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🎃 More than 5,000 pumpkins at Rawhide
Glowing Pumpkins is back at Rawhide through October 31, with an outdoor Halloween walk through more than 5,000 hand-carved art pumpkins for families and all ages.
Key facts
- What: More than 5,000 hand-carved art pumpkins along an outdoor walk-through.
- Where: Rawhide.
- When: The advertised run is October 2 through October 31.
The pumpkins are the attraction here: a walk-through display rather than a carving workshop. The listing describes it as an all-ages event.
For admission details and operating times, check the Glowing Pumpkins listing.
Music downtown, games at the mall
🎸 Tom Kumagai plays The Perch Thursday, October 22. Live music in Downtown Chandler. The supplied listing does not confirm a performance time. Event details.
🍜 Street Food & Game Nights runs Friday, October 23. Seafood City Chandler hosts games and dining for all ages at Chandler Fashion Center, at Chandler Boulevard and Loop 101. Dinner and an activity in the same stop. Event details.
Thursday at the libraries
Three options for October 22, from help with applications to a morning activity:
- 📋 Benefits application help, 9 AM. AZCEND assists with food, health coverage, and cash assistance applications at Downtown Library, Room 138.
The Thursday drop-in connects applicants with an AZCEND coordinator for SNAP, AHCCCS, and Cash Assistance. Session details.
- 📚 Preschool Time, 9:15 AM. Stories, songs, and activities for ages three through five at Basha Library’s Basha Barn.
The 45-minute program brings parents and children together for early reading activities. Program details.
- 🎨 Adult coloring group, 10 AM. Outside the Lines meets in Downtown Library’s second-floor Makery Program Room.
The group meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Group details.
What neighbors are talking about
🎭 The Halloween costume search. In local Facebook groups, Chandler residents are exchanging recommendations for costume purchases and rentals beyond standard retail. These are neighbor suggestions, not verified store availability. See the discussion in Facebook group 1738192879799567.
Some group links may require Facebook membership.
Around the Valley
Three more options beyond Chandler, starting in Mesa.
🎵 Tucker Wetmore plays Mesa Amphitheatre. Friday, October 23, at 6 PM. An early-evening concert option in the East Valley. Tickets.
🕯️ Halloween classics at Phoenix Art Museum. Candlelight’s haunted-evening concert runs Friday, October 23, at 6:30 PM in Whiteman Hall. A music-focused Halloween outing. Tickets.
🎈 Halloween Spooktacular at Salt River Fields. The hot air balloon festival’s listed Friday, October 23, session starts at 5 PM in Scottsdale, with tickets listed at $20 to $25. Balloons give this Halloween outing a different draw. Tickets.