheel rides above the foliage—with Lincoln Park Zoo’s eighth annual Fall Fest. This free, family-friendly celebration brings harvest-time fun to the heart of Chicago each year from September–October. This year’s festival features ticketed attractions throughout the zoo, including the Ferris wheel, harvest maze, pumpkin walk, super-sized slide, racecar ride, and more. Guests can also enjoy free musical entertainment, a pumpkin patch, professional pumpkin carvers, and fall-themed enrichment for the animals!
Check out the Haunted History Tours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in October to learn about the zoo’s haunted history as a former cemetery, or enjoy the park after dark at the Adult's Night Out Howl-O-Ween event on October 27.
Blackberry Farm
Where: 100 S. Barnes Road, Aurora, IL 60506
Enjoy a day trip to Blackberry Farm, a living history museum with several exhibits on pioneer life, plus activities including pony rides and paddle boating. On weekends during October, stop by the farm for Pumpkin Weekends or their popular Haunted Hayrides, complete with a bonfire and s’mores.
Arts In The Dark’s Halloween Parades
Where: Upside Down Halloween Parade: Washington Park, Corner of E. 60th Street and S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60637
Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade: State Street (moving from Lake towards Van Buren), Chicago, IL 60602
Arts in the Dark is an organization that celebrates the artistry of Halloween, and you won’t want to miss their not one but two killer Halloween parades!
The Upside Down Halloween Parade is a reverse parade that serves as the start of Chicago’s “Halloweek” celebrations on October 22nd. At this unique event, visitors walk down a designated path to discover a series of performances by various arts groups stationed along the route.
On October 29th, the 8th Annual Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade will close the city’s week of celebrations with a traditional parade featuring one-of-a-kind floats, puppets, and other performances.
CRAWL-O-WEEN
Where: Parkway Bank Park, 5501 Park Place, Rosemont IL
SPOOKY Halloween Bar Crawl on Friday, October 28th, from 6 PM- 10 PM. Visit 8 bars in 4 hours to be entered to win the mystery Rosemont Prize. Stop in each bar and make a purchase to get your card punched for proof.