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10 kid-friendly Halloween events near Philadelphia with 2026 dates confirmed on their official sites, across 9 towns. The earliest to open is Scarecrows in the Village / Scarecrow Festival, on September 7. Every one is suggested for all ages and rated no more than 2 of 5 ghosts on our scare scale. 4 list free admission.
New Castle County produce farm with weekend pick-your-own pumpkins, a corn maze, hayrides and homemade cider, plus occasional live music and pony rides.
Family-run Yardley farm with weekend Fall Festival sessions: a scenic hayride to the corn maze and pumpkin patch, farm games and pony rides.
Small dairy farm in Chester Springs with a family-friendly corn maze, pumpkin patches reachable by hayride, farm animals, and its own ice cream.
New Castle County farm with roughly 50,000 pumpkins, a corn maze, multiple hay mazes, and tractor-pulled hayrides, plus evening fall programming.
Historic Yardley farm's Fall Fest with pick-your-own pumpkins, a corn maze, wagon rides and an evening light show with a haunted barn and alien encounter.
The 'gold standard' Philly-suburb fall farm: free-admission Pumpkinland with over 100 tons of pumpkins, hayrides, mazes, a train, and evening haunted hayrides.
Montgomery County zoo's annual Halloween haunt across five fall weekends, with the whole zoo decorated and a separate sensory-friendly session for guests with special needs.
Newtown Borough's annual costume parade down State Street, with registration and costume-category judging beforehand, ending at Brian Gregg Memorial Park.
47th annual scarecrow display at the Peddler's Village shopping/dining destination, with a dedicated festival weekend of workshops, pumpkin painting and live music.
West Chester Parks & Recreation's evening costume parade looping through downtown, with candy stations and marching band performances afterward.
Boo at the Zoo at Elmwood Park Zoo, Fall Activities at Filasky's Produce, Fall Festival at Charlann Farms, Fall Harvest at Milky Way Farm, Fall at Ramsey's Farm, FallFest at Shady Brook Farm, and 4 more. Each has its 2026 dates, hours and prices on its own page.
The earliest in this guide is Scarecrows in the Village / Scarecrow Festival on September 7, 2026.
Fall Activities at Filasky's Produce, Fall Festival at Charlann Farms, Fall Harvest at Milky Way Farm, Fall at Ramsey's Farm, Newtown Halloween Parade, Scarecrows in the Village / Scarecrow Festival, and 1 more are rated 1 of 5 ghosts: not scary.
Fall Activities at Filasky's Produce, Fall Festival at Charlann Farms, Fall Harvest at Milky Way Farm, Fall at Ramsey's Farm, FallFest at Shady Brook Farm and Pumpkinland at Linvilla Orchards, all suggested for all ages.
Yes: Newtown Halloween Parade, Pumpkinland at Linvilla Orchards, Scarecrows in the Village / Scarecrow Festival and West Chester Halloween Parade list free admission on the official site.
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