Oregon Fall Events

Baker County Fair & Rodeo Halfway
September 5-7, 2026
Halfway - Eastern Oregon

A traditional County Fair which celebrates this region's agricutural heritage including, livestock auction & exhibits, rodeo, horse show, dances, parade (on Monday), and craft exhibits. The Idaho Cowboy Association events feature some of the top cowboys in the Pacific Northwest competing in the Championship Rodeo season.

LOCATION:
140 Fairgrounds Road
Halfway, Oregon

Annual Bandon Cranberry Festival
2nd Weekend of September
September 10-11, 2026
Bandon - The Coast

This nationally recognized annual event celebrates the cranberry with everything from their annual Cranberry Eating Contest to a Queen of the Kitchen competition. Cranberry City, a vendor market and a Cranberry Parade will also be featured.

Pre-festival activities begin on Thursday evening with the Cranberry Queen coronation. Local events continue Friday morning with the Cranberry Kitchen contest and run throughout the day with local high-school volleyball and football games. The main public festival will be held September 13-14, 2025. The annual Cranberry Parade kicks off the main festivities on Saturday morning.

LOCATION:
Events are staged in Old Town, the Port of Bandon waterfront, Sprague Community Theater and city park, and Bandon High School.

INFORMATION:
(541) 347-9616

Bend Roots Revival
September 11-13, 2026
Bend - Central Oregon

The Bend Roots Revival is a free, family-friendly festival featuring over 100 musical acts and educational workshops. The event takes place annually, the last week in September, and showcases all genres—from folk, country, bluegrass, blues, and hip-hop, to funk, punk, metal, jazz, and rock.

LOCATION:
Box Factory area between Arizona and Bond Street
Bend, Or

Hells Canyon Mule Days
Sptember 11-13, 2026
Enterprise - Eastern Oregon

Mule Show with events and games for every age and skill level. This annual event draws mule and donkey owners, and spectators intrigued by this long-eared equine, from all over the West. Event includes Cowboy poets, Pit B-B-Q Dinner, Quilt Show, Mule & Horse Sale, Non-motorized Parade, Vendors, Exhibitors & Western Art on The Green.

LOCATION:
Wallowa County Fairgrounds
Enterprise, OR

INFORMATION:
(541) 426-3271

Pendleton Roundup
September 12-19, 2026
Pendleton - Eastern Oregon

One of the premier rodeos in North America. Live Concert, Parade, The Happy Canyon Show, Native History as well as all rodeo events.

Pendleton Main Street Cowboys Show & Carnival
September 14-19, 2026
Pendleton - Eastern Oregon

The Greatest Free Show in the West!

The Main Street Cowboys provides a variety of entertainment and carnival rides during Pendleton Round-Up since 1950.

LOCATION:
Main Street
Pendleton, Or

Wallowa Valley Plein Air Festival
September 18-20, 2026
Joseph - Eastern Oregon

This special celebration will invite artists to showcase both their studio work and freshly created plein air pieces in a week-long painting competition. The festival kicks off on Saturday, September 13, 2025, with five days of outdoor painting. Artists’ studio and plein air works will be displayed in JCAC’s Main Gallery, culminating in a “Quick Hang” on Friday afternoon, September 19, followed by a festive exhibit opening that evening.

LOCATION:
Joseph Community Center
Joseph, Or

INFORMATION:
(541) 426-4622

Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Third Saturday in September

This event encourages you to "release the artist within." Come and create a masterpiece on the sidewalks of historic downtown Forest Grove. Work individually or as a team. There is music, balloons, and other great entertainment.

Valley Art Association's Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival has been a Forest Grove signature event since 1990.

LOCATION:
Valley Art Gallery
2022 Main Street
Forest Grove

INFORMATION:
503-357-3703

Cider Squeeze
September 19, 2026
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Eagle Creek - Portland/Metro Region

Bring your apples, press ours, or buy cider. Vendors, food, craftsmen and musicians all day.

Fun for the whole family.

