Farmtoberfest at Porter's PatchBonduel
Fridays to Sundays 11 to 4, September 18 to October 31
68 kinds of pumpkins, a corn maze, and you can make your own scarecrow.
Fall in Green Bay, the Fox Cities and Door County3 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.
BerryLand pumpkins and hayridesAbrams
daily 9 to 5:30, September 19 to October 30
Pumpkins and mums and kid friendly haunted hayrides.
Sister Bay Fall FestSister Bay
October 16 to 18, parade Saturday at 11
Three days in Door County with kids games, a fish boil, a pancake breakfast and a parade.
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 Hortonville
Cuff Farms pumpkins
September 25 to October 25
A wagon ride out to the field to pick a big pumpkin, a mini, a gourd and a corn, and a free play area.
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 Green Bay, the Fox Cities and Door County2 things
A couple of these already have 2026 dates, and the rest show last year's windows. The Garden of Lights sells timed tickets, so grab those early.
Garden of Lights at Green Bay Botanical GardenGreen Bay
select nights 4:30 to 9, the day after Thanksgiving through December 30 · check the date
A walking path through 40 lit up nature displays, and you can ride a horse drawn wagon through it.
Winter Jubilee Light Show at Lambeau FieldGreen Bay
Friday and Saturday nights in December, every 30 minutes from 6 to 9 · check the date
A light and music show projected right on the side of Lambeau Field.
Town Christmas stuff
The town stuff, and I'll add the tree lightings as the cities post them in November.
Christmas in De Pere
Voyageur Park Holiday Lights
select December nights, 5 to 9 · check the date
A free drive through with decorated trees and holiday displays.
Christmas in Sturgeon Bay
Sturgeon Bay Tree Lighting
November 20 at 7
Hot chocolate and caroling and then the tree lights up.
Christmas by the Bay Parade
December 5 at 11
A Christmas parade from Sawyer Park over the Michigan Street Bridge.
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.
Green Bay, the Fox Cities and Door County fall and Christmas questions
When is Sister Bay Fall Fest in 2026?
October 16 to 18, 2026 in Sister Bay, with the parade Saturday at 11.
When is the Green Bay Garden of Lights?
Select nights from the day after Thanksgiving through December 30, 4:30 to 9.
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.