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The Day of the Dead Race & Celebration event allows us to promote cultural understanding and unity, while also promoting health and wellness in our community.

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Join us for Scarecrow Row, a downtown favorite filled with fall fun for the whole family! 🎃👻
Enjoy a Costume Parade, Trick-or-Treating at local businesses,

1 mile, 5k or 10k

Ashland’s Favorite Costume Family Fun Event!

Join the 18th Annual Monster Dash

 Saturday, October 24, 2026

 The Monster Dash supports grants in the Ashland Public Schools, and YOU (and your family, and friends, and neighbors…) can help us make this year’s Monster Dash bigger than ever. Get ready for a ghastly good time!

26 films.

3 hours.

Zero guarantees you’ll sleep afterward.

Monsters, murderers, horror-comedies, sci-fi nightmares, blood-soaked gore, and straight-up terror.

Bales & Ales is back this October at Common Block in Medford and Klamath Falls.

It’s our annual fall fest where we set up a pumpkin-carving area on the patio (that’s the bales) and pour our latest seasonal brew (that’s the ales).

Plus, we’ll be serenaded with live music from local groups at both locations throughout the day. Get your pumpkin-carving, heel-tapping, fall-celebrating boots on!

Sunday, October 11, 2026 in Klamath Falls

12-5pm

Music from Dana Wirth 12-2pm

Saturday, October 17, 2026 in Medford

12-5pm

Music from Lance Zimmerman and Brent Norton 12-2pm
Mountaintop Sound 3-5pm

Free pumpkin with a purchase, and we’ve got the carving tools. All ages welcome. Come and go anytime throughout the day!

Each ticket includes the following opportunities:

• Take a “Sugar Pie Stroll” through the Pumpkin Garden to pick one out to take home

• Hop on a Hay Ride around the Farm

• Snack on some Hot Air Popped Popcorn

• Help press - and taste! - some fresh Grape Juice from our vines

• Get your Face Painted

• Take Pictures at our Fall “Photo booth” with Flora, the Farm Bus

• Fill a packet with Sunflower Seeds to take home

• Pick out some Goodies to bring home from the Farm Stand

Harvest Fest is our relaxed, family-friendly celebration of the season—a day to create special memories with loved ones and soak up some autumn beauty in the quiet of the vineyard.

Spend the day at your own pace: take a hayride around the farm, stop and feed the chickens, get your face painted, press grapes straight from the vines and try some fresh juice, snack on hot, buttery popcorn, snap family photos among the fall displays, and settle in beneath the oaks with farm-to-table food from the Farm Bus and wine from the vineyard.

Rather than a traditional pumpkin patch, you’re invited to take a “Sugar Pie Stroll” through our charming Pumpkin Garden, with locally grown sugar pie pumpkins tucked among the flowers and fall displays. Each ticket includes a pumpkin, so kids (and grown-ups!) can wander through, choose a favorite, and take a little piece of harvest season home.

Our farm stand will be filled with seasonal goodness, too—fresh eggs, wine, pasture-raised lamb and other farm goodies

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Fun and educational event celebrating acorns! Learn how to process acorn. Taste traditional acorn mush cooked in a basket.

Cultural & Ecological Enhancement Network is holding a Scarecrow Contest. Scarecrows should be life-sized for outdoor display. All entries must be signed in at the Acorn Festival by noon on October 18th. The public will vote on their favorite scarecrows until 4pm. Winner will be announced at 4:30pm and winner will receive $100

FREE train rides on the scale-model route. Pumpkins available for purchasse.

Two dates for the Pumpkin Express: October 17 & 24, 2026. Trains will operate 10-3 both days Rain or Shine! Bring your ghosts and goblins for a spooky good time. We accept donations for the train ride; no advance ticket sales.

Bales & Ales is back this October at Common Block in Medford and Klamath Falls.

It’s our annual fall fest where we set up a pumpkin-carving area on the patio (that’s the bales) and pour our latest seasonal brew (that’s the ales).

Plus, we’ll be serenaded with live music from local groups at both locations throughout the day. Get your pumpkin-carving, heel-tapping, fall-celebrating boots on!

Sunday, October 11, 2026 in Klamath Falls

12-5pm

Music from Dana Wirth 12-2pm

Saturday, October 17, 2026 in Medford

12-5pm

Music from Lance Zimmerman and Brent Norton 12-2pm
Mountaintop Sound 3-5pm

Free pumpkin with a purchase, and we’ve got the carving tools. All ages welcome. Come and go anytime throughout the day!

This is the valley's premier craft beer event held in beautiful Grants Pass on Saturday, October 10th. The Chamber of Commerce places breweries inside downtown businesses. Participants stroll from location to location sampling amazing craft brews and delicious food!

Each participant will receive a commemorative event pint glass, an insulated re-usable tote for shopping, an event map and (1) tasting per location. We will have at least 20 participating locations.  There will be (4) FREE trolley stops along the event route for ease of reaching the further locations.

Tickets can be purchased at the Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce located at 1995 NW Vine St or online. 

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Free Admission

Return of the Salmon Family Field Day

Walk 'N Roll Parade of Superheroes

Come dressed as your favorite superhero and walk, roll, skip, or bike in our parade at Twin Creeks Park! Parade route is approximately 1 mile.

There will be a costume contest, prizes, games, food trucks, and a decoration station to decorate any wheelchairs, wagons, or bikes.

