Each year for two days Hunter Way Farm in Moriah is transformed from a quaint farm and farm store into a Halloween haven of spooky fun for kids, as well as terrible terrors and horrible horrors for those who are brave enough to handle it. The weekend has something for everyone, making Hunter Way Farm a one-stop shop for all your Halloween activities.
The weekend fun kicks off with Friday Nights at the Farm scary trail experience from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM. This year’s theme is “House of Freaks” and is carnival and circus-inspired. The trail is done in collaboration with Feral Cat Studios, John Vaughan and Crusher Productions, Bill Welch.
Saturday’s full day of events begins with the 5th Annual Hunter Way Farm Harvest Halloween Festival from 10:00 AM-3:30 PM. Visitors can shop from over 40 craft and food vendors at this free community event. Following all the shopping fun, a kid’s costume parade will take place at 3:00 PM. The Kid’s Meet & Greet & Treats Festival begins at 3:30 PM-6:00 PM. This year, there will be a children’s movie starting at 6:30 PM. At 7:00 PM the Scary Trail once again runs until 11:00 PM. At 11:00 PM a horror movie will begin for those who still haven’t been scared enough.
You might think that all these Halloween thrills would be murder on your bank account but fear not. The cost of the scary trail is $15, the kid’s festival is $7 (parents are free with a child), the children’s movie is $5 and the horror movie is also $5. There is also a terrifying single-day unlimited pass for the scary trail for $40. This includes access to both movies, the kids’ event, and unlimited times through the scary trail until close. As part of her commitment to supporting their community, Hunter Way Farm will be donating one dollar from every ticket sold to the Moriah Food Pantry.
Her passion for supporting her community is how Taylor Sprague, owner of Hunter Way Farm, started the Harvest Halloween Festival, Fright Nights at the Farm, and all the other Halloween fun that has grown from it. Growing up in Moriah, Taylor heard about what a boom town the area was. She dreamed of bringing action back to her town. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor had recently purchased her farm and was making it a working landscape. She realized that with everyone recently facing indoor isolation, she could bring some of the town’s former action back and make her farm and farm store a community gathering place. Thus, Hunter Way Farm’s Harvest Halloween Festival was born. The very next year, she teamed up with Brothers Gaddor, Feral Cat Studio, and Cruser Productions, and from there Fright Nights at the Farm took off.
Each year the event gets bigger and bigger. Last year, nearly 800 people came to take part in all the facets of the festivities. To please crowds of that size, it takes many months of planning and countless hours of work. But for the team who plans these thrills and chills, the work is not their nightmare…it’s yours.
For more information about Hunter Way Farm and Fright Nights at the Farm, go to https://www.facebook.com/HunterWayFarmAdks