Fashion Your Fall Weekend Getaway Fest

HARRODSBURG, Ky. - Aug. 3, 2018 - PRLog -- Here is a fall calendar is filled with weekend fests: Fort Harrod Jazz Festival, HarvestFest at Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill and downtown's Oktoberfest, as well as two that take a spooky turn – Haunted Frontier at Old Fort Harrod State Park and the Field of Horror at Devine's Corn Maze. Choose your fest, add accommodations and fashion a fall weekend getaway to Kentucky's oldest town.

Fall fests and weekend fun
From Sept. 7 through Oct. 21, you can get lost in the corn maze, pet the critters, go through the hay maze and straw crawl and take a hayride to pick a pumpkin. Devine's Farm has games and activities aplenty, including Zip Line Racers and Paintball Cornstalk wars. Admission: $10/ages 13 and over; $8/ages 5-12; free ages 4 and under.

Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill celebrates fall with a Hard Cider Bash on Sept. 8. This toasty bash, complete with good food, good friends and plenty of craft hard cider, is part of Shaker Village's Fresh Food Adventure program.

On Sept. 29-30, it's time for HarvestFest, the Village's down-home, family-friendly celebration. Take a hayride, paint a pumpkin, climb hay stacks and play in the bouncy house.  Shop for honey, breads and jams at the Harvest Market, then meet the farm animals and tour the apple orchard. Live music and food trucks round out the fun.

Head downtown Oct. 12-14 to celebrate the traditions of the Munich Oktoberfest right in the heart of central Kentucky with Harrodsburg's newest and most popular festival.

This free-admission Oktoberfest celebration brings lively music, exhibits, family-friendly entertainment and more, with something for everyone: delicious German and specialty food from restaurants, civic clubs and vendors; kids' and family activities; arts and crafts vendors; live music on the Main Stage; and, of course, world-class beer from favorite breweries.

Round out a weekend of fall fun with a visit to Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill for a fall hayride and a cruise on the Kentucky River aboard the sternwheeler Dixie Belle.

Jazz Festival headlines live music entertainment
The annual free-admission Fort Harrod Jazz Festival, scheduled this year for Sept. 14-16, is three days of live music featuring regional and national ensembles. Bring lawn chair or blanket to the front lawn of Old Fort Harrod State Park and enjoy the music as well as arts and craft vendors and plenty of food booths.

The Kentucky Artisans Expo also takes place during Jazz Festival weekend on Saturday, Sept. 15. Some of the region's finest artists will ​showcase their original handmade arts and crafts at the fort.

More live musical entertainment can be had at the Burgin Barn every Friday night, headlined by Larry Sanders and BorderLine Band. Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill offers Music on the Lawn, Fridays and Saturdays during its $5 after 5 programs. The Beaumont Inn is planning two Friday night concerts, 5-7 p.m., set on the lawn of this historic inn: September 14 features Mark Greenwell and Oct. 26 features Travis Kern. Bring lawn chairs or blankets; purchase beer, wine and water onsite; and enjoy dinner afterward.

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble
Bring the kids for a fun and spooky evening trek along the Village's road, gathering treats and maybe even a trick or two. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Trick-or-Treat takes place Oct. 26-27 with hayrides, Spirit Strolls and bonfires. Enjoy live music, food and drink, kids' crafts and a selfie costume contest. Admission: $5/per person (ages 3 and up).

Enter at the East Gate at Old Fort Harrod State Park – if you dare! – for Haunted Frontier, a fright fest 244 years in the making. Planned for Oct. 26-27 and Oct. 30-31, this haunt starts in the old fort before entering the wooded area behind it, near the oldest cemetery in Kentucky. With most of the haunt taking place outside in the smoky darkness of this historic place, Haunted Frontier is not recommended for children under 10 or the weak-hearted. Tickets: $7/adults; $4/ages under 12.crew your courage to the sticking place and enter the Field of Horror at Devine's Corn Maze. Your nightmares come alive Oct. 26-27: Children of the Corn, Jason, Freddy, Pin Head, Saw, Exorcist and many more may be waiting for you. Get lost in the dark with the rustling corn and a chill in the air. Admission: $10/ages 13 and over; $8/ages 5-12; free ages 4 and under.

Visit www.HarrodsburgKY.com to plan your fall fest weekend. Located in the midst of Kentucky bourbon and horse country, Harrodsburg has accommodations, activities and adventures and dining options to suit every taste and budget.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Karen Hackett (mailto:khackett@harrodsburgky.com), Executive Director

Harrodsburg/Mercer County Tourist Commission (http://www.harrodsburgky.com/)

800-355-9192 or 859-734-2364

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ABOUT HARRODSBURG, KY (http://www.harrodsburgky.com/) | Two years before the Declaration of Independence was signed, frontiersman James Harrod was busy establishing what would become Kentucky's oldest town. Old Fort Harrod State Park with full-scale replica fort commemorates this first permanent settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains, and Harrodsburg has remained busy ever since. Surrounded by the bourbon and craft distilleries of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, Harrodsburg provides an official stop on the Trail at the Beaumont Inn. Lemons Mill Brewery put it on the Brewgrass Trail. Sip moonshine at Olde Towne Distillery; visit more than a dozen wineries in the region. Championship golf, horseback riding trails, backroads and byways for bicycle enthusiasts and water sports at Herrington Lake add adventure. Sternwheeler Dixie Belle provides excursions to the geologically ancient Kentucky River Palisades. Overnight options include Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Beaumont Inn, Bright Leaf Golf Resort and a fun variety of guest lodgings. Authentic and historic, postcard-pretty Harrodsburg bustles with locally-owned shops and a dynamic mom-and-pop restaurant scene that includes a James Beard America's Classic recipient. facebook/Harrodsburg (https://www.facebook.com/pages/HarrodsburgMercer-County-Tourist-Commission/260238942507)