Ready for sweater weather, Portland? From pumpkin patches and corn mazes to apple picking and German beer celebrations, fall is when Rose City thrives.

Get ready to come alive — or play dead at a fall-tastic haunted house — with this guide featuring fall events happening now through November.

The crossover we never knew we needed. | Photo via PDXtoday

Festivals

The Portland Polish Festival | Saturday, Sept. 14-Sunday, Sept. 15 | Times vary | 3900 N. Interstate Ave. | Free | Enter the polka contest, enjoy traditional polonez, mazurek, and krakowiak dances, and of course, dig into pierogi and other dishes of the country.

Autumn at Fogelbo Tours | Friday, Oct. 18-Saturday, Oct. 19 | Times vary | Nordic Northwest | $5-$35 | Step into this Henry Steiner-built cabin, recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, that is also home to one of the country's largest private collections of Nordic antiques and folk arts.

Howloween | Saturday, Oct. 19-Sunday, Oct. 20, Saturday, Oct. 26-Sunday, Oct. 27 | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.| Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Rd. | $19-$24 | Bring the kids trick-or-treating around the animal enclosures, where keepers will give special talks and magicians will perform.

Are you a kölsch kind of person or a dunkel? All are welcome at Edgefield's Oktoberfest. | Photo courtesy of McMenamins

Oktoberfest

Mt. Angel Oktoberfest | Thursday, Sept. 12-Sunday, Sept. 15 | Times vary | Locations vary, Mt. Angel | $10-$15 | What started as a way for the town's Swiss and German immigrants to preserve their cultural ties has become an extravaganza that attracts 300,000 visitors a year.

To find the center of the maze, find the end of the rainbow. | Photo by @bellaorganicfarm

Orchards, pumpkin patches, and corn mazes

Halloween happenings

Spirit of Halloweentown | Saturday, Sept. 28-Thursday, Oct. 31 | Times vary | 471 Plymouth St., St. Helens | Free+ | Visit the place where “Halloweentown” and “Twilight” were filmed, where the magic of the season comes to life each year with decorations, haunted history, and special ticketed attractions.

Rest in pieces. | Photo by @caminantecaminoalandar

Haunted houses

Thanksgiving events

Wine Country Thanksgiving | Friday, Nov. 22-Sunday, Nov. 24 + Friday, Nov. 29-Sunday, Dec. 1 | Times vary | Locations vary | Prices vary | Wineries across the Willamette Valley invite guests to try special tastings, food pairings, live music, holiday discounts, and more.