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44 Fun Michigan FALL FESTIVALS 2026 - (Updated!) Beer, Wine and Harvest Festivals in September, October, November Michigan Events; Detroit, Ann Arbor, Paw Paw, Plymouth
Article: 44 Fun Michigan FALL FESTIVALS 2026 - (Updated!) Beer, Wine and Harvest Festivals in September, October, November Michigan Events
As the crisp breeze of autumn ushers in a vibrant tapestry of colors, Michigan fall festivals come alive to delight your senses. From the spirited clink of glasses at beer and wine festivals to the local community harvest celebrations, the months of September, October, and November are a time of festive abundance across the state.
Whether you find yourself amidst the bustling heart of Detroit, the vibrant campus town of Ann Arbor, the rustic charm of Northern Michigan, or the scenic beauty of Southeast and Southwest Michigan, there's no shortage of opportunities to revel in the enchantment of fall. Get ready to experience Michigan's fall festivals!
In the spirit of Michigan festivals, check out our updated:
1. 2026 Pond Hill Farm Fall Festival
When: 11 am to 6 pm every Saturday and Sunday from September 20 through October 26, 2026
Where:
Craft beer, wine tasting, Squash Rocket 2.0, 13 acre corn maze, pumpkin smashing, pumpkin bowling, music, hot cider, donuts, hayrides and lots more!
2. Harvest Days in Traverse City - Fun Michigan Fall Festivals!
When: Throughout September - Get your tickets now!
Where: Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail
Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail, 10783 E Cherry Bend Rd, Studio 1, Traverse City, MI 49684
- During the annual Harvest Days event locals, visitors, and wine club members can all experience the perks of exclusive membership benefits at all participating Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail wineries, throughout the month of September 2026.
Be sure to buy your ticket today!
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Best Spots to go Michigan Apple Picking!3. 57th Annual Frankfort Fall Festival Parade in Frankfort Michigan + Dates and Times
When: September 5 - September 7, 2026
Where: Frankfort, Michigan
Sunday, September 6th, at 1:00 p.m is the Frankfort Fall Festival parade
The 57th Annual Frankfort Fall Festival over Labor Day weekend draws 250,000 visitors to the charming Village of Frankfort! This Michigan Fall Festival in Southwest Michigan has over 300 artisans in which to shop!
This Frankfort Michigan annual event offers fun carnival/Midway rides, main stage live entertainment, yummy walking tacos, and funnel cakes! Frankfort Fall Fest is a family-friendly event and so much fun!
4. Harvest Festival at Jollay Orchards in Coloma - Dates and Times
When: 2026 tbd.
Where: 1850 Friday Rd, Coloma, MI 49038
Check for dates, times, prices and info on the Jollay Orchards website. Enjoy a hayride that stops at their scenic apple orchard, abundant pumpkin patch, spooky haunted house, and lovely farm market.
Southwestern Michigan's Premiere Fall Event!
5. Richmond Area Good Old Days Festival | Super Fun Michigan Fall Festivals! | Dates and Times
When: September 10th-13th, 2026
Where: Richmond Area Good Old Days Festival, Richmond, MI
The Richmond Good Old Days Festival was voted MICHIGAN'S BEST Small Town Festival.
- Skerbeck Family Carnival is Friday, September 11-Sunday, September 13, 2026
- Motor Sports is Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026-Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026
- The Great Michigan Parade is Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026
- Fireworks Show is Saturday, September 12, 2026
9:30 p.m.
So many great things to do in Michigan in September including lots of September festivals!
Best Michigan Apple Festivals!
Nothing says fall in Michigan like Michigan Apple Festivals!
6. Plymouth Community Fall Festival | Plymouth Michigan | Dates and Times 2026
When: September 11-13, 2026
Where: Plymouth Community Fall Festival, Plymouth, MI
- This fun fall festival in Plymouth MI features a carnival, fun rides, car show, craft show, and a street full of great food booths. Spend the day and dine at local restaurants too!
What a fun September Michigan festival!
7. Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival | Paw Paw, MI | Dates - Fun Michigan Fall Festivals!
When: September 11-13, 2026
Where: Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival, Paw Paw, MI,
Michigan’s largest wine and harvest festival!
Enjoy winery tours and tasting from St. Julian Winery, pickleball tournaments, kayak race, live entertainment, grape stomp, arts & crafts fair, carnival rides, duck race, car show, parade, fireworks, kids activities, and more. Fun for the entire family! Fun Michigan harvest festival in 2026!
