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9/3/23 - By Charlotte B

Fall festivals, pumpkin spice, and everything nice—the fall season is upon us! Orlando fall festivals are popping up on the calendar so get outdoors and enjoy the (slightly) cooler weather. This is the best time of year in Central Florida for outdoor events! From food and cultural fall festivals near Orlando, to pumpkin patches and craft fairs, plan your upcoming weekends with our roundup of Orlando fall events.

Visit our Fall Fun Guide for Orlando Kids for more ideas, and stay tuned to Mommy Poppins for updates on even more Orlando fall events including corn mazes, pumpkin patches, and Halloween festivities!

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Pig on the Pond features carnival rides, live entertainment, and pig racing. Photo courtesy of Pig on the Pond
Pig on the Pond features carnival rides, live entertainment, and pig racing. Photo courtesy of Pig on the Pond

Fall Festivals near Orlando and Central Florida

Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

Lake Buena Vista - Daily through November 18, 2023
Taste test foods from around the world, enjoy live entertainment, and embark on a family-friendly scavenger hunt at this annual Epcot festival. READ MORE

Moon Over Avalon Festival

Orlando - Saturday, September 23, 2023
Celebrate the lunar holiday at this mid-autumn festival, featuring kid's arts and crafts, live entertainment, food trucks, vendors, and a lantern parade. Guests can build and decorate their own lantern to carry in the parade. READ MORE

Clermont Sips & Salsa Festival

Clermont - Saturday, September 23, 2023
This community event offers cultural cuisine, live salsa music, dancing, a kids zone, Chihuahua races, a domino tournament, and more. READ MORE

Nature Fest at Oakland Nature Preserve

Oakland - Saturday, September 23, 2023
Oakland Nature Preserve hosts its annual Nature Fest, featuring guided hikes, animal interactions, children's art tent, presentations, boat tours, and more. READ MORE

Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch at Santa's Farm

Eustis - Select days September 23-October 30, 2023
Spend a fun fall day at Santa's Farm. Pick a pumpkin from the lot, visit Jack's barnyard animals, ride a horse or pony, and tour the farm on a hayride. There is also a play area with jump pillow, giant slide, barrel rides, zipline, Shark Tooth Beach, and more. READ MORE

Fall Festival at Amber Brooke Farms

Eustis - Weekends September 23-October 29, 2023
Amber Brooke Farms (formerly Atwood Family Farms) is hosting its annual fall festival, complete with a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and lots of fun activities for the whole family. READ MORE

Fall Festival at Southern Hill Farms

Clermont - Select days September 23-November 12, 2023
The annual Fall Festival at Southern Hill Farms includes a five-acre corn maze, pumpkin patch, sunflower field, petting zoo, kids zone, and much more. READ MORE

City of Oviedo Oktoberfest

Oviedo - September 28-30, 2023
This 3-day festival features authentic German beer, dancers, contests, food trucks, and live music. READ MORE

Lil' Bit of Life: Fall on the Farm

Mount Dora - Saturday, September 30, 2023
Visit the farm animals at Lil' Bit of Life during its 3nd annual Fall on the Farm event, featuring photo ops, pumpkin patch, fire pit for hot dogs and s'mores, barrel train, pony rides, and more. READ MORE

Fall Festival at Sunsational Farms

Umatilla - Saturdays September 30-October 21, 2023
Visit the Big Orange at Sunsational Farms as it's transformed into Big Jack the jack-o-lantern for the annual fall festival. This open-air event includes u-pick mini pumpkins, pumpkin patch, sunflowers, carnival games, bee train, bounce houses, face painting, playgrounds, and more. READ MORE

Club Lake Plantation Fall Festival

Apopka - Select days September 30-October 29, 2023
Enjoy a day of family fun at Club Lake Plantation's Annual Fall Festival. Visit the pumpkin patch, navigate through the corn maze, take a hayride, lets the kids play their way through the newly expanded toddler maze area and the many play structures available, and much more. READ MORE

Pumpkin Ponderosa at Showcase of Citrus

Clermont
This annual event includes a pumpkin patch, outdoor games, pumpkin painting (weekends only), and hayrides. Guests can also enjoy the famous monster truck tour through the ranch, farm animals, playgrounds, catch and release fishing, and gem mining. READ MORE

Great Scott Farms (formerly Scott's Maze Adventures)

Mount Dora - Weekends, September 30-November 26, 2023
This seven-acre corn maze is complete with interactive stations and a climbing tower. Additional activities include a smaller kids corn maze, pumpkin patch, tree maze, rope maze, large wooden castle playground, jumping pillow, hayride, zip line, 60-foot super slide, and more. The maze theme for 2023 is Space Exploration. READ MORE

Orlando German Club’s Oktoberfest

Casselberry - October 7 & 28, 2023
The German American Society of Central Florida celebrates Fifty Years of Oktoberfests with live music, shows, dancing, flag parade, authentic German cuisine, vendors, and more. Event takes place on both October 7 and October 28. READ MORE

Renninger's Fall in the Field

Mount Dora - October 7 & 8, 2023
The annual Fall in the Field event at Renninger's Twin Markets includes a pumpkin patch full of heirloom pumpkins fresh from Ohio, as well as music, food, make-and-take crafts and mini pumpkin decorating for kids. READ MORE

Winter Park Autumn Art Festival

Winter Park - October 7 & 8, 2023
This annual community festival features live music and entertainment, children's art activities, food vendors, a beer garden, and of course, quality visual art. READ MORE

