"The Old town Clovis Harvest Festival is now FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23." That line on the Visit Fresno County event listing moved the festival a day earlier than the date printed on the Old Town merchants' own calendar back in January. It now falls on the same Friday as Trunk or Treat.
Small date changes like that one matter this fall because, as of October 12, Old Town Clovis is the only nearby calendar that has actually filled in its season. From mid-October through December 20, the Business Organization of Old Town has something scheduled on almost every weekend. Meanwhile, the venues closest to Copper River Ranch's own corner of northeast Fresno are still posting placeholders.
The Closer Calendars Are Still Blank
If you start a holiday plan from home, River Park and the San Joaquin River are the obvious first places to look. Neither has posted a 2026 schedule yet.
River Park's official holiday season page still carries its 2025 flyer, with no 2026 dates on it. On the river, the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust's Bald Eagle Canoe Tour lists its dates as TBD, and its booking link reads "No Dates Available." The page does give the usual format: a 9 a.m. to noon paddle from Sycamore Island at $35 per person. For now, no confirmed late-2026 fall program has turned up for Millerton Lake State Recreation Area or the Lewis S. Eaton Trail either.
Both could still post dates. Until they do, the dates you can actually plan around are about a 15-minute drive east, along Pollasky Avenue and the streets around it.
Pumpkin Season Closes Before Old Town's Calendar Gets Busy
The pumpkin patches are the one part of fall that doesn't run through Old Town, and they're also the first part to end. Each has its own closing date and its own weekly schedule. Today is a Monday, which happens to be the one day the free patch is closed.
| Patch | Where | Open | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Winkles Annual Pumpkin Patch | Miss Winkles Pet Adoption Center, 85 N Temperance Ave, Clovis | Oct 3–31, Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. | Free |
| Sweet Thistle Farms & Rocky Oaks Goat Creamery | Mendocino Ave, Clovis | October weekends, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. | $25 per vehicle in advance, $30 at the gate |
| Wild Patch Pumpkins | 225 W Bullard, Clovis | Oct 1–31 | Not listed |
| Planet Pumpkin | 720 E Nees Ave, Fresno | Oct 1–Nov 2, 10 a.m.–11 p.m. daily | Not listed |
Sweet Thistle is the tightest window. Because it runs on weekends only, it has just the October 17–18 and 24–25 weekends left, plus Saturday, October 31. ABC30 describes hay and tractor rides, food trucks, vendors and animal visits there. Planet Pumpkin stays open the latest of the four, through November 2. Its rides start after 4 p.m. on weekdays and at noon on weekends.
Wild Patch closes October 31 and Planet Pumpkin on November 2. After that, Old Town Clovis has the season mostly to itself.
October 17 Opens the Old Town Season for Adults
Walktober Fest comes first, on Saturday, October 17. The format is a stroll through participating Old Town merchants, and according to the event's brewery and winery application, attendees get "a one ounce tasting at each stop" from 5 to 8:30 p.m. BOOT's Walktober ticket page lists general admission at $50 in advance and $60 at the door. The event is 21 and over, and valid ID is required.
That Saturday is also the start of the stretch where Old Town has something going on most weekends through December 20, and the busiest part comes six days later.
Halloween Weekend Is Three Old Town Days in a Row
From Friday, October 23 through Sunday, October 25, something is happening in Old Town every day. Each day draws a different crowd, and all three are within a few blocks of each other.
- Friday, October 23: Harvest Festival and Trunk or Treat. The City of Clovis calendar lists Trunk or Treat at 5:30 p.m. Visit Fresno County's October roundup puts the Harvest Festival from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. around 400 Pollasky Ave, filling Pollasky between Fourth and Fifth and between Fifth and Seventh. It promises a mini pumpkin patch, a farmers market, food trucks and vendors, and it welcomes costumes. The published sources don't say whether the two events have merged or are simply sharing the evening.