8. 2026 Art & Apples Festival | Rochester Fall Festival
When: 2026 Art & Apples Festival is September 11-13, 2026
- Friday, September 11: 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, September 12: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday, September 13: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where: Rochester Municipal Park.
Event is FREE.
The Art & Apples Festival is one of the nation’s top fine art fairs, featuring over 200 fine art exhibitors, food trucks, tents, stage entertainment, art demonstrations, and art activity stations. Come on out for a fun weekend at one of our favorite Michigan Fall Festivals!
9. 17th Annual Michigan Brewers Guild U.P. Fall Beer Festival | Marquette, MI (Upper Peninsula) | Dates and Times
When: Saturday, September 12, 2026. General Admission is 1-6pm, with the gates opening at Noon for a VIP hour for Enthusiast Members.
Tickets are $55 per person in advance, plus service fees, and $65 the day of the event.
Where: U.P. Fall Beer Festival will be held at Mattson Lower Harbor Park in Marquette.
Michigan Brewers Guild U.P. Fall Beer Festival, Marquette, MI. One of our favorite festivals in September! Approximately 100 Michigan breweries will be on site for festival goers to sample more than 800 craft beers! Fun 2026 Michigan Fall Festivals in the Upper Peninsula! So many fun things to do in Michigan!
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10. Saline Oktoberfest | Dates and Times
Saline Main Street's 19th Annual Oktoberfest Celebration!
When: September 2026 tbd
Where: West Henry Street Parking Lot, 100 S Ann Arbor, Saline, MI 48176
The festival features live music, German food and beer, wiener dog races, and lots of fun! Add the Saline Oktoberfest to the list of Michigan Fall Festivals!
11. 53rd Annual Eastown Street Fair | Grand Rapids Fall Festival
When: September 19, 2026 from 9am to 9pm (Beer tent open until 10pm).
Where: This outdoor festival will take place along Wealthy Street between Giddings Avenue and Lake Drive. It will also be along the first block of Ethel Avenue and the Wealthy St. Hub Lot.
The Annual Eastown Street Fair in Grand Rapids is a family-friendly celebration featuring arts, crafts, food, music, and the Eastown neighborhood of Grand Rapids.
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12. Fallasburg Arts Festival | Lowell (Near Grand Rapids) | Dates and Times
When: Fallasburg Arts Festival, September 19 & 20, 2026
- Saturday 10am–5pm
- Sunday 10am–4pm
Where: Fallasburg Park, 1124 Fallasburg Park Drive, Lowell, MI 49331. The park is located approximately 20 miles east of Grand Rapids in Lowell, MI.
Enjoy 100 unique fine art and fine craft booths, food booths, children's crafts, craft demonstrations, and music performed on an outdoor stage. Fun for the whole family!
The event is Free. Parking is $5 per car.
13. Clinton Fall Festival 2026
When: September 25, 26 and 27, 2026
Where: Clinton Fall Festival is located downtown Clinton, MI
Clinton Fall Festival is one of Michigan's favorite festivals in Southeast Lower Michigan.
- This fall festival features several streets of vendors, crafters, food booths, live music, entertainment, exciting carnival and more!
14. Rockford's 50th Annual Harvest Fest 2026 | Rockford Michigan
When: September 2026 tbd
Where: Downtown Rockford, 48 Courtland Street, Rockford, MI
Rockford's 50th Annual Harvest Fest is a kickoff of Michigan's fall season! Come on out for super fun hayrides, scarecrows, chili and more! So much fun for the kids!
Rockford's annual Harvest Fest supports local non-profits with a classic car show, chili cook off, chicken dinners, make & take scarecrows and tons of other family friendly activities! Add the Rockford Annual Harvest Fest to your list of must-see Michigan Fall Festivals!
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15. Young State Park Harvest Festival
When:
September 25, 2026 - September 27, 2026; 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Where: Young State Park, 2280 Boyne City Road, Boyne City, Michigan, 49712
Be sure to decorate your camp site and pick a pumpkin for the pumpkin carving contest (park provides the pumpkins). There will be a kids movie at dusk on Friday night. Then Saturday, there will be doughnuts, coffee/hot chocolate with kids games and crafts. Fun kids costume contest with trick or treating throughout the campground. End the evening with a hayride through the park to look at the decorated sites.
Pumpkin and site decoration contest are for campers only, everything else is open to the public. Bring candy to hand out to the trick or treaters!
