October 2024
By Atziri Martinez, Editor-at-Large
October has risen! Which means pumpkin patches are open and ready to be visited. Here are some attractions you should visit for this pumpkin patch season.
Austin Pumpkin Festival
The Austin Pumpkin Festival is brand new and is a family-friendly attraction and has so much to offer. The Austin Pumpkin Festival offers tractor rides, face painting, many places to take pictures with 45 unique pumpkin varieties as well as a huge pumpkin trampoline that everyone can jump in, with live music and play and of course a ferris wheel and a corn pit kids can enjoy. In every corner of this place, there will be something for everyone.
- Dates: September 27, 2024 – October 27, 2024
- Located: 2800 South Lamar, Austin, Tx 78704
- Time: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Prices: $18 per person
Pumpkin Nights
Pumpkin Nights is back once again to offer your favorite attractions and be ready for a magical night. Pumpkin Nights has over 5,000 hand carved pumpkins with many different art displays and has many different sections like Pirate’s Cove, Forbidden City, and more magical lands to discover as you are walking down the path of the pumpkin village. You’ll find food and beverages and many photos ops as well as live pumpkin carving and live fire dancers and many more!
- Because the attraction is very beloved and popular, make sure you get your tickets fast before it sells out.
- Dates: september 19, 2024 – October 31, 2024
- Located: 10621 Pioneer Farms Dr. Austin, Tx 78754
- Time: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Prices: $12 – $32 per person depending on the day you bought them
Sweet Eats Farm
This pumpkin patch isn’t just like any other pumpkin patches , this pumpkin patch is like a zoo! Of course there are a variety of pumpkins around the area but it also comes with a petting zoo, corn maze, pony rides, hay maze, face painting, pig races and so much more along with many plants and flowers surrounding the area.
- Dates: September 21st – October 31st
- Located: 14400 E. State Highway 29 Georgetown, TX. 78626-2515
- Prices: September- Free entry | October- Free entry from Monday-Friday| October- $5 entry per person from Friday-Saturday
Indian Springs Ranch Pumpkin Patch
If you are more interested in more zoo-like pumpkin patches then this place is for you. This pumpkin patch also has varieties of animals that you are able to feed, plenty of pumpkins around the area, many places to take pictures, playground fall-themed for kids, food trucks on site, and vendors selling art work and do face painting,
- Dates: September 28 – October 27
- Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tickets: depending on the day you get them but children under 2 are for free!
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