Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere! Enter the world of pumpkins and all things fall in the Upper East Side of Texas with fun events kicking off the month. During October, visitors enjoy the Pumpkin Patch and Giant Hay Maze in downtown Ennis open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays noon to 7 p.m. Designed and engineered by MESA, an award-winning landscape architecture and urban design firm. This year’s theme is “Season of the Harvest” with photo ops, scenery, a pumpkin house, and a harvest tractor. On October 25 it becomes part of the 22nd Annual Ennis Autumn Daze Festival with live music, carnival rides, and more. visitennistexas.com October 4 through November 3 enjoy the Great Harvest Farm’s Pumpkin Patch and Fall Festival in Montalba. Open Friday-Sunday, this transformed 1800s farm offers an array of activities for all ages including a two and a half-acre hay maze, a corn pit, pumpkin painting station, potato gun, and hay slide. visitpalestine.com Choices for fun things to do on October 5 include Indian Summer Days and Dutch Oven Cook-Off at Heritage Park in Sulphur Springs. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the event features Native American dancers, music, candle making, quilt show, butter curing, soap making, blacksmithing and gristmill operation, along with the Dutch oven cooking contest. hopkinscountymuseum.org Also on October 5 is the Rib Rub Run & Roll in Rockwall featuring a barbecue cooking competition with live music, 5K run, and more at Harry Myers Park (rockwall.com) and The Great Pumpkin Roll is happening in Longview. Participants of all ages roll pumpkins down a hill to win up to $500 in prizes. The cost is $2 per roll and a limited supply of pumpkins are available for purchase. In past years pumpkins have rolled up to two city blocks. The festival also features a maze, outdoor games, and vendors, food trucks, and a pumpkin pie eating contest. visitlongviewtexas.com/pumpkin In Winnsboro, Autumn Trails takes place October 5-27 with a full month of scheduled activities including self-guided driving tours of the beautiful fall foliage surrounding Winnsboro, Texas. Events include car parades; horse and wagon trails; contests for pets, beards, pies, cakes, chili, and hot pepper eating; beauty pageant, live music, trade days, arts and crafts, and mule rodeo. winnsboroautumntrails.com | 
