Fall Fun and Pumpkin Pickin'
Sep 05, 2023
It’s almost everyone’s favorite season—FALL! The time when everyone falls in love with everything pumpkin spice, corn mazes, apple cider, and pumpkin picking. Check out all of the fall fun that are happening in Stark County!
Fall Festivals
Yankee Peddler Festival
10:30AM-5:30PM
September 9-10, 16-17, & 23-24
Clay's Resort Jellystone Park
Guests will enjoy seventy-five acres of entertainment for the whole family at the 50th annual Yankee Peddler Festival. Town criers update festival goers with events happening on the fairgrounds throughout the day. Visit with the militia and mountain men, or learn crafts with hands-on instruction. Visit with the master crafters and artists while they demonstrate the way they transform nature into something unique for you and yours. Click here for more information and to pre-order your tickets.
Fall Fest at the North Canton Farmers Market
3:00PM-6:00PM
September 27
North Canton Civic Center
Come out and celebrate the season and enjoy a night of family fun, featuring fall decor, seasonally spiced baked goods, apple cider, pumpkins, and more! Activities include Pumpkin Bowling, a Scavenger Hunt, Apple Tasting, and much more!
Enchanted Forest
6:30PM-8:30PM
October 6-7
Wilderness Center
Visitors will meet costumed volunteers such as Bat, Spider, Owl, and Possum as they are escorted along our pumpkin-lit trails. These friendly characters will sing, tell jokes and share stories of life in the woodlands. The experience is a fun, safe event for families. The educational focus of the evening is on the interconnectedness and importance of nocturnal species.
Fun Fall Activities
Arrowhead Orchard Fall Activities in the Orchard
September 9-October 30 (Mondays & Fridays-Sundays)
Arrowhead Orchard
All ages will enjoy the 40+ acre apple and peach orchards, pumpkin patches, and Applehouse market. Seasonal “Fall Family Fun” activities in September/October include Pick Your Own apples, pick your own pumpkins, pick your own sunflowers, unlimited hay rides, 2-acre corn maze for children and adults, sunflower walk, fort delicious, hay mountain, hamster run, tire climb, obstacle course, small grass maze, train cart ride, and so much more!
The activities are open Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9AM-6PM and Sundays 12PM-6PM.
Admission: $11 for Adults 18+, $14 for Ages 3-17, and FREE for 2 and under.
Season Passes: The 2023 season pass is $25/person.
Fall Festival at Cedar Crest Farm
September 22-October 22 (Fridays-Sundays)
Cedar Crest Farm
Experience life on the farm and visit our farm animals, explore the 5 acre corn maze, straw bale climb, corn box, trike track and our education station. Bring the family for the day to enjoy outdoor exploration and the Grosenbaugh Food Truck or a quick stop for a few mums and pumpkins.
The activities are open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 11AM-6PM.
Admission: $9 for Adults & Children, $7 for Seniors 55 and up, and FREE for 2 and under.
Season Passes: The 2023 season pass is $25/person or $20 for Seniors 55 and up.
Nickajack Farms Pumpkin Days
September 16-October 31
Nickajack Farms
Have little ones? Nickajack is a functioning farm, that offers hands on farm fun along with fall themed activities. The activities include, hayrides, corn maze, pony rides, barnyard animals, chippies corn crib, Strides Slides, Rascals Round Up, Peddle Carts, and so much more. Nickajack grows family traditions, visit today to learn and have fun! Interested in only pumpkins and decor? Perfect, our non-admission area is full fall fun! Enjoy pumpkin bowling, or buy a $5 bucket of corn to blast out of our corn cannons. Also available is a bucket of paintballs for $5 to shoot at targets! Pick from 75 varieties of pumpkins, gourds, and squash.
The activities are open daily 11AM-7PM. Food truck and donut cart are only open on weekends.
Admission: $14/person and allows you unlimited access to all of the activities outside pony rides, which is $6 and only available on weekends.
Kingsway Pumpkin Farm Fall Fun
September 16-October 31
Kingsway Pumpkin Farm
Kingsway Farm prides itself in offering a family oriented, cheerful atmosphere, free from the dark side of Halloween. Creative, artistic photo ops are displayed throughout the farm. Children can crawl through a long indoor straw tunnel, pick their own pumpkin on the wagon ride, visit the petting farm to feed the animals, and experience the challenging corn 8-acre maze. They have all of your fall decorating needs with all sizes of pumpkins and corn stalks!
The activities are open Monday-Saturday 10AM-7:30PM, and Sundays 1PM-6PM.
