2011 Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular – Roger Williams Park – Providence, RI
2011 Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular
Roger Williams Park
Providence, Rhode Island
October 6 – 31, 2011
Open nightly, rain or shine, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. (trail closes by 11 p.m.)
Tickets may be purchased at the gate
Experience the glow of thousands of pumpkins, set in a magical display of artistry during this night-time Spectacular and feast your eyes on hundreds of artfully carved jack-o-lanterns depicting people, places and scenes from popular culture to old-time favorites and everything in between – all with painstaking detail and amazing intricacy! Don’t miss this unique, family friendly evening event, commended by the U.S. Library of Congress, featured by The Early Show, CNN and the Associated Press and hailed by USA Today as “extraordinary.”
All-new theme for 2011! The theme of this year’s show will be “A Journey Around the World.” It will include scenes from the Seven Wonders of the World (Taj Mahal, the pyramids and Sphinx, Mayan ruins, the Great Wall of China, and others) as well as representations of nations around the world, including a “European Vacation” and a trip through the Great White North complete with falling “snow”! And of course the famed centerpiece of the display, the “Laughing Tree,” will be back in all its spooky splendor. Visitors will be dazzled by hundreds of glowing jack-o-lanterns on the ground and in the branches, from tiny sugar pumpkins to gigantic gourds reaching up to 1600 pounds!
Directions:
Located just 50 minutes from Boston and 90 minutes from Hartford with well marked, easy access off Interstate 95. GPS users, enter address “1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence RI.” FREE PARKING
From:
95 S – take RI exit 17. Left at light, left at intersection of Park Ave and Elmwood Ave (4th light), and left into the Park (second light).
95 N – take RI exit 16 bear right at the spilt, right off exit. Take a left onto Park Ave (1st light), left into Park (second light).
10 S – take the Elmwood Ave Exit, off exit. Take a left onto Park Ave (1st light), left into Park (second light).
Once inside the entrance of Roger Williams Park, follow the signs for the Jack O’Lantern Spectacular to the Zoo.
For more information: http://www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org/jols/info.cfm