Holiday lights are coming early to downtown Milwaukee this year. But not for that holiday.
A Halloween village has been set up outside the Baird Center, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave. The outdoor display — which consists of a walk-through, 12-foot pumpkin and lighted figures of a ghost, scarecrow, Frankenstein’s monster and two witches — will be available to the public for free photo ops through Oct. 31, according to Milwaukee Downtown BID #21.
That same area also will be the site of downtown Milwaukee’s third annual Jack-o-Lantern Jubilee on Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be multiple family activities going on during the jubilee, including pumpkin decorating, face-painting, balloon art, story times, live entertainment and a children’s book sale. Guests are encouraged to dress in costume, and the first 400 guests will get to pick out a free pumpkin.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Holiday lights are already up in in downtown Milwaukee. They’re for Halloween.