Fall is in the air! Campfires, pumpkin spice, apple bakery, pumpkin patches, colored landscapes, and oh, so much more. There’s no doubt that autumn is one of the most beautiful seasons in our beloved state. Don’t miss out on all of the festivities and fun! We’ve got over 65 Wisconsin fall festivals you will not want to miss this season!
Northeast Wisconsin
- Septemberfest, Ripon, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- There is so much FREE family fun to enjoy here! A pancake breakfast, car show, face painting, bouncy house, kids games, photo booth, bike stroll, music, food, and outdoor movie all await you.
- Oconto Chamber Harvest Festival, Oconto, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 24, 2022
- This FREE harvest festival features a variety of arts and crafts, seasonal produce, sidewalk sales, kids’ activities, food, refreshments, and live music.
- Fall Living History Festival, Waupun, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 24 – Sunday, September 25, 2022
- Admission: $3 per child, $5 per adult, members FREE
- *Includes access to Nature Center & trails for the day!
- Take an educational step back in time at this unique festival! Indoor/outdoor demonstrations of the War of 1812, candle making wood carving, butter churning, tents & tipis, black smithing, fibre arts, and much more!
- Golden Days Harvest Fest, Green Lake, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 24 – Sunday, September 25, 2022
- A wonderful, free hometown fall festival including a parade at 4 pm! Come experience games, wooden boat tours, face painting, balloons, pancake breakfast, car show, craft fair, farmer’s market, a kids pedal pull, and more.
- Dundee Fall Color Classic Car Cruise and Show, Dundee, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- A FREE car show with food, beverages, crafts, and other vendors, too!
- Mishicot Pumpkinfest, Mishicot, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 15, 2022
- This FREE fall event starts with pancakes at the high school at 9 am followed by a parade at noon!
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Door County
- Bailey’s Harbor AutumnFest, Bailey’s Harbor, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 4, 2022
- Enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities including the Hey Hey 5K Run, a classic car & motorcycle show, live music, arts & crafts, and more!
- Harvest Fest & Street Art Auction, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 16 – Saturday, September 17, 2022
- Come celebrate fall in downtown Sturgeon Bay! This FREE celebration includes a classic car parade on Friday evening, craft fair, food vendors, live music and in-store specials.
- Fall Lighthouse Festival Tour, Door County, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 30 – Sunday, October, 2, 2022
- Visit all 11 of Door County’s treasured lights houses (and even 3 lighthouses further south!) on this ultimate lighthouse tour! Note: Admission varies wildly, but you can find some cheaper child fares, around $5, at this event.
- Egg Harbor Pumpkin Patch Festival, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8 – Sunday, October 9, 2022
- This is a fun-filled fall family weekend! Enjoy carnival rides, arts & crafts vendors, face painting, live music, pumpkin & scarecrow displays, magician, kids games & activities, raffle, and food all for FREE!
- Sister Bay Fall Festival, Sister Bay, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, October 14 – Sunday, October 16, 2022
- This FREE festival includes a HUGE arts & crafts fair, live music, great food, kid games, Fall Fest Parade Saturday at 11 am, and loads of family fun!
- Jack O’ Lantern Days, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, October 28 – Sunday, October 30, 2022
- A hometown Halloween festival including a festive costume contest, town hall games, town-wide trick-or-treating, a costume parade, mask making and so much more!
- Thrills & Chills, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 29, 2022
- The spooky and FREE festivities begin with a costume parade at 10 am. You’ll also have a chance to make your own trick-or-treat bags, visit a haunted house, make slime, and trick-or-treat throughout downtown Sturgeon Bay from 10 am -1 pm.
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Northern Wisconsin
- Festi-Fall, Lakewood, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- A fall festival filled with handmade goods, food vendors, music, art demonstrations, and wine tasting for the parents.
- Phelp Women’s Club Scarecrow Fest, Phelp, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- A FREE family fall festival with lots of affordable fun activities! Some of the highlights include pumpkin chuckin’, free chili, fall mum & pumpkin sale, FREE kid & adult games, and much more.
- Cable Area Fall Fest, Cable, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 23 – Saturday, September 24, 2022
- This FREE community festival includes car & motorcycle show, food, live music, arts & craft vendors, and plenty of festive fall decorations.
