Immersive Halloween Pumpkins: LA's Nights Of The Jack Returns, Tickets on Sale Aug. 14

Rebel Wilson at Nights of the Jack. Image courtesy of Nights of the Jack.

LA’s leading immersive event, Nights Of The Jack, the ultimate Halloween experience for the whole family, is back this year for the 6th year and again promises to be bigger and brighter than ever. Welcoming over 100,000 people every year, greater LA area residents and celebrity fans alike are expected to return to King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas for the annual event, that includes thousands of hand-carved pumpkins, immersive scenes and walking trail, premium food, beverages and cocktails and much more. Tickets go on sale on August 14, 2023 at 6:00am PT at NightsOfTheJack.com , with a 20% off discount until September 1, 2023. Nights Of The Jack officially kicks off on Opening Night on Friday, September 29, 2023.

Thirty miles northwest of Hollywood, tucked in the Santa Monica Mountains, there’s a strange and shadowy wonderland that everyone’s been whispering about. Guests are encouraged to follow the mile-long, immersive walking trail, glimmering at every turn with blazing gourds around every corner. This season, Nights of the Jack has created a lot of new attractions, including adding advanced technology throughout the experience with a first-time AR scavenger hunt to earn prizes, AR selfie moments and digital carnival games for prizes. They have also added entirely new scenes, like Día De Los Muertos and The Enchanted Forest, unparalleled lantern art activations and tons of new photo moments.

Image courtesy of Nights of the Jack.

Nights Of The Jack is Halloween fun for everyone. Adults, families and children alike are welcome and won’t want to miss this hair-raising feast for the senses. Spooky but never scary, kids will love the enchanted renditions of their favorite characters in pumpkin-form and have fun amongst the big multi-sensory scenes. Adults will appreciate the artistry and craftmanship of the elaborate sets and be able to enjoy alcohol from two full bars. Everyone can enjoy picking out Halloween gifts and light-up items from the souvenir shop.

Nights Of The Jack offers a premium food and beverage experience, including some of LA’s best food trucks. The Spookeasy is a high-end full bar and will have ample Halloween treats for adults, including top shelf spirits, cocktails, craft beer and wine. There will also be sweet treats, coffee, hot cider and cocoa nightly, with special additional dessert trucks on Wednesdays.

"We are thrilled to be celebrating another Nights Of The Jack this year in Calabasas," in a joint statement said by Nights of the Jack co-founders, Ben Biscotti and Tony Schubert. "We can’t wait to see what everyone thinks of the exciting new features this year, including interactive technology elements like digital carnival games, AR scavenger hunt and AR backgrounds to take your selfies to the next level. We look forward to entertaining everyone again for a bigger and brighter season!”

Main Attractions:

• Immersive Walking Trail - nearly 1 mile of bright Halloween lights, themed scenes and hand-carved festival jack-o'-lanterns

• AR Scavenger Hunt – brand new interactive challenge to “find Jack” and earn digital points and prizes

• Digital Carnival Games – brand new interactive games such as axe throw and jack-o'-lanterns toss for prizes

• AR Selfies – brand new immersive backgrounds with ghosts and ghouls throughout the trail so everyone comes home with amazing photos

• Art Installations – unparalleled lantern art activations and more

• Pumpkin Carver – watch live pumpkin carvings from experts and see real pumpkins get turned into Halloween masterpieces

• Face Painting – themed and festival face painting options for all ages

• Psychic – stop by our resident psychic and have your palm read, tarot card reading, energy reading or love and compatibility reading

• Souvenir Shop – purchase fun light-up items and Halloween gifts

• The Spookeasy – where adults can enjoy craft beer, wine and Halloween themed cocktails

• Food Trucks – LA’s best food trucks on rotation to fuel all of the Halloween fun

Details:

• Dates: Nights of the Jack will be open to the public for 30 dates beginning September 29 through October 31

  • September 29 (Opening Night and Friends & Family Night)

  • September 29 – October 1 (Opening Weekend)

  • October 4–16

  • October 18–31

• Times: 6:00pm – 10:00pm

• Location: King Gillette Ranch: 26800 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302

• Tickets: www.nightsofthejack.com

• Price:

  • Weekdays: $29.99-34.99

  • Fridays: $39.99-44.99

  • Saturdays: $44.99

  • Sundays: $39.99

  • 2 years and under are free admission.

  • Each ticket will grant you access to the event at the day and time of selected slot.

Image courtesy of Nights of the Jack.

Nights Of The Jack is also available for private events and corporate sponsorships and features a private 100-person VIP bar that can be closed off for private parties.

Guests can also celebrate a little bit of Calabasas’ history from this very location that inspired the event. According to legend dating back to 1824, a rancher from Oxnard spilled a wagonload of pumpkins in Calabasas while on the way to Los Angeles and later, hundreds of pumpkins sprouted alongside the road.

About Nights Of The Jack

Nights Of The Jack is a Halloween jack-o'-lantern event tailored for all ages. The immersive experience

showcases thousands of hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins, situated throughout the stunning property at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas, CA. The team behind this Halloween happening is a partnership comprised of production and hospitality industry veterans Ben Biscotti, Co-Founder & President of 1iota Productions and Award-winning event producer & designer Tony Schubert of Event Eleven.

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