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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 11th

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

October 13th

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

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

October 14th

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

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

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

October 15th

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

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

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

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

Trunk or Treat 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, 

October 22nd

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

October 27th

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

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

October 28th

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

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

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

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

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

October 29th

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 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, FREE

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

October 30th

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

October 31st

Union Street Auto Sales "Low-Key" Halloween Event 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE


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