- Warrens Cranberry Festival, Warrens, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 23 – Sunday, September 25, 2022
- A FREE family festival packed with cranberry marsh tours, a parade, flea market & arts/crafts vendors, food, and farm market.
- Hayward Fall Festival, Hayward, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 24, 2022
- A FREE family fun celebration including scarecrow contest, sidewalk sales, kids games, farmers market, arts & crafts, music, brats & beer, 3 on 3 basketball tournament, and more!
- Cranberry Festival, Stone Lake, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1, 2022
- Arts, crafts, flea market, cranberry pancake breakfast, parade, a krate derby, and cranberry marsh tours all await you here in Stone Lake!
- Phillips Fall Harvest Festival, Phillips, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1, 2022
- A celebration of all things fall including pumpkins, cranberries, food, and activities for all ages!
- Eagle River Cranberry Fest, Eagle River, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1 – Sunday, October 2, 2022
- Enjoy all things cranberry at this FREE family-friendly festival! You can also take a cranberry marsh tour while you’re here (at cost).
- Apple Festival, Bayfield, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, October 7 – Sunday, October 9, 2022
- This is a well-loved, FREE fall festival! Come enjoy a grand parade, apple peeling contest, fireman’s fish fry, farmer’s market, an apple pie & dessert contest, and live music.
- Madeline Island Fall Fest, La Pointe, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 22, 2022
- Reservations: Call 715-747-2801
- Enjoy the last good weather on the island before winter! This FREE weekend includes pumpkin decorating, birdhouse building, face painting, clowns, music, food vendors, wapples (waffles filled with apple cheesecake and caramel sauce), rock polishing, cider pressing, and local artisans.
West Central Wisconsin
- Amery Fall Festival, Amery, Wisconsin
- When: Thursday, September 15 – Sunday, September 18, 2022
- A whole weekend of fall fun! Activities include a car show, carnival rides, food, live music, grand parade, run/walk, and MUCH more!
- Wo-Zha-Wah Days Fall Festival, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 16 – Sunday, September 18. 2022
- Come join in the arts & crafts, antique flea market, Maxwell street days, carnival rides, and parade in this FREE, family fall event.
- Maple Fall Fest, Marshfield, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18, 2022
- FREE family event including a potato pancake breakfast, kids area, Amish goods, inflatables, food court, art & craft vendors, and more!
- Dozynki Harvest Festival, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- When: Sunday, September 18, 2022
- Admission: $12/person
- All things Polish including a Polka bank, Polish food, and beer.
- River Prairie Ginormous Pumpkin Festival, Altoona, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 24, 2022
- If you love giant pumpkins, this one’s for you. The day included a giant pumpkin weigh off, races, pumpkin dessert contest, rubber ducky races, kid pumpkin decorating, and a ginormous pumpkin drop!
- Apple Affair, Galesville, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1, 2022
- You won’t want to miss this festival in ‘the Garden of Eden’ or the Galesville, WI area. The day begins with a bicycle tour of area apple orchards, then a chili cook off, plenty of apple baked goods, and their famous 10-foot apple pie!
- Thorp PumpkinFest, Thorp, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1, 2022
- Pumpkin contest, pumpkin painting, petting zoo, bouncy house, and music are all available at this FREE family event.
- Nekoosa Giant Pumpkin Fest, Nekoosa, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1 – Sunday, October 2, 2022
- A community celebration that includes a pumpkin drop, car show, craft show, flea & farmer’s market, tractor show, and a carnaval.
- St Bronislava Fall Fest, Plover, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1 – Sunday, October 2, 2022
- Come enjoy a pig roast, youth/young adult activities, bonfire, children’s games, Polka music, food, and more!
- AutumnFest, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
- When: Sunday, October 2, 2022
- The FREE day of festivities includes a pie eating contest, a pie & coffee social, art & craft vendors, food trucks, live music, farmers market, and free self-guided trail hikes.
- Baraboo Fall Fair on the Square, Baraboo, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- A FREE family event including a farmers market, kids activities, live music, art & craft vendors, and numerous food trucks.
- Harvest Fest, Wausau, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Kids 12 and under can receive a FREE pumpkin with a non-perishable food item donation (while supplies last)! Come enjoy a petting zoo, kids crafts, potato sack races, police vehicles, and more community-sponsored booths & events.