16. International Festival of Holland
When: Saturday, October 10, 2026; 4-7, pm
Where: Holland Civic Center Place
17. Fayette Historic State Park - Fayette Fall Fest
Fayette Fall Fest:
When: Saturday, October 3, 2026 from 11 am - 2 pm
Where: Fayette Historic State Park
18. Fall Festival in Pentwater, MI– Arts, Crafts & Antiques Fair
When: September 26, 2026 - September 27, 2026, 10am-5pm both days.
Where: Village Green: 231 S Hancock St, Pentwater, MI
The Annual Fall Fest Arts and Crafts Show is a great way to shop, relax, dine locally and enjoy the community.
19. Fall Harvest Spectacular | Grand Rapids
When: 2026 tbd, 2-5 pm
Where: Robinette's Apple Haus
Celebrate Autumn at the Fall Harvest Spectacular! Come on out to Robinette's for this fun family event. Robinette's activities, like the corn maze & hayrides are available for an extra cost. Hay rides, petting zoo, cider and donuts! Such fun Michigan events!
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20. Sleeper State Park Harvest Festival | Caseville
When: September 25, 2026 - September 27, 2026
Where: Sleeper State Park, 6573 State Park Rd Caseville, MI
Campers are encouraged to join the spirit of the weekend by decorating their sites and participating in our events such as trick-or-treat.
21. Boyne City Harvest Festival
When: September 26, 2026, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Downtown! Boyne City Main Street.
Shop and discover the farmers market, local artists, organizations, and local businesses. Enjoy food, drinks, kids activities, fresh produce, hand crafted artwork and more!
22. Caledonia Harvest Festival | Caledonia (Grand Rapids)
When: September 26, 2026, from 10 AM–2 PM
Where: Caledonia Community Green, Caledonia, MI
The Caledonia Harvest Festival is a fall celebration that brings together area businesses and organizations to offer free family-oriented activities for all ages to enjoy. This event is free and open to the public.
23. Harvest Happening Waterford 2026
When: Sunday, October 4, 2026 - Rain or Shine. 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Hess-Hathaway Park, Waterford Twp, MI
Harvest Happening Waterford 2024 events and activities include hayrides, pony rides, kids rides, live entertainment, petting farm, food, crafts. There will also be a historical house tour and historical activities such as spinning, felting, storytelling and rope making.
You kids will have a blast with several kid’s rides, pumpkin patch, make and take crafts and more!
24. Michigan Brewers Guild Detroit Fall Beer Festival 2026
17th Annual
When: Saturday, October 24th, 2026
General Admission is 1-6pm, with the gates opening at Noon for Enthusiast Members and VIP Ticket Holders.
Where: 2934 Russell Street, Detroit, MI
Detroit fall beer festival 2026
25. Fall Fest | Holland
When: October 2-3, 2026. 10 am - 10 pm
Where: Holland, MI
The 2026 Fall Fest will feature professional pumpkin carvers, street performers, pumpkin painting, downtown walking tours, and even a Fall Artisan Vendor Market! One of our favorite Michigan Fall Festivals!
Professional Carvers
Friday, October 2: 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Saturday, October 3: 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Makers Market
Friday, October 2: 12pm – 7pm
Saturday, October 3: 8am – 3pm
26. Funky Ferndale Art Fair 2026
More than 140 juried artists and authors! Come out for some fun!
When: September 25-27, 2026
Friday 5-9 • Saturday 10-9 • Sunday 11-5
Where: Nine Mile Road West of Woodward. Use 200 West Nine Mile, Ferndale, MI for GPS.
They will have all the traditional fun stuff, plus a little bit more!
27. Blake's Haunted Big Apple
When: fall 2026 tbd
Where: Blake's Big Apple, 71485 North Avenue, Armada, MI 48005
Blake Farms is a fall favorite spot to visit in Michigan! Zombie hayride, haunted paintball, Spookyland and more!
28. Horning Farms Fall Fest 2026 | Manchester MI
When: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Where: Horning Farms, Manchester MI
Come on out for the annual Fall Fest as there will be fun, farm-themed activities such as wagon ride farm tours, farm-themed games, a petting area, and more!
A variety of fall products and decorations will be available such as homegrown pumpkins, corn stalk bundles, mums, and mini straw bales.
The farm shop will be open throughout the event so you can purchase their delicious cheese, butter, ice cream, homegrown chicken, and homegrown beef!
29. Michigan Renaissance Festival
Michigan Renaissance Festival, Holly Michigan. Here ye, Here ye! Come to the Greatest Ren Fest in all the land!!
