Austin family events
Family-friendly events across the Austin metro: fall festivals, pumpkin patches, concerts, and museum days.
Fri, Oct 16 to Sun, Oct 18
Fri, Oct 23 to Sun, Oct 25
Sunday, October 25
8:45am$10
Lakeline ParkCedar Park's Halloween Hustle opens with a $10 kids dash at 8:45am for ages 10 and under, followed by 5K and 10K runs; costumes encouraged.
9am to 7pm, through Oct 25
CreedmoorVisit the farm in Creedmoor for animals, a hay maze, hay ride, tractor tire playground, and rubber duck races, plus the pumpkin patch.
10am to 1pm
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterCostumed kids trick-or-treat through the play forts of the Family Garden in this gentle daytime Halloween party; playful costumes welcome, nothing violent or scary.
10am to 9pm, through Oct 25$15
Texas Pumpkin FestLeander's pumpkin festival packs in a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides, a petting zoo, and live music across four October weekends.
10am to 7pm, through Oct 25$20
KyleSix-weekend fall festival on a shady 15-acre farmstead south of Austin: pumpkins, games, Wild Things Zoofari animal shows, free petting zoo, School of Rock instrument try-outs, and a Saturday Colored Smoke Show. Kids 5 and under free; parking free.
10am to 5pm, through Oct 25$10
ManorFall festival at the 100-acre Crowe's Nest Farm animal rescue sanctuary in Manor: 250-plus rescue animals, raptor and reptile shows, cow-milking demos, hayride and barrel-train ride, pumpkin patch, and live Austin music. Starts at $10 adults, $8 kids 2-12.
10am to 7pm, through Oct 26$12
Round RockRound Rock's fall festival at Old Settlers Park: bounce houses, corn pit, barrel train, yard games, and pumpkin patch. $10 before Oct 2, $12 after.
11am to 4pmFree
UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + MuseumA free fall afternoon in the sculpture garden with pumpkin painting, a kids costume parade, live raptors and reptiles, sculpture searches, and a giant straw pit to play in.
11am to 2pm, one of 5 dates
Austin Scottish Rite TheaterThe beloved book siblings hunt for pirate treasure in this stage adaptation at the Scottish Rite Theater, with two shows each performance day at 11am and 1pm.
11am to 3pmFree
Neill-Cochran House MuseumA free Halloween carnival on the museum lawn with trunk-or-treat cars, spooky scavenger hunts through the historic house, games, crafts, and a bouncy house.
11am to 7pm, through Oct 25
DriftwoodThree weeks of family-friendly fall fun at Vista Brewing (Wednesdays through Sundays): photo ops, hay maze and hay mountain, pumpkin patch, farm animal experiences, petting zoo, artisan market, and food and drinks.
1 to 5pm, one of 4 datesFree
AustinFree museum admission: explore Texas from the age of dinosaurs to today, see fossils and Texas wildlife, touch real meteorites, and walk beneath a massive pterosaur and tyrannosaur.
1 to 5pm, through Oct 25Free
ElginFree-admission pumpkin hunt in Elgin: ride a wagon into rows of Fraser firs where pie pumpkins hide in the branches, then decorate your pumpkin at the pavilion. Pumpkin launcher, train ride, zip line, and mazes $3.50 per activity.
All day, through Oct 25
ManchacaPumpkin patch plus exotic-animal encounters at Indian Springs Ranch: buffalo, camels, yak, alpacas, and Texas longhorns, with a giant spider web, corn pit, weekend jumping pillow, face painting, and food and craft vendors. $12 Thu-Fri, $17 Sat-Sun; free under 2.
6 to 9:30pm, through Oct 31
AustinWalk through thousands of carved and illuminated pumpkins arranged into glowing art scenes at Pioneer Farms, a family-friendly nighttime tradition.
9am to 9pm, through Nov 8
GeorgetownFull day of fall fun at Sweet Eats Adventure Farm in Georgetown: pumpkin patch and pumpkin house photo spots, apple cannons, big bounce pad, tire mountain slides, and petting and feeding farm animals.
All day, through Dec 31
AustinImmersive fort-building exhibition at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center where kids build and explore imaginative forts along the garden trails, included with garden admission.
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