Exciting October Activities

So many fun things happening in October! Here's a list of activities and events you can look forward to this month:

  • Halloween Celebrations: Get ready for spooky decorations, costume parties, and trick-or-treating. Many neighborhoods host special events for families.
  • Fall Festivals: October is prime time for fall festivals featuring hayrides, pumpkin picking, and corn mazes. Check local listings for events near you.
  • Oktoberfest: Enjoy German beer, food, and music at various Oktoberfest celebrations happening across the country.
  • Football Season: Cheer on your favorite teams as college and professional football games heat up this month. Gather with friends for game day!
  • National Pumpkin Day: Celebrate on October 26th by carving pumpkins or baking delicious pumpkin treats.
  • Autumn Hiking: Take advantage of the cooler weather and beautiful fall foliage by going for a hike in local parks or nature reserves.
  • Art and Craft Fairs: Many towns host art fairs showcasing local artists. It's a great way to support the community and find unique gifts.
  • Harvest Moon: Don't miss the stunning full moon this month, perfect for stargazing and enjoying the crisp autumn air.

October Events

10/1-10/3 – East Texas Poultry Festival – Center
10/1-10/3* – Original Greek Festival – Houston
10/1-10/4 – Seafair Festival – Rockport
10/1-10/4* – South Padre Island Sandcastle Days – South Padre Island
10/2 – Uptown Dallas Block Party – Dallas
10/2 – Fire Stoppers Festival – Edinburg
10/2 – Katy Wine Fest – Katy
10/2-10/3 – Big Bend Bluegrass Festival – Alpine
10/2-10/3 – Tarrant County Harambee Festival – Fort Worth
10/2-10/3 – Possum Fest BBQ and Chili Cook-Off – Graford
10/2-10/3 – League City Village Fair: Music Festival and BBQ Cookoff – League City
10/2-10/3 – Pearsall Hispanic Heritage Festival – Pearsall
10/2-10/3 – Tejas Fest – Victoria
10/2-10/4 – Austin City Limits Music Festival I – Austin
10/2-10/4 –Fall Festival at Mainstay Farm Park III – Cleburne
10/2-10/4 – Mid-Cities Greek Foodfest – Euless
10/2-10/4 – Fredericksburg Oktoberfest – Fredericksburg
10/2-10/4 – Come and Take it Celebration – Gonzales
10/2-10/4 – Granbury Oktoberfest – Granbury
10/2-10/4 – Mid-Autumn Festival – Grand Prairie
10/2-10/4 – Texas Pumpkin Fest I – Leander
10/2-10/4 – Orangetober Festival – Orange
10/2-10/4 – Round Rock Arts Fest and Chalk Walk – Round Rock
10/2-10/4 – Round Rock Pumpkin Festival I – Round Rock
10/2-10/4 – Wylie Oktoberfest – Wylie
10/3 – Andrews Oktoberfest – Andrews
10/3 – AnnaFest – Anna
10/3 – Arlington Hispanic Heritage Celebration – Arlington
10/3 – Aubrey Peanut Festival – Aubrey
