Events
Fall Events Guide
2023
Haunted tours
Pumpkin patches
Fall festivals
Haunted ATX Mobile Tours The Haunted ATX team offers mobile haunted tours in both public and private settings in either a van or a hearse. The tours take visitors through historic Austin locations that are reportedly haunted, offering guests chances to go inside some of the establishments. • Tue.-Sun. 7-8 p.m. (year-round) • Prices vary • Locations vary • www.hauntedatx.com
Floating Pumpkin Patch Participants can dive for pumpkins or scoop them out with a net at Robin Bledsoe Pool. Afterward, participants can decorate their pumpkins with a variety of craft items, such as paints, glitter, sequins and more. • Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • $5-$8 • Robin Bledsoe Pool, 601 S. Bagdad Road, Leander • www.leandertx.gov
Georgetown Sweet Eats Fruit Farm Officials with Sweet Eats Fruit Farm will offer a fall festival on 4.5 acres including a 2-acre corn-filled area with pumpkins, firework shows on Friday and Saturday nights in October, and activities that include a Zoofari, pig races, petting zoo, apple
cannons, food trucks and more. • Sept. 9-Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. • $19.95-$24.95 • Sweet Eats Fruit Farm, 14400 E. Hwy. 29, Georgetown • www.sweeteats.com
including live music, a petting zoo, pony rides and more sprawled across 5 acres. Food and drinks for children and adults will be available for purchase. • Sept. 23-Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. • $15 • Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead, 490 Founders Park Road, Dripping Springs • www.drippingspringspumpkinfestival.com Wurstfest Wurstfest officials will offer food, music, dancing, special events, carnival rides and more celebrating Alpine- and Bavarian-style entertainment. • Nov. 3-12, times vary • $18-$25 • Wurstfest, 120 Landa St., New Braunfels • www.wurstfest.com
Haunted tours
Pumpkin patches
Ghosts of the Georgetown Square The Williamson Museum will hold ghost-hunting tours for participants to explore local haunted locations. Lasting up to an hour and a half, the Ghosts of Georgetown Square event is led by local experts who tell ghost stories and lead interactive activities. Discounts of $5 per person are available for students. • Oct. 6-27, 7:30-9 p.m. • $15-$20 • The Williamson Museum, Austin Haunted Walking Tour Costumed guides for this locally owned haunted tour company lead the 90-minute haunt and tell original stories researched by the team. The family- and pet-friendly tours begin in front of the Driskill Hotel downtown, which has its own ghostly tales. • Thu.-Sun. 8:30-10 p.m. (August-November) • $12-$26 • The Driskill, 604 Brazos St., Austin • www.austinghosttours.com 716 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown • www.williamsonmuseum.org
Elgin Christmas Tree Farm Pumpkin Patch The new owners of Elgin Christmas Tree Farm will provide a pumpkin patch and other activities such as Hay Mountain, a playground and photo areas. Other available activities include train and hay rides, a giant hay maze, a petting zoo, carnival-style food, and more. • Oct. 7-29, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. • $10 and up • Elgin Christmas Tree Farm, 120 Natures Way, Elgin • www.elginchristmastreefarm.com activities, such as a pumpkin patch, photo ops, hay and barrel train rides, rubber duck races, apple cannon gun shooting, kiddie hay maze, outdoor bowling, crafts, food vendors, and more. • Sept. 30-Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. • $9-$21 • Mama Mary’s Farm, 5701 Williamson Road, Creedmoor • www.mamamarysfarm.com Mama Mary’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch Mama Mary and her team will offer fall-themed
Outdoor fun
Movies in the Park: ‘Hocus Pocus’ Officials with the Austin Parks Foundation will offer a showing of “Hocus Pocus” at Mueller Lake Park beginning at dusk. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own picnics, blankets and lawn chairs. • Oct. 26, 7-10 p.m. • Free • Mueller Lake Park, 4550 Mueller Blvd., Austin • www.austinparks.org
Fall festivals
Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival The festival will feature six themed weekends with over 50 fall-inspired games, activities and attractions,
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