- Autumn Harvest Celebration, Neillsville, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8 – Sunday, October 9, 2022
- This is a FREE and family-oriented community festival that includes a children’s parade, BBQ cook off, craft fair, live music, exotic petting zoo, bouncy houses, and great food!
- New Richmond Apple Fest, New Richmond, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, October 14 – Saturday, October 15, 2022
- Join in on the FREE community fun with arts & crafts vendors, live music, and food trucks.
- PumpkinFest, Milltown, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 15, 2022
- A FREE community festival including scarecrows, bed racing, music, food, and FREE pumpkins for children!
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South Eastern Wisconsin
- Falz Fest, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 16, 2022
- Admission:
- Children under 5 years: FREE
- Children 5-12 years: $10
- Adults: $15
- Adults at the door: $20
- Grunge themed: flannels and ripped jeans! Live music, food, and raffle & silent auction.
- Audubon Days Fall Family Festival, Mayville, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 16 – Sunday, September 18, 2022
- A community festival including bed races, live music, food, car & UTV show, run/walk, pictures with Mickey & Minnie, craft & antique fair, FREE kids activities (including face painting, crafts, & bouncy house), parade, chicken & pig roast, and duck races!
- Scarecrow Fest, Delavan, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- FREE admission and parking for this fun-packed fall festival! Come enjoy a petting zoo, free pumpkins, children’s activities, food, live music, crafters & vendors, walldog mural tours, $10 scarecrow kits, and more.
- Twin Lakes Harvest Fest And Car Show, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- This festival includes most of the regular festival activities (kids activities, food, car show, music, etc) but also a yodeling contest and a beer stein holding contest, hayride, and pumpkin painting!
- Thresheree and Harvest Festival at Richfield Historical Society, Richfield, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18, 2022
- Admission:
- 12 years and under: FREE
- Adults: $6
- ‘This will be the 23rd year for Richfield Historical Society’s largest event, featuring field demonstrations including steam engine threshing, log sawing, plowing, and draft horses. See a steam-powered sawmill, antique engines, trucks, and tractors. There are plenty of children’s activities as well.’
- Wine and Harvest Festival, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18, 2022
- So much to enjoy! Live music & dance, food, beer & wine for the grown ups, 600-lb pumpkin boat regatta, grape stomp contests, goods for sale, giant pumpkin weigh-off, juggling, and a petting zoo/bouncy houses (at cost).
- Harvest Fair, West Allis, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 23 – Sunday, September 24, 2022
- This event at the Wisconsin State Fair grounds includes FREE live music & entertainment, lumberjack shows, pumpkin bowling, make your own scarecrow, farmers market, and food, including many State Fair vendors!
- Buechler Farms Harvest Festival, Belgium, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 30 – Sunday, October 2, 2022
- Admission: (Daily Activity Wristband for ages 12 & under) $5
- There is so much FALL to enjoy here! Carved pumpkins judging, petting zoo, pony rides, foods, crafts, live entertainment, pumpkins, gourds, and much more!
- Fall Festival of Color, Lake Mills, Wisconsin
- When: Sunday, October 2, 2022
- A community event with food, music, fall flowers, arts & crafts, seasonal & home decor, and local produce.
- Thiensville-Mequon Lions Applefest, Thiensville, Wisconsin
- When: Sunday, October 2, 2022
- There are some fun activities for the kids at this one: big wheel racing, barrel train rides, face painting, hay rides, polka contests, apple pie baking contest, live music, and food & drink!
- Port Washington Fall Street Festival, Port Washington, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Come enjoy the postponed 4th of July fireworks this year in addition the the street vendors and farmer’s market.
- Three Lakes Pumpkin Fest, Three Lakes, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Craftors and more at this fall community festival!
- Milwaukee Public Market Harvest Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 15, 2022
- This FREE festival includes fun fall activities like apple cider pressing, wood burning, caramel apples, live music, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin beer tasting, and more!