10/3 – AustOberfest – Austin
10/3 – Baytown Grito Fest – Baytown
10/3 – Bedford Art in the Park – Bedford
10/3 – Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival – Bowie
10/3 – Feels Like Home Festival – Brownwood
10/3 – Celina Oktoberfest – Celina
10/3 – Red River County Historical Society’s Fall Bazaar – Clarksville
10/3 – Cleburne Wine and Artisan Festival – Cleburne
10/3 – Corpus Christi Pride Parade and Block Party – Corpus Christi
10/3 – A Taste of Nigeria Dallas – Dallas
10/3 – DeKalb Oktoberfest – DeKalb
10/3 – Denison Fall Festival – Denison
10/3 – RipFest – Eastland
10/3 – Frisco Oktoberfest – Frisco
10/3 – St. Francis BBQ Cook-Off and Fest – Grapevine
10/3 – Huntington Catfish Festival – Huntington
10/3 – Poder Hispano – Houston
10/3 – Southern Smoke Festival – Houston
10/3 – Fair on the Square – Huntsville
10/3 – Barktoberfest at Avalon – Kilgore
10/3 – La Grange Oktoberfest – La Grange
10/3 – Parrilla Latin American BBQ Festival – Leander
10/3 – The Great Pumpkin Roll – Longview
10/3 – Malakoff Cornbread Festival – Malakoff
10/3 – Murphy Maize Days – Murphy
10/3 – Otsukimi Moon Viewing Festival – Plano
10/3 – Sugar Land Town Square Oktoberfest – Sugar Land
10/3 – Trophy Club Pet Fest – Trophy Club
10/3 – OddFest – Waxahachie
10/3 – Pioneer Heritage Festival at Doss Heritage and Culture Center – Weatherford
10/3 – Taste of Winnsboro – Winnsboro
10/3-10/4 – Fall Festival at Yesterland Farm III – Canton
10/3-10/4 – Devine Acres Fall CountryFest II – Devine
10/3-10/4 – Rocking the REZ Pow Wow – El Paso
10/3-10/4 – Jamaica Festival – Gregory
10/3-10/4 – Fall Festival at P-6 Farms II – Montgomery
10/3-10/4 – Otaku’s Lantern Festival: Pearland – Pearland
10/3-10/4 – Cottonwood Art Festival: Fall – Richardson
10/3-10/4 – Sacred Springs Powwow – San Marcos
10/3-10/4 – Robinson Family Farm Fall Festival II – Temple
10/3-10/4 – Rose City Airfest – Tyler
10/3-10/4 – Uhland Fall Fest II – Uhland
10/3-10/4 – Pumpkin Festival at Western Belle Farm II – West
10/4 – St. Lawrence Fall Festival – Garden City
10/4 – DFW Dragon Boat, Kite, and Lantern Festival – Irving
10/4 – St. Ann Catholic Church Fall Festival – La Vernia
10/4 – The Shire Fall Festival – Richardson
10/4 – St. Thomas the Apostle Czechfest – Robstown
10/4 – Kalahari Food and (Not Just) Wine Festival – Round Rock
10/5-10/11* (Closed 10/6) – Pumpkin Nights: Dallas/Fort Worth IV – Arlington
10/5-10/11* (Closed 10/6) – Pumpkin Nights: Austin IV – Austin
10/5-10/11* (Closed 10/6) – Round Rock Pumpkin Festival II – Round Rock
10/7-10/10 – Johnson County Pioneer and Old Settlers Reunion – Alvarado
10/7-10/10 – New Boston Pioneer Days – New Boston          

