Fantasy Faire - Weekend Roundup

45 things to do in Philly, the suburbs and South Jersey this weekend, Oct. 16-18

South Street’s newly announced block party, Manayunk’s fall festival, the Chatsworth Cranberry Festival and events from Ocean City to Kennett Square fill the weekend calendar.

Kids in costume eat free at Friendly’s on Halloween

Friendlys halloween deal

South Street replaces canceled Fall Fest with nine-block party this Saturday

South Street Fall Fest 2025 Vendors

2027 Philadelphia Flower Show to feature displays from Longwood, Chanticleer and three other public gardens

2027 Flower Show Announcement

Adventure Aquarium hosting 21+ Halloween party with underwater pumpkin carving and themed cocktails

Boo Bash at Adventure Aquarium

Chestnut Hill ghost walk pairs lantern-lit stroll with live Halloween storytelling

Chestnut Hill Ghost Walk

Play games with Flyers players, take a shot on goal and ride a Ferris wheel at 50th anniversary Carnival

Konecny Ladder Toss

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade to sign copies of new book at Doylestown Barnes & Noble

Kilmeade One Nation

Calvin Harris bringing first North American headline tour to Philadelphia in April

Calvin Harris Headline Tour

350+ Porsches spanning 70 years will line the Ocean City Boardwalk this weekend

Porsche Weekend in Ocean City

$10,000 in prizes will be hidden across Philly this week

Treasure Hunt for Stack's Bowers Galleries

Tyrese Maxey to appear at free Center City fan event Oct. 15

Tyrese Maxey Xfinity Event

Allen Iverson and Tyrese Maxey are coming to a Bucks County mall on Oct. 26

Allen Iverson and Tyrese Maxey Appearance

Penn Museum to celebrate Día de los Muertos with large-scale ofrenda, live dance and pan de muerto

PEnn Museum Dia De Los Muertos

Walk one of Philly’s most famously haunted sites by candlelight at Fort Mifflin

For Mifflin Ghost Tour

200+ vendors will fill Northeast Philly flea market for final Sundays of 2026 season

Phila Flea Markets - Franklin Mills

Do yoga, meditation and sound baths after hours at the Penn Museum

Meditation at Penn Museum

Halloween scavenger hunt will lead teams through haunted corners of historic Philadelphia

Independence Hall - Black and White Edit

Trick-or-treat at William Penn’s Bucks County estate on Oct. 25

Pennsbury Manor Trick or Treating

New Camden pocket park opens for fall visits, lawn games and upcoming events

RECtangle park in Camden

Stateside Live! throwing ‘Midnight Manor’ party on Halloween with $2,500 costume contest

Stateside Live Halloween

Up to 150 craft vendors coming to the Pine Barrens for Chatsworth Cranberry Festival

Chatsworth Cranberry Fest

Tacony Halloween Fall Festival to close two blocks of Torresdale Avenue Oct. 24

Tacony Fall Fest

Nearly 500 jack-o’-lanterns will light up the Delaware Canal in Yardley for Canal-O-Ween

Canal-O-Ween

4-foot chocolate George Washington taking shape for Pa. Chocolate & Coffee Festival

Chocolate George Washington

Nearly 500 jack-o’-lanterns will light up the Delaware Canal in Yardley for Canal-O-Ween

Canal-O-Ween

‘Dancing with the Stars’ live tour bringing Rylee Arnold, Jenna Johnson and more pros to Philly

Dancing with the Stars coming to Philly

Minecraft fans can explore the game’s ancient-world roots at Penn Museum

Sphinx of the Pharaoh Ramses II

Supercross racing coming to MetLife Stadium, less than 2 hours from Philly

Supercross MetLife Stadium

Free pet microchipping offered every Thursday in October at South Jersey animal shelter

Pet - Free Microchipping Event

1932 horror classic ‘Vampyr’ will get live soundtrack inside Glen Foerd mansion

Vampyr still from film

Free Philly exhibit explores nearly 300 years of gardening history with new Athenaeum Garden

PHS History New Garden

Manayunk Mac n’ Cheese Crawl returns Oct. 17 with samples from 18 restaurants

Mac N Cheese Crawl Manayunk

80+ craft vendors and trick-or-treating coming to East Passyunk Fall Fest on Halloween

