The best fall festivals and events around Philly this season

Make sure you save these dates:

🎃 Fintastic Pumpkin Glow

📅 Sept. 25-Nov. 2 at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, N.J.

• Check out aquatic pumpkin sculptures at this pop-up exhibit, and deck out your own jack-o-lantern to take home. Included with regular admission.

📚 Halloween Book Fair

📅 Sept. 27, noon-5pm at Philly's Evil Genius Beer Company

• Bookmark it: Fishtown turns frightful with terrifying tomes and a beer garden for the older ghouls and ghals.

🎨 New Hope Arts & Crafts Festival

📅 Sept. 27-28, 10am-6pm, Sunday, 10am-4pm at New Hope-Solebury High School

• More than 160 fine artists will show off handmade jewelry, oil paintings, woodwork, glass art, photography and more. Shuttle from Main Street.
• Admission: $5

🍺 South Street Oktoberfest

📅 Sept. 27, noon-8pm, in front of Brauhaus Schmitz

• The Philly region's biggest Oktoberfest is back for its 17th year. Food and drinks, a 1,000-seat biergarten, Oom-pah music, face painting, German dancers, a Liter Lift competition and more.

🧙 Hocus Pocus Speakeasy and Cocktail Experience

📅 Oct. 3-26 at Philly's Red Rum Theatre; Cocktails: Every Saturday, starting on Oct. 4 and running through Oct. 25.

• Stop burning the black flame candle at both ends. The troupe's monthlong Sanderson Sisters-themed pop-up is a cauldron of cocktails and bewitched performances.

🍕 St. Nick's Italian Festival

📅 Oct. 5, noon-8pm, St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, free to attend; food and drink are pay-as-you-go.

• One of South Philly's favorite traditions, the event kicks off with a religious procession followed by plenty of fun.
• Look for all your favorite Italian food vendors, including Termini Brothers and Marra's Pizza, plus rides, face painting, games, sand art and more.

🐦‍⬛ The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy

📅 Oct. 9-11 at The Fallser Club

• The macabre poet is back for a 21+ boozy sequel with four fresh tales from his dark, imaginative world. Tickets: $55.

🍏 Scrapple & Apple Festival

📅 Oct. 11, 10am-4pm at Reading Terminal Market. Free

• Let's go Pennsylvania Dutch. Vendors go all-out with special menus, plus RTM hosts a scrapple sculpting contest the day before the festival.

👻 Boo at the Zoo

📅 Oct. 11-13, 18-19, 25-26 at Philadelphia Zoo; included with admission

• Costumes, fall treats and décor, and photo-ops.
• Pro tip: No adult masks or costumes with toy guns and weapons.

🏳️‍🌈 OURfest Block Party & Festival

📅 Oct. 12, noon-6pm in the Gayborhood; Free, food and drink are pay-as-you-go.

• Look for food trucks, performances, beer gardens, a market with LGBTQ businesses and artists, interactive art installations and more.

🍁 Northern Liberties Fall Festival

📅 Oct. 12, 11am-5pm

• It's fall-topia — food and drink, live music, family-friendly activities and immersive experiences highlight the Philly neighborhood.

🍂 Manayunk Fall Festival

📅 Oct. 18, 11am-4pm on Main Street. Free

• Food trucks, games, face painting, balloon twisting, live music and a Mac N Cheese Crawl (noon-4pm).

💀 Choreomania

📅 Oct. 30, 7-11pm at the Mütter Museum. Tickets: $60

• DJ Yngfu keeps the tables turning as you do the Monster Mash at this costume-themed dance party.
• Plus: A sensory light installation from the artist collective Glimmer Labs.

🇲🇽 CultureFest! Día de los Muertos

📅 Nov. 1, 10am-5pm at The Penn Museum

• A showcase of Mexico's cultural traditions, including a monumental ofrenda constructed by Philadelphia fashion designer Virginia Rivera.

😋 The Inquirer Food Fest

📅 Nov. 15, 11am-6pm at The Fillmore, Tickets: $149+

• Get the lowdown from Philadelphia's hottest chefs, including James Beard award-winners Friday Saturday Sunday.
• Food included, plus two free drinks and free six-month access to The Inquirer.