“Schack-toberfest:”
The Schack Art Center opens its doors this weekend for its first-ever harvest festival that won’t be short on pumpkins, hay bales or bratwurst.
The Schack Art Center, which opened earlier this year, wants visitors to admire or select from a field of 500 glass pumpkins in an Urban Pumpkin Patch.
All the pumpkins in the patch were made by an experienced team of glassblowers and come in a crayon-box variety of colors and lots of shapes and sizes.
Glassblowers plan on creating glass pumpkins throughout the weekend.
“Schack-toberfest” will include pumpkin-carving demonstrations by artist Diana McCarthy and pastel painting demonstrations by Janet Hamilton.
For parents or those 21 and older, “Schack-toberfest” will continue into Saturday night with a “Beer, Brat & Glass Pumpkin” event. Visitors can drink a beer, eat a brat and watch master glassblowers compete to make the biggest pumpkin, which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
The evening will feature live music by Camano Island’s own South End Stringslingers, a five-piece, old-time fiddle band that plays delta roots music.
A free souvenir Schack pint glass filled with beer is complimentary with each ticket.
The “Beer, Brat & Glass Pumpkin” event takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $20 for those 21 and older only. The rest of Schack-toberfest is free.
Schack-toberfest runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett. For more information call 425-259-5050 or go to www.schack.org.
Events
Pumpkin Decorating: Noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 22 at Schaefer-Shipman Funeral Home, 804 State Ave., Marysville; an afternoon of pumpkin decorating in the parking lot and in the funeral home. There will also be a hayride, bouncy house, face painting, pony rides, food and prizes. Costumes encouraged.
Theater
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Spooky Halloween Tales:” A chilling Halloween treat for the whole family is this traditional show that is back with an all new twist. This American classic story of Ichabod Crane and his mysterious disappearance is paired with other tales of suspense including “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Suitable for children ages 8 and above or with parental discretion; shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Oct. 27 through 30 at Driftwood Players, Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. All Tickets are $12. Call 425-774-9600 or go to www.driftwoodplayers.com.
Pumpkin patches and mazes
• Bailey Vegetables’ pumpkin patch: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Oct. 31; pumpkin barn open weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 12711 Springhetti Road, Snohomish; 360-568-8826; www.baileyveg.com.
• Baylor Farm: 28511 Ben Howard Road, Monroe; 360-793-0822. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, through Oct. 31. Wagon rides, fall decorations; U-pick pumpkins, 15 cents per pound.
• Black Crow Pumpkin Patch: Come and meet the third generation farmer Gary, and wife, Julie Biringer, and their dog, Vinnie. They are the “new kids,” replacing the former Biringer Farm Pumpkin Patch with the new Black Crow Pumpkin Patch at 2431 Highway 530, Arlington; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through October. Bring family and friends to picnic in the old covered wagon; kids can enjoy a hay bale maze, slide and skeleton graveyard. Trolley rides to U-Pick pumpkins, U-dig carrots, decorative gourds, corn stalks, local honey, fresh apple cider, honey crisp apples and kettle corn on weekends.Weekday tours by appointment. 360-435-5616.
• Bob’s Corn: 10917 Elliott Road, Snohomish; 360-668-2506; www.bobscorn.net. Pumpkin patch open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Oct. 31; corn maze is open at 10 a.m. daily until 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday through October; hay rides Fridays through Sundays. See website for corn maze and hay ride details. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Carleton Farm: 630 Sunnyside Blvd. SE, Everett; 425-334-2297; www.carleton farm.com. Farm open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or dusk daily; regular corn maze 10 a.m. to one hour before dusk daily, through Oct. 31; haunted corn maze dusk to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Corn mazes, weekend hay rides and two pumpkin cannons. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Craven Farm: 13817 Short School Road, Snohomish; 360-568-2601; www.craven farm.com. Pumpkin patch, 9:30 a.m. until dark daily through Oct. 31. Tractor-drawn hay rides, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; corn maze; weekday farm tours by appointment. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Fairbank Hands-On Pumpkin & Animal Farm: 15308 52nd Ave. W., Edmonds; 425-743-3694; www.fairbank farm.com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 31. Farm includes vegetable garden, Hidden Bear Trail, tiny tot corn maze and hay tunnel, farm animals to pet. $2.50 admission, $1 and up per pumpkin, 50 cents and up per gourd.
• The Farm at Swan’s Trail: 7301 Rivershore Road, Snohomish; 425-334-4124; www.thefarm1.com. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Weekday field trips by reservation. Barn maze, Washington State Corn Maze, wagon rides. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Foster’s Produce and Corn Maze: 5818 Highway 530 NE, Arlington; 360-435-6516; www.fosterscornmaze.com. Corn maze and giant pumpkin patch, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 31.
• Kurt’s Produce: 17819 Highway 203, Monroe; 360-794-5940. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, through Oct. 31. U-pick pumpkins, approximately 25 cents per pound.
• Pioneer Pumpkin Patch: I-5 exit 212, Highway 532 west, next to the Camano Island bridge; 360-629-3580; 11 a.m. to dusk Wednesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to dusk Saturdays and Sundays, closed Mondays and Tuesdays through Oct. 31; Facebook: Pioneer Pumpkin Patch; family’s pumpkin patch in a scenic farm setting. Pick many varieties of pumpkins from the vine; also squash, straw bales, decorative items, corn maze, weekend hayrides.
• Pumpkins for Literacy: The Plant Farm at Smokey Point, 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville; 360-652-3351; www.theplantfarm.com; Pumpkin patch, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, through Oct. 30. Field trips scheduled through Whidbey Island Bank, 360-657-3100. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Hosted by the Marysville Rotary Club.
• Stocker Farms: 360-568-7391; www.stockerfarms.com. U-pick pumpkin patch, 10622 Airport Way, Snohomish, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Corn maze Thursdays through Sundays through Oct. 31. Pumpkin Festival Field, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 31, at 8705 Marsh Road, Snohomish. See website for more corn maze, Pumpkin Festival Field and Haunted Field of Screams details.
• Strotz’s Country Feed: 21713 27th Ave. NE, Arlington; 360-652-6064; www.strotzscountryfeed.com. U-pick pumpkins, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 31.
Carnation
Remlinger Farms: 32610 NE 32nd St., Carnation; 425-333-4135, ext. 250; www.remlingerfarms.com. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Fall Harvest Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 31.
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