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65 family-friendly Florida events and festivals for kids — Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville and more, with dates, ages and links to each event. Planning fall? See the Florida fall guide. Planning December? See the Florida winter & holiday guide.

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Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
🎃 Halloween
🎃 Magic Kingdom's ticketed Halloween evening — trick-or-treat trails, the Boo-to-You parade, Hocus Pocus villain show and HalloWishes fireworks
🗓️ When
Select nights, August through October 31
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
disneyworld.disney.go.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Brick-or-Treat — Legoland Florida
🎃 Halloween
🧱 Family Halloween weekends with trick-or-treat trails, Monster Party dance shows, costume contests and a LEGO pumpkin build
🗓️ When
Weekends, September through October
📍 Where
Winter Haven
🌐 Site
legoland.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
SeaWorld Spooktacular
🎃 Halloween
🐬 Daytime Halloween weekends with trick-or-treat trails, sea-themed characters, a bubble dance party and costumes welcome
🗓️ When
Weekends, September through October
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
seaworld.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Zoo Boo Bash — Central Florida Zoo
🎃 Halloween
🦁 Not-so-scary daytime Halloween at the zoo — candy stations, costume parade and animal encounters
🗓️ When
October weekends
📍 Where
Sanford
🌐 Site
centralfloridazoo.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Creatures of the Night — ZooTampa
🎃 Halloween
🦇 Family-friendly Halloween nights with trick-or-treating, live shows, glow zones and nocturnal animal encounters
🗓️ When
Select nights in October
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
zootampa.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Zoo Boo — Zoo Miami
🎃 Halloween
🎃 Daytime trick-or-treat trail, costume contest, pumpkin patch and games across Zoo Miami
🗓️ When
Last weekend of October
📍 Where
Miami
🌐 Site
zoomiami.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Spooktacular — Jacksonville Zoo
🎃 Halloween
🦁 Northeast Florida's biggest family Halloween — lighted trails, trick-or-treat stations, live entertainment and costumes
🗓️ When
Select October evenings
📍 Where
Jacksonville
🌐 Site
jacksonvillezoo.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Boo at the Zoo — Palm Beach Zoo
🎃 Halloween
🎃 Trick-or-treat stations, costume parade and Halloween crafts among the animals
🗓️ When
October weekends
📍 Where
West Palm Beach
🌐 Site
palmbeachzoo.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Scott's Maze Adventures — Long & Scott Farms
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🌽 Seven-acre corn maze, hayrides, jumping pillow, giant slide and a pumpkin patch on a working Central Florida farm
🗓️ When
Late September through early December
📍 Where
Mount Dora
🌐 Site
longandscottfarms.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Southern Hill Farms Fall Festival
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🎃 U-pick sunflowers and zinnias, pumpkin patch, hayrides, corn maze and farm games south of Orlando
🗓️ When
Late September through October
📍 Where
Clermont
🌐 Site
southernhillfarms.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🎃 Gulf Coast's classic fall festival — pumpkin patch, hayrides, pony rides, pig races, craft village and live music
🗓️ When
October weekends
📍 Where
Bradenton
🌐 Site
hunsaderfarms.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Sweetfields Farm Fall Corn Maze
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🌽 Corn maze, u-pick sunflowers, pumpkin patch and farm play area north of Tampa
🗓️ When
October through early November
📍 Where
Masaryktown
🌐 Site
sweetfieldsfarm.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Harvest Holler Corn Maze
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🌽 Corn maze, hayrides, cow train, pumpkin patch and fall photo spots near Orlando
🗓️ When
October through November
📍 Where
Winter Garden
🌐 Site
harvestholler.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Fox Squirrel Corn Maze
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🌽 Tampa Bay's corn maze with hayrides, jumping pillow, tube slides and a pumpkin patch
🗓️ When
Late September through November
📍 Where
Plant City
🌐 Site
foxsquirrelcornmaze.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Bedner's Farm Fall Festival
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🎃 South Florida's pumpkin patch — hayrides, corn maze, jumping pillow, farm animals and a sunflower field
🗓️ When
October weekends
📍 Where
Boynton Beach
🌐 Site
bedners.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Amber Brooke Farms Fall Festival
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🎃 Pumpkin patch, corn maze, wagon rides, farm slides and u-pick blooms in Lake County
🗓️ When
Late September through November
📍 Where
Eustis
🌐 Site
amberbrookefarms.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Conner's A-Maize-ing Acres
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🌽 North Florida's family corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin patch and farm play near Jacksonville
🗓️ When
October through November
📍 Where
Hilliard
🌐 Site
connersamaizeingacres.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Pinto's Farm Fall Festival
🌽 Pumpkin patches & mazes
🎃 Miami's pumpkin patch — pony rides, hayrides, petting zoo, bounce houses and pumpkin painting
🗓️ When
October through November
📍 Where
Miami
🌐 Site
pintosfarm.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Boo Bash — Glazer Children's Museum
🎃 Halloween
