Tucson’s new Glowing Pumpkins event will add to Halloween season
Independent Newsmedia
Posted 8/18/22
Glowing Pumpkins, an immersive, family-friendly Halloween spectacle of art, light, costumed characters and themed stops along an outdoor third-mile trail, opens next month in Tucson.
You must be a member to read this story.
Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.
Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here
Otherwise, follow the link below to join.
To Our Valued Readers –
Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.
For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.
Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.
Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.
Glowing Pumpkins, an immersive, family-friendly Halloween spectacle of art, light, costumed characters and themed stops along an outdoor third-mile trail, opens next month in Tucson.
The event is open from Friday, Sept. 23 through Monday, Oct. 31. It’s one of a half-dozen shows at such scale in the U.S., according to a news release.
The attraction is a thematic shift for Slaughterhouse, which has operated a scary haunted house in Tucson for 18 years, now in an actual slaughterhouse, that was rated No. 1 Haunted House in the United States last year by Scurryface Media.
“We’re a family-run business,” founder Bobby Sutton shared in a statement. “I’ve always wanted to do something for families to be able to enjoy Halloween. Usually, Halloween is scary stuff. This is a brand-new concept that we’re excited about.”
A partner group of artists in New York builds and helps Slaughterhouse staff install the attractions, with structures up to 20 feet.
The at-your-own-pace walk on the north side of the mall, which typically takes 35 to 50 minutes, includes Dinosaur Land, Under the Sea, Superheroes, a souvenir shop, snacks, and more.
Glowing Pumpkins is open dusk to 10 p.m. excluding Mondays and Tuesdays at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road.