LOCATION:
Philip Foster Farm
29912 SE Hwy. 211
Eagle Creek, OR

Bay Area Fun Festival
September 19-20, 2026
Coos Bay - The Coast

The Bay Area Fun Festival offers a variety of activities and free events over 2 days; Highlights include live entertainment, the famous Cruz the Coos featuring nearly 500 vintage automobiles, the Prefontaine Memorial Run, K-DOCK Music Festival featuring the finals of Bay Area Teen Idol, the BAFF parade and much more!

LOCATION:
Downtown Coos Bay

INFORMATION:
(541) 267-3341

Fall Kite Festival
September 25-27, 2026
Lincoln City - Oregon Coast

Many of the original organizers from their first event still participate in stunning aerial displays and exquisite kite ballets.

The weekend festival will include demonstrations by experts, kite-making, a parade, and of course the colorful, giant kites floating above the beach! The Fall Kite Festival is an event like no other, with brilliant shapes and colors filling up the sky for the whole weekend.

LOCATION:
On the beach, at the D-River Wayside
Lincoln City, Oregon

Face Florence Festival of Books
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Florence - Oregon Coast

This is an opportunity for book lovers to meet the authors, chat with them, and to have their books signed. And this is an opportunity for aspiring authors to meet with experienced authors and publishers on a one-to-one basis.

LOCATION:
Florence Events Center
715 Quince Street
Florence, OR 97439

INFORMATION:
For more information, contact Florence Events Center at 541-997-1994.

Corvallis Fall Festival
September 26 & 27, 2026
Corvallis - Willamette Valley

At this Art Party in Central Park, the multitude of booths arts and crafts fair is the main event. The main stage offers continuous music all weekend long and on Saturday night, there will be a street dance on Monroe. A Community Stage will feature local performance groups and an art discovery zone is for hands on art play for kids of ALL ages.

Great food, wine tasting and this year some local micro brew on tap. There is also a 1k, 5k & 10k Run on Sunday Morning.

LOCATION:
Central Park
Corvallis, Oregon

Pheasant Fields Farm Harvest Festival
Medford
Begins September and runs through October
10:00am - 5:00pm

Bring the whole family to enjoy fall fun and traditions at a working country farm with corn mazes, pumpkin patches, animal exhibits, hay rides, cow train, caramel apples and more! You'll also find a variety of local artisans to share their handcrafted products with you! From the kitchen to the fields!

LOCATION:
Pheasant Fields Farm
1865 Camp Baker Rd
Medford (behind Phoenix)

INFORMATION:
541-535-3873

Corn Maize
Opens September (check for 2026 dates)
(selected days)
Sauvie Island - Portland Metro

Great Fun! With hay rides, pumpkin patch, farm fresh market and more.

LOCATION:
The Pumpkin Patch - Sauvie Island
16525 NW Gillihan Rd.
(Only 15 minutes from downtown Portland!)

INFORMATION:
(503) 621-7110

Depoe Bay Salmon Bake
September, (check back for this year's date)
Depoe Bay - The Coast

Held every 3rd Saturday in September. It is a chance for the people of Depoe Bay to share with friends, family and visitors our perfected method of cooking Salmon in the traditional way used for generations by Coastal Native Americans.

LOCATION:
Depoe Bay City Park

INFORMATION:
541-765-2889

Harvest Festivals & Halloween Events

Harvest Festivals, corn mazes, haunted houses and other Halloween events listed by regions.

Fazio Farms "Corn Maze in The City"
Portland
Open early October - October 31

"Corn Maze in The City" is 6.5 acres (over 283,000 square feet!) of confusing corn maze. The corn is double planted so you CANNOT see through the 20' (twenty feet) thick corn maze walls! It's freaky. We look forward to your confusion and you WILL get lost!

We offer an amazing corn maze, food booths, 22' Bouncy Slide, tractor hay rides, pumpkin and gourd painting, mechanical swing, and a ferris wheel. Visit "HayLand" our covered kids facility for a parent's break, hay bale maze, and hay bale pyramid. There will also be pony rides and a petting zoo on the weekends.