🧸 Not-so-spooky Halloween party for little kids — costume parade, trick-or-treat stations and science spooks
🗓️ When
Late October
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
glazermuseum.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Spooky Science — Orlando Science Center
🎃 Halloween
🔬 Halloween science shows, slime labs, glow-in-the-dark experiments and costume days
🗓️ When
October weekends
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
osc.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Epcot International Festival of the Holidays — Fall Preview
🍂 Fall festivals
🍂 Holiday storytellers, Candlelight Processional and seasonal food kiosks around World Showcase as fall turns to holiday season
🗓️ When
Late November
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
disneyworld.disney.go.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Fall Fiesta in the Park — Orlando
🆓 Free
🎨 Free two-day arts and crafts fair around Lake Eola with a kids' zone, food and live music
🗓️ When
Early November
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
fiestainthepark.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Halloween on the Riverwalk — Tampa
🆓 Free
🎃 Free trick-or-treating, costume contest and family activities along the Tampa Riverwalk
🗓️ When
Late October
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
thetampariverwalk.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Halloween Spooktacular — St. Augustine
🆓 Free
🕯️ Family ghost tours by lantern, trick-or-treat on St. George Street and costume parades in the historic district
🗓️ When
October
📍 Where
St. Augustine
🌐 Site
visitstaugustine.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Orlando Family Stage
🎭 Theatre
🎭 FL’s only pro theatre for young audiences · musicals from kids’ books
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
orlandofamilystage.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Miami Children’s Theater
🎭 Theatre
🎭 Children’s theatre & classes
📍 Where
Miami
🌐 Site
miamichildrenstheater.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
🎭 Theatre
🎭 Family dinner-theatre titles
📍 Where
Fort Myers
🌐 Site
broadwaypalm.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center
🎭 Theatre
🎭 Youth theatre, music & dance training
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
strazcenter.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Dr. Phillips Center
🎭 Theatre
🎭 Touring family & Broadway shows
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
drphillipscenter.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
🎭 Theatre
🎭 Touring family shows
📍 Where
Fort Lauderdale
🌐 Site
browardcenter.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Adrienne Arsht Center
🎭 Theatre
🎭 Family programming & touring shows
📍 Where
Miami
🌐 Site
arshtcenter.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Kravis Center
🎭 Theatre
🎭 Family series & touring shows
📍 Where
West Palm Beach
🌐 Site
kravis.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Night of a Million Lights — Give Kids The World
🎄 Holiday
✨ Millions of lights across the Give Kids The World Village — every ticket funds wish trips for critically ill children
🗓️ When
Mid-November through early January
📍 Where
Kissimmee
🌐 Site
gktw.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Christmas in the Wild — ZooTampa
🎄 Holiday
🦒 Light displays, snow flurries, Santa, holiday shows and animal encounters after dark at ZooTampa at Lowry Park
🗓️ When
Late November through December
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
zootampa.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Zoo Miami Zoo Lights
🎄 Holiday
💡 Illuminated animal lanterns and light tunnels along the zoo's pathways, with holiday music and treats
🗓️ When
December evenings
📍 Where
Miami
🌐 Site
zoomiami.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Santa's Enchanted Forest
🎄 Holiday
🎡 South Florida's giant holiday theme park — rides, carnival games, light displays and shows at Amelia Earhart Park
🗓️ When
Early November through early January
📍 Where
Hialeah
🌐 Site
santasenchantedforest.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Christmas Town at Busch Gardens Tampa
🎄 Holiday
🎄 Millions of lights, holiday shows, Santa's house, hot cocoa and rides — included with park admission
🗓️ When
Mid-November through early January
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
buschgardens.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Nights of Lights — St. Augustine
🎄 Holiday
🕯️ The historic downtown glows with three million white lights — free to stroll, with trolley and boat light tours
🗓️ When
Mid-November through late January
📍 Where
St. Augustine
🌐 Site
visitstaugustine.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Enchant Christmas — St. Petersburg
🎄 Holiday
🌟 World's largest Christmas light maze at Tropicana Field with an ice-skating trail, village market and Santa
🗓️ When
Late November through late December
📍 Where
St. Petersburg
🌐 Site
enchantchristmas.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Deerfield Beach Holiday Light Show
🆓 Free
🌴 A free walk-through light and music show on the Deerfield Beach oceanfront
🗓️ When
Late November through New Year's
📍 Where
Deerfield Beach
🌐 Site
deerfield-beach.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Holiday Boat Parade — Palm Beach
🆓 Free
🚤 Decorated boats parade the Intracoastal from North Palm Beach to Jupiter, with toy drives and fireworks
🗓️ When
Early December
📍 Where
West Palm Beach
🌐 Site
marineindustriescoalition.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Winterfest Boat Parade — Fort Lauderdale (grandstands)
🆓 Free
🚤 Ticketed grandstand seating for the 'greatest show on H2O' — free along most of the Intracoastal route
