Fall Festival
Sunday, October 25, 2026
3:00 - 5:00pm EST
Free for kids in costume and their caregivers. No reservations necessary.
Join us at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site for some fall-themed family fun! Trick-or-treat inside the historic site, explore and learn with the help of a special scavenger hunt, and enjoy story time, hands-on activities, art making, music, and more at an activity fair made possible with the help of our community partners.
Activity fair partners include The Free Library of Philadelphia, Cosmic Writers, Park to Broad, and the Philly Art Center. Special musical performance by Philly Elmo and the Positive Movement Drumline.
About the Panelists:
We strive to make the penitentiary and our site, programs, and exhibits accessible to all visitors. Click here to learn more about accessibility and accommodations at ESPHS.
This program is part of A Time for Liberty: Our Shared History, Our Shared Future, a yearlong slate of free, inclusive programs exploring the evolving meanings of liberty and justice in America. A Time for Liberty is made possible with support from civic and cultural partners including the City of Philadelphia, America250PA, Campus250, the Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial, the Philadelphia City Fund’s 2026 Milestone Grant Fund, supported by PECO, the National Trust Preservation Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program series, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
