The leaves are changing, providing the perfect scenery for Fall festivities and Halloween activities. Take a hayride to pick the perfect pumpkin, make your way through a corn maze or hang out with the animals at a petting farm. Oakland County is full of Fall and Halloween family fun for all ages throughout the season. Make a few fall memories using our list of family-friendly fall and Halloween activities below. Updated: 9/20/19.
Family Friendly Fall Fun List of Activities
Note: Events are listed in alphabetical order by city. Many events have multiple dates available while some only offer one or two dates.
AUBURN HILLS
October 12: Fall Festival in the Woods
October 24: Auburn Hills Annual Halloween Trail
October 26: 12th Annual Spooktacular // Zombie Laser Tag
October 5-31: Legoland Brick or Treat
October 5-31: SeaLife Fish or Treat
BERKLEY
October 24: Tale on the Trail
BEVERLY HILLS (VILLAGE)
October 26: Halloween Hoot
BLOOMFIELD HILLS
October 5: Bowers Farm Festival and Corn Maze
October 6: Bowers Farm Festival and Corn Maze
October 26: Cranbrook Institute of Science: Halloween Science
October 27: Cranbrook Institute of Science: Halloween Science
CLARKSTON
October 12: Clarkston Friendly Forest
CLAWSON
October 7: Fall Festival and Car Show
October 26: Trick or Treasure
October 27: Trick or Treat Trail
COMMERCE
October Weekends: Long Family Orchard Moonlight Corn Maze & Fall Time Fun
October 26: Boo Bash
FARMINGTON
October 19: Ghost Night at the Mansion
October 26: The Haunted Farmers Market – Fun Fest
October 31: Boo-palooza
FERNDALE
October 26: Halloween Spooktacular
October 26: Downtown Trick or Treat Night
October 27: Trunk or Treat
FRANKLIN
October 26: Frankenstein Frenzy
HAZEL PARK
October 25: Hazel Park Zombie Walk
October 26: Trunk-N-Treat
HIGHLAND
October 19: Haven Hill Festival
October 24: Trick or Trucks
HOLLY
September 6 – October 20: Diehl’s Cider Mill Corn Maze and Hayrides
September 14 & 21: Haunted Hallows
October 11 -26: Halloween in Hollygrove
October 26: Hollyween at the Depot
HUNTINGTON WOODS
October: Scarecrows on display
LAKE ORION
September 14 – 15: Yates at Canterbury – “Yates Donut Fest”
October 18: Boo Bash
October 23: Halloween Parade
October 25-26: Halloween Stroll 2019
LATHRUP VILLAGE
October 19: Fall Fest
LEONARD
October 19: Boo Bash
MADISON HEIGHTS
October 19: Fun in the Fall
October 19: Howl-O-Ween Pet Trick or Treat
October 20: Pottery Workshop – Spooky Lanterns
October 29: Madison Heights Art Board: Pumpkin Walk
MILFORD
October 5: Kensington Metropark – Fab Fall Color Walk
October 5 -6: Kensington Metropark – Fall Festival
October 12: Pick Your Pumpkin Hayrides
October 1 – 31: Kensington Metropark – Pick your Pumpkin Hayrides
October 19: Kensington Metropark Nature Center – Trick or Treat Along The Trail
NORTHVILLE
September 27 – November 3: Maybury Farm Corn Maze
October 12 – 13: The Great Pumpkin Festival
October 13: Halloween Hysteria
October 19: Trick or Treat Trail
October 27: Halloween Soup! Live-On-Stage at the Marquis Theatre
Daily: Three Cedars Farm
October 4- 31: Skeletons are Alive Celebration
NOVI
October 5 – 6: Tollgate Farm Pumpkinfest
October 25: Halloween Bash
October 26: Spooky Skate
October 27: Howl-O-Ween at Novi Dog Park
OAK PARK
October 26: Boo Bash
OXFORD
October 12: Oxford Scarecrow Festival
Weekends in October: Upland Hills Farm Harvest Festival
Weekends in October: Harvest Moon Hayrides
PONTIAC
September 13: – October: Hauntiac Events
October 24: Trunk or Treat
ROCHESTER HILLS
October: Scarecrows in the Village
October – Friday, Saturday & Sunday: The Haunted Forest
October 11 – 26 Weekends: Haunted House
October 12: StoneWall Pumpkin Festival 2019
October 18: RP’s Annual Monster Mash
October 18 – 20: Halloween Hoot 2019
October 18-19: Hoot N’ Howl Hayride
October 19: Trick-or-Treat Downtown
October 27: Halloween in the Village
ROYAL OAK
October 11-13, 18-20, 25-27: Detroit Zoo Boo
October 27: Royal Oak Spooktacular
SOUTH LYON
August 23 – November 3: Erwin Orchards Agri-tainment
Begins September: Corn Maze
Late September – October: U-Pick Pumpkin Patch
September 27 – 29: South Lyon Pumpkinfest
October 24: Trick or Treat Downtown
SOUTHFIELD
October 19: Boo Bash
October 22: Halloween Happiness
STERLING HEIGHTS
October 19: Sterling Frights
TROY
October: Scarecrow Row
October 26: Out of this World Halloween
October 29: Troy Police Halloween Safety Bash
WATERFORD
October 11 -12: Drayton Plains Nature Center Halloween Hayride
October 19: Funtober at Hess-Hathaway Park
October 19: Boo-A-Palooza
October 26: Trick or Treat at the Market
WEST BLOOMFIELD
September 28: Caper in the Canopy
October 25: Monster Mash at Orchard Mall
WIXOM
October 12: Annual Panther Hunt and Hayride
October 17: Monster Mash
WHITE LAKE
October 5: Family Discovery Days: Fall Leaf Hike & T shirt painting
October 12: Great Pumpkin Hunt
October 19: Fisk Farms Halloween
October 24: White Lake Fall Fest
October 26: Indian Springs – Trick or Treat along the Trail
Did we miss any fun, family-friendly Fall or Halloween activities? Let us know by emailing us at socialmedia@oakgov.com or leaving a comment below.
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