Seeming straight out of an Enid Blyton book, the entire picture of fallen orange leaves, the breeze ruffling your hair, and everyone cuddled up in warm coats and mufflers just warms your soul. Befalling in this beautiful season of fallen leaves and pumpkin lattes, are the fall festivals of Poconos that you must definitely cherish.
Pocono Food Truck Festival and Art on the Mountain, Shawnee mountains, Ski area:
With over 20 food trucks serving delectable bites, this food truck festival is a treat to your culinary palette. Dishing up both sweet and savoury delicacies, you can indulge yourself in the goodness of both.
Festival goers can chomp away at the relishes of empanadas and chili nachos or satisfy your sweet tooth with the goodness of warm, gooey brownies and fresh smoothies.
The live music and scenic chairlift rides are a fan favourite. The crowd just jostles to the music as they wallow in the gourmet delicacies that Shawnee Mountains has to offer.
The Big Sip, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts:
With the mountains serving perfect helpings of crisp, mountain air and the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts serving the perfect pint of chilled beer, it’s an irresistible combination you cannot refuse.
Unfold every tale your beer has to tell as you sip through the intricacies of its brew at the Big Sip. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is known for bestowing upon the perfect grounds for you to witness the artwork of brewing spirits, ciders, ales and beers.
Savour the samples of the various brews to find your poison while you devour the various culinary treats as you lose yourself to the muse of live music being played.
Hawley Harvest Hoedown and Rocktoberfest, throughout Hawley:
One of the staple festivals of fall in the Lake Wallenpaupack region of Poconos, this archetype small town festival is one not to be missed. With quintessential food served, this festival is a favourite among craft lovers.
With its own petting zoo and horse-drawn carriages, the Hawley Harvest Hoedown and Rocktoberfest draw great crowds with its street performances and scarecrow parade.
47th Annual Harvest Festival, Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm:
Take a step back into the past with the 47th Annual Harvest Festival in the Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm. Have a taste of how it was to live in the shoes of Poconos’ earliest settlers.
This 19th-century preserved working farm specializes in making delicious apple butter which just gives the perfect touch to almost anything. Spread it on something as simple as a bagel or as fancy as a lemon tart or croissant, the choice is yours.
As you savour the scrumptious homemade food made out of love and warmth, you can see how bread, scrapple and meads are made.
Pumpkins being the center of attraction, you can find yourself vibing with the folk entertainment as you paint and decorate the pumpkins and sip on spiced-pumpkin lattes.
The pony rides and horse-drawn wagon rides find themselves as kids’ favourite.
Harvest and Heritage Days, Downtown Honesdale:
Harvest and Heritage Days, Downtown Honesdale is your every dream fall place ever. As the decadent leaves fall graciously onto the floor, pumpkins, hay bales corn stalks and scarecrows set the perfect fall aesthetic.
Indulge in the various handmade specialities that the vendors have to offer. Paint your pumpkins, relish a pumpkin latte or dip your bread into soup, you can cherish the best of fall festival as you groove and lose yourself to the classic tunes of the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Places to stay during Fall festivals in the Poconos
‘Fall’ in love with the amazing escapades that Poconos has to offer during Fall. Paint a pumpkin, munch on hot chili nachos or chug down mugs of freshly brewed beer without the hassle of finding a place to stay.
Trust it in Holidaykeepers to provide the best stay for you to hang your coat after a long day. If sweet cottages, orange hue, fresh brews, and delicious food makes you want to write poetry, then you should definitely consider getting your muse from Poconos with Holidaykeepers.
Paul P, Senior Editor and Travel Planner at HolidayKeepers, brings over 10 years of experience from New York. He expertly combines storytelling with extensive knowledge in travel and hospitality. Known for turning vibrant travel experiences into engaging articles, Paul covers everything from hidden gems to the latest in vacation rentals, resonating with adventurers and leisure-seekers alike.
