A Glowing Pumpkin Festival Will Light Up The Night Just 1.5 Hours From Montreal This Month

It's a Halloween wonderland!
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Halloween lovers rejoice! Upper Canada Village's Pumpkinferno Jack-o'-lantern festival is coming back for the 2020 season.

The ultra-popular event will run seven days a week from September 25 to October 31.

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7,000 handcrafted glowing pumpkins

Pumpkinferno consists of a series of mesmerizing themed displays of life-size Jack-o'-lantern sculptures.

This year, Upper Canada Village is reviving what it says are some of its "most popular exhibits," including Day of the Dead, Dragon's Lantern Lair, Coins of the World, Night at the Gallery, Psychedelic Sixties, Enchanted Forest, and Steampunk Station.

Time-specific tickets are for sale exclusively online beginning September 14 to ensure that Pumpkinferno can maintain a safe capacity.

Tickets are $16 per person plus tax.

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