The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze Celebrates 5th Anniversary

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Mark Your Calendars for the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze!

Long Island’s largest fall event, The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, returns to Old Bethpage Village Restoration this year to celebrate its fifth anniversary. Presented by Catholic Health, this extraordinary walk-through Halloween experience will be bigger and better than ever, featuring over 30 larger-than-life exhibits and stunning new displays. Running from Friday, October 4, 2024, through Sunday, November 3, 2024, the Blaze promises an unforgettable experience for the whole family.

What to Expect at The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze

This year, the Blaze introduces several exciting new additions. Children ages 3-17 can now enjoy the magic of the Blaze with $10 flat-rate tickets for every date and time slot, making it even more accessible for families. Spectators will be amazed by the moving Ferris Wheel, a tribute to the Day of the Dead, and other intricate pumpkin sculptures that pay homage to Long Island icons such as Natalie Portman and Jerry Seinfeld, joining Billy Joel, Joan Jett, and Sue Bird in the Blaze’s Long Island Hall of Fame.

Designed to dazzle and not frighten, the Blaze combines motion, lighting, and an original soundtrack to create an immersive atmosphere. Guests will be surrounded by thousands of hand-carved pumpkins in elaborate displays that showcase both Long Island culture and Halloween spirit. Other highlights include live pumpkin carving, the Blaze Boo-tique offering seasonal gifts and merchandise, and Café Blaze, where visitors can indulge in fall treats like cider donuts and pumpkin beer.

Perfect for photo opportunities, the Blaze’s Celebration Arch commemorates the fifth anniversary of the event on Long Island and serves as a festive backdrop for capturing special moments with family and friends.

Conclusion

The event will be held at the historic Old Bethpage Village Restoration, located at 1303 Round Swamp Rd, Old Bethpage, NY. To attend, visitors must purchase advance tickets online, as no tickets will be sold at the venue. Timed tickets or FLEX Anytime tickets can be secured HERE!

Celebrate the magic of the Halloween season and enjoy a dazzling display of artistry at The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. Don’t miss your chance to be part of Long Island’s most enchanting fall tradition!

For more Things To Do this Fall, click HERE!

Melissa Farrell

Melissa Farrell has a mission to support local business by "Going Local." As a local business owner herself, she understands the struggles entrepreneurs face when owning a business and is always trying to find ways to shine a spotlight onto them. Melissa started Going Local Tours & Experiences back in 2020 during the pandemic in hopes to bring people back into local restaurants and shops. She created food tours in Huntington, NY that would stop at 3-4 local businesses and gave the guests the chance to meet the owner and hear the story behind the business. She soon realized how powerful storytelling is when connecting people to local businesses and created options with local store owners as well to bring them onto the tour to share their story. Melissa wanted to expand out of Huntington to be able to support even more local businesses and started creating luxury picnics where she would bring local to you! She would find local businesses in the area of the picnic set up and deliver it to you offering ways to support over 3 local businesses at each picnic. This wasn't enough. She wanted to find a better way to help spread awareness of local businesses and share their stories. Enter Evangeline Knell...a woman with over 30 years of broadcasting experience who somehow convinced Melissa to host a 3 day live stream from the Huntington Fall Festival. She had never been on camera before, but working alongside Evie to create the 3 shows, gave Melissa the confidence to take on the challenge. The 3 shows produced focused on the local vendors, the food trucks and the events that occurred at the festival and had a much larger reach than Melissa could ever of done on her own. They soon realized a business partnership was needed and combined their two businesses, Identity Digital which is a production company and Going Local Tours and Experiences to form Going Local Media. Evie and Melissa even formed their own distribution outlet by creating Going Local TV, a streaming platform like Netflix or YouTube, that is all about local businesses, events and organizations on Long Island. There are over 200 videos including their podcast series "Let's Get Local" "Long Island Business Minds" and "Local Business Spotlight" that help spread awareness of our local businesses and Long Island Professionals. They are always thinking up new ways to support local, including this site, Going Local Today that is a directory of articles on how to Go Local on Long Island. We appreciate you taking the time to read this and for supporting local! Thank you!

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