September is here, Houston! While we know all too well that the month is essentially the second leg of summer here in Texas, it’s not going to stop us from rounding up our favorite fall activities in Houston and jumping into them head on like a pile of crisp autumn leaves.
One surefire way to enjoy the season’s bounty is at one or more of the best fall festivals Houston has to offer. From pumpkin patches, carnival rides, apple bobbing, hayrides, and more: here are the best Houston fall festivals this season!
1. P-6 Farms
P6 Farms’ fantastic Fall Fest returns this September with an un-gourd-ly amount of entertainment for the whole family. Its pumpkin patch features over 30,000 pumpkins for the picking. Other festival favorites are making their return this year, including a giant corn maze, animal barn, festival foods and delectable treats, and tons of other attractions!
📅 Saturdays and Sundays, September 28 – November 3
📍9963 Poole’s Road, Montgomery, Texas 77356
2. Dewberry Farm
Named one of Houston’s best rated pumpkin patches, Dewberry Farm’s wonderful fall festival returns this mid September with over 40 rides and attractions, a Texas-sized pumpkin patch, 8-acre Peanuts-themed corn maze, fall eats – including the featured Dewberry Farm’s Wizarding Butter Brew, and more!
New attractions this fall include The Haunted Barn as well as The Pumpkin Twister, CORNado, Phantoms Revenge, and The Gold Rush Coaster rides. Plus, Dewberry Farms will host BOOrific Nights from September 27 – November 3, with terrific attractions ranging from Haunted Hollow’s Trail of Terror, Spooky Acres Creepy Corn Maze, Frankenstein Foam Pit, and more.
📅 September 14 – November 3
📍7705 FM 362, Brookshire, TX 77423
3. Scarecrow Festival
Don’t get any Jeepers Creepers, they many terrific scarecrows at Chappell Hill’s annual fall festival are harmless. The two-day festival slated for this October is set to feature over 400 vendors, as well as live music and other entertainment, family-friendly fun, and more in Downtown Chappell Hill.
📅 October 12 – October 13
📍Main Street, Poplar Street, and Providence Street, Chappell Hill, Texas, 77426
4. Froberg’s Farm and Country Store
Home of Brazoria County’s largest fall festival, Froberg’s Farm and Country Store is ready to roll out the orange carpet for all things fall this September. Its annual corn maze is a certified favorite, but festival attractions don’t stop there. Plastic duck rages, paintball galleries, megaslide, bee coaster, and pumpkin patch will also return for all families to enjoy this fall.
📅 September 21 – November 3
📍3601 Highway 6, Alvin, Texas 77511
5. Nature Discovery Center Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival
Enjoy scrumptious fall foods, festival games, crafts, animals, and a plethora of pumpkins at Nature Discovery Center’s Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival this October. Ashy Legs BBQ, Mily’s On The Road Taqueria, and New Orleans Style Sno-Balls food trucks will all be on-site during the two-day festival. The event runs from 11 am to 4 pm both days.
📅 October 19 – October 20
📍7112 Newcastle, Bellaire, Texas, 77401
6. Fall Fest at Sugar Land Town Square
Sugar Land’s annual one-off fall fest will once again fill up Town Square with fabulous autumn entertainment. Here, visitors will be able to enjoy seasonal activities for the whole family including hayrides through the square, live music, delicious food, and more! The event runs from 10 am to 3 pm.
📅 September 21
📍Sugar Land Town Square, 2700 Town Center Blvd.
7. Waller County Fair & Rodeo
Don your cowboy hats, boots, and Texas wares for the Waller County Fair & Rodeo. Returning this September, the Waller County Fair & Rodeo features rodeo competitions from bull riding to barrel races as well as agricultural exhibitions, carnival rides, fair food, live music and more!
📅 September 20 – October 6
📍Waller County Fair, 21988 FM 359 Hempstead, TX 77445
8. ArBOOretum
October is around the corner, Houston, and you know what that means: the return of ArBOOretum at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center. The arboretum’s biggest family event of the year regularly features a variety of fall-themed activities including rides, a Halloween market, food trucks, pumpkin decorating, friendly animals, and “Houston’s only Trick-or-Treat Nature Trail”.
📅 October 19
📍4501 Woodway Drive, Houston, TX 77024
9. Old Time Christmas Tree Farm
While not a fall festival per sé, the Old Time Christmas Tree Farm will reprise their festive pumpkin patch this October. Hosted on weekends throughout the month, the farm will feature a U-pick pumpkin patch as well as carnival-style eats, attractions for the kiddos, rides, as well as plenty of photo-ops for the whole family.
📅 Weekends beginning October 4
📍7623 Spring Cypress Road, Spring, Texas 77379
10. Texas Renaissance Festival
The largest renaissance festival in the United States is celebrating its 50th anniversary this October with over 70 acres of period-appropriate entertainment. From early October to December, the massive festival will feature themed weekends ranging from barbarians to pirates and highlanders.
Over the course of 8 weeks, visitors can enjoy head-sized turkey legs, live sword swallowers and carnival acrobatics, giant flagons of mead, and much much more in the village!
📅 October 12 – December 1
📍21778 Farm to Market 1774, Todd Mission, TX 77363