Rochester MN Guide to Fall: Festivals, Orchards, Halloween & More!

Rochester LocalSeptember 1, 2026September 14, 2026

by Rochester LocalSeptember 1, 2026September 14, 2026

Our Rochester MN Guide to Fall has events and fall-related activities in several categories. Bookmark this guide and come back often!...

August 30

August 30 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

63rd Annual Original Rochester Greek Fest | Holy Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church

August 30 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Open Gym – Se Minnesota Heat Girls Basketball | Dakota Middle School

August 30 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Dilly Dally Back To School Market | Copperfield Terrace

August 30 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

August 30 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

August 30 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

+ 17 More

August 31

August 31 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

LIVE MUSIC – Orchid Jane | Redwood Room

August 31 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Craft-Tea Coffee | St. James Coffee

August 31 @ 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm

Movie: The Last Blossom | Pop’s Art Theater

August 31 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Night Club 2 Step – classes | Blue Moon Ballroom

August 31 @ 9:00 pm - 11:15 pm

Movie: Colony | Pop’s Art Theater

September 1

September 1 @ 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Chapter Chats: Book Club Tuesdays | Four Daughters Vineyard

September 1 @ 11:30 am - 3:30 pm

Heritage House Victorian Museum Tour | Heritage House

September 1 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Village Global Farmer’s Market | Cascade Lake Park

September 1 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Tuesday Arcade Happy Hour | Hyperspace Starcade

September 1 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Gift Card Raffle | Kinney Creek Brewery

September 1 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

LIVE MUSIC – A Century of Songs: Barn Concert & Wine Tasting | History Center of Olmsted County

+ 5 More

September 2

September 2 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Heritage, Heroes & History! The Story of Amelia Witherstine | History Center of Olmsted County

September 2 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Lapsit Storytime | Rochester Public Library

September 2 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 2 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 2 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

September 2 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Amy Cannestra Exhibition: “Liminal Dwelling” | Rochester Art Center

+ 16 More

September 3

September 3 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 3 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Preschool Dance Party | Rochester Public Library

September 3 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 3 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 3 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

September 3 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Amy Cannestra Exhibition: “Liminal Dwelling” | Rochester Art Center

+ 9 More

September 4

September 4 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm

Plant Sale | Companion Acres

September 4 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Farm Friday | Red Barn Learning Farm

September 4 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 4 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

My Weird Back to School Scavenger Hunt | Rochester Public Library

September 4 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 4 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

+ 12 More

September 5

September 5 @ 7:30 am - 12:00 pm

Summer Saturdays | Rochester Farmers Market

September 5 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Rally for Recovery 5k Walk/Run | Silver Lake Pavilion

September 5 @ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Plant Sale | Companion Acres

September 5 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Driftless Open | Gamehaven Reservoir Park

September 5 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 5 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

+ 19 More

September 6

September 6 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Golden Harvest Half Marathon & 5K/10K | Soldier’s Field Memorial Park

September 6 @ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Plant Sale | Companion Acres

September 6 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

My Weird Back to School Scavenger Hunt | Rochester Public Library

September 6 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 6 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 6 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

+ 15 More

September 7

September 7 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm

Plant Sale | Companion Acres

September 7 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Inkwell Intuitive Writers Guild | St. James Coffee

September 7 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Labor Day at the Farm | Red Barn Learning Farm

September 7 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

SkiDox Water Ski Show | The Pondy – Mazeppa

September 7 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Craft-Tea Coffee | St. James Coffee

September 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Labor Day Trivia | Forager Brewery

+ 2 More

September 8

September 8 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm

Plant Sale | Companion Acres

September 8 @ 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Chapter Chats: Book Club Tuesdays | Four Daughters Vineyard

September 8 @ 11:30 am - 3:30 pm

Heritage House Victorian Museum Tour | Heritage House

September 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Second Tuesday Writing Group | VFW Post #1215

September 8 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Village Global Farmer’s Market | Cascade Lake Park

September 8 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Tuesday Arcade Happy Hour | Hyperspace Starcade

+ 7 More

September 9

September 9 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm

Plant Sale | Companion Acres

September 9 @ 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Mankato Outdoor RV & Boat Show | River Hills Mall

September 9 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Lapsit Storytime | Rochester Public Library

September 9 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 9 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 9 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

+ 21 More

September 10

September 10 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm

Plant Sale | Companion Acres

September 10 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 10 @ 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Mankato Outdoor RV & Boat Show | River Hills Mall

September 10 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 10 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Preschool Dance Party | Rochester Public Library

September 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Spark! | Rochester Art Center

+ 16 More

September 11

September 11 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 pm

LIVE MUSIC – Big Iron Classic Truck Show and Pull | Dodge County Fairgrounds

September 11 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 11 @ 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Mankato Outdoor RV & Boat Show | River Hills Mall

September 11 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 11 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Manos Curiosas · Curious Hands | Rochester Public Library

September 11 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

+ 12 More

September 12

September 12 @ 5:00 am - 9:30 pm

The Homecoming: Family Promise Rochester | The Promise House

September 12 @ 7:30 am - 12:00 pm

Summer Saturdays | Rochester Farmers Market

September 12 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 pm

LIVE MUSIC – Big Iron Classic Truck Show and Pull | Dodge County Fairgrounds

September 12 @ 8:00 am - 11:30 pm

LIVE MUSIC – Karate Camp 3 | Briggs Outdoors

September 12 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

ZVHC’s Fall Fest | Rochester Farmers Market

September 12 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Grief Conference 2026 | Ironwood Springs Ranch

