Fantasy Farms is a Fraser Valley farm that hosts special events including Petey’s Pumpkin Patch, Reaper’s Maze of Terror and Petey’s Easter Eggstravaganza.

New for 2024, in September there is also the Stinking Rose Garlic Festival (which is a revival of the Chilliwack Garlic Festival which took place years ago). For tickets and full details about it, click Stinking Rose Garlic Festival 2024.

Dates for fall events at Fantasy Farms this year are the following:

Stinking Rose Garlic Festival – September 21st & 22nd
Petey’s Pumpkin Patch – September 21st to November 2nd
Reaper’s Maze of Terror – September 28th to November 2nd

For information about the farm and its various events, see the Fantasy Farms website or continue reading.

This article contains information about the following events at Fantasy Farms:

Fantasy Farms in the Fraser Valley

Located at 9423 Gibsons Road in Chilliwack, Fantasy Farms is an fully functioning farm that grows all kinds of produce. The venue is also home to a number of seasonal events at Easter, autumn, Halloween and Christmas.

Annual events at Fantasy Farms include Petey’s Easter Eggstravaganza, A Night of Illumination, the Stinking Rose Garlic Festival, Petey’s Pumpkin Patch and Reaper’s Maze of Terror.

Famous at the farm and its events are Petey (a pumpkin character) and Farmer Gary. Popular attractions at the venue include the farm animals, miniature train rides and an indoor children’s play area.

Petting Zoo at Fantasy Farms — Fantasy Farms Animals

Easter at Fantasy Farms

Petey’s Easter Eggstravaganza is an annual, kid-friendly tradition at Fantasy Farms. New for 2024, Fantasy Farms hosted two other holiday-themed events too. One was A Night of Illumination, an Easter-themed event for adults on three different dates. The other was the Family Night Train Rides & Easter Egg Hunts which took place on a few different evenings.

Petey’s Easter Eggstravaganza

Petey’s Easter Eggstravaganza happens over the course of a number of days leading up to the Easter Long Weekend. In 2024 the family-friendly event ran on Tuesdays to Sundays from March 16th to 31st.

In addition to egg hunting and train rides, there are bouncy castles, pony rides, animals to pet, and more. Admission in 2024 was $14 for children and $6 for adults. Seniors and children under 3 years old get in for free. For this event, you have to buy your tickets on the day at the gate.

Petey's Eggstravaganza Easter Bunny — The Easter Bunny at Fantasy Farms

Night of Illumination Egg Hunts for Adults

New in 2024, there was also the Night of Illumination event on the Saturdays of March 16th, 23rd and 30th. It’s an Easter celebration for adults only!

The event included an egg hunt with prizes, food and alcoholic beverages, as well as an indoor space with illuminated decorations to admire. Admission cost $45 per person and came with one drink and a charcuterie treat. With this event, you had to buy your tickets online in advance.

Family Nights

Also new for 2024, Family Night Train Rides & Easter Egg Hunts happened on March 17th, 22nd, 24th, 29th and 31st from 7:00 until 9:00 pm. Tickets for this cost $14 for children, $10 for adults and $45 for a family of four (plus $10 per extra kids).

With this third series of events, tickets were only available at the gate and admission included hot chocolate, bouncy castles, and an egg hunt, plus lots of cool ultraviolet lights.

Stinking Rose Garlic Festival

Fantasy Farms hosts a garlic-themed festival in the fall most years. The 2024 Stinking Rose Garlic Festival ran on September 21st and 22nd, which was also the opening weekend of Petey’s Pumpkin Patch.

The Stinking Rose Garlic Festival normally includes vendors selling garlic and garlic-themed products. There are food trucks and live music at the event too, along with other family-friendly activities.

For details about the event, see our article about the Stinking Rose Garlic Festival.

Festival Video

For an idea of what to expect at the next Stinking Rose Garlic Festival, watch the video below. It was recorded at the 2024 event. The band playing live music is Molten Blues.

Petey’s Pumpkin Patch

Petey’s Pumpkin Patch is an autumn-themed attraction that includes miniature train rides, a corn maze, an outdoor play area and farm animals.

In 2024 the event opens on the weekend of September 21st and 22nd. It also operates on the weekend of September 28th and 29th. The attraction runs daily in October as well as on the first two days of November.

Hours on most weekdays are from 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm. Weekend hours are from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm.

Admission is around $14 per person or $50 for a family of four. Pumpkins are also for sale at the event for between around $3 and $25 most years.

While the pumpkin patch event is ideal for young children and their families, there are also ultra-scary things to see and do for older folks during the same month later in the evenings at Reaper’s.

Click Petey’s Pumpkin Patch for more information.

Petey’s Pumpkin Patch Video

The following video was taken in October of 2021. In it you’ll see Fantasy Farm’s miniature train, the family-friendly corn maze and Farmer Gary firing off the corn cannon. You’ll also see the fields of pumpkins and one of the farm animals.

When we were there it was about 4:30 pm, so just before closing (which explains why there weren’t so many people).

As you’ll see in the video, the event takes place on a real farm with a variety of interesting things to see and do.

Reaper’s Haunted Attraction & Maze of Terror

One of the Lower Mainland’s most impressive Halloween-themed places to visit is the Reaper’s Haunted Attraction at Fantasy Farms in October. The venue features a haunted house and “Maze of Terror” that fright seekers travel from all across the region to see.

Reaper’s is open every day in October except for Mondays and Tuesdays. Hours of operation are from 7:00 pm until between 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm depending on the day. In 2024 the attraction runs from September 28th until November 2nd.

Click Reaper’s Haunted Attraction for more details about the Halloween event at Fantasy Farms in October or see the official reapers.ca website.

Farmer Gary at Fantasy Farms — Farmer Gary

Reapers Video

To give you an idea of what to expect, check out the following video of the Reapers Maze of Terror. As you’ll see, it’s in a real corn maze and it’s really dark. There are a couple of sort-of indoor areas, and there are lots of live scary monsters!

This video was taken in October of 2021. It shows just a few of the scenes that we saw on our visit. It was pretty cool!

Petey’s Country Christmas at Fantasy Farms

Fantasy Farms is home to Chilliwack’s most popular interactive and family-friendly Christmas attraction in December most years. Petey’s Country Christmas usually runs from early December until late that month.

In years when the live event does take place, and at the farm, activities at Petey’s Country Christmas include beautiful lights and festive decorations to admire, a bouncy castle, light maze and miniature train rides. There is also Santa Claus to chat with and other activities suitable for young children and their families.

In 2021, instead of hosting activities at the farm, Fantasy Farms hosted an awesome new event in downtown Chilliwack. Chilliwack Country Christmas ran from December 4th to December 24th. The main event didn’t happen in 2022. In 2023 there was an event in the 1881 District in downtown Chilliwack instead.

Click Chilliwack Country Christmas for more information about the winter holiday-themed event.