🍖 WhistleStop Weekend

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🎃 It’s Time For Your Annual Visit To The Pumpkin Patch

Hidden Rivers Farm is officially open for its fifth fall season!

If you’ve never been, Hidden Rivers Farm has tons of activities for the whole family every weekend this fall.

Here are a few of my personal favorites:

• Pumpkin Patch

• Kids Maze

• Apple Cannon

• Jump/Bounce Pad

• Zip Line

And if you’ve got older kids, you’ll want to check out their NightGlow Quest, happening this Friday. It’s a nighttime game of capture the flag in the haybale maze!

One of the best parts about Hidden Rivers Farm is that the tickets are very affordable. You can purchase a day pass ticket for as low as $8.

Go ahead and grab tickets for your family and get your annual visit to the pumpkin patch on the schedule!

🧑🏻‍🚀 Blast Off

🍖 WhistleStop BBQ Festival

The Whistlestop BBQ Festival is this Friday and Saturday at MidCity. For those who aren’t familiar with it, the 2-day festival serves as the primary fundraising event for EarlyWorks Children’s Museum.

There will be live music, games, activities, and, of course, plenty of BBQ. Each ticket comes with two meal tickets to try wings and pulled pork.

The WhistleStop Festival has been a fall staple in Huntsville since its inception in 2001. All the proceeds from this year’s event will support the new strategic initiative to ‘reimagine’ EarlyWorks.

Tickets for this year’s festival can be purchased here.

🎲 Headline Hunt

If you like Wordle, see if you can guess this six-letter Huntsville-themed word!

🚀 Taking Flight

🚧 Goldsmith-Schiffman Field Renovations

One hundred years after it opened, Goldsmith-Schiffman Field is getting a much-needed facelift. The historic field, which currently hosts flag football games, will be getting pickleball courts, two flag football fields, a new concessions/restroom building, and a playground.

🚨 Celebrate Float Huntsville’s Grand Opening With BIG Discount

Float Huntsville is hosting its grand opening event this Friday, and they’re celebrating with 40% off a float for first-time customers and 20% off for returning clients. But the deal is only valid from Oct 18-31.

Information on how to get the discount can be found here.

🌪️ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The VBC Playhouse will be putting on its performance of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from October 18 through 27. There will be multiple showings, and tickets are $18 for children and $23 for adults.

Tickets can be purchased here.

🧟‍♂️ Halloween Fright Nights

If you’re a spooky season fan, you’ll want to check out Fright Nights at Joe Davis Stadium. In collaboration with Theatre Huntsville, the Fright Nights will have various haunted spaces with classic horror movie characters like Frankenstein, Swamp Thing, and Dracula.

You’ll also be able to get Halloween-themed cocktails and snacks while you watch horror movies on the jumbo screen.

📽️ Reel of the Week

We stopped by Snail on the Wall, Huntsville’s newest bookstore! Check out our visit below:

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🗓️ Explore The Rocket City

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Wednesday, October 16

• Cocktails at The View at Burritt: Enjoy a drink as you watch the sun go down from Burritt’s elevated overlook!

• Homeschool Day at Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve: The theme for October’s homeschool day will be “Change”!

• Lotus at the VBC: The How to Dream in Color Tour is making its way to Huntsville!

• Benson Boone at The Orion: Benson Boone will perform live at The Orion!

Thursday, October 17

• Thanh Duong Boyer at Latham Church: The Vietnam War story you haven’t heard through the eyes of someone you won’t forget!

• Huntsville College Prep School Open House: Come check out the new location!

• Biergarten at the US Space and Rocket Center: Enjoy authentic German food and drinks under the iconic Saturn V rocket!

• Girls' Night Out at University Pickers: A Harry Potter-themed evening with trivia, games, and prizes!

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at Fantasy Playhouse: Kansas is far from adventurous, but just over the rainbow is a glittery green land of infinite possibilities paved with yellow bricks!

• Greene Street Market: Shop locally from dozens of different vendors!

• Movie-A-Thon-O-Rama at Madison Public Library: Enjoy a free showing of The Blob!

• 805 After Five at Campus 805: S.G. Goodman will be performing live!

• $5 After Five at the Museum of Art: Enjoy the Prevailing Winds special Halloween program!

• R&B Live at The Camp: Performances from musicians, DJs, poets, and more!

• Live Music at Stovehouse: Josh Allison will perform live!

• Live Music at The Nook: Microwave Dave will perform live!

Friday, October 18

• Downtown Art Walk at Big Spring: Shop from over 50 different local vendors!

• Downtown Food Truck Rally: Enjoy food from some of Huntsville’s best food trucks!

• Movies in the Park at Big Spring: Bring the whole family for a free showing of Despicable Me 4!

• WhistleStop Festival 2024 at MidCity: Enjoy live music, BBQ, and much more!

• Death at The Park at Constitution Hall: An evening of storytelling of the haunting history of grief in centuries past at Alabama Constitution Hall!

• Float Huntsville Grand Opening: Celebrate the grand opening with discounts, tours, giveaways, prizes, and more!

• Tennessee Valley Auto Fest at Wicks Family Field: Come see custom and famous vehicles and enjoy a concert, carnival games, and a special fireworks display!

• Festiv-ALE at the Botanical Gardens: An evening of craft brews and live tunes!

• Cocktails and Cosmos at the Space and Rocket Center: Explore space and an 8k digital dome!

• Tailgate Sale at Piper and Leaf: It’s like a garage sale, but from a tailgate!

• LOTR Watch Party at Rocket City Dog Bar: Grab your pup and enjoy a free showing of The Lord of the Rings!

• Pictures at an Exhibition at the VBC: The Huntsville Symphony’s 70th season opens with a celebration of our fantastic musicians!

• Twilight Party at Straight to Ale: The Speakeasy at Straight to Ale transforms into Forks for a night of fandom and fun!

• Sleepy Hollow at Lowe Mill: This new musical puts a current spin on the classic Washington Irving story!

• Billy Strings at The Orion: Billy Strings will perform live at The Orion!

• Live Music at Old Black Bear Brewery: The Zooks will perform live!