+ 43 More

September 13

September 13 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Journeyfest | Cascade Lake Park

September 13 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Mankato Outdoor RV & Boat Show | River Hills Mall

September 13 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Soccer Watch: Man City vs. Man United | Little Thistle Brewing

September 13 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 13 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 13 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

+ 17 More

September 14

September 14 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Rescue Days | Leashes and Leads

September 14 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Baby Gym | Rochester Public Library

September 14 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Craft-Tea Coffee | St. James Coffee

September 14 @ 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm

Chess | LTS Brewing Company

September 14 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

LIVE MUSIC – Jodi Jones & Ross Thorn | The Shoe Beverage Bar

September 14 @ 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

Movie: Cruel Gun Story | Pop’s Art Theater

+ 2 More

September 15

September 15 @ 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Chapter Chats: Book Club Tuesdays | Four Daughters Vineyard

September 15 @ 11:30 am - 3:30 pm

Heritage House Victorian Museum Tour | Heritage House

September 15 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Climate-ready trees | Rochester Regional Extension Office

September 15 @ 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Movie: Barrio Triste | Pop’s Art Theater

September 15 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Village Global Farmer’s Market | Cascade Lake Park

September 15 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Tuesday Arcade Happy Hour | Hyperspace Starcade

+ 10 More

September 16

September 16 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Lapsit Storytime | Rochester Public Library

September 16 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 16 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 16 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

September 16 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Amy Cannestra Exhibition: “Liminal Dwelling” | Rochester Art Center

September 16 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Roger Wardin: Painting a Parallel World | Rochester Art Center

+ 20 More

September 17

September 17 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am

Music Teachers – SE MN FMC kickoff meeting | Rochester Seventh-Day Adventist Church

September 17 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 17 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 17 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Preschool Dance Party | Rochester Public Library

September 17 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 17 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

+ 18 More

September 18

September 18 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Film on the Field | RCTC – Rochester Regional Stadium

Free

September 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

OPENING NIGHT – Mean Girls | Rochester Civic Theatre

$37

September 18 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 18 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 18 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Storytime at History Center of Olmsted County

September 18 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

+ 19 More

September 19

September 19 @ 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Latino Fest 2026 | Historic Chateau Theatre + Peace Plaza

September 19 @ 7:30 am - 12:00 pm

Summer Saturdays | Rochester Farmers Market

September 19 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 pm

Covered Bridge Festival | Zumbrota

September 19 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am

5K Roll and Stroll | Cascade Lake Park

September 19 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Mindful Outdoor Experience | Quarry Hill Nature Center

September 19 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

CLDN 5K Race, Roll and Stroll! | Cascade Lake Park

+ 36 More

September 20

September 20 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Covered Bridge Festival | Zumbrota

September 20 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Feed the Deer and Elk | Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo

September 20 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

2026 Homes By Architects Tour | Rochester & Twin Cities

September 20 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 20 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 20 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

+ 17 More

September 21

September 21 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Inkwell Intuitive Writers Guild | St. James Coffee

September 21 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Baby Gym | Rochester Public Library

September 21 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Craft-Tea Coffee | St. James Coffee

September 21 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Little Griots Storytime | Friendship Place

September 21 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

LWV Rochester Candidate Forums for the General Election | Rochester Public Library

September 21 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Night Club 2 Step – classes | Blue Moon Ballroom

+ 1 More

September 22

September 22 @ 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Chapter Chats: Book Club Tuesdays | Four Daughters Vineyard

September 22 @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Kismet: Fall Sale! | Kismet Block

September 22 @ 11:30 am - 3:30 pm

Heritage House Victorian Museum Tour | Heritage House

September 22 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Village Global Farmer’s Market | Cascade Lake Park

September 22 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Tuesday Arcade Happy Hour | Hyperspace Starcade

September 22 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Heather Jerdee Artist Reception | Forager Brewery

+ 6 More

September 23

September 23 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Lapsit Storytime | Rochester Public Library

September 23 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 23 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 23 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

September 23 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Amy Cannestra Exhibition: “Liminal Dwelling” | Rochester Art Center

September 23 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Roger Wardin: Painting a Parallel World | Rochester Art Center

+ 18 More

September 24

September 24 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 24 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 24 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am

Preschool Dance Party | Rochester Public Library

September 24 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography | Rochester Art Center

September 24 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Spirit Trees | Rochester Art Center

September 24 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selections From Our Collections | Rochester Art Center

+ 16 More

September 25

September 25 @ 8:00 am - 11:30 pm

Oktoberfest USA | La Crosse

September 25 @ 8:00 am - 11:30 pm

Boats & Bluegrass Music Festival | Winona, MN

September 25 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Luminary Conference | Kahler Grand Hotel

September 25 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 25 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Historic Mayowood Home Tours All Fall Long!

September 25 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Manos Curiosas · Curious Hands | Rochester Public Library

+ 21 More

September 26

September 26 @ 7:30 am - 12:00 pm

Summer Saturdays | Rochester Farmers Market

September 26 @ 8:00 am - 11:30 pm

Oktoberfest USA | La Crosse

September 26 @ 8:00 am - 11:30 pm

Boats & Bluegrass Music Festival | Winona, MN

September 26 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

National Public Lands Day | Chester Woods Park

September 26 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Mindfulness in Nature (Adults 18+) | Quarry Hill Nature Center

September 26 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm