The leaves are changing gorgeous colors, Halloween decorations are popping up around the neighborhood and the smell of fresh cider donuts... We LOVE this time of year. So we've compiled a list of fun ways to spend the season including Pumpkin Patches, Apple Orchards & Haunted Houses OH MY.
PUMPKIN PATCHES & HARVEST FESTIVALS
Bauman's Harvest Festival in Gervais with the mazes, obstacle courses, rides, farm animals and of course, pumpkins. Not sure what passes you should buy? This chart can help. The festival lasts until October 29th. Our family has gone to Lee Farms since the boys were tiny and their fresh pumpkin and apple cider donuts are amazing! Enter to win passes here.
Leavenworth Oktoberfest It's a bit of a drive from Portland but it's a legit Oktoberfest in this Bavarian-themed town in beautiful central Washington. There are three weekends of Oktoberfest fun, but lodging books up early, so make your plans now.
There are A LOT of pumpkin patches here!
ORCHARDS A PLENTY
Douglas Farm sells apples and pears, and you can pick your own peppers, eggplants and tomatoes.
Bell's Orchards sells Gravenstein and Honeycrisp apples, pears and honey.
Smith Berry Barn has hard apple cider tastings.
Kiyokawa Family Orchards say they have 150 varieties of fresh fruit, and Sherwood Orchards has over a thousand fruit trees and dozens of apple varieties to pick.
HAUNTED HOUSES And OTHER CHILLING EVENTS
ScareGrounds PDX at Oaks Park has three main haunted attractions!
Fear PDX at Menlo Park Plaza
Underhill Haunted House Seasons of Scream V!
Cinema of Horrors in Ridgefield, WA. A live-action horror movie experience where screams from the screen come to life. The scariest horror blockbusters, complete with monsters lurking outside your car window opens this weekend. Win a carload pass here.
Michael Myers is back to scare the bejesus out of residents near Holidays on Franklin in Vancouver.
Are those WITCHES on The Willamette? Why yes they are. It's the 6th Annual Portland SUP Witches on The Willamette.
STACEY & MIKE'S HALLOWEEN WATCH LIST
The Hollywood Theater is showing scary movies including Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th.
Apple TV+ is offering three "Charlie Brown" holiday specials: "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving," and "A Charlie Brown Christmas” The three “Charlie Brown” movies will be available for free on specific dates: October 21st-22nd, November 18th-19th, and December 16th-17th
Hallmark's Fall Into Love has a whole slate of choices to warm you by the fire until the Countdown to Christmas starts.
If you're more into the dark scary stuff The Exorcist: Believer (2023) is in theaters. So is When Evil Lurks and It Lives Inside and The Nun II.
FX's American Horror Story is back for spooky season. This time, the hit anthology show welcomes Kim Kardashian alongside Emma Roberts and Cara Delevingne in American Horror Story: Delicate.