Apple Blasters Daily Status
2024-10-26 10:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-27 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)

2024 Texas Roadhouse Night Maze
2024-10-26 18:30 - 21:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
All maze tickets (including discounted group tickets up to 25) are available here.
What to know about our night mazes at the farm:

Hours are 6:30 to 9 p.m., with the last entrance to the maze at 8 p.m.
Admission is $10 for ages 5 yrs. and up. Season passes are not valid for this special event.
Night maze admission are sold in-person at the farm starting at 6:20 p.m.
The Apple Blasters are open but other farm activities are closed
Areas open: Outdoor access to Harvest Brew Coffee Shop and Sidekick food menus
Anyone 14 years and younger must be accompanied by a paid adult (age 18 years+) in the corn maze and while on the farm.
Bonfires and S’mores (weather permitting).
Bring a flashlight or headlight
No backpacks, large purses or other containers are allowed in the maze.
No smoking (including e-cigarettes and vaping) is permitted on the farm.

Order your night maze tickets now

Corn Maze Daily Status
2024-10-27 10:00 - 16:00

Pumpkin Barn Daily Status
2024-10-27 10:00 - 18:00

Final Day of Outdoor Activities
2024-10-27 10:00 - 18:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Sunday October 27 is our Orange Crush and First Responder Event, which has a literal ton of activities to help cap off our 2024 Outdoor Activity season. Here’s what we have lined up for you.

Trick or Treating from 10am – 1pm. We are encouraging only family-friendly costumes. If you’re not sure if that applies to your costume, that means you probably shouldn’t wear it 🙂
Wheels of Freedom Monster Truck (starting around 10:30am) They will offer rides for $10 per person which is separate from your Activity wristband fee. They do accept cash and credit cards.
All farm Activities and Food venues will be open from 10am – 4pm. The Harvest Brew Coffee & Retail Shop will remain open until 6pm, along with our outdoor checkout for produce and pumpkins.
Smashing Pumpkins begins at 2pm. We provide the mallet, you provide the muscle. And we’ll even throw in the pumpkin, if you can pick it up.
Sky Crane Pumpkin & Candy Drop begins around 3:30pm. We’re dropping pumpkins from 80 ft high onto a car. See what kind of damage a falling pumpkin can do to an automobile. At the end of that event, we’ll take a large pumpkin that we’ve stuffed full of candy and drop it from the crane as well. It’s glorious!
Free Apples Blasters. Yes, we’re giving you up to 25 apples to shoot from our Apple Blasters for free. Available from 10am-3:30pm.

First Responders, please bring a valid ID on Sunday. We want to recognize and support our first responders by offering them free admission to our activities area at the farm on Sunday, October 27. A first responder is a professional who has specialized training and is among the first to arrive at an emergency to provide assistance. First responders include firefighters, police officers, paramedics, EMTs, search and rescue members, and public safety communicators like 911 dispatchers.

Post Season Retail & Produce Shopping
2024-10-30 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-31 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-11-01 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-11-02 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761

Pumpkin Smash
2024-11-02 10:00 - 14:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Don’t Trash it, Smash it!
The Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort by communities to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing locations for residents to drop-off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. It is typically held each year the Saturday after Halloween and Rader Family Farms is participating again this year.

Bring your pumpkins to Rader Family Farms any time between 10am – 2pm on Saturday, November 2.

The Harvest Brew Coffee Shop & Bakery and our Retail Market will be open for purchases. No outdoor activities are open on the farm.

Educational and craft activities provided by University of Illinois Extension program. Thank you to our Sponsors from the Town of Normal and ISU Farm.

Retail & Coffee Shop Open
2024-11-07 15:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-14 15:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-21 15:00 - 18:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761

Breakfast With Santa
2024-12-14 08:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Get ready for a magical morning filled with holiday cheer! Join us for our Breakfast with Santa event, where families can enjoy a delightful breakfast, and the chance to meet the jolly man himself!
Reservations Required! Seats are limited, so mark your calendars! TICKETS GO ON SALE Friday, November 22nd!Don’t miss out on this experience that promises to create wonderful memories for you and your loved ones!
Bring your holiday spirit, and let’s kick off the festive season together!
Stay tuned for more details and get ready to make this holiday season unforgettable!

