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The Weekend Ahead: Blairstown's Bed Races, Haunted Trails at Mohican and a Lantern Tour in Hackettstown

The Blairstown Fall Festival brings back its bed races, the Mohican Outdoor Center turns spooky after dark, and Hackettstown lights the lanterns for a ghostly walk through its historic district.

October 16, 2026

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Good morning, Warren County. Blairstown is the place to be this weekend. The Blairstown Fall Festival brings back its bed races on Saturday, the Mohican Outdoor Center runs Haunted Trails on Friday and Saturday nights, and Genesis Farm closes out Sunday with its harvest day. Hackettstown has a lantern-lit ghost walk, a fish dinner, a shred day and a town full of scarecrows, and Centenary Stage's new comedy is in its first weekend.

Friday

  • Knights of Columbus Fish & Chips Dinner: 5:30 to 7 PM, Knights of Columbus Club Hall, 142 Liberty Street, Hackettstown. Tickets are $25 and must be bought in advance (908-852-9758).
  • Haunted Trails at the Mohican Outdoor Center: 6 to 9 PM, 50 Camp Mohican Road, Blairstown. From 6 to 7 PM it's gentle Halloween fun for young kids. From 7 to 9 PM the live-action scares start. It runs again Saturday, and on Oct. 23, 24 and 30.
  • Lantern Tour and Ghostly Tales: 7 to 9 PM, starting at 106 Church Street, Hackettstown. Hackettstown's historical society leads a walk of about a mile through the historic district by lantern light, with stops for paranormal reports and little-known local history. It costs $12 cash, and kids under 12 get in free with a paying adult. Reservations are required ([email protected]). There's a second tour Saturday.
  • Line dancing at Czig Meister: 7 to 10 PM, 106 Valentine Street, Hackettstown. Trapper Josh leads the last country line dancing night of the season under the biergarten tent. Free, 21 and over.

Saturday

  • Fall Paper Shredding: 9 AM to noon, Fulton Bank parking lot, 176 Mountain Avenue, Hackettstown. The Hackettstown Rotary Club's twice-yearly shred day costs $5 a bag or box, and the money goes to community groups. Abilities of Warren County will take old electronics for recycling.
  • Blairstown Fall Festival and Bed Races: 10 AM to 4 PM, Blairstown. The bed races are back, with teams of five, and so are crafters, vendors, food trucks, live music, pumpkin painting and a scarecrow and carved-pumpkin contest. Admission and parking are free.
  • Chatterboxes: a Language Exchange Cafe: 1:30 PM, Hackettstown Free Public Library, 110 Church Street. Practice another language over conversation with your neighbors.
  • "Murder on the Ghost Train" Mystery Dinner: 4 to 7 PM, Four Sisters Winery, 783 North Bridgeville Road, Belvidere. An interactive murder mystery with a three-course meal, a wine tasting with a souvenir glass, prizes and a costume contest. Tickets are required. A second seating is Friday, Oct. 23.
  • Haunted Trails (6 to 9 PM) and the Lantern Tour (7 to 9 PM) run again tonight. Details are under Friday.

Sunday

  • Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses: 11:30 AM, Riverside Health & Fitness Center, 1892 Route 57, Hackettstown. A 45-minute yoga class with rescue dogs roaming the room, then 15 minutes of cuddling. Tickets are $49.50 in advance, and part of the money goes to JKRC Rescue.
  • Autumn Harvest Festival at Genesis Farm: 1 PM, Community Supported Garden at Genesis Farm, 41 Silver Lake Road, Blairstown. The farm's yearly harvest day: help bring in the winter carrots, then stay for a potluck and a fire.

All weekend

  • Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B: Centenary Stage Company, Sitnik Theatre at the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, through Oct. 25. A dark comedy that reimagines Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as two women sharing an apartment.
  • Abstract Exhibit from WC Arts: opens Saturday at the Oxford Municipal Building, 11 Green Street, Oxford. The show is abstract work by adult artists, with an artists' reception on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 4 PM.
  • Scarecrow Selfie Contest: Saturday through Nov. 1, all around downtown Hackettstown. Find the themed scarecrows (this year it's Halloween and America's 250th), take a selfie and post it with #HKTWNscarecrow2026. The photo with the most likes wins $50 in BID Bucks.

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