LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The weekend is upon us, and there are plenty of things to do and see across Kentuckiana.
Here are a selection of events, markets, concerts and more happening Saturday, Oct. 26 and Sunday, Oct. 27.
Trick-or-Treat at the Ballpark
The Louisville Bats are bringing back their annual spooky night of fun at Louisville Slugger Field.
Trick-or-treaters will be able to trick-or-treat on the concourse, participate in a Halloween costume contest, paint pumpkins, watch the movie 'Hotel Transylvania' on Slugger Field's big screen, and more!
The event is on Friday, Oct. 25 at 5 p.m.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
Jack Daniel's Wicked Garden
Paristown's Halloween festival promises chills, thrills, and all things eerie with two concerts, the RADrevival Automotive Lifestyle Festival, a $500 grand prize costume contest, and a chance to meet celebrity BMX competitor, Matt Hoffman!
Louisville Silent Disco will kick off Friday night at 5 p.m., followed by a concert from Kentucky's own JD Shelburne around 7 p.m.
The RADrevival will feature 150 wicked rides featuring really cool cars from the 80’s and 90’s, with a “trunk or treat” event on Saturday.
Top Tier will take the stage Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., along with performances from BMX superstar Matt Hoffman.
The fun continues for guests with yard games, local food, and bar specials featuring Jack Daniel's!
For more information, click here.
Jack O'Lantern Spectacular
Each fall, more than 5,000 pumpkins are intricately decorated and lined throughout the trails at Iroquois Park part of the annual Jack O'Lantern Spectacular.
More than 100 large pumpkins, called "Intricates," will be set up and waiting for finishing touches and carvings. And they will be joined by thousands of others along the trail.
Planning for the event started last November, and drawings started a few weeks ago. The artists can spend anywhere from three hours to three days on a piece, depending on its size and detail.
Depending on the weather, the pumpkins are switched out about every 10 days. The theme this year is "Trivia Night: Pumpkin Edition."
During the walk you will find anything from pop culture to sci-fi to nature.
The proceeds from the event — which runs now through Nov. 2 — will benefit the Parks Alliance of Louisville.
See below for information on hours and pricing:
Sunday-Thursday
- 6:30-10:30 p.m.
- Timed ticket entry at the bottom of each hour
- Prices:
- Adults: $15
- Seniors (65+): $13
- Children (3-12): $12
- Children under 3: Free
Friday-Saturday
- 6:30-11 p.m.
- Time ticket entry at the bottom of each hour
- Prices:
- Adults: $20
- Seniors (65+): $17
- Children (3-12): $15
- Children under 3: Free
To purchase tickets, click here.
Boo at the Zoo
The Louisville Zoo's annual Halloween celebration is underway.
A Louisville tradition for more than 40 years, the Halloween season transforms the zoo into a living storybook, complete with some favorite characters brought to life, making for a safe place to trick-or-treating for kids 11 and under.
Tickets are $13.50 for all non-members aged 3 and older and $7 for all members 3 and older. Children under the age of 3 get in free without a ticket.
For more information and to purchase your tickets, click here.
This will be the final weekend for the event, which runs from 5-9 p.m.
New Albany Wicked Walk
The New Albany Wicked Walk takes guests on a tour of spooky locations in historic downtown New Albany. From strange and wicked happenings, to ghosts, haunted houses and the Civil War, learn about documented historical events.
There is an early option and a late option for the tour. The early tour will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with the late tour starting at 9 p.m. and ending at 11 p.m.
Organizers said the tour will mainly stay in downtown Louisville, with a few outliers. Guests will visit sites where events actually occurred, said to have occurred or have direct connection to a specific event, such as hauntings, murders, tragic accidents, crimes, and "other supernatural goings-on."
The tour meets at 202 East Market Street, which is the New Albany Farmer's Market pavilion, 10 minutes before the start of each tour.
To learn more or to purchase tickets, click here.
Bonus Events:
We've reached the fall season, so there are also multiple markets, concerts and more happening this weekend:
- Saturday, Oct. 26 from 12-6 p.m.
- 200 block of Spring Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana
- Free, all ages
- Presented by The Alcove and Badcat Boutique, in partnership with Jack Daniels
- Live music, vendors, candy for the kids and more
- Costumes encouraged
- For more information, click here
Meet your Maker Halloween Market
- Saturday, Oct. 26 & Sunday, Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Hermitage Farm in Goshen, Ky.
- Shop some of Kentuckiana’s best artists and makers while enjoying some spooky entertainment
- Food and beverages by Barn8 Restaurant, music, trick-or-treating, and hayrides
- For more information and a list of attending vendors, click here.
- Thursday, Oct. 24 to Saturday, Oct. 26 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Mister G's Car Wash on Grant Line Road in New Albany
- Get your car cleaned and get scared all in one place!
- Benefits New Albany High School's Boys' and Girls' Soccer Teams
- For more information, click here.
Louisville Voodoo Jeep Club's 5th annual Creepin' & Jeepin'
- Saturday, Oct. 26 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Mike Linnig's Restaurant parking lot
- Trick-or-treating
- Jeep decorating contest
- Admission for trick-or-treating is 1 non-perishable food item per child
- To register your ride for the event and for more information, click here.
Monsters of the American Cinema
- Presented by Pandora Productions
- Saturday, Oct. 26 from 7:30-9:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 27 from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
- The Henry Clay on South 3rd Street in downtown Louisville
- Tickets start at $25
- For more information or to buy tickets, click here
- First annual fall festival
- Saturday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- The Hope Place, 5007 Southside Drive, in Louisville
- Free
- Hay rides, photo booth, chili, games, s'mores station, face painting, bounce rides and more
- For more information, click here
These are just a handful of events happening this weekend. To look at a full calendar of events, including markets, concerts and more, click here.
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- 2024 Fall and Halloween events guide around Louisville
- Jack O'Lantern Spectacular returns to Iroquois Park
- Tickets now on sale for the Louisville Zoo's 'Boo at the Zoo' Halloween celebration
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