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Education Day @ The Corn Crib
2025-04-29 10:00 - 13:00 | Corn Crib, 1000 West Raab Road, Normal, IL, 61761, United States
Education Day is an event where schools in the community are invited out to the Corn Crib. Education Day is all about celebrating baseball in education. This special daytime baseball game featuring the Heartland Hawks is going to be designed specifically for students in Central Illinois. Join us as we enjoy some college baseball with Corny and friends. Come visit our table and learn about agriculture and all that the farm has to offer. We will be bringing our donuts for purchase.

Downtown Bloomington Farmer's Market
2025-05-10 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-31 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-06-07 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-05 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-12 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-26 07:30 - 12:00 | Downtown Bloomington Farmer’s Market, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL, 61701, United States

Baby Animal Days
2025-06-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Purchase Your Tickets Here https://rff.ticketspice.com/baby-animal-days-2025
Kick off your summer with a memorable weekend on the farm! Baby Animal Days is the perfect family-friendly outdoor event where you’ll meet our newest arrivals—including a calf, fluffy chicks, playful lambs, bunnies, goat kids, and donkeys—along with all your favorite farm animals.
Make lasting memories as you hold a goat, pet a fluffy chick, or explore our fun attractions like the all new Bee Line Zipper, critter cart, double-barrel slide, skee ball. Select food venues will be open, plus our coffee shop and retail market for treats and treasures.
We accept Venmo, credit, and debit cards—come ready for fun!

Baby Animal Days (1 of 2)
2025-06-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
What’s available on at the farm?

Baby goats
Baby calf, kittens, bunnies
Hands-on baby chick experience
Critter Cart rides for our little farmers
Jumping Pillow
Hands-on activities and crafts

It’s not our fall season so there will be limited farm activities and food/drink options.

Baby Animal Days
2025-06-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Purchase Your Tickets Here: https://rff.ticketspice.com/baby-animal-days-2025
Kick off your summer with a memorable weekend on the farm! Baby Animal Days is the perfect family-friendly outdoor event where you’ll meet our newest arrivals—including a calf, fluffy chicks, playful lambs, bunnies, goat kids, and donkeys—along with all your favorite farm animals.
Make lasting memories as you hold a goat, pet a fluffy chick, or explore our fun attractions like the jumping pillow, critter cart, double-barrel slide, skee ball, and bubble zone. Select food venues will be open, plus our coffee shop and retail market for treats and treasures.
We accept Venmo, credit, and debit cards—come ready for fun!
What’s available on at the farm?

Baby goats, jersey calf, lambs
Punkin and Gordy, the Highland cows, kittens, bunnies, baby bull
Hands-on baby chick experience
Critter Cart rides for our little farmers
Double-barrel slide, Skee Ball
Hands-on activities and crafts

It’s not our fall season so there will be limited farm activities and food/beverage options.

Rader Family Farms Night @ The Corn Crib Baseball Game
2025-07-25 18:30 - 21:30 | Corn Crib, 1000 West Raab Road, Normal, IL, 61761, United States
Join us for the Corn Belters and Cowboy Boots Night at the Corn Crib where we will be celebrating our customers, friends and family and invite you to join us! There will be chances to win passes to Rader Family Farms, Early Bird Season Passes, games and a night of fun – and even a bobblehead giveaway!
Hope to see you there!

Sunflower Days Festival
2025-08-16 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-17 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-23 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-24 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Walk among the Blooms!
Come walk through acres of brilliantly colored sunflowers during annual Sunflower Days Festival at Rader Family Farms. You do not want to miss these special weekends. There will be a variety of sunflowers in different colors, shapes and sizes and a field of incredible zinnias too! Bloom where you are planted!

Complimentary parking in the main Guest Parking lot.
Guest 14 years and younger are required to be accompanied by a paying adult.
There is no outside food/drink permitted
We do not allow outside pets onto the farm.
Smoking/Vaping of any kind is not permitted.
Limited Farm activities will be open.
