Celebrate the harvest season with corn mazes, pumpkin patches, apple picking and so much more at these farms around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Support our local farms and enjoy their freshly grown produce paired with family-friendly fun outdoors this fall.
Family Fun on the Farm this Fall Around Vancouver
Visit each location’s website to book tickets for admission or various activities.
Taves Family Farms
When: Open now through October 31st from 9:30am to 5:30pm Where: 333 Gladwin Rd, Abbotsford Features: U-Pick apples and pumpkins (opens September 25). Taves Family Farms is gathering dozens of their farm-grown pumpkins to create an enchanting Magical Pumpkin Garden. As one of the main attractions found at the Applebarn, the area features a Pumpkin Path with Pumpkin Hut called the Magical Pumpkin Garden. Don’t forget to take pics at the Princess Pumpkin Carriage. Website | Facebook | X (Twitter) | Instagram
Riverside Cranberry Farm
When: Select dates from September 23 – October 9, 2023 Where: Riverside Cranberry Farm (36885 88 Ave, Langley) Features: Riverside Cranberry Farm is welcoming visitors for self-guided tours, harvest walks, plunges, and plenty of scenic photo opportunities. Website
Harrison Pumpkin Festival
When: Open September 29 to October 29 (or while supplies last). Thursday and Friday 11:00am to 5:00pm; Saturday and Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm. Open Monday October 9 (Thanksgiving) from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Where: Harrison Pumpkin Festival 5039 Lougheed Highway, Agassiz Features: Celebrate fall with “all-you-can-carry” pumpkins. Visit the Farm Store for sunflowers, pumpkin seeds, flower blubs and more. A food truck will be on site daily. Website | Facebook | X (Twitter) | Instagram
Maan Farms Pumpkin Ice Cream – Photo submitted
Maan Farms
When: Open Daily from 9:00am to 6:00pm Where: 790 McKenzie Rd, Abbotsford Features: Maan Farms is celebrating its annual Fall at the Farm, open until October 31st, bringing Canada’s First Forest Pumpkin Patch along with Mama Maan’s quintessential fall foods. The full experience includes admission to the Forest Pumpkin Patch, Dog Days available October 1, 11, 14, 15, 25, and 28th, entrance to the day-time corn maze where guests can play a themed trivia game, admission to Barnyard Adventureland complete with a zip line, pedal kart track, giant tire crawl, play fortress, jumping pillow, and giant slides, and access to animal areas where guests can feed the baby goats, alpacas, and donkey. And don’t miss the Scariest Corn Maze in Canada. Website | Instagram
Willow View Farm
When: U-Pick fall season is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00am to 5:30pm and Sunday from 11:00am to 5:30pm. (Open Thanksgiving Monday from 9:00am to 5:30pm.) Where: 288 McCallum Rd, Abbotsford Features: U-Pick apples, plums, pumpkins, and pears. Also, a concession stand, picnic area and meet some sheep, goats, and chickens. Website | Facebook | Instagram
Richmond Country Farms
When: Farm Market open daily from 9:00am to 7:30pm. The Pumpkin Patch opens September 30th. Where: 12900 Steveston Hwy, Richmond Features: Enjoy seasonal decorations of corn stocks and sunflowers. Ride a hay wagon out to the pumpkin fields past the duck pond and waterfalls. Website | Facebook | Instagram
Greendale Acres Farm
When: Open Sunday from 10:00am to 6:00pm; Tuesday through Friday from 2:00pm to 9:00pm; Saturday from 10:00am – 9:00pm until October 31st. Where: 41905 Yale Rd W, Chilliwack Features: Home of the Chilliwack Corn Maze. Visit the pumpkin patch with over 15 varieties of pumpkins, take a tractor and hay bale ride, enjoy barn activities, a farm carousel, and more family fun. Website | Facebook | Instagram
Loft Country Farms
When: Weekends October 20-22; October 27-29 Where: Loft Country (248 Street, Langley Township) Features: Purchase tickets online now. Loft Country Farms runs seasonally throughout the year providing family friendly agritourism. Website
Aldor Acres Family Farm
When: Open Daily September 23rd to October 31st, from 9:00am to 4:00pm Where: 24990-84 Ave, Langley Features: Experience the farms harvest season with animals, pumpkins, hay jumping piles, and cottonwood forest. Shop in the Farm Market for fresh produce, eggs, snacks, preserves, and more. Website | Facebook | Instagram
For two decades Fright Nights at Playland has delighted and terrified and this season the highly anticipated Halloween event returns with haunted houses, hair-raising rides, creepy decor, monsters and live performances.
