The Headless Horseman Rides. . . Stay Wary on the Prairie!
All guests, including members, must reserve or purchase tickets to attend this festival.
2025 Festival Dates:
October 2–26, 2025
Hours:
- 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Festival tickets are also available to participants enrolled in the Access Pass program. Limited Access Pass tickets are available for this event. Secure your ticket today!
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Children under 2 are free
OCTOBER 2-26,2025, EVERY THURSDAY-SUNDAY
Thank you to all guests and sponsors for attending the Headless Horseman Festival.
Fall family fun at the Headless Horseman Festival:
- NEW fire art performances
- UPDATED Midway Experience with all-new activities and TWO carnival rides
- UPDATED Barrel Train Ride through a pumpkin patch with singing jack o’ lanterns(riders must be under 48” tall)
- Perilous Plunge dry tubing hill
- Long and short corn mazes
- Create collaborative art in The Haunted Studio
- Play with light and shadows in the Shadow Play Maze.
- Engage in sensory play with Fall Sensory Bins.
- Eerie Illusions magic show
- Sleepy Hollow one-man show
- Sleepy Hollow marionette show
- Live music performances
Unfortunately, the Trail of Terror is currently closed due to significant damage from recent strong winds.
Get updates about the festival by texting HEADLESS to 317-779-3330
Food & Beverage Information
From burgers to pizza, pretzels, kettle corn, and so much more, the festival will have a variety of food options throughout the grounds.
Then stop by the Sleepy Hollow Tavern for some of your favorite beverages like Conner Scary, Sun King's exclusive Headless Horseman beer.
Apple Store hours: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Scarecrow Contest
2024 Registration is open now until September 23
Think you can create an award-winning scarecrow? Enter our scarecrow contest! Whether you like your scarecrows spooky and scary or cute and creative, we want to see the best scarecrow you can make! Click here to learn more.
2023 Scarecrows:
2024 Headless Horseman Sponsors:
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