When Does the Season Start Near Chicago? 2026 Farm Dates
7 farms near Chicago publish their own 2026 season dates, across 1 of the things people drive out for. That is the answer to "when does the season start" for this place specifically, rather than the September and October every national guide prints for the whole country.
✓ 7 published dates · updated September 13, 2026 · how we verify
When does pumpkin season start near Chicago?
7 farms near Chicago publish their own pumpkin season dates for 2026. The earliest opens September 12 and the latest September 19, with the middle of them opening around September 16. 6 also publish a closing date, the latest of them November 1. Each farm's own date is the authority, and every one is linked below.
| Farm | Opens | Closes | What the farm published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller's Farmstand Oswego Oswego, IL |
September 12 | October 25 | "Weekend Fall Festivities run September 12 to October 25, plus Monday October 12." |
| Keller's Farmstand Naperville Naperville, IL |
September 12 | October 25 | "Weekend Fall Festivities run September 12 to October 25, plus Monday October 12." |
| Heap's Giant Pumpkin Patch Minooka, IL |
September 13 | October 31 | "Pumpkin Farm Open 7 days a week starting September 13th through October 31st." |
| Didier Farms Lincolnshire, IL |
September 16 | October 31 | "Happy Times Pumpkin Fest runs September 16 to October 31, 2026, open 10am-6pm Monday and Wednesday to Sunday, with Friday October 30 3pm-10pm and Saturday October 31 10am-10pm." |
| Kuipers Family Farm Maple Park, IL |
September 18 | November 1 | "Fall Harvest Fest September 18 - November 1." |
| Stanton Road Pumpkin Patch Walkerton, IN |
September 18 | October 30 | "The patch publishes its season as September 18 to October 30, open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 6pm and closed Monday to Thursday." |
| Abbey Farms of Marmion Abbey Aurora, IL |
September 19 | Not published | "Pumpkin Daze opens September 19, weekends from September 19 and then Wednesday to Sunday from September 30, 10am to 6pm." |
What we cannot answer here yet
Fewer than 5 farms near Chicago publish their own dates for apple picking, Christmas trees, so there is no honest answer to give for those. We would rather say that than print a national average and call it local.
How these dates were collected
These figures come from prices and dates published by the farms themselves on their own websites, collected and re-checked by Bloom and Pick. Every farm in the count links to the page the figure came from and the date we last checked it. Farms that do not publish a price are not counted, and are named separately so you can see who is missing. Farms that publish prices online tend to be larger and more visitor focused than farms that do not, so these medians likely sit above what a typical small farm charges. We report medians and ranges, never averages, and we state how many farms are in every number. Nothing here is estimated, modeled, or filled in.