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39th Annual Fall Festival

Saturday, October 19th 10:00am-4:00pm

Saturday, October 20th 10:00am-4:00pm

It is time once again for Lukas Nursery's Annual Fall Festival! Families and children can look forward to exploring the gardens, seeing the farm animals, listening to live music, mesmerizing balloon artists, and an incredible stiltwalker. Attendees will have the choice to receive a wristband, which will allow you to enjoy everything the 39th Annual Fall Festival has to offer. This includes access to our hayride, dunk tank, paint-a-pumpkin (or paint-a-pot), face painting, corn kernel pit, and bounce house!

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