Shelton & Derby Weekend Guide: Golden Hour Pumpkin Picking At Jones Family Farms, Hocus Pocus At The Library

SHELTON-DERBY, CT — Shelton's Jones Family Farms is in its final weeks of pumpkin season, with extended hours Friday, while the Derby Neck Library hosts Halloween programs for kids and teens, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Sunday, Oct. 25.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Pumpkin Season at Jones Family Farms — open daily through Oct. 30, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with golden-hour pumpkin picking until 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. Ticketed entry covers the farmyard, a mini corn maze, a walking trail and farm animals, with weekend tickets timed and cheaper online; the Grab and Go tent needs no reservation, and pets aren't allowed. Jones Family Farms, Pumpkinseed Hill Farm, 120 Beardsley Road, Shelton
• Halloween at the Derby Neck Library — Thursday, Oct. 22. "Scream and Feast," an after-school Yap and Snack where teens vote on a horror movie to watch (aiming for PG-13), at 2 p.m.; and "Tales and Tunes: Hocus Pocus," a musical retelling of the Sanderson Sisters' story for children, at 4:30 p.m. Both are free. Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Avenue, Derby

Bring the kids to Hocus Pocus at the Derby Neck Library Thursday, then pick pumpkins in the golden hour at Jones Family Farms on Friday.

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