Halloween may be in October, but the haunting season begins now. September is when that spooky feeling starts to set in. Here’s a list of eight places that will get your ghoul going early.
Opens Sept. 22: The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
Visitors can stroll a pumpkin trail and be surrounded by a Halloween wonderland featuring thousands of pumpkins during the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze at Old Bethpage Village Restoration.
Credit: Tom Nycz/Historic Hudson Valley
The Blaze is firing up a return to Old Bethpage Village Restoration starting Sept. 22.
Walk through this half-mile loop featuring more than 7,000 illuminated pumpkins all hand-carved by local artists. The designs vary from classic Halloween characters to massive pumpkin displays featuring the Statue of Liberty, a 12-foot high smoke breathing sea monster and a 20-foot spider web made of jack-o’-lanterns.
“We even have a nautical theme featuring a lighthouse with a rotating light, an ocean scene, a boating scene and an underwater scene,” says creative director Michael Natiello.
New this year will be a tribute to the circus with pumpkin characters like acrobats, clowns and sideshow artists such as a strongman, a contortionist and a sword-swallower. Plus, there will be new costumed pumpkin creations with humanlike features including arms, legs and feet.
COST $29; for all ages
MORE INFO 1303 Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage, pumpkinblaze.org
Opens Sept. 22: Witch Craft Halloween Pop Up
People attend “Hocus Pocus”- themed Halloween pop-up bar experience in Farmingdale.
Credit: Kendall Rodriguez
Fans of Disney’s Halloween classic “Hocus Pocus” can see witch sisters Winifred, Sarah and Mary come to life at the Witch Craft Halloween Pop Up at The Edgewood on the Green in Brentwood starting Sept. 22.
“When the sisters come out, they perform skits and songs from the movie,” says Michael Marra, president of Unique Social Events. “They also venture out into the crowd…
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