12 Family Friendly Fall Festivals in Alberta
The fun doesn’t have to stop when summer ends! Here are 12 Family Friendly Fall Festivals in Alberta to check out!
** Update for 2022 **
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Fall is such a great time of year! It’s pumpkin everything season, farmer’s markets are overflowing with produce, pumpkin patches are ready for visitors, corn mazes are at their best, and fall festival season kicks off! So come September 1, we’re jumping full force into fall over here…and we’re going to pack in as much adventure as we can! Here are 12 fun fall festivals you can take your family to:
12 Family Friendly Fall Festivals in Alberta:
Glendon Pyrogy Festival
In celebration of Ukrainian heritage, come out take in all things pyrogy. Activities include a pyrogy eating contest, bouncy castles and food!
- Date: September 3, 2022
- Visit their Facebook Page or up to date information.
Canmore Highland Games
Activities include a pancake breakfast, highland dancing, piping and drumming, heavy sports, tug of war, sheep dogs, clan tents, Celtic vendors, Scotch tasting, traditional food and beverages, food trucks, beer garden, massed bands and more.
- Date: September 3, 2022
- Visit the website for more details.
Reynolds-Alberta Museum Harvest Festival, Wetaskiwin
Activities include crafts, ropemaking, demonstrations, a pie auction, tractor rides, petting zoo and food vendors.
- Dates: Saturday September 3 and Sunday September 4
- For more details, visit the website.
Image courtesy of Prairie Gardens Cornfest
Prairie Gardens Pumpkin Patch and Fall-o-ween (Bon Accord)
Celebrate pumpkin harvest and family Halloween! Check out the infamous pumpkin cannon, FREE scarecrow making, pumpkins galore, live music, mimes, mazes, theatre, animals and wagon rides.
- Dates for 2022: Weekends in October
- Visit the website for more details.
Elk Island National Park: Gateway to the Stars
Experience the wonder of Elk Island’s night sky, in the heart of the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve. Escape the city to gaze upon the countless stars in our galaxy and learn to navigate from one constellation to the next. Campfire and a friendly park interpreter are included.
- Date for 2022: October 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22
- Time: 9 PM to 10 PM
- Cost: Check the website, but remember you also need a valid park pass
- Registration is required: 780-922-2965 or email [email protected]
- Visit the website for more details.
Beakerhead, Calgary
A larger-than-life adventure with more than a dozen sites of engineered artworks and interactive experiences all based around the theme: The ups and downs of invention. Events are hosted at various venues around the city of Calgary.
- Dates: September 23 – 25, 2022
- For more information, including a list of events, visit the website here.
Serpent Mother at Beakerhead
Buffalo Harvest Days at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Activities include a guided tour through the interpretive centre, “Living off the Land” artifact demonstrations, buffalo themed cuisine in the cafeteria, and First Nations artist demonstrations.
- Date: September 23, 2022
- Visit the website for more information.
Flannel and Feast, Sylvan Lake
Calling all plaid enthusiasts! Flannel & Feast Festival is full of arts, music, food, and entertainment that celebrates the laidback cabin lifestyle that is quintessentially Sylvan Lake. Part of Alberta Culture Days, this one-day event is celebrating hipster fashion, robust facial hair and lumberjack culture at it’s finest!
- Date for 2022: September 24, 1 to 4 PM
- Visit the website for more information.
Night Glow’, Photo courtesy of the Heritage Inn International Balloon Festival
Heritage Inn International Balloon Festival, High River
- Dates: September 25-29, 2022
- This Hot Air Balloon Festival takes place in High River, AB.
- Visit the website for more information.
Lacombe Culture and Harvest Festival
This festival celebrates agricultural heritage and showcases the arts and culture of Lacombe. The festival runs in conjunction with National Culture Days and Alberta Culture Days, and features 30+ activities and events.
- Dates: September 23-25, 2022
- Visit the website for more information.
Pumpkin Patch at The Jungle Farm
Located just outside of Red Deer, the Jungle Farm’s U-Pick pumpkin patch is full of pumpkins this 2022 season! Price of admission also includes the corn maze, wagon rides, farm animals, playground and more!
- Dates and Times: Pumpkin Season runs from the first weekend in September through till October 31, 2022. As long as pumpkins are available at the store they will be open on weekends.
- Visit their website for more details.
Photo courtesy of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Smoky Lake: Great White North Pumpkin Fair
- Date: October 1, 2022
- Visit their Facebook Page for up to date information.
Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Head out to the world’s largest dark sky preserve and stargaze at the Jasper Dark Sky Festival. Other activities include space Q & A session, Spacetalks panel and Symphony Under the Stars.
- Dates: October 14 – 23, 2022
- Visit the website for more information.
Giant Pumpkin Drop, Camrose
Have you ever wanted to see a Giant Pumpkin Drop from a crane! This is your chance!
- Date: October 25, 2022
- Visit their website for more information.
