Your guide to fall events around Tampa Bay

Get in the fall spirit!

🏞️ Fall y'all at Coachman Park, Clearwater: Decorate pumpkins, meet costumed characters and enter the kids in the Little Miss and Little Sir Pumpkin contests at this waterfront festival.

• Oct. 3, 11am-5pm. Free.

🐂 Fall Festival Opening Weekend, Largo: Kick off the season at DK Farms & Gardens with pumpkin cannons, mechanical bull rides, a pumpkin patch and animal encounters to boot.

• Oct. 3-4 and select days through Oct. 31. Tickets start at $27.

🍁 Pumpkin Patch & Fall Fun Fest, Tampa: Make your way through an inflatable corn maze, get your face painted and browse local vendors at Yuengling Draft Haus & Kitchen.

• Oct. 3, noon-4pm. $10.

🎃 Howl-O-Scream 2026, Tampa: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay's after-hours fright fest runs on select nights throughout October, with a new haunted house and two new scare zones.

• Tickets start at $48.99.

👻 Creatures of the Night, Tampa: Explore an abandoned, haunted neighborhood or dance with disco-loving zombies at ZooTampa's annual Halloween event.

• Saturday, 4-10pm, then select weekend nights throughout October. Tickets are $39.95 on Saturdays and $34.95 on Fridays and Sundays.

🍂 9th annual Fall Fest, Tampa: Armature Works turns its West Lawn into a fall fair with camel and pony rides, a petting zoo, live music, face painting and local vendors.

• Oct. 10-11. Free admission.

🍷 Keel Farms Harvest Days, Plant City: Keel Farms leans into harvest season with a corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin painting, local vendors and seasonal wines and ciders.

• Weekends in October. Free admission; $10 parking.

Enjoy the weather!

🚲 Christy's Thirsty Halloween Ride, St. Petersburg: Pedal through Historic Old Northeast after dark to see the neighborhood's Halloween displays, with a stop at Colony Grill for free pizza.

• Oct. 24, 5pm. $30 in advance; $35 day-of.

🎨 Corey Avenue Fall Art & Craft Festival, St. Pete Beach: Artists and makers take over Corey Avenue for the weekend, selling jewelry, paintings, home goods and more.

• Oct. 3-4, 10am-5pm. Free.

🦐 38th annual Tarpon Springs Seafood Festival, Tarpon Springs: Grab some seafood, catch live music and watch chefs in a cooking competition at the Sponge Docks.

• Nov. 7, 10am-9pm, and Nov. 8, 10am-5pm. Free.

🖼️ 62nd annual Art Harvest, Dunedin: Spend the weekend browsing paintings, pottery and other artwork from more than 200 artists at Highlander Park.

• Nov. 7-8, 10am-4pm. Free admission; $5 parking.

🪕 St. Pete Country Music Festival 2026, St. Petersburg: Koe Wetzel, Riley Green and Bailey Zimmerman headline three days of country music at Vinoy Park, featuring more than 50 acts.

• Nov. 20-22, starting at 1pm. Single-day tickets start at $138.11; three-day passes start at $229.66.

Start holiday shopping!

🦇 Haunted Harvest Market, Odessa: Shop Halloween décor, fall gifts and seasonal treats from local makers at this indoor market.

• Oct. 24, 10am-3pm. Free.

🛍️ Shopapalooza Festival, St. Petersburg: More than 350 local businesses take over Vinoy Park for a two-day holiday shopping festival, with live music and activities for kids.

• Nov. 28-29, 10am-5pm. Free.