10/8 – Good Times Celebration Barbecue Cook-Off – Amarillo
10/8-10/10 – Bandera County Fair – Bandera
10/8-10/11 – Groves Pecan Festival – Groves
10/8-10/11 – Welcome Home Fest – Kerrville
10/8-10/11 – Gruene Music and Wine Festival – New Braunfels 

10/8-10/11 – Pumpkins After Dark I – New Caney
10/8-10/11 (Carnival) – Hopkins County Fall Festival I – Sulphur Springs
10/9 – Celina Friday Night Market VIII – Celina
10/9* – Viva Cultura! – Rowlett
10/9-10/10 – Our Lady of Lourdes Jamaica Family Fest – Andrews
10/9-10/10 – Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River – Crane
10/9-10/10 – Floresville Peanut Festival – Floresville
10/9-10/10 – Fall into Flower Mound Festival – Flower Mound
10/9-10/11 – Austin City Limits Music Festival II – Austin
10/9-10/11 –Fall Festival at Mainstay Farm Park IV – Cleburne
10/9-10/11 – Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival – Conroe
10/9-10/11 – Cuero Turkeyfest – Cuero
10/9-10/11 – Stars of Texas Musical Festival – Ennis
10/9-10/11 – Texas Mesquite and Fine Art Spectacular – Fredericksburg
10/9-10/11 – Ghost Coast Festival – Galveston
10/9-10/11 – Texas Pumpkin Fest II – Leander
10/9-10/11 – Muenster Oktoberfest – Muenster
10/10 – River Legacy Fall Festival – Arlington
10/10 – Austin Oktoberfest – Austin
10/10 – Nurture Nature Festival – Baytown
10/10 – Beaumont Oktoberfest – Beaumont
10/10 – Burleson Founders Day – Burleson
10/10 – Canton Autumn Festival – Canton
10/10 – Country Day on the Hill – Cedar Hill
10/10 – Chandler Pow Wow – Chandler
10/10 – Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival – Cooper
10/10 – DogFest Dallas – Dallas
10/10 – Punkin Days – Floydada
10/10 – Festival Beer City Shindig – Fort Worth
10/10* – Georgetown Pride Festival – Georgetown
10/10* – Czechfest – Houston
10/10* – Houston Pizza Festival – Houston
10/10 – Kilgore Oktoberfest – Kilgore
10/10 – In a Pickle Festival: Kingwood – Kingwood
10/10 – Kyle Market Days VII – Kyle
10/10 – League City Harvest Festival – League City
10/10 – FireAnt Festival – Marshall
10/10 – McKinney Día de los Muertos Celebration – McKinney
10/10 – Crazy Water Festival – Mineral Wells
10/10 – ORW Founders Day Free Festival – Old River-Winfree
10/10 – Avocado Festival – Pharr
10/10 – North Texas Pride Festival – Plano
10/10 – Celebrate Roanoke – Roanoke
10/10 – Rubber Duck Regatta and Jeep Festival – Rockwall
10/10 – Water Lantern Festival: San Antonio – San Antonio
10/10 – Fall Forest Festival at Stephen F. Austin State Park – San Felipe
10/10 – Downtown Somerville Celebration – Somerville
10/10-10/11 – Cottonwood Faire – Amarillo
10/10-10/11 – Fall Festival at Yesterland Farm IV – Canton
10/10-10/11 – Chappell Hill Scarecrow Festival – Chappell Hill
10/10-10/11 – Devine Acres Fall CountryFest III – Devine
10/10-10/11 – Edom Art Festival – Edom
10/10-10/11 – Galveston Greek Festival – Galveston
10/10-10/11 – Korean Festival at Discovery Green – Houston
10/10-10/11 – DFW Italian Festival – Irving
10/10-10/11 – Katy Rice Harvest Festival – Katy
10/10-10/11 – Fall Festival at P-6 Farms III – Montgomery
10/10-10/11 – Barbacoa and Big Red Festival – San Antonio
10/10-10/11 – Robinson Family Farm Fall Festival III – Temple
10/10-10/11 – Texas Renaissance Festival I – Todd Mission
10/10-10/11 – Uhland Fall Fest III – Uhland
10/10-10/11 – Pumpkin Festival at Western Belle Farm III – West
10/11 – Fall Fest at Grandscape Texas – The Colony
10/11 – St. Robert’s Parish Festival – El Campo
10/11 – Michelada Festival – Fort Worth
10/11 – Hispanic Trails Cultural Festival – San Antonio
10/11 – San Antonio Pizza Festival – San Antonio
10/11 – St. Joseph Catholic Church Honey Creek Festival – Spring Branch
10/16-10/18 –Fall Festival at Mainstay Farm Park V – Cleburne
10/16-10/18 – The Texas Jazz Festival – Corpus Christi
10/16-10/18 – Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival – Dripping Springs
10/16-10/18 – Fredericksburg Trade Days X – Fredericksburg
10/16-10/18 – Texas Pumpkin Fest III – Leander
10/16-10/18 – Fiesta de Palmas – McAllen

10/16-10/18 – Rockport Fulton Market Days X – Rockport
10/16-10/18 – Southlake Oktoberfest – Southlake
10/16-10/18 – Yorktown Western Days – Yorktown
10/17 – West Texas Wine Festival – Abilene
10/17 – Boonville Days: Texas Heritage Festival – Bryan  10/17 – Canadian River Music Festival – Canadian
10/17 – Austin Country Red Dirt Music Festival at Leander – Cedar Park
10/17 – St. Philip Catholic Church Fall Festival – China Spring
10/17 – CIBOLOFEST – Cibolo
10/17 – Surftoberfest – Corpus Christi
10/17 – Knights of Columbus BestFest – Fredericksburg
10/17 – South Main Arts Festival – Georgetown
10/17 – Epic Art and Music Festival – Grand Prairie
10/16-10/18 –Fall Festival at Mainstay Farm Park V – Cleburne

10/23-10/25 – Grand Prairie Main Street Fest – Grand Prairie
10/23-10/25* – Hong Kong Night Market – Grand Prairie
10/23-10/25 – Lone Star Gourd Festival – Kerrville
10/23-10/25* – Texas Pumpkin Fest IV – Leander
10/23-10/25* – Wooden Boat Festival – Port Aransas
10/23-10/25* – St. George Maronite Lebanese Food Festival – San Antonio