Fun starts at 10am, parade starts at 11am.
Costume contest and raffle winners announced after the parade.

100% of donations go to pediatric oncology services at Asante here in the Rouge Valley.

Full

26.2 miles

Half

13.1 miles

10k

6.2 miles

Kids

Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025

• Bib pickup: Friday, October 10, 2025, at Common Block Brewing, 312 E 4th St, Medford, 4 pm to 7 pm

• Start times:

  • Marathon starts at 7:00 a.m. at Emigrant Lake County Park;

  • Half-marathon starts at 8:00 a.m. at Paschal Winery and Vineyard (1122 Suncrest Rd, Talent, OR);

  • 10k starts at 8:00 am in Medford on East 5th Street between Common Block Brewing and the Lithia Building;

  • The Kids 1-Mile starts at 11:00 a.m. in Medford on East 5th Street between Common Block Brewing and the Lithia Building

• Bus transportation to the start of the marathon and the half-marathon:

  • Buses will be in front of the Middleford parking garage on 6th Street between North Bartlett and Riverside.

    • Buses to the Marathon Start:

      • The first bus leaves at 5:15 a.m.;

      • The last bus for the marathon leaves at 5:45 a.m.

        • This bus will leave on time, and no other ride options will be provided after this. Please do not wait for the last bus as there may not be room.

In honor of  Día de muertos, or Day of the Dead, come plant a Marigold to put on your own Ofrenda, or plant in your yard. Those who celebrate this tradition believe the flower helps the dead find their way back to their loved ones in the living world through its vibrant color and strong scent. Because of these strong properties, marigolds or cempasúchil are used to decorate altars or ofrendas and the graves of the deceased.

Come plant a flower, decorate the pot it sits in, and watch the film Coco with us to celebrate. This program will be presented in English. 

En honor al Día de muertos, ven a plantar una flor de cempasúchil para colocarla en tu propia ofrenda o para plantarla en tu jardín. Quienes celebran esta tradición creen que la flor ayuda a los difuntos a encontrar el camino de regreso con sus seres queridos en el mundo de los vivos, gracias a su color vibrante y su aroma intenso. Debido a estas características, el cempasúchil se utiliza para decorar altares u ofrendas, así como las tumbas de los fallecidos.

Ven a plantar una flor, decora la maceta y acompáñanos a ver la película Coco para celebrar. Este programa se presentará en inglés.

The Roseburg Blocktober Fest is a one-day event in historic downtown Roseburg to experience much of what Roseburg has to offer in art, music, makers, food, drink, and family fun on

For 55 years, the Talent Harvest Festival has been the heart of our community's fall tradition. What started in 1971 as a simple celebration of our agricultural heritage has blossomed into a premier Jackson County community gathering, bringing together thousands of neighbors, friends, and visitors to celebrate the bounty of our beautiful Rogue Valley.

After a challenging two-year pause due to the Almeda Wildfire and pandemic, our community's overwhelming enthusiasm for the festival's 2022 return proved just how much this event means to all of us. With 6,000 people flooding downtown Talent that year, we knew we were back stronger than ever!

This year promises to be our biggest and best yet, with over 8,000 expected visitors from across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Come experience

• Over 100 local vendors showcasing everything from fresh harvest produce to handcrafted artisan goods.

• The 2nd annual ‘Wheely’ Fun Parade. 

• The Talent Harvest Festival 10K, 5K & 1 mile race produced by Southern Oregon Runners.

• Live music filling multiple stages.

• Multiple beer gardens at local restaurants.

• Cider pressing.

• Loads of family activities provided by 30+ local organizations.

Best of all? Admission is completely FREE, ensuring everyone can join in the celebration of our resilient community and rich agricultural traditions.

Come hungry, come curious, and come ready to fall in love with Talent all over again!

Enjoy a night filled with delicious food from local food trucks, live musical performances, and a lively atmosphere. There will be something for everyone, including bounce houses for the kids, exciting Lotería games with prizes, and much more fun for the whole family.

The festivities will run from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Be sure to bring your chair and wear your traditional attire to fully immerse yourself in the cultural celebration. Don’t miss out on this exciting event—come for the food, stay for the fun, and celebrate with us!

• U-Pick Pumpkins

• Hayride

• Paintball

• Cow Train

• Bee Trail

• Zombie Train

• Petting Zoo

• Hay Pyramid

• Corn Maze

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A FREE, one-day celebration of culture at Medford's Pear Blossom Park. Entertainment, games and food highlight the event.

Event Details

Join us for Mt. Ashland’s 2nd Annual Oktoberfest celebration.

Guests can join us on the Siskiyou Summit for Oom Pah Pahs from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm paired with a beer garden, beer steins, contests, live music, food trucks, traditional German bratwurst and pretzels served by and in  partnership with Nous, kids activities and more. Dust off your finest Bavarian attire. Yes, those lederhosen hiding in your closet could win you the Costume Contest and we’ll be welcoming an incredible lineup of  beer and cider vendors for a day full of Bavarian Fun for the entire family!

With Bavarian Night in the Winter so deeply rooted in Mt. Ashland’s history, it feels only right to expand on the Bavarian celebrations!

Full schedule of events is coming soon!

With the purchase of  a $25 ticket, you will receive x1 Mt. Ashland Special Edition Oktoberfest Beer Stein and x5 Mt. Ashland Drink Tokens to be used to taste any of our delicious local beverage vendors! For tickets purchased for the kiddos, they will receive a special edition kids cup!