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Best Harvest & Pumpkin Festivals in Miami for Fall Family Fun

Flamingo Road Nursery's Fall Festival features different themes for every week in October! Photo courtesy of Flamingo Gardens Harvest Festival
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9/10/23 - By Lindsey Scannell

South Florida is ready for fall! Whether it's a fall harvest festival, pumpkin patch, cultural festival, or food-inspired celebration, there is a fall festival for every family this season. We don't need cold weather to enjoy a good corn maze, pose our kids for photos with pumpkins, or hop on a hayride. Whether you are looking for fall feels or the perfect pumpkin, we have the perfect event for you. Check out our favorite fall festivals in Miami and South Florida below, and keep an eye on our family events calendar to be the first to know when we add more!

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Celebrate pumpkin season in South Florida at Mr. Jack O'Lantern's Pumpkin Patch. Photo courtesy of the pumpkin patch
Celebrate pumpkin season in South Florida at Mr. Jack O'Lantern's Pumpkin Patch. Photo courtesy of the pumpkin patch

Harvest and Pumpkin Festivals Near Miami & South Florida

Tinez Farms Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch

Miami - September 10 - November 19, 2023
Tinez Farms brings back its annual Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch, and with it a little fall magic for South Florida. Tickets include access to the animal barnyard, pumpkin patch, zipline, bounce house, wooden play structures, flower slide, and photo ops. READ MORE

The Berry Farm Harvest Festival

Miami - September 16 - November 5, 2023
The Berry Farm in Miami is celebrating the fall harvest with tons for families to do, including a five-acre corn maze, hay rides, live bands, a corn pit, a huge field with games, a playground with slides, a sunflower field, and a pumpkin patch with plenty of photo ops. READ MORE

Fall Harvest Festival in Davie

Davie - September 22 - November 5, 2023
Flamingo Road Nursery's 10-acre garden center is transformed into a fall paradise emulating a New England landscape for the season. Guests are met with tons of cornstalks, hay bales, pumpkins, scarecrows, and fall colors. What the nursery calls the “Biggest and Best” pumpkin patch at Grandma’s Garden provides the backdrop for family photos. READ MORE

Pinto's Pumpkin Patch at the Farm

Miami - Select days, September 30 - October 29, 2023
Pinto's offers plenty of entertainment for the whole family, such as unlimited rides, magic shows, animal visits, a pumpkin patch walk-through, and more. READ MORE

Mr. Jack O'Lantern's Pumpkin Patch

West Palm Beach - October 1- 31, 2023
Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns has free admission, free parking, and pumpkins ranging in size from miniature to 50-pounders. Kids can enjoy a giant extreme wicked obstacle course, the wee-be-little bounce house for little children, bigger bounce houses, pumpkin decorating, a photo station, and more. READ MORE

Flamingo Gardens Harvest Festival

Davie - October 7- 29, 2023
Flamingo Gardens Harvest Festival Weekends features weekly themes, free hay rides, photo opps, activities and more. READ MORE

The Little Farm Fall Festival

Miami - Weekends, October 7- 29, 2023
Admission to The Little Farm Fall Festival includes access to the pumpkin patch, animal interactions, hay maze, kids' play field, photo ops, the butterfly garden, food vendors, and pony rides. READ MORE

Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch at CB Smith Park

Pembroke Pines -Weekends, October 7-29, 2023
The 1st Annual Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch at CB Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, Florida offers over 20 activities included with the all day pass including a pumpkin patch, inflatable slides and bounce houses, daytime haunted trails, and more. READ MORE

Boca Pumpkin Patch Festival

Boca Raton - October 13- 15, 2023
The Boca Pumpkin Patch Festival is back and features a variety of fun activities for the whole family, including a pumpkin patch with 2,500 pumpkins to pick from, a maze, and carnival rides for all ages. READ MORE

Santa's Garden Pumpkin Patch Festival

Miami - October 10- 31, 2023
The Pumpkin Patch Festival takes place at four locations around Miami this fall and includes oodles of fall activities. READ MORE
Choose pumpkins, dress in costumes, wander the haunted house, and celebrate fall at Pumpkin Fest 2023 in Jupiter. Photo courtesy of Harbourside Place
Choose pumpkins, dress in costumes, wander the haunted house, and celebrate fall at Pumpkin Fest 2023 in Jupiter. Photo courtesy of Harbourside Place

More Fall Fairs and Festivals Near Miami

Fall Family Fun Fest at the Cox Science Center

West Palm Beach - Saturday, October 14, 2023
Science and Fall equals a fun and interactive Fall Family Fun Fest for you and your animal, science and mini golf loving family. READ MORE

Bedner's Fall Festival

Boynton Beach - September 23 - October 30, 2023
Bedner's Fall Festival admission includes the pumpkin patch, animal Edventure park, tractor ride, corn maze, a sunflower maze, and more entertainment to make a trip to Boynton Beach well worth it. READ MORE

Oktoberfest of the Palm Beaches

Lake Worth - October 13-15 and 20-22, 2023
The American German Club's Oktoberfest in Lake Worth has something for the whole family, with tons of food and drink options, plus a carnival with games and rides, live music, demonstrations, flag ceremonies, and more. READ MORE

Deerfield Beach Fall Festival

Deerfield Beach - Saturday, October 14, 2023
This festival includes many fun activities such as beirgarten, arts & crafts, cookie station, food trucks, picking a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, kids zone, and live entertainment. READ MORE

Pumpkins and Palm Trees

Fort Lauderdale - October 20- 22, 2023
Celebrate the fall season while also enjoying beach vibes at the Pumpkins & Palm Trees Fall Fest with events all weekend. READ MORE

Halloween Hoopla in Tamarac

Tamarac - Friday, October 20, 2023
A free event for all ages that includes music, arts & crafts, bounce houses, face painting, carnival games, prizes, candy, and much more. READ MORE

Pumpkin Fest in Jupiter

Jupiter - Saturday, October 21, 2023
Pumpkin Fest features more than 50 vendors lining the streets of Harbourside Place, as well as a large pumpkin patch, food, and more. READ MORE

Wellington's Fall Festival

Wellington - Saturday, October 21, 2023
Costume and pie eating contests and the Haunted Hallways walk-through are highlights of this annual event. Axe throwing, a petting zoo, trick-or-treating, and a quiet zone for a little "step away from the action" are also part of the fun. READ MORE

Family Fall Festival in Plantation

Sunrise - Saturday, October 21, 2023
Families enjoy a  festival in the park with haunted house, DJ, children’s carnival, inflatables, and plenty of photo ops. READ MORE

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