Old Baker Farm Pumpkin PatchHarpersville
late September through October 31 · check the date
A 200 year old working farm with hundreds of acres of pick your own pumpkins, a hay bale maze and a tractor ride out to the patch.
Fall in Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile3 things
The ones people drive in from other counties for. Most of them run the whole season, so you don't have to pick a weekend yet.
Penton Farms Pumpkin PatchVerbena
late September into early November · check the date
A five acre corn maze, corn pit, wagon rides and super slides, and a pumpkin comes with your ticket.
4D FarmsCullman
fall weekends through October · check the date
Pig races, a corn maze, slides, swings, an obstacle course and a foam cannon.
The little stuff, by town1 things
The city Halloween parties and the trunk or treats and the free stuff. Cities post their 2026 dates late, so anything marked "check the date" gets fixed the second it's announced.
Fall in Hartselle
For the rest of your list
These don't need an address, tap them and they go on your list with everything else.
Christmas in Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile3 things
Bellingrath already has its 2026 dates, the rest show last year's windows until they post.
Glow Wild at the Birmingham ZooBirmingham
select nights late November into early January · check the date
A mile long trail of giant glowing animal lanterns, some as tall as 30 feet.
Galaxy of Lights at Huntsville Botanical GardenHuntsville
mid November through December 31, walking nights and driving nights · check the date
Two and a half miles of lights through the garden, and you can walk it some nights and drive it others.
Magic Christmas in Lights at BellingrathTheodore
5 to 9 nightly, November 20 to January 9 (closed Nov 25 and 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1)
A 65 acre garden estate near Mobile covered in lights, with choirs singing out in the gardens.
Town Christmas stuff
The town stuff, and I'll add the tree lightings as the cities post them in November.
Christmas in Mobile
Festive Nights in the Garden
mid December (last year Dec 11 to 20) · check the date
Holiday nights at the Mobile Botanical Gardens.
For the rest of your Christmas list
This is the at-home stuff, tap them and they go on your list with the lights and the train.
put it on the wall
Turn your Christmas picks into a real bucket list
Tap the lights and the trains and the town stuff you want and pick the Christmas design you like, and I'll hold onto your picks. The Christmas lists are coming soon, and the second they're up your picks drop straight into the slots.
Good any weekend0 things
The stuff that doesn't need a date, for the Saturday when nothing's going on.
Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile fall and Christmas questions
When is Magic Christmas in Lights at Bellingrath in 2026?
November 20, 2026 to January 9, 2027, 5 to 9 each night, closed November 25 and 26, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
When is the Galaxy of Lights in Huntsville?
Usually mid November through December 31, with walking nights and driving nights.
who's writing this
Hi, I'm Amy.
We roadschool six kids out of a van. I'm just a mom with a Ford Transit and a lot of opinions about corn mazes, so if something on here is wrong, or your town's party is missing, email me at hello@bellebucket.com and I'll fix it.
put it on the wall
Turn your picks into a real bucket list
Tap the ones you want and I'll drop them onto whichever fall design you pick, then you add your own stuff (birthdays, carving pumpkins, whatever your family does). It prints big, like 24x36 big, and it hangs on the wall all season.