October events calendar

IT’S COMIN’ UP

OCTOBER EVENTS

Editor’s note: With uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic and its potential to disrupt events throughout the area, readers are advised to call ahead to verify dates and times.

1-2 Appleumpkin Fest – Come and pick the perfect apples and pumpkins during the Apple Barn’s prime picking time. Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Pick Your Own Apples and Pumpkins; Yard Games; Live Music; Outdoor Wine Tasting; Food available by Lopez’s Anchor In, Twisted Plants, and Happy Camper Coffee. Apple Barn, W6384 Sugar Creek Road, Elkhorn

1-2 Elegant Farmer Autumn

Harvest Fest – The Elegant Farmer offers a family fun on-farm experience. Everyone is welcome to the orchard Saturdays and Sundays only, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 10Oct. 23 to pick from 12 varieties of apples or select the prefect pumpkins from the patch. Enjoy fall colors aboard a tractor-pulled hayride, pony ride or train ride or try the five-acres, family-friendly farm scene corn maze. Elegant Farmer, 1545 Main Street, Mukwonago. 1 Elkhorn Holiday Craft Bash – The event brings its Round Robin of craft shows entirely to the Walworth County Fairgrounds. Featuring over 300 indoor and outdoor crafters and artisans. Food trucks will be on site with Stillwater Coffee Company in the Log Cabin. Rain or shine. Free parking! Walworth County Fairgrounds, Elkhorn 1 Haunted Hayrides – Join Grand Geneva for a Haunted Hayride at Dan Patch Stables. First rides of the night are familyfriendly for younger children. Tickets are sold at the door the night of starting at 5:45 p.m. and are on a first-come, first-scared basis. Dates Oct. 1, 7, 8. 9, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30. Grand Geneva, 7036 Grand Geneva Way, Lake Geneva. 7-9 Lake Geneva Oktoberfest – Two days (and a pre-party) of festive fun featuring food, music and entertainment, craft fair vendors, kids games and activities and a traditional Oktoberfest beer garden. Pre-party Oct. 7, 5-9 p.m. at Topsy Turvy Brewery. Festival opens at noon at Flat Iron Park on Oct. 8 and 9. Eddie Kobesko “The Roving Accordion Player” will be in the park and around town on Saturday and Sunday. Oktoberfest is a ticketed event. For tickets and information visit www. streetsoflakegeneva.com. 11 Acrylic Pumpkin Painting – Come join Badger Community Education for paint night. No experience necessary – participants will receive all the supplies needed and step-by-step instructions. Participants will paint seasonally inspired paintings on an 11 x 14 canvas with acrylic paint. Badger High School Commons, 6:308:30 p.m. Cost: $22.00 per person plus material fee to be paid the night of class, directly to instructor. 220 East South Street,

19 Woven Canister Project at Bella

Botanica – Let’s make two! Keep one for yourself and give one as a gift. Woven airtight canister: this project is woven over a glass cylinder on a wood base. Natural spokes woven with dyed reed in a continuous weave in different patterns, many color choices of dyed reed to choose from. Wood air tight lid. Registration fee $20. Material fee $25.00 payable at the first class (cash or check). Bella Botanica, 1787 Walworth St., Springfield.

Ongoing events

East Troy Electric Railroad – 202 Church St., East Troy. Take a 14-mile train ride on the only remaining electric interurban tracks in Wisconsin. Historic museum and carefully maintained rail cars from 90 to 100 years ago. Stops at the Elegant Farmer. 15 miles north of Lake Geneva on Highway 120. Several trains depart each day on weekends from the East Troy Depot.

Tristan Crist Magic Theater – 609 W. Main St., Lake Geneva. One of a kind performer that wows audiences with with, jaw-dropping illusions and gut-wrenching escapes! For show dates and times call 262248-0505 or visit www.lakegenevamagic.com.

Dancing Horses Show – at The Dancing Horses Theatre, 5065 Highway 50, Delavan. This dazzling spectacle features an array of horse breeds that perform alongside their trainers in this cavalcade of equestrian artistry. Visually stunning, and performed in a state-of-the-art, 300-seat theatre. For show dates, ticket prices and additional information call (262) 728-8200, or visit thedancinghorses.com

The calendar of events is compiled from a variety of sources including area chambers of commerce and the Walworth County Visitors Bureau, and contains events available as of press time.

Events, dates and times may change or events may be canceled. We suggest you visit verify event times, dates and locations prior to making travel plans.

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