10/24 – Golden Sweet Potato Festival – Alba 

10/24 – Viva la Vida Festival and Parade – Austin
10/24 – Boerne Boo! – Boerne
10/24 – Corpus Christi Dia de los Muertos Festival – Corpus Christi
10/24* – Dallas Brew Festival – Dallas
10/24* – Dallas Dia de los Muertos – Dallas
10/24 – Oktoberfest Dallas – Dallas
10/24 – Denton Dia de los Muertos Festival – Denton
10/24 – Los Muertos Bailan Festival – Edinburg
10/24 – El Paso Dia de los Muertos – El Paso
10/24 – Flower Mound Diwali Celebration – Flower Mound
10/24 – ArtsGoggle – Fort Worth
10/24 – Fredericksburg Food and Wine Fest: Grand Tasting – Fredericksburg
10/24 – Garland Día de los Muertos – Garland
10/24 – Magnolia Park Dia de los Muertos – Houston
10/24* – Mason Arts and Wine Fall Festival – Mason
10/24 – McKinney Wine & Music Festival – McKinney
10/24 – Fall Festival at First Mesquite United Methodist Church – Mesquite
10/24 – Mesquite Arts Council Dia de Los Muertos – Mesquite
10/24* – Tobaccodoches Cigar Festival – Nacogdoches
10/24* – Montgomery County Market Days Pickle Festival – New Caney
10/24 – Odessa Dia de los Muertos – Odessa
10/24 – Festival of Pumpkins – Paris


10/24 – Diwali Mela: Dallas Festival of Lights – Parker    10/26-10/30* – Pumpkin Nights: Dallas/Fort Worth VII – Arlington
10/26-10/30 – Pumpkin Nights: Austin VII – Austin
10/26-10/30 – Pumpkins After Dark IV – New Caney
10/26-10/30* (Closed 10/27) – Round Rock Pumpkin Festival V – Round Rock
10/29-10/31 – Texas Pumpkin Fest V – Leander
10/29-11/1 – Crystal City Spinach Festival – Crystal City
10/30-10/31 – Freaky Deaky – Austin
10/30-10/31 – Madisonville Blues, Brews and BBQ – Madisonville
10/30-11/1* – Dia de los Muertos en Beaumont – Beaumont
10/30-11/1 – Texas Marigold Festival – Blanco
10/30-11/1 –Fall Festival at Mainstay Farm Park VII – Cleburne
10/30-11/1* – Romanian Food Festival – Colleyville
10/31 – Texas Taco Festival – Arlington
10/31 – Día De Los Muertos Festival – Bay City
10/31 – Beaumont Wino Fest – Beaumont
10/31 – 3 Strands Wine Festival – Dallas
10/31 – Harambee Festival – Dallas
10/31 – Jollof Festival: Dallas – Dallas
10/31 – Latino Cultural Center Día de los Muertos Festival – Dallas
10/31 – Deer Park Dia De Los Muertos Celebration – Deer Park
10/31 – El Paso Winefest – El Paso
10/31 – Flower Mound Smoke and Whiskey Fest – Flower Mound
10/31 – Houston Dia De Muertos – Houston
10/31 – Neon de Los Muertos – Houston
10/31 – Lewisville Thrive Dia de los Muertos Celebration – Lewisville
10/31– Longview Día de Muertos – Longview
10/31 – Nacogdoches Día de los Muertos – Nacogdoches
10/31 – Hot Pepper Festival – Palestine
10/31 – Puerto Rican and Cuban Festival – Pearland
10/31 – Pflugerville Pride Fest – Pflugerville
10/31 – Round Rock Dia de los Muertos Festival – Round Rock
10/31 – Sanger Sellabration – Sanger
10/31 – Waco Dia de los Muertos Parade and Festival – Waco
10/31-11/1 – Fall Festival at Yesterland Farm VII – Canton
10/31-11/1 – Devine Acres Fall CountryFest VI – Devine
10/31-11/1 – MECA’s Día de Muertos Festival – Houston
10/31-11/1 – Fall Festival at P-6 Farms VI – Montgomery
10/31-11/1 – Robinson Family Farm Fall Festival VI – Temple
10/31-11/1 – Texas Renaissance Festival IV – Todd Mission
10/31-11/1 – Uhland Fall Fest VI – Uhland
10/31-11/1* – Pumpkin Festival at Western Belle Farm VI – West

Always check before you go to an event. While we strive to provide the most accurate and up-to-date information, event details can change. We highly recommend verifying event times, locations, and other specifics with the official event organizer before making plans.