🗓️ When
Mid-December
📍 Where
Fort Lauderdale
🌐 Site
winterfestparade.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Holiday Lights at Florida Botanical Gardens
🆓 Free
🌺 Over a million lights across the botanical gardens — donation-based, with weekend entertainment
🗓️ When
Late November through New Year's
📍 Where
Largo
🌐 Site
flbg.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Snow Days at Orlando Science Center
🎄 Holiday
❄️ Real snow play, science shows and winter-themed labs during the December break
🗓️ When
Late December school break
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
osc.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Nutcracker — Orlando Ballet
🎄 Holiday
🩰 Orlando Ballet's full-scale Nutcracker at Dr. Phillips Center
🗓️ When
December
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
orlandoballet.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Nutcracker — Miami City Ballet
🎄 Holiday
🩰 George Balanchine's The Nutcracker at Arsht Center, Broward Center and Kravis Center
🗓️ When
December
📍 Where
Miami
🌐 Site
miamicityballet.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Christmas Wonderland — Coral Springs Center for the Arts
🎄 Holiday
🎁 A family holiday show at the Center for the Arts with carols, dancers and Santa
🗓️ When
December
📍 Where
Coral Springs
🌐 Site
thecentercs.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Gaylord Palms ICE!
🎄 Holiday
❄️ Walk-through ice sculptures · mid-Nov–early-Jan (2026 lineup TBA)
📍 Where
Kissimmee
🌐 Site
christmasatgaylordpalms.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Central Florida Zoo – Asian Lantern Festival
🎄 Holiday
🏮 Illuminated lanterns · select nights, 6–10pm · online tickets only
📍 Where
Sanford (Orlando)
🌐 Site
centralfloridazoo.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Tampa – Holiday Lighted Boat Parade
🎄 Holiday
🚤 Sat Dec 19, 2026 · 6:15pm · free along the Riverwalk
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
thetampariverwalk.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Jacksonville – Light Boat Parade
🎄 Holiday
🚤 Thanksgiving weekend · boats + waterfall fireworks · Holiday River Fest
📍 Where
Jacksonville
🌐 Site
events.jacksonville.gov ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Dazzling Nights at Leu Gardens
🎄 Holiday
✨ Holiday light experience in the gardens
📍 Where
Orlando (Leu Gardens)
🌐 Site
leugardens.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Orlando Science Center – Dino Lights
🎄 Holiday
🦕 Holiday lights & dinos
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
osc.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Walt Disney World
🎢 Theme Park
🎢 Seasonal events, festivals & holidays · year-round
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
disneyworld.disney.go.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
LEGOLAND Florida
🎢 Theme Park
🧱 Brick-built rides + seasonal events · ages 2–12 sweet spot
📍 Where
Winter Haven (Orlando area)
🌐 Site
legoland.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
SeaWorld Orlando
🎢 Theme Park
🐬 Marine park · summer & seasonal events
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
seaworld.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Universal Orlando
🎢 Theme Park
🎬 Seasonal events · Holidays & family festivals
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
universalorlando.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
🎢 Theme Park
🎢 Theme park & seasonal events
📍 Where
Tampa
🌐 Site
buschgardens.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
VisitFlorida – What’s Up in Florida
🗓️ Calendar
🗓️ Statewide events & festivals calendar
📍 Where
Statewide
🌐 Site
visitflorida.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Florida Rambler – Festival Calendar
🗓️ Calendar
🎪 2026 festival calendar statewide
📍 Where
Statewide
🌐 Site
floridarambler.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Florida State Parks – Events
🗓️ Calendar
🌲 Junior Ranger Saturdays, turtle walks & more
📍 Where
Statewide
🌐 Site
floridastateparks.org ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
My Central Florida Family
🗓️ Calendar
🗓️ Orlando-area kids events
📍 Where
Orlando area
🌐 Site
mycentralfloridafamily.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Mommy Poppins Orlando
🗓️ Calendar
🗓️ Orlando things to do for families
📍 Where
Orlando
🌐 Site
mommypoppins.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
South Florida Family Life
🗓️ Calendar
🗓️ Broward · Miami-Dade · Palm Beach events
📍 Where
South Florida
🌐 Site
southfloridafamilylife.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
Fort Lauderdale Winterfest Boat Parade
🗓️ Calendar
🎄 December boat parade
📍 Where
Fort Lauderdale
🌐 Site
winterfestparade.com ↗
🌐 Visit website ↗ Details →
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Frequently asked questions

What family events are happening in Florida?

GOkidOZ lists 65 family-friendly Florida events and festivals for kids, concentrated in Orlando (10) with more in Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and West Palm Beach. Each listing shows dates, ages and a link to the event.

Are there free family events in Florida?

Many community festivals, city celebrations, farmers markets and library programs are free to attend, with costs only for food or optional activities. Check each listing — free events often still require registration for specific activities.

How do I find kids events near me this weekend in Florida?

Use the city filter above to narrow this list to your area, then check the dates on each card. Also worth checking your city’s parks and recreation calendar and your county library system, which run frequent free children’s programming that changes week to week.