Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend

Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend as the Matunuck farm heads into a three-day holiday weekend Oct. 10–12 with live music, food, face painting, magic and a Saturday night trip through the corn maze after dark.

The weekend is part of Clark Farms’ larger Fall Festival season, which turns the farm into an autumn playground with a corn maze, hayrides, farm animals and a collection of outdoor activities.

This year’s theme, “250 Years of Farming,” gives the season a nod toward Rhode Island’s agricultural history while Columbus Day weekend brings one of the festival’s more unusual experiences: Flashlight Night on Saturday, Oct. 10.

Saturday Ends in the Corn Maze After Dark

Saturday begins as a full Fall Festival day before things get more interesting after sunset.

Java Jai Coffee will be at the farm from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by ice cream from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from noon to 3 p.m.

Face painting runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., while a magician performs two shows, at noon and 2:30 p.m.

Then daylight disappears.

Clark Farms will remain open until 9 p.m. for Flashlight Night, giving visitors the chance to head into the corn maze after dark.

A corn maze is built around limited visibility even in the middle of the afternoon. Take away the sunlight, add a flashlight and suddenly every turn through the stalks becomes a little more uncertain.

It’s an easy way to give a familiar fall attraction an entirely different personality without turning it into a full-scale haunted attraction.

Sunday Brings Barbecue, Music and Butterflies

The festival returns to daylight Sunday, Oct. 11, with another full schedule.

Java Jai Coffee returns from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., live music runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and face painting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Food comes from SoCo BBQ from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The farm’s Butterfly House will also be open, adding something considerably quieter to a day otherwise built around the activity of the Fall Festival.

That’s all on top of the farm’s regular seasonal attractions.

The corn maze may be the centerpiece, but Clark Farms has developed the property into considerably more than a field of corn with paths cut through it.

Depending on the attraction schedule, a visit can include the farm’s hayride, animals and outdoor play areas, giving families enough to make the trip a substantial part of the day rather than a quick run through the maze.

Monday Extends the Festival Through the Holiday

Clark Farms isn’t packing everything away Sunday night.

The special Fall Festival schedule continues on Monday, Oct. 12, giving families another option for the holiday.

Java Jai Coffee will be there from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with face painting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Sunset Farms food truck is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

That creates three slightly different versions of the festival across the long weekend.

Saturday is the big choice for anyone who wants magic shows and the experience of tackling the corn maze after dark. Sunday combines live music, barbecue and the Butterfly House. Monday offers a somewhat more relaxed final day with music, food and the regular farm attractions.

250 Years of Farming

There’s a fitting bit of history behind this year’s festival theme.

Agriculture has shaped Rhode Island since long before the American Revolution. Farms provided food for local communities, supported trade and helped define the landscape of rural areas that today are increasingly surrounded by suburban and coastal development.

South County remains one of the places where that agricultural landscape is still readily visible.

Clark Farms continues that connection while showing how dramatically the idea of visiting a farm has changed.

What began as an agricultural business has expanded into a destination where growing plants and crops exists alongside seasonal entertainment. During fall, the farm becomes a place where children can encounter farm animals, families can disappear into a corn maze and visitors can spend an afternoon outdoors surrounded by the sights of the harvest season.

The 250 Years of Farming theme gives this year’s celebration a chance to connect those modern attractions with the much longer agricultural story behind them.

One Weekend, Three Ways to Do Fall

For families trying to decide which day to visit, the schedule makes the choice relatively straightforward.

Saturday has the most distinctive experience.

Arrive during the afternoon for the magician, music and regular attractions, then stick around until darkness changes the character of the farm. Walking into rows of towering corn with little more than a flashlight is a very different proposition from doing it under an October sun.

Sunday is built for a traditional fall afternoon, with barbecue, music, face painting and the Butterfly House.

Monday provides a bonus day for anyone with the holiday off, complete with another round of live music and a food truck.

Or there’s another option.

Make Saturday’s corn maze difficult on purpose.

Wait until dark.

More information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets, click the Event Ticketing link below.

Details

Event: Clark Farms Fall Festival – Columbus Day Weekend
Dates: Saturday–Monday, Oct. 10–12, 2026
Location: Clark Farms
Address: 2984 Commodore Perry Highway, Matunuck, RI 02879
2026 Theme: 250 Years of Farming
Saturday, Oct. 10: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; ice cream 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music noon–3 p.m.; magician shows noon and 2:30 p.m.; Flashlight Night, with the farm open until 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 11: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; SoCo BBQ 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; Butterfly House open
Monday, Oct. 12: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sunset Farms food truck 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Special Attraction: Flashlight Night on Saturday
Seasonal Attractions: Corn maze and other Clark Farms Fall Festival activities
Planning: Individual attractions and activities may operate on different schedules; check the farm’s current information before visiting.

 

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