Boston, 2006 (CJ Gunther, EPA)
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the record for the most lit Jack-o’-lanterns on display is 30,128 in Boston on October, 21 2006.
Warning to Boston: Highwood is in training.
Highwood’s First Annual Pumpkin Fest
Highwood’s Farmers Market
Downtown Highwood
Wednesday, October 21: 3 pm to 8 pm
Ageless North Shore got turned on to the Farmer’s Market back in June. (Click here for our post.) Now the last Farmer’s Market of the year is “turning on” the whole the city of Highwood.
At 6:30 PM on Wednesday more than 1,000 pumpkins will light up “The Great Wall of Pumpkins.” The jack-o-lanterns will be displayed on a three story high, 90-foot wide wall of scaffolding. This is the prelude to the 2010 Great Pumpkin Festival where Highwood goes for the record.
And that’s not all. Besides the wonderful food, wine, cider, hot chocolate, arts and crafts at the Farmer’s market, check out this line-up for you, your children, and your children’s children:
Trick or Treat Downtown Highwood: 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Hayrides: 3:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Live Music: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Feeling like dressing up early for Halloween? Do it and get discounts and specials at Highwood restaurants, bars and retailers.
Want to be part of history? We thought so.
All you need to do is buy a pumpkin for five bucks and start carving.
Here’s where to go:
Friday night Oct 16th – The Alley in Highwood : All the pizza and pop you can eat and drink for free between 5pm to 7pm.
Saturday and Sunday at Highwood’s “Last Call Art Festival” from 10 am to 5 pm, at a 30-foot long booth set up for carving pumpkin masterworks.
Sunday Oct 18th at the Oak Terrace School Fun Fair 12 to 4pm.
Wednesday at the Farmer’s Market 3pm until the 6:30 lighting.
But wait there’s more:
Highwood’s Last Call Art Fair
Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 4 pm
Free admission. Free parking. Free music (including our personal fave Michelet Innocent).
Buffo’s Octoberfest Beer Garden will serve authentic German Brats and “Beers from around the World.”
You can visit your favorite artists and meet new ones. This is a GREAT time to buy art and have all winter to enjoy it.
Left Bank Parisian Flea Market
Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 4 pm
It’s the last one of the season. Time to give in to your inner European and check out the antiques, arts, crafts, and the one-of-a-kind cool and funky stuff that finds its way to the Flea Market.
This post sponsored by the City of Highwood
We were in Highwood on Saturday, carving pumpkins, listening the Cirrus Falcon, drinking tea from the Curry Hut, even buying some art. We’ll have some pics up soon.
(note to the Smiths!)
Get out there today!