September 12 – October 31
Saturdays and Sundays
HALLOWBOO! at Idlewild
Ligonier · Ligonier side
Trick-or-treat through Story Book Forest and rethemed rides — the gentle end of Halloween, built for small children.
Organiser’s page →Autumn 2026 · Laurel Highlands
Every festival this fall, with the right dates.
Steam threshers in New Centerville, a sawmill running at Springs, cannon fire at Ligonier, and a whole river town turned over to pumpkins at Confluence. This is what is on, and when.
Where this came from
Credit where it is due: the roundup that started this was published by GO Laurel Highlands, the region’s tourism office — @go_laurelhighlands, who know this region better than we ever will. We then opened each organiser’s own website to confirm the dates, and every festival below links straight back to its source. Where a listing and an organiser disagreed, we went with the organiser. Where one hasn’t published this year’s dates yet, we say so rather than guess.
One worth flagging if you are already planning: if you have seen the Farmers & Threshermen’s Jubilee listed for 11–13 September, the fire company has it on 2–6 September.
Last checked September 1, 2026. Festivals move — confirm with the organiser before you drive.
What’s coming
In the order you can go to them.
October
Autumnfest at Seven Springs
Seven Springs · Our county — the houses are here
The nearest of the lot to our houses. Chairlift rides over the colour, a beer garden and live music on the mountain.
October weekends — the resort had not published this year's dates when we checked.
Organiser’s page →9 earlier festivals have already finished this season and are not listed.
Where to stay
Most of these are in our county.
Our three houses sit at Hidden Valley in Somerset County: South Ridge with its hot tub looking down the valley, Kooser with a hot tub and cedar sauna, Eagles with a game room, and Ohiopyle down the road. Booking direct is cheaper than the same house on Airbnb, because we are not paying their fee to sell it to you.
Fair warning about autumn here: foliage weekends and festival weekends are the same weekends, and they go late but they do go. If a date below is the reason for the trip, look sooner rather than later.
More on autumn here
Where the foliage actually is
The overlooks worth the detour, and when each one turns.
A fall weekend, hour by hour
One itinerary from Friday arrival to Sunday checkout.
The covered bridges
A driving loop through Somerset County's ten bridges.
Autumnfest, in detail
The nearest festival to the houses, and what it's like.