Whether your goal this Fall is to get some cute pumpkin-picking pics for IG, find the best craft beer in Greater Philadelphia, dress your doggo in a spooky Halloween costume, see Hamilton on stage, or start the Holiday season early we’ve got you covered (with plenty more options in between!). Here’s our guide to things to do this Fall in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.
Updated 2022
Beginning In September:
Scarecrows in the Village at Peddler’s Village | 09/05 - 10/31
Hispanic Heritage Month (check out Philly’s Latinx-Owned Restaurants) | 09/15 - 10/15
Halloween at Eastern State Penitentiary | open select nights 09/23 - 11/12
FallFest, Morgan's Pier | 09/24 - 10/30
Pumpkinland, Linvilla Orchards | 09/26 - 10/29
Art and workshops at local museums:
Neuroaesthetics: A Public Symposium, Barnes Foundation | 09/03
Halftone Prints Workshop, Fabric Workshop and Museum | 09/02 4.00 PM - 6.00 PM
Sunday Behind-the-Scenes Collection Tour, Fabric Workshop and Museum | 09/04
CollegeFest (student event), Fabric Workshop and Museum | 09/10
Toddler Time, Barnes Foundation | 09/10
Yappy Hour, Morgan’s Pier | 10/12
Puppet Making with Cedwan Hooks and his friend, Jayson Musson (Masterclass), Fabric Workshop and Museum | 09/17
River of Forms: Giuseppe Penone’s Drawings, Philadelphia Museum of Art | 09/23 - 02/26/23
Herstory of Art with Stephanie Santana (lecture + performance workshop), Fabric Workshop and Museum | 09/24
Filmmaking for Artists—DIY Filmmaking Hacks with Director/Producer Scott J. Ross (virtual masterclass), Fabric Workshop and Museum | 09/29
Beginning In October:
Chrysanthemum Festival, Longwood Gardens | 10/01 - 11/13
Evening in the Gardens, Philadelphia Zoo | 10/06
Roxtoberfest, Roxborough | 10/08
Indigenous Peoples Weekend at the Museum, Museum of the American Revolution | 10/08 - 10/10
Octoberfest, Peddler Village | 10/15- 10/16
Matisse in the 1930s, Philadelphia Museum of Art | 01/19 - 01/29/23
Philadelphia Film Festival | 10/20 - 10/30
Theater at the Kimmel Center:
Rossini's Otello | 09/23 - 10/02
Trifonov Returns | 09/30 - 10/02
Strauss and Price | 10/06 - 10/09
Wheel of Fortune LIVE! | 10/06
Annie | 10/11 - 10/13
Cinderella | 10/13 - 10/23
Halloween Weekend at the Museum of the American Revolution | 10/29 - 10/30
Fall Fest + Spooky Saturday, East Passyunk Avenue | 10/29
Halloween Menace Cartel, Morgan's Pier | 10/30
Beginning In November:
Peddler's Village Apple Festival | 11/05 - 11/06
Philadelphia Chicken Wing Festival at a Secret location | 11/07 - 12/31
LumiNature at the Philadelphia Zoo
Philadelphia Marathon | 11/19 - 11/20
Made in Philadelphia Holiday Market at Dilworth Park | 11/20 - 01/01/2022
Deck the Hall Light Show at Dilworth Park
Christmas Village at Love Park and City Hall | 11/25 - 12/24
CraftMONTH | All November
Hiking Trails:
Wissahickon Valley Park (kid-friendly, dogs on leash, horseback riding)
Mt. Tammany - Delaware Water Gap (dogs on leash)
Glen Onoko Falls (dogs on leash)
Mount Minsi (dogs on leash)
High Rocks Trail (kid-friendly, dogs on leash)
The Pinnacle (dogs friendly)
Hawk Mountain (ADA accessible)
Valley Forge National Historical Park (kid-friendly, dogs on leash, wheelchair friendly)
Ridley Creek State Park (kid-friendly, dogs on leash)
Wharton State Forest, NJ (kid-friendly, dogs on leash)
Andorra Meadow Trail (kid-friendly, dogs on leash)
