Historic Hudson Valley Adds Dates For Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze in Croton

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY — Due to unprecedented popular demand, Historic Hudson Valley is adding five more dates to The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze®: Oct. 10-11 and Nov. 1, 8, 16 at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton.

Already, 14 nights are sold out, including the entirety of the first weekend, HHH officials said. The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze kicks off on Sept. 29 and runs through Nov. 25.

“These additional nights will give even more visitors the opportunity to see what has grown to be one of the country’s biggest Halloween themed event,” said Rob Schweitzer, Vice President of Historic Hudson Valley.

The addition means Blaze is scheduled to run for 45 nights this season. For available dates and times, and tickets, click here.

The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze, which drew more than 160,000 visitors last year, features more than 7,000 illuminated, individually hand-carved jack o’ lanterns. Elaborate single-pumpkin carvings and huge multi-jack o’lantern constructions are professionally lit throughout the landscape of Van Cortlandt Manor in various themed areas.

Favorite installations, such as the Undersea Aquarium and Jurassic Park, are joined this year by new creations such as the Statue of Liberty, a fully-functioning, 20-foot diameter Pumpkin Carousel, the Pumpkin Possum Posse, and a pint-sized herd of dinosaurs … all made of jack o’lanterns!

Van Cortlandt Manor is at 525 South Riverside Avenue, just off Route 9 in Croton-on-Hudson.

Information: www.hudsonvalley.org, 914-366-6900.

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