- Enchanted Forest and Hollywood Hayride, Janesville, Wisconsin
- When: Wednesday, October 12 – Saturday, October 15, 2022
- Admission:
- Forest: $3/child, $2/adult
- Hayride: $3/person
- ‘The Enchanted Forest is a self-guided candlelit walk featuring 7 beautifully constructed scene sets from famous fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Costumed characters from each tale will be passing out treats/trinkets…The Hollywood Hayride is a star-studded narrated adventure hayride to 6 scenes from popular movies and TV shows. Characters will come to life and act out a short skit while handing out trinkets at each scene. There will also be tickets to play simple carnival-styled Halloween games to play inside the Goblin Games area.’
- The Great Pumpkin Chuckin Fest, Union Grove, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 15, 2022
- A fun fall festival including the best of the Midwest BBQ Competition, a $4 launch your pumpkin competition, pie eating contest, free hayrides, pumpkin decorating, and much more!
- Oak Creek Fall Festival and Harvest Market, Oak Creek, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 22, 2022
- This FREE family event includes the season’s final farmer’s market, face painting, craft vendors, caricatures, a giant inflatable corn maze, petting zoo, costume parade, pumpkin decorating contest, and hay rides through the Emerald Preserve!
- Dia de Los Muertos Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, October 28, 2022
- This event takes place at the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy and honors the Mexican cultural celebration of the Day of the Dead.
South Central Wisconsin
- Fall Fun Fest at Pringle Nature Center, Bristol, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- Come join in the fun with live music, meeting the animals, local green exhibitors & vendors, tree climbing, and FREE children’s nature books (adult books 50 cents). There are also a few activities available at cost: hayrides, face painting, pumpkin painting & bird craft, food, & dessert.
- Ferryville Fall Fest, Ferryville, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- Come enjoy the bounty of fall with a farmers market and craft event here in Ferryville. Expect to find local seasonal produce, bakery, Amish quilts, baskets, furniture, antiques, arts & crafts, music, a brat fry, and a corn roast.
- Gays Mills Apple Festival, Gays Mills, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 23 – Sunday, September 25, 2022
- ‘Celebrating the apple harvest with parades, carnivals, arts and crafts, flea markets, music, dancing, fun run/walk, food and festivities.’
- Deerfield Apple Festival, Deerfield, Wisconsin
- When: Sunday, September, 25, 2022
- This event is held at Bittersweet Blessings Farm. Come enjoy over 200 vendors, live music, a magician, ax throwing, a blacksmith, face paintings, all things apples, and much more!
- Verona Fall Fest, Verona, Wisconsin
- When: Friday, September 30, 2022
- A FREE family event including hay rides, train rides, fall games & crafts, pumpkin painting, food & drink, petting zoo, inflatable obstacle course, and ‘The Goonies’ in their outdoor theater!
- Inclusive Fall Festival, Madison, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1, 2022
- This event is for AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) users and families to enjoy some accessible fall fun. Come enjoy FREE carnival games, sensory activities, prizes, photo ops, and more!
- Farley Center Fall Festival, Verona, Wisconsin
- When: Sunday, October 2, 2022
- Come join in the apple cider-making process from picking to pressing! You can tour the bees and Natural Path Sanctuary while here, along with food and live music.
- Mount Horeb Fall Village Market, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 1 – Sunday, October 2, 2022
- Come enjoy the bounty of fall here in charming Mount Horeb! There will be live music, food trucks, crafters, and all the quaint little shops to explore while you’re here.
- AutumnFest, Brodhead, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- A community festival including a chili contest, pumpkin decorating, business trick or treating, vendor market, food & drink, costume parade, horse wagon rides, and live music!
- Cambridge Fall Festival, Cambridge, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- This is a fundraising event for the area school district. Come enjoy many fall-themed events including a run/walk, chili cook-off, live music, food, drinks, and family activities: dance party, face painting, animals, pumpkin painting, animals, etc. Note: bring your own water bottle for water!
- Monona Fall Festival, Monona, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 15, 2022
- The day begins with the Hoot Hoot Hustle, then onto a pie baking & tasting competition, arts & crafts sale, bake sale, family fun activities (at cost $1/ticket), and concessions. There are also a handful of FREE family activities including bouncy pony hop races, a cow milking contest, hay bale mound, etc!
- Sun Prairie Fun Fall Event, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
- When: Saturday, October 15, 2022
- Fall activities, sales, and entertainment all in downtown Sun Prairie.
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