Celebrate Fall and Halloween in Wisconsin: here’s your guide to all the best fall festivities and Halloween events happening across Wisconsin every weekend this October
Central
Oct 5, Harvest Fest, Wausau
Oct 5, Ghouls Night Out Local Vendor Market, Stevens Point
Oct 5-6, Nekoosa Giant Pumpkin Festival, Nekoosa
Oct 11, Downtown Shawano Witches’ Night Out, Shawano
Oct 12, Autumn Harvest Celebration, Neillsville
Oct 19, Colorama, Nekoosa
Oct 19, Empty Bowls 2024, Stevens Point
Oct 24-26, Haunted Corn Maze, Wausau
Oct 26, Fall Beer & Cider Walk, Marshfield
Oct 26, Horseshoes Halloween at Central Waters Brewing Company with Burnt Toast & Jam, Stevens Point
Oct 31 Nov 2, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Marshfield
Oct 4-6 & 11-13, Scenic Fall Color Chairlift Rides, Wausau
Northeast
Oct 4-5, Oct 11-12, The Hallows by Youth Go: A Haunted Trail Walk, Neenah
Oct 5, Haunted Illusions Staring David Caserta, Oshkosh
Oct 5, Breast Cancer Brew Release at Mecan River Brewing Company, Coloma
Oct 5-6, Oct 12-13, Oct 19-12, Kelly’s Farmstead Fall Festival, Fond du Lac
Oct 12, 40th Annual Applefest, Two Rivers
Oct 12, Scarecrow Fest, Neshkoro
Oct 12, 715 Harvest Fest, Waupaca
Oct 12, Fondy Falltoberfest, Fond du Lac
Oct 19, Fall Market & Food Fest, Oshkosh
Oct 19, Downtown Fond du Lac Witches Day Out, Fond du Lac
Oct 25, Hatten Park Haunted Trail, New London
Oct 25-26, Fright Night 2024, Greenville
Northwoods
Oct 5-6, 3rd Annual Wildwoods Pumpkin Patch, Minocqua
Oct 5-6, Cranberry Fest, Eagle River
Oct 5, Homegrown Handmade Hometown Hoedown at Tranquil Acres, Tomahawk
Oct 12, Tomahawk Main Street Inc. Oktoberfest, Tomahawk
Oct 19, Fall in the Forest, Deerbrook
Oct 19, Island City Fall Wine Walk, Minocqua
Oct 19, YMCA “Not So Scary” Halloween Trail, Rhinelander
Oct 25, Hall-Eau-Ween 5k, Eau Claire
Oct 25-26, Night & Day Craft Market, Harshaw
Oct 26, Lamboo! Haunted Trails, Minocqua
Oct 26, Hallowfest, Eagle River
Oct 26, Zombie Crawl-Zombie Ball, Land O’ Lakes
South Central
Oct 4, Oct 11-26, Fridays & Saturdays, Oct 31-Nov 1, Forest of Freaks, Janesville
Oct 5, Downtown Baraboo Fall Fair on the Square, Baraboo
Oct 5, Happy Harvest Fest, Monroe
Oct 5-6, Fall Village Market 2024, Mount Horeb
Oct 12, 2024 Harvest Festival, Cambridge
Oct 12, Fall Gift & Craft Show, Onalaska
Oct 12, Pumpkin Phest, Verona
Oct 18-20, Fall Art Tour, Mineral Point, Spring Green, Dodgeville, & Baraboo
Oct 20, 2nd Annual Boo Walk, Madison
Oct 26, Beaver Dam Casket Races, Beaver Dam
Oct 26, Doggie Costume Contest, Madison
Every Weekend in October, Fall Fun at Enchanted Valley Acres, Cross Plains
Southeast
Oct 5, Waukesha Art Crawl, Waukesha
Oct 5, Fall Goods, West Allis
Oct 5-6, Oktoberfest, Cedarburg
Oct 11, Old Falls Oktoberfest German Biergarten, Menomonee Falls
Oct 13, Dayspring Fall Harvest Fest, Pewaukee
Oct 18-20, Boo at the Zoo 2024, Milwaukee
Oct 18-19, Jack-O-Lantern Jaunt & Halloween Haunt, Mukwonago
Oct 26, Halloween in Delafield, Delafield
Oct 26, Oconomowoc Lions Club Halloween Parade, Oconomowoc
Oct 23 – 26, Little Park of Horrors Spooky Halloween Fest at Old Falls Village Park, Menomonee Falls
Oct 19-20 & 26-27, The Halloween Hoopla, Waukesha
Every Weekend Thurs-Sun in October, Jack-O-Lantern Nights, Racine
Source: Discover Wisconsin