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Three activities to spook up your Halloween season

With Halloween right around the corner, here are some things for you and friends or family can do to celebrate this spooky holiday!

Joe Huber’s Pumpkin Picking

Although on Sept. 15, pumpkin picking at Huber’s began and will run until Oct. 31. On Sunday-Thursday, the patch is open anytime between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., the last wagon ride leaves at 6:30 p.m.. On Friday and Saturday, the patch is open between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m., the last wagon ride leaves at 7:30 p.m..

“U-pick” pumpkins are 50 cents per pound at a minimum of five dollars. When purchasing a U-pick pumpkin, the sales will benefit the WHAS Crusade for Children.

Pumpkin picking is a popular, annual event at Huber’s farm and is a great place to go with your family. If you would like to call ahead to check availability or weather conditions, you can call at 812-923-5255.

Joe Huber’s Farm is located at 2421 Engle Rd, Borden, IN 47106.

Halloween at the Louisville Zoo

Annually known as the “The World’s Largest Halloween Party,” the Louisville Zoo will be hosting several trick-or-treat events this October. The actual trick-or-treating is open to children 11 and under. This is a heavily costumed event.

On each day, the trick-or-treating will begin at 5 p.m. and you can enter until 8:30 p.m.. This will be open on Oct. 4–7, 11–14, 18–21, and 25–28.

Here are the ticket prices for this event:

This is a family-oriented, annual event hosted by the Louisville Zoo and will tend to get very crowded.

Louisville Zoo is located at 1100 Trevilian Way, Louisville, KY 40213.

Field of Screams

Field of Screams is known as the “the most horrendous haunted house event in Kentuckiana.” They offer a corn maze, two-story barn, a forest, the “Hayride to Hell” and Scream Tag, all designed to create a horrifying, thrilling experience.

It generally takes about an hour for guests to go through all the scary activities provided which generally begin at dark, approximately 9 p.m..

An all-event ticket can be purchased for 35 dollars or individual prices can be found here.

The Field of Screams opened on Sept. 14 and will close on Oct. 27. They are open every Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Field of Screams is located at 248 Darnall Ave, Brandenburg, KY 40108 and directions can be found here.

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Maddie Gamertsfelder
Maddie Gamertsfelder, Co-Editor-in-Chief, 2019-2020
Maddie Gamertsfelder was a co-Editor-in-Chief on Manual RedEye for the 2019-20 staff. You can catch her on the lacrosse field, at a Y-club meeting, at Blaze Pizza. or hanging out with her friends. You can reach her at [email protected].
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