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Fright Nights at Playland Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
Warning: Not recommended for ages 12 and under, seniors 65+, people with sensitivity to strobe lighting or fog machines, people with high blood pressure, heart conditions, or anyone pregnant. Absolutely no guest costumes or guest costume face make up allowed.
When: Select Nights from October 6 – 31, 2023
Where: Playland Amusement Park 2901 E Hasting St, Vancouver
Admission:Available for purchase online now. Purchase tickets for specific dates in advance as there is a cap on tickets sold per day. Event nights may sell out.
Early Access Pass: Includes expedited line for park entry (begining at 5:00pm on select nights) and early access to 3 houses (The Void, Doll Factory, and Darkness) for an additional $20 cost.
Fright Nights is celebrating its 20th anniversary with brand new scares. The Void is the scariest haunted house in Fright Nights history where monstrous beasts stalk thick forest of the Pacific Northwest. Within the lush and beautiful forest are the Howling Caves. It’s coincidence, many will say, how frequently people go missing along the trails and near the caves…
Another highly anticipated haunted house is Carn-Evil. If you hate clowns, beware of this house because the clowns of Fright Nights are notorious. In this haunted house the clowns are humanoid creatures who live right under our feet in the sewers below where they multiply & grow when they encounter radioactive toxic waste. Don’t miss out on these attrations and more.
Opening Scaremony
Witness the Fright Nights Opening Scaremony. Venom and Coco welcome Fright Nights guests as creepy cast members emerge from the fog in a completely unique immersive performance you don’t dare miss! Nightly at 6:00pm at the entrance to the park.
Stay up to date with Playland and Fright Nights on Facebook and Instagram.
It’s the first weekend of autumn and the event list for Metro Vancouver is packed! Miss604 is proud to sponsor the Canuck Place Gift of Time Gala on Saturday, and the free World Maritime Day celebration at Canada Place on Sunday. Find these events and many more things to do in Vancouver this weekend listed below. Have a great weekend!
The 42nd Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) returns this fall with 140 features and 100 shorts, presented on ten screens in seven Vancouver venues. I have two sets of tickets to give away as well!
There is a star-studded lineup for Special Presentations and VIFF Live — unique, cinema-infused performances that push the boundaries of traditional film programming. Explore film culture through an expanded program of live events, performances, and exhibitions. Tickets and passes for all experiences are now on sale.
VIFF 2023
September 28 to October 8, 2023
The festival will officially open with award-winning Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, a poignant comedy about two lonely souls who believe they’re meant for each other, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes.
Offleashed, Vancouver’s largest event in support of animals, returns in person on October 21st bringing together hundreds of animal lovers to celebrate the BC SPCA’s lifesaving work.
Offleashed for the BC SPCA 2023
When: Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 6:00pm (lounge) 7:30pm (dinner)
This approachable fundraising event, where youth can also join in, will have all the staples of a glitzy gala with a great auction and 3-course dinner. Of course the signature Cuddle Lounge will be back where you can get up close with rescue puppies, kitties, and other animals.
Miss604 at Offleashed last year
In 2022, all of the Cuddle Lounge animals were then adopted into their forever homes and the event raised more than $730,000 for the animals! Join hosts Ann Luu, Howard Blank, and Event Chair Tracey Wade for this unforgettable evening in 2023.
About the Cause
Animals and their people across our province need the BC SPCA’s help every day and over the last few years, demand has skyrocketed. Floods, heat domes, COVID, wildfires, financial insecurity – the reasons for need keep increasing.
But the BC SPCA is a constant community presence, providing vulnerable animals and their guardians with critical support such as pet food banks and vet services, emergency boarding assistance, and by serving as a vital resource across the province.
Your generosity changes thousands of animals’ lives. The millions of dollars raised through Offleashed powers the BC SPCA’s essential programs: sheltering and adoptions, pet food bank and outreach services, veterinary care, wildlife rehabilitation, and summer camps and school programs for kids, to name just a few.
Your ticket is a built-in donation. Each ticket purchase covers the cost of one day of shelter, food, love and basic medical attention for an abandoned mother and her young litter of puppies or kittens. Join Offleashed on October 21st!
Miss604 is proud to sponsor Offleashed for the second time in 2023