LOCATION:
Fazio Farms Corn Maze
8433 NE 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211

INFORMATION:
(503) 289-2020

Annual Art Harvest Studio Tour of Yamhill County
October 2-4, 9-11, 2026
Yamhill County

Established in 1993, the Art Harvest Studio Tour of Yamhill County has become the artful way to explore Oregon's Wine Country and the creativity tucked among its hillsides.

Visitors are invited into studios and workshops of nearly 50 Yamhill County artists for self-guided tours. Watch demonstrations, learn the creative process, enjoy viewing and purchasing artwork.

INFORMATION:
(503) 538-1535

Art Along the Rogue Street Painting & Music Festival
October 2-4, 2026
Grants Pass - Southern Oregon

The premiere art festival in Southern Oregon features street painters creating huge pastel chalk drawings on the street through historic downtown Grants Pass.

There is also fun family activities and interactive opportunities for all ages. Purchase a street square and chalk for a nominal fee to make your own creation!

LOCATION:
5th & "H" Streets
Downtown Grants Pass

Hood River Hops Fest
Saturday, October (date tba)
11 am - 7 pm
Hood River Valley

Hood River County is surrounded by world-renowned hop-growing regions, and since 2003 brewers have gathered each September in downtown Hood River to share their fresh-hop beer creations. The family-friendly event features more than 30 breweries with more than 40 fresh-hop beers, plus a variety of food vendors, live music, and an awesome collectible mug.

LOCATION:
Columbia Parking Lot 5
5th St
Hood River, OR

Annual Hood River Valley Harvest Fest
October 9-11, 2026
Hood River - The Gorge

Each fall, Hood River Valley hosts an old-fashioned harvest festival with local produce and food products, arts and crafts, wine- and beer-tastings: all the best this County has to offer. There will also be a kid zone, art vendors, and live music.

LOCATION:
Hood River Event Site (overlooking the Columbia River)
110 Portway Avenue

INFORMATION:
(541) 386-2000

Sisters Harvest Faire - Sisters
2nd Weekend in October
October 10-11, 2026

Vendors selling quality handcrafted items. Pottery, metal art, photography, painting, jewelry, clothing, furniture, home décor and much more.

Live entertainment, food, Kid's Zone and free admission.

LOCATION:
Downtown Sisters

INFORMATION:
541-549-0251

Yachats Village Mushroom Festival
October 16-18, 2026
Yachats - Oregon Coast

Enjoy a weekend of delectible wild forest mushroom cuisine, expert led mushroom walks, talks and exhibits, culinary classes and fungi arts workshops, culinary mushroom markets, wine tasting, and live entertainment. Guided mushroom walks and exhibits are FREE and open to the public.

For 2020, event will be revised this year to accommodate current restrictions.

LOCATION:
Various Locations
Yachats, OR

INFORMATION:
800-929-0477

'Howloween' at the Zoo
Portland - Portland Metro

Bring your costumed kids for Halloween fun over two weekends in October (Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25). Learn about wildlife in a safe setting with exciting activities throughout the zoo. Both weekends feature keeper chats and live entertainment, including roving costumed characters.

LOCATION:
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Rd
Portland, Oregon

INFORMATION:
503-226-1561

The Great Onion Festival
(date tba)
9am-4pm
Sherwood - Portland/Metro

The Sherwood Area Chamber of Commerce presents the Annual Great Onion Festival which promotes the Community and supports the Chamber as it creates a strong local economy. A can't miss event filled with great food, crafts, an onion eating competition and entertainment!

LOCATION:
Archer Glen Elementary School
16155 Southwest Sunset Boulevard
Sherwood, OR

Annual "Meet the Pioneers"
2026 dates TBA
Jacksonville - Southern Oregon

Special evening walking tours where visitors will be greeted by the Spirits of Jacksonville's early pioneers and settlers. Meet these early "movers and shakers" up close and personal, and hear their interesting and fascinating stories of life in and around Jacksonville during the mid to late 1800's. Dress for fall weather and be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes. Tours will depart every 15 minutes and take approximately one hour to complete.