Pig on the Pond Community Festival

Clermont - October 13-15, 2023
Pig on the Pond is a popular annual community event featuring carnival rides, kids zone, BBQ competition, live entertainment, food vendors, pig racing, and many more family friendly activities. READ MORE

Apopka Fall Craft & Food Festival

Apopka - Saturday, October 14, 2023
Visit Kit Land Nelson Park for a Fall Craft & Food Festival featuring 100 vendors, a variety of food trucks, and live entertainment. READ MORE

Rocktoberfest featuring Monster Splash Seaplane Fly-In

Tavares - Saturday, October 14, 2023
Join the City of Tavares for its annual Rocktoberfest featuring the Monster Splash Seaplane fly-in with a crowd favorite "pumpkin drop" contest, a live rock show, food trucks, vendors, contests, and more. READ MORE

Oktoberfest at Avalon Park

Orlando - Saturday, October 14, 2023
Avalon Park is celebrating October with a free family Oktoberfest event. Browse vendors and food trucks while enjoying a polka band, alpine dancing, and other community performances. Kids can play childrens games and adults can stroll the beer garden.  READ MORE

Fall Festival at the Ranch at St. Cloud

St. Cloud - October 14 & 15, 2023
Celebrate the season with a Fall Festival, featuring a crop maze, hay rides, kids zone, food trucks, pumpkin games, and more. READ MORE

Apopka Fall Family Festival

Apopka - October 19-22, 2023
The annual Apopka Fall Family Festival includes carnival rides, live music, food, vendors and more. READ MORE

Zombietoberfest Night Market

Orlando - Saturday, October 21, 2023
This family friendly Halloween festival includes a costume contest, free outdoor movie, night market, live music, craft beer gardens, and more. READ MORE

Winter Springs Hometown Harvest

Winter Springs - Saturday, October 28, 2023
Celebrate Fall at Winter Springs' Hometown Harvest with free hayrides, bounce houses, trunk or treat, and a Got Talent competition. READ MORE

Mount Dora Craft Fair

Mount Dora - October 28 & 29, 2023
This popular craft fair held in historic Mount Dora features more than 400 exhibitors. Kids can play in the free kids zone. Live entertainment and festival food will round out the event. READ MORE

Greek Fest Orlando

Maitland - November 3-5, 2023
Families can enjoy authentic Greek food, Greek dancing, live music, a play area for the little ones and much more at the annual Orlando Greek Fest. READ MORE

Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire

Tavares - November 3-5 & 11-12, 2023
Step back in time to the 1600s at the Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire. This two-weekend event features artisans showcasing their talents in swords, candle making, leather work, corsets, kilts, and more. There are also stage shows, combat shows, food vendors, and kids entertainment including storytelling, a fairy grotto, and unicorns. READ MORE

Fall Fiesta in the Park

Orlando - November 4 & 5, 2023
Take advantage of the beautiful weather and get the family outdoors to Lake Eola Park for the annual Fall Fiesta in the Park. Little ones can explore the kids zone, and adults can browse over 300 artists and crafters from all over the United States. READ MORE

Maker Faire Orlando

Orlando - November 4 & 5, 2023
Maker Faire is a family-friendly event featuring local DIY science, technology, art, crafts, rockets, robots, music, and hands-on workshops. Events include Robot Ruckus, Power Racing, Nerdy Derby, and more. READ MORE

Growvember at Mead Botanical Garden

Winter Park - November 10 & 11, 2023
Stroll through Mead Botanical Garden for its annual plant sale, featuring a wide selection of plant vendors, exhibitors, kids activities, live music, food trucks, a beer garden, and more. READ MORE

Maitland Rotary Art Festival

Maitland - November 10-12, 2023
Get the family outdoors to the annual Maitland Rotary Art Festival and visit a variety of  artists while enjoying live music and dance performances. Festival food vendors will also be onsite. READ MORE

Great Day in the Country

Oviedo - Saturday, November 11, 2023
Great Day in the Country is Oviedo's annual arts and crafts festival, featuring more than 300 arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, special kids area, live entertainment, Student Art Fest, and more. READ MORE

Art, Craft and Wine Festival at Uptown Altamonte

Altamonte Springs - November 18 & 19, 2023
This annual festival includes arts and crafts, wine/craft beer tastings, live entertainment and more. Kids can enjoy face painting, trampoline, bounce house, chalk artist and art activities in the "Kidz Korner". READ MORE

Longwood Arts and Crafts Festival

Longwood - November 18 & 19, 2023
The annual Longwood Arts and Craft Festival features artist and crafter booths, live entertainment and festival foods. READ MORE

Central Winds Music Festival

Winter Springs - Sunday, November 19, 2023
The 1st annual Central Winds Music Festival features a variety of music genres, local vendors, food trucks, and activities for all ages. Performances include both local talent and national acts. READ MORE

Fusion Fest

Orlando - November 25 & 26, 2023
This free, outdoor festival celebrates the diverse cultures that make Central Florida unique. Guests can enjoy a global street dance party, parade, fun and games station, kids village, interactive experiences, and more. READ MORE

Places featured in this article:

Clermont Waterfront Park
German American Society
Renninger's Florida Twin Markets
Central Park - Winter Park
Clermont Waterfront Park
The Ranch at St. Cloud
Audubon Park Garden District
Lady Of The Lakes Renaissance Faire
Central Florida Fairgrounds
Historic Downtown Longwood
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts