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The Monadnock Attic Anniversary is Saturday. COURTESY PHOTO
WANZEY, N.H. -- If you're attractive for some chilling fun that won't breach the budget, accede decorating a attic and adequate apparitional hayrides at the Monadnock Attic Anniversary this Saturday.
"The army is there because they appetite to accept good, old abatement fun," said Jennifer Matthews, buyer of Memorable Events, which is acclimation the festival.
The anniversary is captivated alfresco of Keene, N.H., at the Cheshire Fairgrounds, 247 Mona dnock Highway, Swanzey, from apex to 8 p.m. Parking is accessible at the fairgrounds and is $10 per car, with acceptance costing $5 for adults, admitting accouchement beneath 5 are free.
Matthews said for this "fantastic value," aggregate central the anniversary is free, including action rides, the Fright Fest apparitional hayride, touch-a-truck, a apparel parade, alive music, a affectation of bags of carved pumpkins and abundant more.
This year, the anniversary partnered up with Joy's Network, a advance alignment in Keene that provides banking abetment and abutment for bodies activity through or convalescent from cancer.
Matthews said organizers are allurement bodies to accompany pumpkins that they corrective blush and carved. For every blush attic received, the anniversary and bounded businesses will accord $2.50 to Joy's Network, and there are still businesses abacus to that total.
"I anticipate it would be amazing if we could acrylic a accomplished belfry blush -- that would be appealing awesome," she said.
If you appetite to get advanced of your carving, there is a Association Carve Night at the Cheshire Fairgrounds today, from 4 to 7 p.m.
The bags of carved and corrective pumpkins will ablaze up the fairgrounds at 4 p.m., adapted as the association alarm begins, and Fright Fest opens for anyone adventurous abundant to booty the hayride accomplished the apparitional barns and alleyways. Two stages will additionally affection the alive music of bands such as April Cushman, the Steve Moreau Band and Flew-2 throughout the night.
Also new this year is the touch-a-truck event, at which accouchement are arrive to ball and ascend on to firetrucks, ambulances, dumptrucks, architecture accessories and more. Overall, the anniversary is family-friendly and has a lot of activities for children, such as an arts-and-crafts tent, backyard games, hayrides and the children's apparel parade, which starts at 2 p.m.
The anniversary began as a new attitude two afar abroad from burghal Keene in 2015 afterwards the burghal absitively not to affair a admittance for what had been the Keene Attic Festival. Matthews said the anniversary is a dry event, and bodies are encouraged to adore the dozens of aliment vendors, alms "anything from absurd chef to kettle corn."
There will additionally be a baking challenge that has developed over the accomplished year to added than 20 contestants. They will attempt in four categories -- adolescence attic pipe, adolescence treats, adults attic pies and developed treats. The first- and second-place winners in anniversary class will accept donated allowance cards to bounded businesses.
The assorted action rides accommodate a tilt-a-whirl, a Ferris caster and a rock-climbing wall. There will additionally be a fireworks affectation by Atlas Fireworks to accomplishment the night with a bang.
Matthews said they accept added to the anniversary a little bit anniversary year and bodies "should apprehend to feel actual nostalgic. It's aloof a good, family-friendly time."
For added information, see www.monadnockpumpkinfestival.org.
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Parade and Trick-or-Treating
Leominster will authority its Halloween Array on Saturday followed by trick-or-treating. Kids of all ages and apparel will accumulate by Walgreens by Adams Street at 12:30 p.m., and the array will activate at 1, activity through burghal afore catastrophe at the circle of Main Street and Merriam Avenue. Kids are afresh encouraged to trick-or-treat with accommodating businesses in burghal Leominster, with some ambience up by Monument Park. Rain date is Oct. 28.
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Haunted Hayride
The Hubbardston Lions will authority its fourth Halloween Apparitional Hayride on Saturday, from 4 to 9:30 p.m., at Rietta Ranch Flea Market, 183 Gardner Road, Hubbardston. A children's hayride will be accessible from 4 to 5 p.m. There will additionally be a Apparitional House, a Balloon-A-Pult at 4 p.m., and a alarm after in the evening.
Craft Fair
Bolton Orchards will authority a Craft Fair on Saturday and Sunday, at 11 a.m., at 125 Still River Road, Bolton. Bounded crafters will advertise their goods. For added information, alarm 978-779-2733.
Family
Worcester's EcoTarium will authority its 14th anniversary Great Attic Nights today through Sunday, and afresh from Thursday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Oct. 29, at 222 Harrington Way, Worcester. All ages are arrive to the Halloween amazing with over 3,000 professionally carved pumpkins, a alternation ride, trick-or-treating, ball and more. Acceptance for the accepted accessible is $16, $12 for EcoTarium associates and accouchement beneath 2 are free. For added information, see ecotraium.org or alarm the building at 508-929-2700.
Comedy
Comedian Brian Regan will accomplish at The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, on Sunday at 7 p.m. Regan said he played in Massachusetts aback he was "just a babyish in the ball world," and is aflame to be back. The appearance will affection Regan's different material, which is adapted for all ages. Tickets are $43.50 and can be purchased at www.thehanovertheatre.org. For added information, alarm the box appointment at 877-571-7469.
