Sioux City Fall Festival

Grab your coziest boots and sweaters (or maybe a pumpkin t-shirt for this year's weather!), 'cause it's time to celebrate fall! Every year, businesses and attractions around Sioux City join in the same weekend in October to have autumnal fun, and from the sounds of things, 2024 might be the best year yet (sidenote: this post was originally published in 2021 and is now updated with 2024 details.) Sioux City Fall Festival 2024 will be Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th, and here are some of the fun fall and Halloween themed events you can look forward to happening in Sioux City that weekend:

Sioux City Fall Festival Events by Venue

Because Fall Fest includes so many events at so many places, it can get a bit confusing! I tried to read through as much info as I could find and organize it a little to make this as clear as I can, but please reach out anytime if you have questions. 

• the Sioux City Farmer's Market
• Saturday 10/12/24
• The market and most activities will be open from 8am to 1pm
• Enjoy trick-or-treating with market vendors, a kids' activity zone, and pony rides all morning long (pony rides are not free)
• Painting supplies will be available to use for FREE and several market vendors will have pumpkins and other paintable produce available for purchase
• There will also be a kids costume contest at 10am and pets costume contest at 10:30am
• the Sioux City Art Center
• Saturday 10/12/24
• Art workshop from 10:30am to noon (museum open usual Saturday hours)
• Create Halloween themed hand or finger puppets
• FREE
• Art SUX Gallery
• Saturday 10/12/24
• Paint pumpkins from 10:30am to noon while supplies last
• Kids and teens welcome to participate
• FREE
• Book People
• Saturday 10/12/24
• Meet author Heather Dawn Torres and her cute new book The Tractor Squad from Marble Press
• the Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center
• Saturday 10/12/24 and Sunday 10/13/24
• Scavenger hunt from 10am to 1pm both days, with pumpkin prizes while supplies last
• the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
• Saturday 10/12/24 and Sunday 10/13/24
• Noon to 4pm both days
• Enjoy historic fall activities including candlemaking, archery, apples, and a retelling of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Cone Park
• Sunday 10/13/24
• 11am to 4pm
• Cone-Acopia Fall Fest includes SO much fun at Cone Park including live music, crafts, food trucks, pumpkin catapulting, fall tubing, hayrack rides, and more
• Hosted by Sioux City Parks & Rec
• Sioux City Public Library (downtown branch)
• Saturday 10/12 and Sunday 10/13
• normal library hours
• FREE suncatcher craft

There is also a story trail at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 25% the gift shop at the air museum, Morningside University Homecoming including the "taste of Morningside" event and homecoming football game, a Briar Cliff football home game, and lots more this weekend! I'll have my usual "weekend fun list" update on social media later this week, and it's all in the big Sioux City October fun list post as well.  If you're looking for more family-friendly fun in and around Sioux City this October, be sure to check out my posts on Halloween Events in Sioux City and Pumpkin Patches in Siouxland.

For more information about Fall Fest specifically though, I recommend checking with the individual hosting attractions. The best comprehensive source (other than this post of course!) that I have found is the Fall Fest Facebook event post from our Sioux City local government. 

I hope this helps make it easier to plan your weekend and create some great memories with your loved ones!

Happy Fall, Y'all!