Beautiful Autumn

So many things to do and places to see…

It all starts by booking your stay in the Gateway to Amish Country, the St. Paul Hotel in Downtown Wooster! Enjoy the falling leaves, perfect weather and the many fall festivals in the area.

Snuggle in and enjoy our Complimentary Deluxe Continental Breakfast delivered to your door each morning. It’s the perfect way to celebrate Sweetest Day on Saturday, October 17th. You can visit Wooster Floral right next door for flowers and chocolates.

Pick the festival that’s right for your trip this fall season.🍁🍂

Festival logo: orange banner with black Gothic lettering and a black cowboy hat with a rope above it.
Crowd watches a street chicken race at a festival; four chickens race along a fenced track while spectators line the street and vendor stalls are in the background.

Friday, October 2, 2026 Noon – 11 PM
Saturday, October 3, 2026 11 AM – 11 PM

Poster for Fall for Downtown Wooster featuring autumn leaves, a historic building, and circular icons labeled Shop, Taste, Play, Community; invites five adventures.

2026 Fall Shop Hop: Saturday, October 17th

Fall Shop Hop

Main Street Wooster, Inc. presents:

Fall Shop Hop 2026

Saturday, October 17h

What an exciting day we have planned for you – this year, we will be having our fourth annual Scarecrow Showdown decorating contest. YOU be the JUDGE – vote and you will be entered in a drawing for $50 in a Visa Gift Card! How do you vote? Simply scan the QR code next to each of the scarecrows! The participating stores will decorate their scarecrow in patriotic fashion for America 250!

Aerial view of a corn maze at Ramseyer Farms 2016, with '100 years' carved in the corn and decorative cartoon outlines throughout the field
Poster for Vintage Market Days, October 9–11, at Wayne County Fair Event Center, featuring three photos (group of women shopping, person eating pizza, and a food truck) with vendor info and the schedule: Friday & Saturday 10–4, Sunday 10–3.
Poster for Season's Splendor Arts & Crafts Show by Wayne County Guild, Oct 30 4–8 PM and Oct 31 9 AM–4 PM, Greystone Event Center, Wooster.
Poster for St. James Episcopal Church Handmade Harvest Craft Fair with pumpkins and flowers; Oct 3, 2026, 9 AM–3 PM, 122 E North St, Wooster
Branch with ripe orange persimmons among green and purple-tinged leaves.

Seacrest Arboretum

ArborEatum
Oct 15, 2026, 5:00pm – 7:00pm

A Smorgasbord of landscape delights; edible landscaping at its most personal. A fun evening of sampling creative landscape (food) design. Past standouts include pawpaw crème brulee and trifle, ramp soup, the multiple creations of Lois Rose from medlar jam to crème de cassis, from bitter orange marmalade to kousa dogwood jam, aronia thumbprint cookies, autumn olive pate de fruits, Dolgo crabapple butter, and fringetree olives.

Show up and enjoy. No fee. Bring items or just be a consumer horticulturist.