East Passyunk Ave Fall Fest

Laurel Hill’s Soul Crawl returns with flashlight cemetery tours on Halloween night

Soul Crawl at Laurel Hill Cemetery

Manayunk Fall Festival to feature 50+ local vendors and a market run by kids ages 5-17

Manayunk Fall Festival Photo

100+ oddities vendors coming to Laurel Hill Cemetery for Market of the Macabre Nov. 7

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South Street Fantasy Renn Faire gets new Oct. 17 date after weather postponement

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Vintage flea market near Drexel University returns for 2 Saturdays in October

Phila Flea Market at Drexel

Wrestling, clown arts and roller circus coming to East Kensington for WEIRDO Fest

WEIRDO - Awful Wrestling

Have diabetes or high blood pressure? This free Philly event will explain what it means for your kidneys

A blood pressure reading by clinician

More than 300 works coming to Philly for first major U.S. Marcel Duchamp retrospective in over 50 years

Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) Fountain

More than 100 vendors coming to Hagley Craft Fair in Wilmington Oct. 17-18

Hagley Craft Fair 2026

HANSON will bring ‘MMMBop’ and other hits to Atlantic City in December

HANSON to perform at Hard Rock Atlantic City

‘American Idol’ and ‘The Voice’ standouts will lead ‘The Wiz’ musical in Wilmington

The Wiz Cast

PAX Unplugged will turn the Convention Center into a giant game room

PAX Unplugged Gaming Room

Lambertville’s legendary Halloween house is spreading its elaborate displays across downtown

Lambertville Trail of Magic

Charlie Puth, SOMBR, OneRepublic and Ludacris will play Q102’s Jingle Ball in Philly

Xfinity Mobile Arena NEW

Visitors can walk through a 4,300-year-old tomb chapel when Penn Museum’s new Egypt galleries open in December

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Ride a train to a pumpkin patch and explore a South Jersey grove this October

Woodstown Central Railroad - Pumpkin Patch Flyer

Dumpling Fest Philadelphia returns Oct. 28 with a self-guided restaurant crawl

Mütter Museum will display bonus collection items for after-hours ‘Frankenstein’ finale

Mutter Museum Frankenstein

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Franklin Square will turn Philly Mini Golf spooky for October, with a Boo-zy Bar after dark

Spooky Mini Golf at Franklin Square

Morgan’s Pier has turned into a six-week fall festival with pumpkins, Yappy Hours and a Halloween bash

Morgan's Pier Fall Fest

Nearly 100 vintage and handmade vendors will fill this Kennett Square fall market

Clover Market Kennett Square

The Franklin Institute is throwing an adults-only Halloween party on Oct. 16

Fright Nite - Franklin Institute

Betty Boop will step out of black-and-white and onto the Academy of Music stage this fall

Aliya Grace to star as Betty Boop

Philadelphia libraries offer free after-school homework help for K-12 students

The Free Library LEAP program

Family-Friendly

A waterfront pumpkin patch with 10,000 pumpkins, a smashing zone and scarecrow archery is returning to Philly

Cityside Pumpkin Patch

Netflix House is adding a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ experience with HUNTR/X, Derpy Tiger and demon hunts

Netflix House Kpop Demon Hunters

Thousands of candles will cover the stage of a historic Delco theater for a Halloween concert

Candlelight coming to Media PA

Hunt for mid-century furniture, estate jewelry, vintage clothing and more across nearly 100 booths at this Oaks antique fair

Antique & Collector Fair

Huge operating model train layouts are coming to Edison for Greenberg’s Great Train & Toy Show

Greenberg Train show

How to watch thousands of rowers race toward Boathouse Row at the 2026 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

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A Halloween speakeasy inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and Sleepy Hollow has opened near the author’s former Philly home

The Newsroom Speakeasy

Ride a ghost train through Salem County’s dark countryside and hear live ghost stories and local legends

Woodstown Central’s Salem Ghost Train

FEASTIVAL will bring bites and drinks from 25+ Philly restaurants and bars as performances unfold throughout FringeArts

FEASTIVAL Event

Philadelphia Museum of Art to open major El Anatsui exhibition with more than 90 works

El Anatsui

Mütter Museum's Halloween party will recreate a medieval 'dancing plague'

