Harvest Nights in Phoenix launches in September at original home of Fear Farm

The immersive and family-friendly seasonal event runs from Sept. 26 to Nov. 9.

August 15, 2025

Image: Expect family-friendly fun at Harvest Nights in west Phoenix.

Expect family-friendly fun at Harvest Nights in west Phoenix. DH Farms

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The original owner of Fear Farm is debuting a brand new Halloween season attraction, albeit one without any scares involved.

Next month, DH Farms, a 32-acre outdoor venue located at 2209 N. 99th Ave., will launch Harvest Nights, an immersive and family-friendly event featuring a corn maze, pumpkin carving and other seasonal fun.

Other highlights at Harvest Nights will include a colorful array of themed seasonal inflatables, a half-mile-long glowing trail of sculpted pumpkins and storybook scenes, a hay bale maze, a straw climb, various photo opportunities and a scenic hayride through the DH Farm grounds.

Patrons can also get hands-on at the pumpkin carving station or make keepsakes like wooden scarecrows and mini pumpkins inside the arts and crafts tent.

Harvest Nights will run Wednesdays through Sundays from Sept. 26 to Nov. 9. Operating hours are 5 to 10 p.m. on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and 5 to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets will be available later this month through the DH Farms website.

DH Farms is the brainchild of Robert Busse, one of the founders of Fear Farm. The venue is located at the original location of the long-running Arizona Halloween attraction, which relocated to Glendale in 2021 and then to Scottsdale last month.

Busse parted ways with Fear Farm in 2023, according to a spokesperson.

In addition to Harvest Nights, DH Farms will host other seasonal events, including a holiday-themed Christmas on the Farm in November and December, offering families year-round opportunities for festive revelry.

Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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