INFORMATION:
Tickets may be purchased at the Jacksonville Chamber and Visitor Information Center located on North Oregon Street (next to the Post Office) or by calling 541 899-8118

Seaside Downtown Wine Walk
Saturday, November 6-7, 2026
Seaside, the Coast

Sip and unwind as the Seaside Downtown Development Association presents the newly refreshed annual Fall Seaside Downtown Spirit & Wine Walk. Enjoy tastings from 9 distilleries and 17 Oregon Wineries while you get acquainted with our wonderful downtown businesses as they provide complimentary appetizers for you to enjoy during the evening.

LOCATION:
Various businesses in Seaside

Verboort's Annual Sausage and Sauerkraut Dinner
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Always the first Saturday of November
Verboort - Portland Metro

Every year the folks in Verboort have invited a few of their neighbors over for a sausage and sauerkraut dinner. Buy your dinner tickets when you arrive, then stroll around the grounds and beneath the Giant Sequoia Redwood trees. While all proceeds stay inside the parish, a portion of the proceeds from our dinner provide a subsidy for the Visitation Parish children who attend Visitation Catholic School. Dinners are served 11am-8pm, no advance sales.

LOCATION:
Visitation Parish
4285 N.W. Verboort Rd.
Forest Grove

Portland Book Festival
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Portland - Portland Metro

Featuring 100+ authors presented on 9 stages, pop-up readings throughout the Portland Art Museum galleries, and 13 writing workshops. The festival will include author discussions and activities for readers of all ages, an extensive book fair, pop-up readings and concerts, a beverage garden, and local food trucks.

LOCATION:
Portland Art Museum & surrounding venues
Portland, OR

Yachats Celtic Music Festival
November 13-15, 2026
Yachats - Oregon Coast

The Yachats Celtic Music Festival returns! More than a dozen musical acts with a variety of free and ticketed concerts featuring a stunning lineup of musicians, vendors, whisky tasting, and workshops, and more.

LOCATION:
Yachats Commons & other locations in Yachats

Wine Country Thanksgiving
November 20 - 22 & November 26 - 29, 2026
Willamette Valley

Join us for this unique Oregon tradition to kick off the holiday season as wineries throughout the Willamette Valley offer special tastings, food pairings, live music, holiday discounts and other wine country experiences. Each winery celebrates the festive weekend with its own flare. Wineries electing to close for Thanksgiving weekend often host holiday open houses and events the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. Pre-Thanksgiving weekend events include new fall release wines and wine club exclusives. See you in wine country!

LOCATION:
Various wineries. Call for a brochure.

INFORMATION:
503-646-2985

Turkey Trot at the Zoo
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026
Portland - Portland Metro

The Turkey Trot at the Zoo is great for the whole family. You can run or walk the 5 km course. You’ll start at The Oregon Zoo, then head out on Kingston Drive toward the International Rose Garden, then return to finish inside the zoo at the Elephant Plaza. We offer two Kids events, the Tot Trot, for those 0-4 years old, and the Gobble Gallop, for those 5 through 10 years old. Approximately $25,000 of registration fees benefit The Oregon Zoo.

LOCATION:
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Rd
Portland

Christmas Festival of Lights
November 27 -December 30, 2026
Portland - Portland Metro

The Festival of Lights is a walk-through event and visitors can expect to walk approximately one-quarter mile. All entertainment areas are either indoors or tented, but visitors should dress for the weather. Rubber-soled shoes, warm socks, gloves, and ear coverings are recommended, especially on colder nights. Average festival visitation times are between 60 and 90 minutes. Visitors wishing to hear a specific concert should arrive at least 30 to 45 minutes in advance of the scheduled concert time.

LOCATION:
NE 85th and Sandy Boulevard
Portland, Oregon

INFORMATION:
503-261-2400