Be warned: hitting up every event in our biggest-ever guide to Pittsburgh’s autumn and Halloween events will leave you in grave condition. So pace yourself for 31 days of apple everything, pumpkin carving, fresh-pressed cider, steam engines, historical reenactments, and one-ton gourds so massive they’ll stop you dead.
Pittsburgh’s pumpkin patches are no longer just garden variety places to grab a Halloween gourd. Now they’re autumnal extravaganzas, with everything from hayrides and petting zoos to mini golf, zip lines, pumpkin-launching cannons, and on-site eateries. If Linus had to wait for the Great Pumpkin here, he could do a lot worse.