Sept. 18, 2025

Fall Fun 2025

Show Notes

We’re talking about Fall Fun today. There are a variety of fun Fall activities in and around Perrysburg in September and October. This is a follow up to episode 66 of The Perrysburg Podcast, which came out in October 2024. Episode 113 was published on Sept 19, 2025. If you want to skip the audio and check out my lists of Fall activities, read the FULL show notes on https://www.perrysburgpodcast.com/113.

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Note: Fall activities pop up from year-to-year, so keep an eye out for them. After I printed my 2025 Fall of Fun list, I added two more things to it with a pen! Every Fall is a little different.

Sources of information about Fall activities

Local news channels on TV, radio stations, and our local newspapers: The Perrysburg Messenger Journal, The Toledo Blade, and The Sentinel Tribune.
Way Public Library - website and printed newsletter
Wood County Parks - website and The Oak Leaf program guide.
Toledo Metroparks - website and Facebook Page
Schools - Your child’s school may host activities, like room parties or trunk or treat nights
577 Foundation - Check out Fall classes on the website, and sign up for their newsletter.
Perrysburg Living Magazine - events section. To get on their mailing list, email Michael Richardson mrichardson@bestversionmedia.com. (There is no website.)
The Buzz Book - printed version or the online version
Social media channels for Way Library, the parks, the 577, the Buzz Book, Visit Perrysburg, Downtown Perrysburg, Inc., and the Perrysburg, OH Facebook Group.
Ask Neighbors, friends, local businesses, and people in our community.

5 things my kids have outgrown, but your kids or grandkids might like

Halloween parties at School.
Little Boo at the Toledo Zoo and The Pumpkin Path, too.
Trunk or Treat at schools, churches, businesses, etc
Jumping in piles of leaves
MacQueen Orchard’s Annual Apple Butter Festival

My 2025 Fall of Fun List

Watch Perrysburg High School Friday Night Football Games 🏈
Watch Cleveland Browns football games 🏈
Gwen’s Gourds and Pete’s Pumpkins 🎃
Leaders Family Farm in Napoleon, OH (corn maze, hay ride, yard games) 🌽

Erie Orchards (Erie, MI) (hay ride, pick apples, buy cider and donuts) 🍎
Trabbic Family Farm (Erie, MI) (hay ride, pick a pumpkin, drink cider, eat a donut) 🎃
Cedar Point Halloweekends (Sandusky, OH) 🎢
Grand Rapids Apple Butter Festival 🍁
Fry Pie Night at Lutheran Church of the Master 28744 Simmons Rd. Perrysburg, OH 🔥
Perrysburg Homecoming Parade on Sept 20, 10 AM - No Festival this year. 🚒
Fleitz Pumpkin Farm (Oregon, OH) 🍩 GREAT donuts! Buy pumpkins, mums, and more.
MacQueen’s Orchards - buy apples, cider, and baked goods 🍎
University of Toledo Homecoming Parade and Game
Make a pumpkin pie and or pumpkin bread 🥧
Eat pumpkin pancakes 🥞 at IHOP on Route 20 in Perrysburg
Decorate: hang up lights outside and carve a pumpkin 🎃
Watch Halloween-themed shows: Ghostbusters, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Thriller music video by Michael Jackson 🎬
Read Fall-themed children’s books, like The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll. 📚
This year, we plan to go to the Manor House at Wildwood Metropark for their Eerie Manor Tours. To learn more, go to https://metroparkstoledo.com/eeriemanor. I didn’t go in 2024, but I plan to go this year between October 17th and 25th. The Manor House rooms and the basement will be decorated for Halloween. 👻
Listen to a Halloween-themed music playlist 🎶
Drink a pumpkin-spice-flavored latte ☕️
Eat pumpkin-flavored ice cream 🍦
Pass out candy on Halloween 🎃

17 miscellaneous Fall activities you might enjoy

Campfires
The Perrysburg Farmers Market every Thursday until early October
Watch the leaves change color at the local parks and in your neighborhood
Wood County Parks events, like the Heritage Farm Fest at the Carter Historic Farm on Carter Rd in Bowling Green. Learn more at wcparks.org.
Toledo MetroParks events. Providence Metropark has a guided lantern tour. Visit metroparkstoledo.com to learn more.
The Pumpkin Patch at Witzler-Shank-Walker Funeral Home in Perrysburg.
Perrysburg Chorale’s Haunted Harmonies concert at Way Library near Halloween last year.
Car Shows at the O-Deer through October.
Perrysburg Slow-Rollers bike group every Monday at 7 PM until some time in October.
Rossford Halloween Parade in October
Garrison Ghost Walk at the Ft. Meigs Battlefield on River Rd
The Annual Fall into Rotary Park. Look for that in October.
Craft Shows - I know Lutheran Church of the Master on Simmons Road is planning one on October 18. Keep an eye out for others.
Halloween parties at friends houses or check out Downtown Perrysburg, Inc.’s Black Veil Ball at the Louisiana Boat Dock on October 25th, 2025.
Cozy Corner Fall Market at CJ’s on Third (Thursday nights)
The Ft. Meigs YMCA has a Fall Fest for both YMCA members and the Perrysburg Community on Tuesday, October 21, from 5-7 PM. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. They’ll have inflatables, donuts from MacQueen’s, and pumpkin decorating.
Spoke Life Cycles is hosting their 8th Annual BikeTOBERfest on October 5th, at The Toledo Metroparks Beach Ridge Area in Swanton, starting at 10 AM. It’s a fundraiser for their Youth Development Program, which is called The Right Direction.