Not just any fall weekend in Bluffton
It’s going to be a great fall weekend in Bluffton. A wide assortment of events are on the community calendar. Here’s an overview:
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Suter's corn maze and cider press
There's a corn maze, cider press, hayride, pick your own pumpkin, cider slushies, kettle corn donuts. This year’s corn maze is out of this world as it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. All of this is at 4678 Road R, Pandora, and operations continue through Sunday, Nov. 3.
HOURS:
Corn maze
Saturdays 1 to 8 p.m.
Sundays 1 to 8 p.m.
• Last maze admission, 7 p.m.
Hayride and corn train
Saturdays and Sundays 1 to 6 p.m.
• Last hayride at 6 p.m.
Cider press store
Cider, apples, pumpkins
Mondays to Fridays, 1 to 6 p.m.
Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sundays, 1 to 8 p.m.
SATURDAY
Farmers’ market
The final Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce farmers’ market for the season takes place from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Citizens National Bank parking lot. Watch for the market’s return on the first Saturday of May 2020.
Local vendor pop up shop
An October local vendor "pop up shop" takes place at The Centre of Bluffton, 601 N. Main St., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is open to the public. Vendors include: • Rodan+Fields • DeTerra • Younique • Color Street • Thirty One • LuLaRoe • Tastefully Simple • Damsel in Defense • Scentsy and • Tupperware.
University football
Anderson University Ravens come to Salzman Stadium to face Bluffton University Beavers in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football game. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m.
Emmanuel UCC fall festival
Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 8375 Phillips Road, Bluffton, holds its fall festival from 4 to 6 p.m. Put on your Halloween costume for events including a trunk or treat, games cookie decorating and photo booth.
SUNDAY
University choral concert
Bluffton University will host a fall choral concert featuring University Chorale and Camerata Singers at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
The University Chorale and Camerata Singers are under the leadership of director of choral activities, Dr. Bo young Kang. This event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.
Stories Posted This Week
Monday, August 31, 2026
Sunday, August 30, 2026
- Vickie Diane Little was a registered nurse
- Nancy Ann Wheeler Andrews worked for First Federal Savings and Loan
- Donor generosity powers Bluffton U technology upgrade
- Pirates girls soccer blanked by Sylvania
- Pirate volleyball drops 2 in close tri-match
- Pirate cross country opens Fall 2026 at DSJ Invite
- Back to School Days at Bluffton Public Library
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Friday, August 28, 2026
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- One seriously injured in Union Township crash
- President Sider introduces Reinvest, Reinvent, Reimagine framework in State of the University
- Bluffton girls tennis loss vs. Wapakoneta
- Pirate volleyball sweeps Rockets
- EMS Chief Noah Babcock is Sept. 1 Bluffton Lions speaker
- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology): Air pollution and rheumatoid arthritis