Halloween 2017: Your Guide To Jack-O- Lantern Jaunt and Halloween Haunt

MUKWONAGO, WI — Mukwonago's Annual Halloween Haunt and Jaunt is set for its 15th consecutive Halloween season in 2017.

The Rotary Club of Mukwonago has announced dates for the 2017 Jack-O- Lantern Jaunt and Halloween Haunt. Everyone is invited to attend the event at Field Park in Mukwonago on Oct. 13 and 14, from 6 p.m. 9:30 p.m. each day.

The cost is $2 for adults, $1 for children 12 and under, and free admission for babies – with additional donations to support local projects welcome.

Attractions

For two nights, the paths of the park will be lit up by hundreds of carved pumpkins. Local businesses, groups and organizations supply the jack-o’- lanterns and create the displays themselves. Anyone is welcome to bring carved pumpkins to the park on Oct. 13 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Volunteers will also transform the park’s pavilion into a not-so-haunted house complete with a story and cast of characters. This year’s Haunt theme is Haunted Homecoming. Each day at 8 p.m., the campy quasi-horror film by Christopher Mihm, “Demon with the Atomic Brain”, will be shown in the park. Anyone wanting to see the movie is asked to bring chairs.

Other event activities include face painting, games, crafts and fun photo opportunities. Food and
refreshments will be available for purchase from a local Girl Scout troop as well as Scott’s Dog House.

Due to safety concerns, event organizers say that this year’s Jaunt will be open to pedestrians only. In the past, cars were allowed to drive through the park at the beginning of the evening.

Beginnings

The Jack-O- Lantern Jaunt was started in 2003 by Joline Palatino and Linda Forster, local sisters who wanted to raise money to replace the roof on the Red Brick Museum in Mukwonago. The Jaunt later teamed up with the Rotary Club of Mukwonago’s Halloween Haunt. Together the events have raised thousands of dollars for many causes in the area.

For more information about the Jack-O- Lantern Jaunt and Halloween Haunt, visit www.jackolanternjaunt.com

Photo Credit: Jerry Peiffer, published with permission