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Rocket City Fall Festival & Market

University Pickers 3024 University Drive, Huntsville

Celebrate the season at the Rocket City Fall Festival & Market, one of Huntsville’s favorite family-friendly fall events! Hosted by University Pickers, this all-day outdoor festival brings together the best of autumn with shopping, games, food, and fun for all ages!
Festival Highlights Include:
🎃Inflatables and outdoor fun for kids
🍁Pumpkin painting and face painting
🪵Classic fall games and family activities
🎃 30+ outdoor local makers, artisans, and vintage finds
🍁Over 150 vendors inside University Pickers
🪵Food trucks serving delicious meals, snacks, and sweet treats
Whether you're hunting for handmade gifts, fall décor, or just looking to enjoy a day of fun with your family, the Rocket City Fall Festival & Market is the place to be! It’s the perfect opportunity to support local businesses while making lasting memories! Everyone is welcome—bring your kids, your friends, your neighbors, and your love of fall.🎃
Plan to spend the day at the Rocket City Fall Festival & Market—a can't-miss event in Huntsville this fall!🍁

Cost: FREE
When: October 4| 9AM-4PM

Free

International Festival of North Alabama

Jaycee Building 2180 Airport Road, Huntsville

Around the world in…a day?!
Chart YOUR course with The Valley’s family-friendly, multicultural extravaganza – the ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NORTH ALABAMA (iFest 2025)!
Brought to you by the International Society of Huntsville (ISH), iFest is:
• a PARADE OF NATIONS—all countries welcome!
• GLOBAL PERFORMANCES—from folk dance and traditional instrumentals to song, fashion, and martial arts
• the CULINARY CARAVAN—taste-tempting food trucks and stands!
• a bustling OPEN-AIR MARKET
• an INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE—cultural artifacts, native apparel, photos, handicrafts, history, and happiness
• and TAKE FLIGHT!—free activities for kids of ALL ages
Every stop, a photo op; every visit, a vista!
Over the years, iFest has embraced nations as diverse as Poland, Nigeria, Taiwan, Panama, India, China, Scotland, Mexico, Romania, Ghana, the Philippines, Italy, Vietnam, and dozens more…and each year is bigger and better than the last!
iFest 2025 takes place on Saturday, 4 October on the grounds of, and inside, Huntsville’s Jaycee Community Building. Bring the kids—and the parents!—and meet your friends and neighbors in celebration of the glittering, ever-changing MOSAIC that is NORTH ALABAMA! They welcome YOU!

Cost: FREE, to join
When: October 4| 11AM-4PM

Free

Huntsville Area Rocketry Association Open House!

Giga Parts 6123 University Drive, Huntsville

✈️Ever wanted to launch a rocket that soars 10,000 feet into the sky? The Huntsville Area Rocketry Association (HARA) invites the public to an exciting open house at GigaParts! Come learn about the organization and discover how you can join in launching rockets of all sizes and shapes. All ages welcome!
What You'll Experience:
EXPERT-LED EXHIBITS & DEMONSTRATIONS
Low Power Rockets - Perfect starting point for beginners and young rocketeers
High Power Rockets - Experience the power of advanced rocketry systems
Competition Rockets - Learn about the American Rocketry Challenge and other competitions we support
Unique Rocket Displays - See various types of rockets, including some strange and unusual designs
Electronics Systems - Discover altimeters, dual deploy timers, and advanced rocket electronics
Propulsion Systems - Information on hybrid and solid propellent motors used in modern rocketry

Cost: FREE
When: October 4| 11AM-4PM

Free

Huntsville International Observe the Moon Night

US Space and Rocket Center One Tranquility Base, Huntsville

🔭🌕 The Huntsville International Observe the Moon Night will be taking place on Friday, Oct. 3, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. NASA’s Planetary Missions Program office has hosted this free event celebrating our Moon and the science behind it for over a decade, and looks forward to welcoming everyone back to the Davidson Center. ☄️🎶 This free event features hands-on STEM activities, telescope viewing from the Von Braun Astronomical Society, a live DJ, face painting, talks from NASA experts, a photo booth, a science stage show, and much more!

Cost: FREE
When: October 4| 5:30PM-8PM

Free