Night of 1000 Jack-0-Lanterns at the Chicago Botanic Gardens on October 24-28 from 6:30 to 10:30pm. More than 1,000 hand-carved pumpkins—some as large as 150 pounds—will light up the night.

Using scalpels, knives, gouges, and power tools, artists for the New York-based company Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns spend up to 15 hours sculpting a single pumpkin

Tickets are $18, kids 3-12 are $15 – $2 less if you purchase before Oct 23.