2025 Mutter Choreomania

Ride an antique train through Bucks County's fall foliage this October

New Hope Fall Foliage Excursion

Massive collectibles show will bring 200+ tables of cards, coins and vintage toys to King of Prussia

A pile of Pokemon Cards

More than 150 scarecrows have taken over Peddler's Village through Oct. 26

Peddler's Village Scarecrow Festival

Northern Liberties fall block party will bring 40+ vendors, trick-or-treating and a costume contest to Piazza Alta

piazza alta harvest block party

See 5,000 mums sculpted into spirals, clouds and 10-foot displays at Longwood Gardens

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Halloween Nights at Eastern State: What to know for 2026

Eastern State Halloween Nights

Storybook Land fills up with pumpkins, hayrides and a hay maze for fall

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150+ Philadelphia art studios opening for free tours in October

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Trick-or-treat inside Eastern State Penitentiary at a free fall festival

Eastern State Fall Festival for Familes

Philly Coffee Festival bringing dozens of specialty roasters to the 23rd Street Armory

Philly Coffee Festival 2025

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Pumpkins, potions and bats are coming to Morris Arboretum & Gardens this October

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Pay-what-you-wish Friday nights are sticking around at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pay what you wish at Philadelphia Museum of Art

‘The Addams Family’ musical to run at Walnut Street Theatre through Nov. 1

Addams Family Promo Shoo

Philly Cider Week returns Oct. 25-Nov. 1

Philly Cider Week 2026

Giant steel roots will rise among the trees at Tyler Arboretum this fall

Steve Toobin In the Light

BalletX to offer free dance classes this season

BalletX Free Fridays

Romantasy ball to take over a Rittenhouse Square mansion this fall

Realm & Revel - Stotesbury Mansion Grand Ballroom

Hocus Pocus Speakeasy coming to Montgomery Mall

Hocus Pocus Speakeasy at Montgomery Mall

Family-Friendly

Chill Moody to perform at free Fairmount Park celebration with fireworks

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New vintage market to bring 75 vendors to historic PA farm this fall

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New Bucks County card show will have sports cards, Pokémon and live pack openings

Pokemon Cards

Great American Guitar Show to bring vintage, new and used instruments to Oaks

Guitar Show Stock Image

‘Ted Lasso’ star Brett Goldstein bringing new stand-up show to The Met

Brett Goldstein

Mount Laurel Day to bring more than 20 food trucks, bounce houses and pony rides to township complex

mount laurel day

A Golden Girls Murder Mystery to bring comedy, clues and cocktails to Media

A Golden Girls Murder Mystery in Media

NASCAR returning to Dover Motor Speedway for race weekend in May 2027

Tighter grandstand view of All Star Race

Walnut Street will go car-free for seven Sundays this fall

Center City District - Open Streets

Third Eye Blind returning to The Fillmore for another Halloween show

Third Eye Blind

Glen Foerd Masquerade Ball returns Oct. 30

Glen Foerd's annual Masquerade Ball 2026

'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' coming to Philadelphia in 2027

The cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Thousands of dogs coming to Oaks for National Dog Show's 25th anniversary

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Massive traveling vintage market coming to Oaks this October

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'The Magicians Table' brings immersive close-up magic to the Kimmel Center this fall

A magician performs during "The Magicians Table"

Cirque Du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil's 'Twas the Night Before...' returns to Philadelphia this holiday season

Cirque du Soleil's Holiday Show Returns to Philadelphia This December

Farmers Markets

Berwyn Farmers Market returns with 70-plus vendors

Shoppers browse the Berwyn Farmers Market in Berwyn

Disney On Ice is bringing a new show to Philly during winter break

Disney On Ice Spotlight MAgic

See 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' with a live orchestra at the Kimmel Center

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Ensemble Arts

Sonic Live in Concert will celebrate 35 years of the iconic video game franchise

Sonic Live in Concer

Senses Fail is bringing its 'Still Searching' anniversary tour to Philly

Senses Fail Photo

Underoath bringing 'Define the Great Line' 20th anniversary tour to Philly

Underoath Band

Pa. Chocolate and Coffee Festival returns to Oaks this fall with 150+ vendors

PA Chocolate & Coffee Festival

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