A new immersive Halloween light show is coming to Kew Gardens this Autumn, featuring plenty of spooky sights to get you in the mood for Halloween.
Kew Gardens is often well known for its sell-out Christmas light trail event that has been running since 2013, but this year the botanic gardens has announced a new Halloween immersive light show starting next month.
Running from October 18 until November 3, this new immersive trail will illuminate the historic botanic gardens with spooky installations, along with fire performers and actors dressed up as spooky characters.
Created by Christmas at Kew Creators Raymond Gubbay Limited and Culture Creative, there will be a range of spooky sights to find on the trail, from eerie illuminated trees to suspended skeletons, an illuminated spider’s web and a possessed pumpkin farm.
The trail will also be joined by ghoulish characters such as witches, scarecrows, vampires and monsters and even a headless horseman.
Three sessions each evening offer visitors the option to choose the scare-factor that suits them – Daylight, Twilight and Moonlight with each session having a different feel and becoming increasingly spooky the darker it gets.
But if that might be too scary for some little ones, Kew Gardens will also be hosting a daytime trail inspired by Julia Donaldson’s much-loved classic Room on a Broom.
The trail will be on from October 19 to November 3 and offers families the chance to explore the trail in search for the Witch and all her animal friends.
The event will run during the daytime from 10am – 4pm and is included with the price of a General Admission ticket.
Adam Thow, Head of Commercial Activities at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, said: “We are delighted to be able to unveil Halloween at Kew, a chilling new light trail around the Gardens to celebrate the spooky season.
“We hope to see families really get into the spirit of Halloween, dressing up and creating some spooktacular memories.”
Tickets for Halloween at Kew can be purchased online, with adult tickets priced at £17 for off peak times and £20 for peak times and children’s tickets priced at £12 for off peak times and £15 for peak times.
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