The Tolay Fall Festival offers two weeks of family fun each October at beautiful Tolay Lake Regional Park east of Petaluma. This year, the festival will run October 10-13 and 16-20. In its eighth year, the Tolay Fall Festival has become a seasonal must-do that attracts people from around the region.

The festival features a creatures barn full of creepy critters, a straw maze, a petting zoo, lawn games, food stands, a Native American village, old-fashioned crafts for kids, and a pumpkin seed spitting contest. The highlight of the festival is a hay ride to a huge pumpkin patch, where families can find the perfect gourds for Halloween.