Airplane Rides, Last Carousel Rides, Theater, Music, Psychic Fair, More
Enjoy the final weekend this season for Carousel Corner at Forest Park in Noblesville from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, with $2 carousel rides and $3 mini golf, then the carousel closes for the season.
Forest Park’s Carousel Corner enjoys its final weekend of the season, Ford Tri-Motor flights take off from Fishers, and have your fortune told at a Psychic Fair. The Attic Theatre opens “The Play That Goes Wrong,” Carmel Community Players winds down “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and the Headless Horseman rides again at Conner Prairie in Fishers. Here are more details in our list of 25 things to do this weekend and beyond:
1. Take a step back in time and enjoy a flight on the Ford Tri-Motor 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Sunday at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport in Fishers, with registration online at www.eaa.org or call 1 (800) 359-6217.
2. Attend the 14th annual Free Pumpkin Giveaway at 4:30 p.m. today at Red Bridge Park in Cicero, with face painting, games and goodies.
3. Children can go trick-or-treating in the Plaza at 5:30 p.m. today at Grand Junction Plaza in Westfield.
4. Enjoy live music of Brian Koning at 6:30 p.m. today at Spencer Farm Winery in Noblesville, with music of Jamie Owens at 1 p.m. Sunday, and enjoy free hayrides to pick pumpkins until 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 30.
5. Sit back, relax and watch The Attic Theatre’s production of “The Play That Goes Wrong,” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday at The Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville with tickets at theattictheatre.com/.
6. Carmel Community Players presents “Tick, Tick … BOOM!” musical at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at The Switch Theatre in Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy in Fishers with tickets available at carmelplayers.org/
7. Headless Horseman rides again at the 39th annual Halloween event at Conner Prairie, which continues at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, through Oct. 29 in Fishers. Explore the mystery of Amsel Farm and an 11-acre haunted corn maze, enjoy sweet treats at the Apple Store, operated by the Conner Prairie Alliance, celebrating its 40th.
8. Join the Ghosts & Goblins 5K/2K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. Saturday at Carmel High School.
9. Attend the Harvest Festival: Frontier Week 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Stuckey Farm Market in Sheridan.
Who’s the dead guy on the floor in this comedy dunnit? Was it Robert (Joshua Minnich), Denise (Jenna Hobson), Max (Josh Jackson) or Chris (Nick Haskins)? The cast rehearses for The Attic Theatre’s production of “They Play That Goes Wrong,” which runs through Saturday at The Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville.
10. Have your fortune told during a Good Journeys Holistic Health & Psychic Fair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville.
11. Enjoy the final weekend this season for Carousel Corner at Forest Park in Noblesville from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, with $2 carousel rides and $3 mini golf, then closes for the season.
12. Central Indiana Vintage Vehicles invites car buffs to show off their vintage vehicles on the Courthouse Square during the weekly Saturday night Cruise-in. Lawn chairs and old-car conversations invited.
13. Enjoy live music with Red Tailed Hawk at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Spencer Farm Winery in Noblesville.
14. Enjoy live music with Celtic Rain at 7 p.m. Saturday at Primeval Brewing in Noblesville.
15. Hamilton County Parks’ Koteewi Aerial Adventure (Edge Adventures), K-Trails Equestrian Adventures, Koteewi Range Sport & Target Archery Center and Koteewi Lake are all open for the season.
16. All aboard for the Pumpkin Spice Express on Saturday and Sunday on the Nickel Plate Express. Also, enjoy Trick-or-Treat on the Rails, a 65-minute adventure down the rails, from 2 p.m. to 3:05 p.m. Oct. 29-30 on the Nickel Plate Express. Wear your best costume for a Halloween costume contest.
Dom Piedmonte and Ervin Gainer rehearse for Carmel Community Players’ production of “Tick, Tick, Boom,” continuing through Sunday at The Switch Theatre at Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy in Fishers.
17. Kids can trunk-or-treat at 3 p.m. Sunday at Grace Church in Noblesville.
18. Kids Halloween Night is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Noblesville Jim Dandy, featuring kids activities, face painting and coloring contest for bucket of candy prize. Kids eat free off of the kids menu with adult purchase of $9 or more.
19. Participate in Day of the Dead Wine and Canvas event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Bica Cafe in downtown Noblesville, with $5 off with Bica5 promo code, register at wineandcanvas.com
20. Kids participate in a Trunk or Treat event at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at Noblesville Moose Lodge.
21. Enjoy the music as Vintage Guitars in Noblesville is having a Halloween party at 3 p.m. Oct. 29, with live music by the Pickle Stompers, with candy for kids and pizza for all, costumes encouraged
22. Celebrate Halloween during Noblesville Preservation Alliance’s entertaining evening exploring murder ballads music genre during “Murder in Noblesville” from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 29 at Preservation Hall, with tickets $10 each at preservationhall.org/
23. Bring your little ghouls and goblins to a free Trunk-or-Treat event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 29 in the parking lot of the First Presbyterian Church of Noblesville at 1207 Conner St. Enjoy treats, make-n-take craft, music, and a brown-bag hot dog dinner. In case of inclement weather, activities will move inside.
24. Noblesville families are invited to attend a Trunk-or-Treat event organized by Noblesville High School Thespian Troupe and Drama Club, with the help of NHS clubs, sports teams, faculty and staff, NHS Theatre parents and Noblesville businesses, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 29 in the NHS Parking Lot by Gate 1 (by the flagpole), also with games, stories and a concession stand.
25. Enjoy Chocolate, Magic and Wine from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at Blackhawk Winery in Sheridan.
Contact Betsy Reason at betsy@thetimes24-7.com. For a complete list of Halloween events, including official community trick-or-treat hours, read the Betsy Reason column in the Thursday, Oct. 20, edition of The Times.