Before the first leaves hit the ground each fall, Kansas City is bursting at the seams with pumpkins and apples, carnivals and crafts, and a festival just about every weekend!
Kansas
- Oktoberfest Shawnee in Shawnee, KS
- Ciderfest at Louisburg Cider Mill in Louisburg, KS
- Scarecrow Festival in Shawnee, KS
- Apple Fest Topeka in Topeka, KS
- Wild West Days at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm in Olathe, KS
- Fall Festival at Shawnee Indian Mission Museum in Fairway, KS
- Mission Sunflower Festival in Mission, KS
- Lenexa Chili Challenge in Lenexa, KS
Missouri
- The Great Pumpkin Fest at Worlds of Fun
- Gladfest in Gladstone, MO
- KC Octoberfest at Crown Center
- Smithville Octoberfest in Smithville, MO
- The Log Cabin Festival in Harrisonville, MO
- Harvest Festival at Shoal Creek Living History Museum in Kansas City North
- Excelsior Springs Oktoberfest in Excelsior Springs, MO
- Fall Fest in Greenwood, MO
- Old West OctoberFest in Lexington, MO
- Weston Applefest in Weston, MO
- Fall Festival of Arts, Crafts & Music at Missouri Town 1855 in Lee's Summit, MO
- Pony Express PumpkinFest in St. Joseph, MO