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Check Out These Fall Activities

Drink Up at the Augusta Bottoms Beer Festival

Beer lovers head to Augusta at the beginning of October for the city’s annual beer festival. More than 40 breweries from across the state serve up their favorite brews, including St. Louis favorites 4 Hands, Civil Life, Square One, and Cathedral Square. Guests are treated to live music and a souvenir glass to take home after the event. Only 500 tickets will be sold.

Date: October 3

Location: 5521 Water St, Augusta, MO 63332

Brave a Haunted House

Real thrill-seekers may be interested in celebrating the Halloween season with an obligatory venture through a haunted house. There are many to choose from in St. Louis, but among the most popular are The Darkness—a two-story building in Soulard whose rooms are packed with ghouls and gore—and Creepyworld in Fenton, by the same organizers. The Darkness has an escape room, zombie laser tag, and a new horror arcade in 2020. Creepyworld is a combination of 13 different attractions in one. Both are slated to open on October 2.

Date: October 2

Location: 1525 S 8th St, St. Louis, MO 63104

Go Back in Time at the Renaissance Festival

Step into a 16th-century French village—complete with period costumes, crafts, food, music, and more—at the St. Louis Renaissance Festival. Highlights include the “Eggs and Kegs” adult egg hunt and jousting three times daily. During the Oktoberfest celebration, guests are treated to belching contests, beer pong, cornhole, root beer-chugging contests, and more creative frivolity. The Renaissance Festival will take place every weekend from Sept. 19 to Oct. 18, with new health and safety guidelines in place.

Date: Every Weekend September 19th – October 18th

Location: 207 S Linn Ave #1722, Wentzville, MO 63385

Take a Drive to See Fall Colors

October is prime leaf-peeping time in the Midwest, and some of the region’s most dramatic autumnal scenery can be seen along the winding Great River Road, about 30 minutes north of the city. You can cruise it to Alton and Grafton for an afternoon of antique hunting, or pause along it for picnics and cycling trips. To extend the trip, you can head further west on Highway 94, starting in West Alton, for a view of changing leaves and colorful bluffs overlooking the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.

Date: All Month

Location: Highway 94

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