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The Best Fall Festivals for Kids
in Los Angeles 2025
Best Fall Festivals in Los Angeles: Pumpkin Festivals & More
Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch
Orange
Starts Saturday, September 13, 2025
Irvine Park Railroad and the Pumpkin Patch once again open for the season with the Pumpkin Train, a moon bounce, hayrides, and a haunted house. Other daily fun includes panning for gold, carnival games, John Deere races, face painting, cookie decorating, and more. New this year: reservations are required on weekends. $20 per person includes a train ride and entrance into the Pumpkin Patch. Visit your website here.
Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch
Irvine
Starts Saturday, September 13, 2025
Tanaka Farms is one of the only farms in Orange County with a real pumpkin patch where kids can pick their own pumpkins out in the field. Visit your website here.
Family Days@LA Plaza: Fiestas Patrias
DTLA - Free
Sunday, September 14, 2025
September 16 marks the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence. LA Plaza visitors can learn more about the day with activities for the entire family at this festival celebrating Mexican Independence. Visit your website here.
Baja Splash Cultural Festival
Long Beach
Saturday & Sunday, September 20 & 21, 2025
The Aquarium of the Pacific celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with the 24th Annual Baja Splash Festival. Where else can you see ancient Aztec dance performed in the shadow of a shark tank? Visit your website here.
4th Annual Westminster Fall Festival
Westminster - FREEE Admission
Thursday - Sunday, September 25 - 28, 2025
Westminster's Fall Festival promises a weekend filled with fun. Highlights include carnival rides, live entertainment, vendors, tasty food from local vendors, a beer garden and more. Attendance over the weekend is expected to be over 10 thousand visitors. Visit your website here.
Irvine Mid-Autumn Festival
Irvine - FREE
Friday, September 26, 2025
Irvine honors the timeless tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival, with a family-friendly event featuring educational displays, live entertainment, crafts, specialty food trucks, artistic demonstrations, and more. The community is invited to explore unique cultural displays and discover valuable resources provided by local community organizations. Visit your website here.
28th Annual Fall Harvest Festival at Underwood Farms
Moorpark
Starts Saturday, September 27, 2025
Underwood Family Farms' annual Fall Harvest Festival features pig races, animal shows, a corn maze and gourd tunnel, a combine slide, tractor rides, Farmer Craig’s Chicken Show, hay pyramids, and animals to feed, as well as a gigantic pumpkin patch. Visit your website here.
Locale 90254 Oktoberfest
Hermosa Beach
Saturday, September 27, 2025
This South Bay take on the Bavarian tradition promises authentic German cuisine, craft brews, and live entertainment with German music and dancing, and carnival rides and games. Visit your website here.
Oktoberfest on Catalina
Catalina
Friday, October 3, 2025
The family-friendly event features live music by Hammerstein, an authentic Bavarian polka rock band, and the traditional singing of the schnitzelbank. Bratwurst with toppings and sides are included in ticket. German and domestic beer, wine, and other refreshments are available for purchase. Bring your own stein to be entered into a raffle. Dressing in your finest lederhosen and dirndls is encouraged. Visit your website here.
Reyes Adobe Days
Agoura Hills - FREE
Friday - Sunday, October 3 - 5, 2025
Reyes Adobe Days returns! The weekend-long celebration of California's heritage doesn't scrimp on the fun, with a parade, pony rides, and a petting zoo. Visit your website here.
Annual Pumpkin Festival Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona
Starts Saturday, October 4, 2025
The Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Fest returns on Saturdays and Sundays in October. Favorite fall activities include the huge pumpkin patch, a petting farm, hayrides, corn and sunflower mazes, a cow train, and duck races. Some activities are free with admission, including Pumpkin Hill, Kids Patch, Country Fair area, live music, farm demonstrations, festival food vendors, and marketplace craft vendors. Most attractions are included. Petting Farm Feed Cups and pumpkin purchase are not included with wristband. Festival hours are 10am to 7pm. Tickets are sold online. Visit your website here.
Asian Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at the Bowers Museum
Santa Ana - Free
Sunday, October 5, 2025
The Bowers celebrates the season with its annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. The day includes live performances of traditional music and dance, art projects, free face painting, and more. Visit your website here.
2025 Glendora Pumpkin Festival
Glendora
Saturday, October 18, 2025
It's more than just pumpkins! The annual Pumpkin Festival at Glendora's Centennial Park celebrates all the best things about fall. Visit your website here.
Fall Festival (Original Farmers Market)
Fairfax - FREE
Saturday & Sunday, October 18 & 19, 2025
Kids can enjoy the wonders of a country fair in the middle of the city. The Original Farmers Market on Fairfax plays host to the Fall Festival, featuring such family-friendly attractions as a pumpkin patch, a petting zoo, fall-themed games, kids crafts, photo ops, and live entertainment. Visit your website here.
Pumpkin Race Festival
Manhattan Beach - FREE
Sunday, October 19, 2025
The city of Manhattan Beach holds its annual Pumpkin Race on the pier. Families are encouraged to attend in costume and create their own crazy pumpkin race cars at the pier's colorful Pumpkin Race Land. Visit your website here.
Calabasas Pumpkin Festival
Calabasas
Sunday, October 19, 2025
The annual Calabasas Pumpkin Festival returns with a day of festive fun. Families can enjoy music, carnival games, crafts, inflatables & rides, a marketplace, and a pumpkin patch. Pumpkin facts and history are shared, too - after all, calabazas means pumpkins. Visit your website here.
Fall Fun Fest & Pumpkin Patch at Santa Anita Park
Arcadia
Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025
The infield at Santa Anita Park comes alive with carnival rides, bounce houses, carnival games, pony rides, face painting, and a pumpkin patch. All that, plus you can enjoy the horse racing. Visit your website here.
LA Fall Fair
South El Monte
Friday - Sunday, October 24 - November 2, 2025
The largest fall festival in Los Angeles County boasts 12 acres of amusement rides, live music (on Saturday and Sunday), games, local artisans, and food available for purchase. Visit your website here.
Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade
Anaheim - FREE
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time to switch things up! As the Anaheim's Fall Festival starts its second century, it moves to a new location: Center Greens, a beautiful new city park next to Anaheim City Hall and the Downtown Anaheim Community Center. Plus, returning for the first time since 1957: the Anaheim Fall Festival Classic Car Show. Visit your website here.
Glendale Annual Fall Festival
Glendale - FREE
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Glendale welcomes autumn with its Annual Fall Festival. The event features carnival games, arts & crafts, a bounce house, a pumpkin patch, music, and the Glendale Rocks! climbing wall. Visit your website here.
Mexican Day of the Dead Festival at Bowers Museum
Santa Ana - FREE
Sunday, November 2, 2025
The Bowers Museum celebrates Dia de los Muertos (Mexican Day of the Dead) live this year in the Bowers courtyard. The festival includes live performances, art making, face painting, and complimentary treats. Visit your website here.
Canoga Park Dia de los Muertos Festival
Canoga Park
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Canoga Park's annual Día de los Muertos Festival fills Sherman Way between Canoga Avenue and Topanga Canyon Blvd. with all manner of Day of the Dead entertainment. Booths line the street; highlights include traditional holiday altars and ofrendas, a catrina contest, and a cultural procession. Visit your website here.
Autumn Festival
Long Beach
Saturday & Sunday, November 15 & 16, 2025
The Aquarium of the Pacific celebrates Asian culture with its annual Autumn Festival. Families can learn about the arts, cuisine, cultures, and marine environments of Japan, China, Korea, and the Philippines. Visit your website here.
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