Autumn 2026 · Vienna & surroundings
Carving pumpkins, a bowl of pumpkin soup, a walk through the pumpkin field with the kids: see the pumpkin festivals in Vienna and the pumpkin farms worth a trip out of town.
The pumpkin festival at Siebenbrunnenplatz offers crafts, face painting and pumpkin carving for children. A torchlight procession leaves for Reumannhof at 5 pm, and the free neighbourhood event closes with pumpkin soup back on the square.
The Am Himmel Pumpkin Festival combines a farmers’ market with more than 200 pumpkin varieties and seasonal food. Families can carve pumpkins and make kites; the three-day festival on the meadow takes place in all weather.
Pumpkin varieties, photo settings, play stations and seasonal food make this a family outing. Open daily until 1 November: 9 am–6 pm through 26 October, then 9 am–5 pm. Ages 15+ pay €6 on weekdays and €10–13 on weekends and public holidays. Ages 4–14 pay €4 or €6 respectively; ages 0–3 enter free. The pumpkin field opens on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and 26 October. Sip & Paint on 30 October, 5–7 pm, requires a separate €49 ticket.
Around 400 edible, ornamental and Halloween pumpkin varieties are on display at Franzlbauer in Hintersdorf. The exhibition runs daily from 5 September to 31 October, 9 am–7 pm. Pumpkin dishes are served from noon on weekends, and children can play in the hay barn. Entry is free; the farm accepts cash only.
Imaginative pumpkin sculptures and around 400 pumpkin varieties fill the Baroque Garden. Explore installations including a frog prince, compass and giant chessboard. The exhibition runs until 2 November, daily from 10 am to 6 pm. It is included in estate admission: adults €24, children aged 6–18 €13.50.
Three days of pumpkin food, wine, music and activities for children throughout the village. Opens at 10 am daily, with the main pumpkin parade on Sunday at 3 pm. Day tickets are €10, or €9 in advance; children up to 14 enter free. Free shuttle buses connect the festival with Zellerndorf railway station.
Pumpkin dishes, wine, folk music, crafts and activities for children fill Maulavern cellar lane. The festival opens on Saturday at 11 am, with a torch dance and bonfire from 6:30 pm. Admission is €8; children up to 14 enter free. A free tractor shuttle runs from the station between 10 am and 8 pm. The gate accepts cash only.
Open on 26 October: Pumpkin Festival Am Himmel 2026, Wunderlich Pumpkin Farm, Pumpkin Exhibition at Franzlbauer, Pumpkin Sculptures at Schloss Hof and Pumpkin Festival in Retzer Land – Obermarkersdorf.
Free admission: Pumpkin Festival at Siebenbrunnenplatz, Pumpkin Festival Am Himmel 2026 and Pumpkin Exhibition at Franzlbauer.
Admission for the festivals and farms here starts at: Wunderlich Pumpkin Farm from €6, Pumpkin Festival in Retzer Land – Zellerndorf from €8, Pumpkin Festival in Retzer Land – Obermarkersdorf from €10, Pumpkin Sculptures at Schloss Hof from €24.
Worth the trip: Wunderlich Pumpkin Farm (Zissersdorf), Pumpkin Exhibition at Franzlbauer (Hintersdorf), Pumpkin Sculptures at Schloss Hof (Schloßhof), Pumpkin Festival in Retzer Land – Obermarkersdorf and Pumpkin Festival in Retzer Land – Zellerndorf.
