Falling for Local: Raleigh’s Favorite Fall Festival Returns

Celebrate the season in true Raleigh style at Falling for Local, a massive fall market and festival taking over Dix Park on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. This family-friendly event is free to attend and packed with autumn fun: live music, hay rides, inflatables, kids activities, lawn games, and a pumpkin patch (yes, free pumpkins!).

You’ll also have the chance to shop and dine locally with 180+ independent businesses, 50+ food trucks and food tents, and 20+ NC craft breweries and cideries. From sipping cider to picking the perfect pumpkin, it’s the ultimate way to kick off October while showing some local love.

📍 The Big Field at Dix Park — 2105 Umstead Drive, Raleigh
💸 Free
🗓 Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 · 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Tara Pupilli

Director of Content at Raleighwood Media Group + Raleighwood Event Group

Tara Pupilli, a 2011 graduate of East Carolina University, is a veteran broadcast media alum who started her professional career in radio, grew into digital and television marketing roles, and is now enjoying life in an agency setting. She loves spending time with her husband, two kids, two dogs, and heads to the coast any chance she can get.