The Roger Williams Park Zoo Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular starts Thursday and runs through November 3. (Facebook event.) I assume that RIPBS will keep running “Oh My Gourd! The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Story” throughout the month. It’s fascinating. These artists are so talented and driven to carve. The jack-o-lanterns are constantly being fixed up and swapped out, so the display you see at the end will be different from the one you saw at the beginning. (They expect to go through about 20,000 pumpkins during the course of the 32-night run.) The work that goes into this event!
With more than 5,000 carved pumpkins on display and an average of 110,000 – 140,000 visitors from all over the world each season, this is not your average pumpkin show.
Perhaps just as stunning as the artwork are the logistics required to pull off this ambitious event. A process few people have been privy to…until now!
Filmed over the course of a year, Rhode Island PBS will take you behind the scenes of the Spectacular — from the artists working around the clock at the bustling “pumpkin house”, to the laborious cutting, cleaning and staging of thousands of pumpkins.
Important Ticketing Info:
~Prime Nights (Friday, Saturday, Sunday): Available for purchase ONLINE ONLY and timed ticket entry requires preregistration.
~Value Nights (Monday through Thursday): Sold online and at Zoo admissions.
And don’t forget to check out the zip line ride.
Adult $15, Spectacular begins 6pm, Thursday, October 3, Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Avenue, (directions)