Admission: $10 for General Admission, $8 for Seniors 60 and up, and FREE for 3 and under. Kiddie ride is $1 extra and pumpkins are not included in admission price.
Fall Fun at Maize Valley
September 23-October 30
Maize Valley Winery & Brewery
You do not want to miss this family fun at this beautiful winery in Hartville! Featuring an 8-acre corn maze, wagon rides to the pumpkin patch, straw bale mountain, tire pile, animal train ride for the younger kids, pumpkin cannon demonstrations, goat-a-palooza animal area, chicken area, pushcarts, pedal trikes, and so much more.
The activities are open on select days in September (23, 24, and 25). In October the activities are open Thursdays-Mondays 12PM-7PM.
Admission: Tickets are $17/person age 2 and up.
Spooky Season
Sep 29
Factory of Terror Haunted Season
The Factory of Terror, located in Canton, Ohio, is one of the LARGEST INDOOR HAUNTED HOUSES IN THE WORLD! The Factory has been recognized by Guinness World Records three times for this achievement. There are plenty of haunted houses in Ohio, but none MANUFACTURE NIGHTMARES as startling and as intense as the Factory of Terror! Factory of Terror's reputation for industrial thrills and chills draws massive crowds from the tri-state area every year.
This enormous haunt is more than a mile long and consists of four unique spine-chilling attractions; 1300 Lost Souls, Industrial Nightmare, Lafayette 13, and Massacre on Mahoning. All four attractions (or scare zones) operate linearly and are re-queued along the way to maintain spacing between groups. Every haunts queue line is indoors and out of the weather, a big plus when dealing with NE Ohio's unpredictable weather. To take advantage of every minute, talented actors and performers are scattered throughout the queue lines to entertain patrons as they anxiously await to enter each attraction.
Before entering the building, guests will have the opportunity to buy liquor and beer at Thirsty Tim's Mobile Bar. Halfway through the heart-pounding tour, patrons will be able to visit the midway, French Quarter at the Factory. Here, guests can take a breather and enjoy concessions & more with their friends while being transported into Bourbon Street and the French Quarter of New Orleans. We might even have some treats for the over 21 crowd at Forsaken Bar on Bourbon. Over the years, this once quick pass-through area has emerged into a fun-filled gathering place full of activities, and that tradition has only gotten even more exciting. It also allows timid patrons time to calm down, regroup, and gather their courage to continue on to our final spine-tingling attractions.
Not only do these attractions have some of the most HIGHLY DETAILED AND ELABORATE SETS in the haunt industry, they are paired with an incredibly talented team of scare-actors and specialty performers. The Factory of Terror employs over 130 actors and staff, in addition to more than 500 of the industry's scariest monsters and high tech animatronics. The Factory of Terror has committed itself to keeping up with current product developments in the industry as well as the trends of the culture, both of which are reflected in the guests experience.
As you exit the final attraction, you will be directed through our BRAND NEW, bigger and better, WALK-THROUGH gift shop: The SCARE SHOP at the Factory of Terror. There you will find more FOT, Halloween, and horror pop culture merchandise than we've ever had before. Pop! Funko toys, socks, home decoration items, plushies, and SO MUCH MORE! Proudly featuring shirts from The Halloween Shirt Company.
Sep 30
Fortress of Fear ScreamPark Haunted Season
DON'T GO ALONE...Fortress of Fear ScreamPark is Ohio's popularly-rated haunted attraction located in the dead center of Akron, Canton and Youngstown.
In the backwoods of Alliance, Ohio lies the ruins of a terrifying and unsettling fortress that has haunted excavators for centuries. As excavation efforts continue, the unearthing of this paranormal empire grows, leaving onlookers questioning the true evil that exists on the property deep within the dark and narrow corridors into the unknown. Featuring 5 freaking attractions including enhancements to the FEAR FAIR scare zone and most recent attraction, ZOMBIE ABOMINATION.
ZOMBIE ABOMINATION
READY...AIM...FIRE! An immersive and bombarding combat between mortal and immortal forces.
WELCOME TO THE FREAK SHOW
Step Right Up, Step Right Up! Menacing clowns, terrorizing oddities and a macabre of freaks just dying to greet you and ready to creep you. A Fun Park by day turns into a Scream Park by night with rides, games, novelties, concessions & more...It's FREAKin' Awesome! Awarded TOP RATED ATTRACTION by Ohio Haunted Houses.
Fortress of Fear is also open on Sundays, October 8th, 22nd & 29th. Additionally, the BLACK-OUT Special Event will be on Saturday, November 4th beginning at 8pm.
Visit the website fortressoffear.com for complete information including box office and park hours of operation, group rates by reservation and special events throughout the season.
