Falling for Local at Dix Park: free hayrides, inflatables, pumpkin patch, more

Falling for Local is a free event at Dix Park, 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, on Saturday, October 16th, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

This festival is a celebration of fall and of local businesses. It’s presented by Shop Local Raleigh, Dix Park Conservancy and Dorothea Dix Park.

The festival features 145+ local vendors, 20+ food trucks, 17 North Carolina craft breweries, live music, FREE pumpkins and fall photo ops, a kids’ zone, and more.

Learn about even more fall festivals in the Triangle, as well as a big list of corn mazes, pumpkin patches and haunted trails in the Triangle.

The festival features:

Live music
Local makers and vendors
North Carolina craft beer
Food trucks
Kids’ activities
Hay rides
Inflatables
Pumpkin patch
Lawn games
Photo ops
More

All of the activities are free, even the pumpkin patch!

Shop from over 100 local independent businesses. Dine from dozens of local food trucks and food tents.

Free Activities

FREE pumpkin patch with over 1,000 pumpkins! Guess the weight of the GIGANTIC pumpkin to be entered into a raffle for a kid’s bike. Dix Park Conservancy has 3 bikes to raffle off which means 3 chances to win!
Hayrides through the park
Cornhole
Inflatables
Photobooth

Appearances

Find the Stampede of Love mini horses in the pumpkin patch from 11:00 – 1:00!
Get a look at International Harvesters’ antique tractors from 11:00 – 2:00 behind the pumpkin patch!
Check out the Tarwheel A’s with their classic Fords by the pumpkin patch from noon – 3:00!
Get your picture taken with a Causeplay Carolina superhero! They will be making their rounds at the festival so keep your eye out for these cool characters.
Rumor has it Hamilton the Pig will be in attendance. See if you can spot him around the festival!

Stage 1

11:00 – Sadie Rock & The Mad Ryans
1:00 – Icarus Airline
3:00 – Red Sky Moon
5:00 – Crucial Fiya

Stage 2

12:00 – Uncle Jesse
2:00 – Blue Sky Crying
4:00 – Static Diversion

Demos

11:30 – Dance Performance by CC & Co.
12:30 – Campfire Cooking with Gear Up
1:30 – Learn to Braid with Pinup Studios
2:30 – Dance Performance by Stage Door Dance
3:30 – Hand Lettering with CK Creations
4:30 – Houseplant Care with Copperline Plant Co.
5:30 – Dog Training with Oak City K9

Food

Beefy Buns
BytheGrace
Cilantro Mexican Cuisine
Gussy’s Greek
How Bout Burger
L’Arepa
Mama Voula’s Authentic Greek
Oak City Fish and Chips
Poblanos Tacos
Pork In The Road
Qspresso
Southern Fried Lumpia Co.
Spanglish
The Corner Venezuelan Food
The Naked Empanada
Trash Talk

Dessert and Beverages

Carriage House Coffee
Dusty Donuts
JAM Ice Cream
Jones Lemonade Slushy
Waves Shave Ice

Breweries and Cideries

Big Boss Brewing Company
Brewery Bhavana
Bond Brothers
Carolina Brewing Company
Clouds Brewing
Crank Arm Brewing Company
Fortnight Brewing Company
Gizmo Brew Works
Harlem
Little City Brewing
Raleigh Brewing
Spaceway Brewing
Toasty Kettlyst Brewery
Vecino Brewing
White Street Brewery
Wye Hill
Norsemen’s Mead Co

Makers and Businesses

Adapt Chiropractic
Addis Jemari
All on Top Dogz
Baily’s
Baker Roofing Company
Be Like Missy
BEAUTY and GRACE
Belna Candle Company
Binky and Bell
Blush Steele LLC
Body Banner
Bolts & Blooms
Bows and Whistles Designs
Breakfast Munchies
Bulletproof Sauces
Cha House
Changed Impressions Jewelry
CKCreations
Copperline Plant Co., LLC
Designed For Joy
dooliBOY Clothing Co.
Dreams Collect
Gabi’s Grounds Coffee
Gear Up
Grace and Grain Wood Design
Griffin & Bernstein Orthodontics
Harmony Family Chiropractic
Hempsmith
Honeypress
House of Swank
Hummingbird Naturals LLC
JamesonAshCandleCo
Jay’s Italian Ice
Killer Toffee
Labrottie Creations
Light is Love Candles
Livable Raleigh
Local Legend Clothing LLC
Lowes Foods
Luna Viola
Mae Designs LLC
Mama Bears Baby Beads
Mantra Soap
Murph’s Mad Lab, LLC
Mystic Hollow Emporium
Oak City Hot Sauce Co
Oak City K9
Oberweis Dairy
Olive & Oak Essentials
Papriqqa, LLC
Passanante’s Home Food Services
Peak City Coffee
Peak Lane Boutique
Pedal to the Kettle
Piedmont ClayWorks
Pinup Studio
PIPS – Perfectly Imperfect Pups
Port and Starbird
Redd Waggin Pet Supply Company LLC.
Rescue Me Candle Company
Revision LLC
Royal Cheesecake & Varieties
Ruff Stuff Treats
Salamat Dough
Scarlet Street
Scoop Me
Seven17
She Shed Stained Glass
Shred415
SKP ink
Sparklestrands Fairy Hair
Stage Door Dance Productions
Surly Squirrel
Sweet T Picnics
The Elderberry Lady, LLC
The English Garden
The Evelyn Company
The Quarry
The Sean Ingram Academy
Well Aligned Family Chiropractic
World Accessories
Zulia Bakery
Zzesty’s Creations Designer Wreaths & Gift Baskets

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