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2023 Fall Fun & Halloween Guide

September 5, 2021

Find a variety of FREE or inexpensive Fall Fun for your family: pumpkin patches, apple orchards, free movies, festivals, farmers markets, Trunk or Treat, and  Trick or Treating... all in the Tippecanoe County and Surrounding Areas!  Keep up with all of the best that the Greater Lafayette Area has to offer for families!  Want your event added to this guide?  Click here.

Exploration Acres and Wea Creek Orchard

Farmers Markets

Annual Trail of Scarecrows

The Great Pumpkin Patch


September 15th

Opening Day at Exploration Acres 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM, times vary

Outdoor Family Movie Night 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, FREE

September 16th

Neighborhood Carnival 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, FREE

Global Fest 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM, FREE

September 17th

Apple Popcorn Festival 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Free

Family Circus 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM, FREE

Hunger Hike 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Free

Free Family Carnival 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, FREE

September 22nd

Movie in the Park 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM, FREE

September 23th

Illiana Fall Festival 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, FREE

Linwood Block Party 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, FREE

Tippecanoe Latino Festival 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, FREE

Fun in the Apple Orchard 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, $8/person

fundRAISE the Barn 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, $30 for adults, $15 per child ages 4-12 (children under 4 are free)

September 24th

Family Circus 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM, FREE

Art on the Wabash 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, FREE

September 29th

Shop 765- Fall into Downtown! 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, free to attend, items for sale

September 30th

Stockwell Farmer's Market and Craft Fair 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM, FREE

Pumpkin Party 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, $8/person

West Point Community Fish Fry 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM, $17

Night Bike 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, $8/person

October 1st

We Care Community Carnival12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, FREE

October 6th

Tecumseh Fall Festival 5:30 PM - 8:15 PM, FREE

October 7th

Feast of the Hunter's Moon 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Alpaca Farm Family Fun Day 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, FREE

Fall Story Walk 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, FREE

Apple Dumplings and a Trolley Ride 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM, $13/person

October 8th

Feast of the Hunter's Moon 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

October 10th

Preteen Kids Spooky Crafts 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, FREE

October 11th

Middle School Fall Festival 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

October 13th

Halloween Crafts 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, FREE

Monsters. Inc Movie Night 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, $2/person (postponed until November 3rd)

Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE

October 14th

Fall Craft Fair 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM, FREE

Pumpkin Painting and Games 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, $8

Lafayette Reptile and Exotic Pet Expo 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, $5

Fall Festival 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, FREE

Fall Keychains 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, FREE

An Evening in Film 7:45 PM - 9:45 PM, $8/person

October 15th

Fall Fest 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, $10 per car

Pumpkin Painting and Games 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, $8

Free Fall Ball Exhibition: Purdue Hosts Dayton 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, FREE

Fall Festival 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, FREE

October 18th

Creepy Shadow Makers 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

October 19th

Fall Break Pumpkin Painting 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Cole Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, FREE

Free Movie Night 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Halloween Ideas 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

October 20th

Boo at the Zoo 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM, $8-$10

Friends of Fred Food Truck Festival 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM, FREE

Bob Rohrman Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

YMCA Trunk-or-treat 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Riggs CHC Trunk or Treat 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

October 21st

Fall Super Saturday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, varies

Westminster Village Annual Fall Bazaar 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, free to attend, items for sale

Fall Funfest 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, $8/person

Trunk or Treat Party 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, FREE

Boo at the Zoo 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM, $8-$10

Pumpkin Party! 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM, $20-25

Campground Trick or Treating 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, park entry fee

Mintonye's Trunk or Treat 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, $2 (CANCELLED)

October 22nd

Trail of Scarecrows Scavenger Hunt 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, park entry fee

Boo at the Zoo 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM, $8-$10

Halloween Party 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

October 24th

DIY Slime Monster 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, FREE

October 25th

Jumping Horror Puppets 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

SCC Kids Fall Party 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, FREE

October 26th

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

October 27th

Trunk or Treat 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Fall Festival 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Eastside Carnival 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM, FREE

Glow in the Dark Scavenger Hunt 5:50 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

MCDLS Carnival 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, free

Bauer Family Resources Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Movie Night at Loeb Stadium featuring The Addams Family 2 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, $3-5

Trunk or Treat 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, FREE

October 28th

Stockwell Farmer's Market and Craft Fair 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM, FREE

Bat Week 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, park entry fee

Shop or Treat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Fall Super Saturday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, varies

Trick or Treating with the Animals 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, $8/person

Fall Festival 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, FREE

Cops and Goblins Trunk or Treat 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, FREE

Teens Present: Toyshop Terror 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, FREE

Trick or Treating 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, FREE

Salvation Army Candy Cruise 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Courtyard Fall Festival 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, free to attend, items for sale

Spooktacular Stories 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, FREE

Battleground Fall Festival 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Belladonna's 3rd annual Halloween Party! 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, $5

Toyshop of Terror 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

SLREG Trunk or Treat 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE

End of Season Halloween Bash 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM, $2/person

Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Fall o ween 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Howl-o-Ween Howl Night 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, $15-18

October 29th

Shop or Treat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Belladonna's 3rd annual Halloween Party! 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, $5

Fall Boo Bash! 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, FREE

Teal Pumpkin Trunk or Treat 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, FREE

Tailgate Treats 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

CRC's Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Spooktacular 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, FREE

October 30th

Shop or Treat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Costume Scrimmage & On-Field Trick-or-Treat 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, FREE

October 31st

Shop or Treat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Attica Trick or Treating at Businesses 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Trick or Treating 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Trick or Treating at the Library 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, FREE

Fall Fest 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, FREE

Trick or Treat @ Union Street 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Trunk or Treat 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

Black Light Party 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

November 2nd

Dia de los Muertos 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE

November 3rd

Monsters. Inc Movie Night 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, $2/person

Friday Night at the Movies 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE

November 4th

Fall Carnival 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM, FREE


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