When:
- Open Weekends Aug 22 - Oct 4, 2026
- + Labor Day, September 7, 2026
- + Festival Friday, October 2, 2026
Where: Located at 12600 Dixie Hwy., Holly, MI. This is one heck of a great event, we have gone many times!
30. Friske Fall Fest
When: October 17, 2026; 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: 10743 N US-31, Ellsworth, MI 49729-9718
Enjoy fun activities such as:
Apple picking, scenic wagon rides, cider and donuts, family activities, and lots more!
31. South Lyon Pumpkinfest - Fun Michigan Fall Festivals!
When: September 25th-27th 2026
Where: Bartlett Elementary School and ECC parking lots
Festival Hours 2026:
- Saturday, Sept. 26th; 10:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.
- Sunday, Sept. 27th; 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
The South Lyon Pumpkinfest is a fun annual event that includes a parade, pumpkin decorating contest, car show, craft booths, and live entertainment. There's also a huge kids' zone with carnival rides, games, and inflatables. Bring the whole family, you will have a blast! Fun Michigan fall festivals!
32. 47th Annual Charlevoix Apple Fest
When: October 9, 2026 - October 11, 2026;
- Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
- Sun 10am-4pm
Where: Downtown Charlevoix: East Park, Mason Street
Come on out for Charlevoix's Apple Fest! Food booths, art and craft show, farm market, petting zoo, apple orchard, kids games and lots more!
33. Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival | Rochester Hills
When: October 2026 tbd
Where: Van Hoosen Farms in Rochester Hills
10:00am – 4:00pm - Pumpkin Carving and Fall Activities
7:00pm – 9:00pm - Pumpkin Lighting
Daytime activities include food, pumpkin bowling, live entertainment, professional pumpkin carving display, crafts, Yates Cider Mill cider & donuts, and more! Carve a pumpkin and place it on the stone walls surrounding the Museum property and return in the evening to see all the pumpkins lit up! Admission price includes 1 pumpkin per person. Stencils and carving tools provided but you may bring your own carving tools.
34. Fall Fest at the Front Porch in Sault Ste. Marie, MI
When: Saturday, September 2026 is tbd from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: The Front Porch Garden and Gifts, 18052 S M 129, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan
Craft Show/ Flea Market, Live Music, Food Trucks, Kids Activities, Giant Apple Slingshot, Friske’s Apple Cider and Donuts, Mums and Pumpkins!
35. Fall Fest at Domino's Farms Petting Farm | Ann Arbor Michigan
When: October tbd 2026, 10 am - 6:00 pm
Where: Domino's Farms Petting Farm, 3001 Earhart Rd. Ann Arbor M
So much fun this fall in Ann Arbor, Michigan! Come on out for pony rides, hay rides, fall games, pumpkins, children's music, Spinner's Flock Fiber Market, bounce houses and food trucks!
36. 2026 Ann Arbor Artoberfest | Downtown Ann Arbor
When: October 10 & 11, 2026; Saturday: 10am - 6pm with after hours from 6-8pm and Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm
Where: Downtown, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Downtown Ann Arbor. The event stretches across Ann Street and North Fourth Ave. from Huron into the Kerrytown region. This fall art festival will feature 100 jury selected artists, live entertainment, food vendors, art activities, and several adult beverage offerings.
37. Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer and Food Festival
When: November 2026 tbd
Where: DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI
This Grand Rapids festival offers food, beverage and culinary entertainment presented by area chefs and restaurants. There will be live musical entertainment and fun! Fun Michigan fall festivals!
38. Frankenmuth Fire Arts Festival
When: Friday, September 25th and Saturday, September 26, 2026
Where: Harvey Kern Pavilion, 601 Weiss Street, Frankenmuth, MI 48734
Enjoy a two-day, family-friendly event full of art, fire, food, and entertainment with iron pours, art workshops, blacksmithing demonstrations, smoked drinks, chainsaw carving, artisan vendors, live music, and more!
39. Fall Harvest Festival - Midland, MI
When: Saturday, October 3, 2026 10 am-4 pm
Price: $7 per person
Where: Chippewa Nature Center
Enjoy demonstrations, crafts, and activities reminiscent of 19th century farm life during harvest season.
Be sure to visit the Homestead Farm to enjoy the apple harvest and watch how apple butter is made and learn how to press apple cider. Learn about beekeeping and the importance of honeybees to a successful harvest. Stop at the Timber Frame Barn and learn about spinning and weaving presented by The Midland Fiber Arts guild.
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