<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2auFpc_0vlJnd0c00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2auFpc_0vlJnd0c00" width="2048" height="1365" ><p><b>Bundle up and get ready for fall fun! From hayrides and apple cider to circus acts and carnival rides, there are lots of festivals and fairs heading to metro Detroit.</b></p><h2>Harvest Day @ Ford House (Grosse Pointe Shores)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 5th</b></p><p>Shop a mini fall market where local farmers will offer their harvest best: pumpkins, apples, fall bouquets, and more. Enjoy free family fun, including old-school lawn games, a petting zoo, horse and pony rides, and plenty of photo ops.</p><h2>Family Fall Fest @ Stine Community Park (Troy)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 5th</b></p><p>Family Fall Fest returns! Join us for some fall themed fun for the whole family. Activities include: picking pumpkins, trick or treat trail, cider and donuts, plus more! Event will move indoors to Troy Community Center in case of rain.</p><h2>Harvestfest @ Market Center Park (Southgate)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 5th</b></p><p>This free, family-friendly event is the perfect way to kick off the fall season with pumpkin patch, bounce house, face painting, crafts, balloon animals, touch-a-truck and more!</p><h2>Fall Festival @ Martin Road Park (Ferndale)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 5th</b></p><p>The Ferndale Fall Festival is back for the spooky season. One wristband admits you to a fall-themed wonderland of hayrides, pony rides, roller skating, carnival games, prizes, crafts, face painting, pumpkin painting, a trick-or-treat trail, and more while supplies last.</p><h2>Fall Harvest Festival @ Applewood (Flint)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 5th</b></p><p>Celebrate the season at Applewood and join us for free family fun in Flint! The Ruth Mott Foundation’s free Fall Harvest Festival is on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This FREE community event includes a variety of activities: Cider &amp; Apples, Harvest Activities &amp; Displays, Music, Live Demonstrations, and Historic House Tours.</p><h2>Fall Pumpkin Fest @ St. Clair County Farm Museum (Goodells)</h2><p><b>October 5th &amp; 6th</b></p><p>Saint Clair County Farm Museum is excited yet again this year to host our 2024 Fall Pumpkin Fest and Corn Maze. This event is held the first three weekends in October, on both Saturday and Sunday from Noon – 5 PM. There will wagon rides out to our pumpkin patch and corn maze, barrel, train rides for the kids, face, painting, and other kids activities.</p><h2>Detroit Harvest Fest (Detroit)</h2><p><b>October 5th &amp; 6th</b></p><p>The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy invites you and your family to the Detroit Harvest Fest &amp; Food Truck Rally! Featuring 50+ food trucks, six music stages and fun Harvest Fest Activities for the whole family.</p><h2>Great Fall Festival @ Maybury Farm (Northville)</h2><p><b>October 5th &amp; 6th</b></p><p>The weekend festival features live music, activities, games, demonstrations, a tractor drawn wagon ride to the corn maze plus delicious eats &amp; treats from one of the visiting food trucks or beverages, old time candy &amp; other snacks in our General Store.</p><h2>Pumpkinfest @ MSU Tollgate Farm (Novi)</h2><p><b>October 5th &amp; 6th</b></p><p>Come, take a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick your perfect pumpkins. Food, music, farm animals, educational exhibits, wagon rides, and children’s activities all make for a fun fall outing on this historic 160 acre farm. </p><h2>Fall Festival @ Bowers School Farm (Bloomfield Hills)</h2><p><b>October 5th &amp; 6th</b></p><p>Join us for a fun-filled weekend of farm activities, food, live music &amp; entertainment, pumpkins, bounce house, games, crafts, straw tower and much more!</p><h2>Harvest Happening @ Hess-Hathaway Park (Waterford)</h2><p><b>Sunday, October 6th</b></p><p>The annual Harvest Happening celebration includes hayrides, pony rides, straw maze, games, crafts, pumpkin patch and more.</p><h2>Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival (Rochester Hills)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 12th</b></p><p>Come and enjoy the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm’s signature event – the Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival. Daytime activities include food, pumpkin bowling, live entertainment, crafts, a Rochester Hills Fire Truck, and more! Guests are invited to carve a pumpkin and place it on the stone walls surrounding the Museum property and return in the evening to see all the pumpkins lit up!</p><h2>Fall Fest @ The Petting Farm (Ann Arbor)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 12th</b></p><p>This event is a wonderful way to celebrate the beauty of autumn while enjoying some fantastic family-friendly activities and our animals. Enjoy pony rides, bounce house, hayrides, costume contest, crafts and more!</p><h2>Harvest Festival @ Crosswinds Marsh (New Boston)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 12th</b></p><p>Join us for Harvest Festival at Crosswinds Marsh. Enjoy a forested hayride, gather around the bonfire for a kid-friendly magic act, and harvest themed games and crafts. Kids 17 years old and younger can participate in a costume parade.</p><h2>Appleumpkin Festival (Tecumseh)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 12th &amp; Sunday, October 13th</b></p><p>The kids will enjoy the midway rides &amp; carnival games (Wrist band can be purchased for all day – price TBA), inflatables, Bungee Jump . Make-it-take-it crafts, corn box and kid’s putt putt golf are all FREE. Plus, helicopter rides – (price to be determined, max of 3 passengers per ride – cash or credit card) and monster truck rides. Lots of fun for all ages!</p><h2>Macomb County HarvestFest (Sterling Heights)</h2><p><b>October 19th &amp; 20th</b></p><p>The Macomb County HarvestFest is a great community event that will feature Trick-or-Treating Stations, Fun Activities, and Food Trucks. Hayrides, Inflatable Zone, Movies, Music, Magic, Princesses, Children’s Tattoo Artist, Pumpkin Patch, Professional Pumpkin Carvers, Games, Food Drive, Food Trucks and more.</p><h2>Halloween Festival (Westland)</h2><p><b>Saturday, October 19th</b></p><p>The Wayne County Parks presents the Halloween Festival on Saturday, October 19 from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM at Nankin Mills Park in Westland. Activities will include games, inflatables, putt putt golf, obstacle course, hayrides, children’s entertainment and a candy give-away!</p></div></body>

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Kid-Friendly Fall Festivals In October In Metro Detroit

Bundle up and get ready for fall fun! From hayrides and apple cider to circus acts and carnival rides, there are lots of festivals and fairs heading to metro Detroit. Harvest Day @ Ford House (Grosse Pointe Shores) Saturday, October 5th. Shop a mini fall market where local farmers will...