- Saturday, October 24: Halloween Spooktacular. The Clovis Veterans Memorial District hosts this one at 808 4th Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It's free and open to the public.
- Sunday, October 25: Old Town Harvest Car Show. The show runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with awards at 1 p.m., and participants check in at Pollasky and 7th Street. According to BOOT's car show application, it costs $25 in advance or $35 on the day to enter a car. The application doesn't list a spectator fee.
The festival's move to Friday is what turned that weekend into three back-to-back days. If you had planned around the original Saturday date, Saturday now has the free daytime event at the Veterans Memorial building. The evening crowd on Pollasky moves to Friday.
November Builds Toward Thanksgiving Morning
After the pumpkins, BOOT's events calendar slows down for November and picks up again near the end of the month.
- November 1: 2 Cities Marathon
- November 7 and 8: Old Town Flea, held at the Rodeo Grounds
- November 14: Clovis Tailgate BBQ Throwdown
- Thursday, November 19: One Enchanted Evening, 5 to 8 p.m., presented by the Business Organization of Old Town, with complimentary horse-drawn carriage rides
- Thursday, November 26: Turkey Day Run, starting from Centennial Plaza on Pollasky Avenue, with the 5K run/walk at 8 a.m. and an untimed 2K walk at 8:05 a.m., per the RunSignup registration page
- Saturday, November 28: Small Business Saturday
One Enchanted Evening is a Thursday-night preview of December, with the same carriage rides that later run every weekend. The Turkey Day Run starts early enough to be done before anyone has to baste anything. BOOT hasn't published hours or activities for Small Business Saturday yet.
December Runs on the Carriage Schedule
In December, the horse carriage rides set the schedule and the other events fall inside it. According to BOOT's calendar, the rides run November 28 and 29, then every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from December 4 through December 20. Neither hours nor prices have been posted for those weekends.
| Date | Day | What's on |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 4–6 | Fri–Sun | Carriage rides; Children's Electric Christmas Parade on Saturday the 5th at 6:30 p.m. |
| Dec 11–13 | Fri–Sun | Carriage rides; Shop Late in Old Town Clovis on Friday the 11th |
| Dec 18–20 | Fri–Sun | Carriage rides; Shop Late on Friday the 18th; final carriage weekend |
The Kiwanis Club of Old Town Clovis organizes the Children's Electric Christmas Parade, and the Clovis Veterans Memorial District and the City of Clovis co-host it. Step-off is 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 5. Both Shop Late nights fall on Fridays that are also carriage-ride nights. That makes December 11 and 18 the two evenings when Old Town has shopping and rides running at once. BOOT hasn't posted Shop Late hours yet.
Saturday Mornings Stay the Same All Season
The evening events change from week to week, but the Saturday-morning schedule in Old Town doesn't. The Old Town Clovis Saturday Morning Farmers Market runs every Saturday of the year from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Pollasky between 5th and Bullard, selling seasonal produce and local products. It overlaps with the Spooktacular on October 24, Small Business Saturday on November 28, and the morning of the December 5 parade. Any of those days can start at the market and end with the afternoon or evening event a few blocks away.
There's also a new breakfast stop on the way. EggBred opened at 1127 N. Willow Ave., Suite 105, in Clovis with a grand opening on Saturday, September 5. GV Wire reported lines out the door that day, after an equally busy soft opening on Friday. Its menu includes breakfast burritos, sandwiches, burgers and cheesecake waffles.
If River Park or the Parkway Trust posts 2026 dates, those events will be closer to home. As of October 12, the Saturday market, the Friday festival, the Thanksgiving 5K and the December carriage weekends are the season's dates that are already confirmed.
Holiday weekends are also when homes in Copper River Ranch look their best on camera, with the low winter light and the porches decorated. If you're wondering what your home could be worth heading into 2026's final months, Zoe Alexander can walk you through it on your schedule, between the market and the parade. Request a Free Home Valuation.
