Tickets for this year’s Great Pumpkin Sail at Echo Lake Park in Mountainside will go on sale at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, the Union County Board of County Commissioners have announced. Tickets will be available online only at ucnj.org/reserve.
“The Great Pumpkin Sail is an entertaining tradition here in Union County,” said Commissioner Chairman Alexander Mirabella. “Please bring your own jack-o-lanterns and join us as we illuminate Echo Lake with pumpkins.”
The Great Pumpkin Sail will take place on Nov. 1 with three sessions scheduled. The first session will run from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.; the second session will run from 6:45 to 8 p.m.; the third session will run from 8:15 to 9:30 p.m.
Tickets for the event are sold on a per-family basis. One ticket will cover as many as six family members. Larger families may purchase an additional ticket to cover up to six more family members. There is a limit of two tickets per family. The cost is $12 per ticket for Union County residents, and $16 per ticket for out-of-county residents.
Each family ticket includes the right to float one pre-carved Jack-o-Lantern, weighing no more than eight pounds after carving.
Attendees are encouraged to wear masks when social distancing is not possible. In case of bad weather, the rain date will be Nov. 3.
For more information, call the Union County Department of Parks and Recreation at (908) 527-4900.
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