Dress Your Church Campus for Fall: Light Pole Banners and Fall Festival Banners That Work Together
Posted by ChurchBanners.com on 28th Sep 2026
Fall is the season your church campus gets noticed. Neighbors are driving past on their way to football games and pumpkin patches, families are looking for a fall festival or trunk or treat to bring the kids to, and your own members are inviting friends to fall services. A few well-placed banners change the whole look of your property for the season.
The simplest fall church campus makeover uses two products that do two different jobs: fall festival banners out at the street to announce your event, and fall light pole banners on campus to carry the season from the parking lot to the front doors. Here's how to put them together.
Start at the Street: Fall Festival Banners
An outdoor vinyl banner is the most direct way to tell your community about a fall event. Hang it where drive-by traffic will see it: on the chain-link fence along your street frontage, or staked in the grass near the road. Turn it perpendicular to the road rather than parallel, so drivers coming from both directions can read it.
What to put on it: keep the wording short enough to read at driving speed.
- The event name: Fall Festival, Harvest Festival, Trunk or Treat
- The day and time: "Sat. Oct 24 • 4–7 PM"
- Two or three draws: games, hayrides, food, bounce houses, chili cook-off
- Your church name, so people know where they're headed
The specs: our outdoor fall festival banners are printed on 13 oz matte vinyl with grommets every 2 ft all around, and come single or double sided. Sizes run from 3ft x 6ft up to 5ft x 15ft. Every stock design, including trunk or treat, fall festival, harvest festival and fall welcome banners, can be customized with your church name, date, colors and logo free of charge.
Carry It Onto Campus: Fall Light Pole Banners
Once guests turn in, fall light pole banners dress up the parking lot and walkways for the whole season, not just one event. A row of matching banners down a drive or across a parking lot makes your campus feel festive and cared for, and it gives families a great backdrop for fall photos.
Popular fall messages:
- Welcome and Join Us, to greet guests all season
- Worship With Us, to invite neighbors to Sunday services
- Give Thanks, Grateful and Thankful Heart, to lead into Thanksgiving
- Rejoice, God is Good, His Love Endures and The Harvest is Plentiful, for a scripture-based message
The specs: light pole banners are printed on 13 oz matte vinyl made for outdoor display and built for double-sided use. The most popular size is 24" x 60" (2ft x 5ft), with sizes from 18" x 36" up to 24" x 96". Pole pockets are sewn top and bottom, and the banner is installed between upper and lower mounting arms so it stays stretched along the pole.
Make Them Work Together
The festival banner and the light pole banners each do their own job, but they look best as a set.
- Pick one color family. Burnt orange, gold and deep red read as fall from across a parking lot. Choose a light pole design and a festival banner design in the same palette, or ask our design team to match them for you.
- Let each banner say one thing. The street banner handles the date and time. The light pole banners carry the season: Welcome, Give Thanks, Rejoice.
- Use both sides of your light pole banners. Light pole banners are printed on both sides, and you can put different artwork or messages on the front and back at no additional charge. Try "Welcome" facing guests as they arrive and "Give Thanks" facing them as they leave.
- Add movement near the entrance. For event day, a couple of fall feather flags at the driveway help guests spot where to turn in.
- Plan for the whole season. Light pole banners with a season-long message like Welcome or Give Thanks can stay up from early fall through Thanksgiving, long after the festival banner comes down.
Light Pole Banner Size and Hardware: Quick Answers
What size light pole banner should I get?
24" x 60" (2ft x 5ft) is our most popular size. We also offer 18" x 36", 18" x 48", 24" x 36", 24" x 48", 24" x 72" and 24" x 96" to fit different pole heights.
Do I need a hardware kit?
You can order the banner only, or add a hardware kit that includes everything needed to hang one banner. If your poles already have brackets from a previous set, banner-only is all you need.
Will the hardware fit my poles?
Our light pole banner hardware installs on both square and round poles. The included mounting straps fit around poles up to approximately 11 inches in diameter.
How do I keep it looking good in the wind?
Install the banner straight and taut between the mounting arms. If the hardware slips and lets the banner curve outward like a sail, the loose vinyl can flap in the wind and wear much faster.
When to Order
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so many churches are holding their fall festival or trunk or treat on October 24 or October 31. Here's how the timing works:
- Free design proof within 1 business day of your order
- Production: 2 business days from your artwork approval
- Shipping: FedEx Ground, 3–5 business days to the lower 48 states (Alaska and Hawaii take longer)
A festival banner does the most good when it's been up for a couple of weeks before the event, so plan to order your fall festival banner in early October. Light pole banners can go up as soon as they arrive and stay through Thanksgiving.
Free Design on Every Fall Banner
Every stock fall design can be personalized free of charge: add your church name, event details, colors and logo, and we'll send a proof before anything is printed. No design fees.
Save 10% on your entire order with coupon code FALL-10
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Questions about sizes, hardware or a custom design? Call us at (888) 453-0060 or email support@churchbanners.com.