Fridays are College ID Nights! College Students get $3 Off a Fear Pass on Friday Nights when you show your valid college ID at the box office.
Sep 29
Carnival of Horrors Haunted House
What are YOU afraid of?? We dare you to experience the SCARIEST, MOST HORRIFYING, UNIQUE, and UTTERLY INSANE HAUNTED HOUSE IN ALL OF OHIO.
Prepare to survive the 4 scariest haunted houses on the planet! Are you afraid of clowns? If you are, get ready for the SCARIEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE! You start on a horrific journey through an old abandoned FUN HOUSE. This is an extremely high-intensity scare oriented haunted house. Many have entered, but very few have left alive. Then you travel deep into the TRAIL OF TERROR, armed with only a flashlight, can you survive the deep dark corners of the legendary woods or will you get lost? Next you encounter the INSANE ASYLUM. We cannot control these psychopaths that now run this abandoned place! Can you handle this pulsing, winding and chaotic labyrinth full of wrong turns, dead ends and terrifying psychotic inmates? We doubt it! Finally, your mind will be blown when you enter the FREAKSHOW in 3-D TERRORVISION. The floor, walls and every undead creature becomes a living 3-D experience that will leave you begging for mercy. You think you can see where the monsters hide? Think again! GOOD LUCK!
Hours:
Friday: 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Saturday: 7:30 PM - Midnight
Sunday: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Parking:
Free Parking at 305 Wertz Ave. NW, Canton, Ohio 44708
Fall Workshops
Oct 06
October First Friday Make-N-Take @ Boomdyada — Pumpkins & Succulents
Create a gorgeious succulent arrangement on top of a real pumpkin! Various sizes and colors of pumpkins are available, and an array of beautiful succulent cuttings. These pumpkin arrangements generally last throughout the Holidays. Afterwards, you may slice the succulents off of the top of your pumpkin (they will have rooted in!) and re-plant them in a new container of your choice. This is a relaxing, no-fail project, so gather a small group of family or friends and enjoy some quality time creating something beautiful! All materials and instruction are included.
Your options...
~ Come in anytime between 4p-9p during Canton's First Friday event on 10/06/2023
and make 'em up on the spot! No Appointment is necessary.
~ Stop in during business hours;
Mon.-Fri., 12p-5p, Sat. 10a-3p
**While supplies last**
*This project takes 10-15 minutes and will be held at Boomdyada,
332 4th St. NW, Canton
Make it a Party!
Want to make it a private workshop or party?
Gather your group of 2-28 people and call us to schedule a time.
LARGE WORKSHOPS run 1-2 hours
Starting at $45 per person
Sep 30
Pumpkin Workshop
Make your way to The Glass Garden for a Pumpkin Workshop! The cost is $85 per person and classes will be on select Saturdays and Sunday throughout September and October at 10:00am, 12:30pm, and 3:00pm.
Call 234.360.3611 or stop in to register.
More Fall Fun
Oct 07
Downtown Canton Ghost Tour
Downtown Canton Downtown Canton Downtown Canton Canton, Ohio 44702 (330) 454-1439 Website
Oct 13
The Spirits of the Palace Ghost Investigations
Downtown Canton Canton Palace Theatre 605 Market Ave. N Canton, Ohio 44702 (330) 454-8172 Website
Oct 13
Haunted History Walks of Canal Fulton
Canal Fulton Historic Canal Fulton Corner of Canal St and Market St Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614 (000) 000-0000 Website
Oct 14
Massillon Zombie Walk
Massillon Duncan Plaza Lincoln Way Ave. E Massillon, Ohio 44646 (330) 737-1010 Website
Oct 21
Haunted Wine Run 5K
Canton Gervasi Vineyard 1700 55th St. NE Canton, Ohio 44721 (330) 497-1000 Website
Oct 28
The Addams Family Murder Mystery Tribute Show
North Canton & Plain Township La Pizzaria 3656 Dressler Rd. NW Canton, Ohio 44718 (330) 327-2087 Website
Oct 28
Great Pumpkin Race
Canton Stark County Board of Developmental Disabilities 2950 Whipple Ave NW Canton, Ohio 44708 (330) 479-3934 Website
Oct 28
Haunted Pub Party at The Twisted Olive
Canton The Twisted OLive 5430 Massillon Rd North Canton, Ohio 44720 (330) 497-1000 Website
Oct 29
The Haunted Forest Marathon / Half Marathon / 5K
Canal Fulton Canal Fulton OH 123 Tuscarawas St NW Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614 (330) 687-1519 Website
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