Experience WitchFest at Gardner Village
SEPTEMBER 19-OCTOBER 31, 2025

WITCHFEST 2025 DATES, HOURS & PARKING INFO

• Friday, September 19-Tuesday, October 31, 2025, runs daily, Monday-Saturday. Closed Sundays. No admission fees to visit.
  
  WITCHFEST HOURS:
  
• September 19-30, Monday-Thursday, 10am-6pm and Friday-Saturday, 10am-8pm and October 1-30, Monday-Friday, 10am-8pm and Saturday, 10am-9pm. Closed Sundays.
  
• Archibald's Restaurant regular hours during September, 11am-8pm and then in October, Monday-Thursday, 11am-8pm and Friday-Saturday, 11am-9pm. Closed Sundays.
  
• Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2025, 10am-4pm | Archibald's Restaurant, 11am-4pm
  
  PARKING:
  
• Beginning Friday, September 19, there will be a $10 PER CAR PARKING FEE every Friday and Saturday during September and Thursday, Friday and Saturday during October.
• Parking is FREE on all other days.
• If you're attending WitchFest on one of the paid parking days, the parking fee will apply. Payment can be made by cash or credit card. To ensure smooth parking, we work with a professional parking management company.
• As a bonus, you'll receive exclusive shopping coupons when you pay to park.
• For your safety, please don’t park on 7800 South. There is plenty of parking in our lots.
  
  

WITCHFEST 2025 EVENTS & ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE

• WITCHAPALOOZA DINNER THEATER AND BREAKFAST WITH A WITCH at The Gathering Place on sale here August 6, 2025 @ approximately noon. Live Gardner Village witches at breakfast.


• WITCH SCAVENGER HUNT & WITCH DISPLAYS: Navigate using your phone and on-site signs. FREE! No ticket necessary.


• WITCHES NIGHT OUT: An enchanting tradition at this annual ladies shopping and dining evening event on Saturdays, October 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2025 from 5-9pm. Dress in your finest witch wear or purchase your costume here at Gardner Village. 5:15pm family costume parade, ladies grand witches parade at 8pm (ladies 18 & older) with the live Gardner Village witches leading the way. Our live Gardner Village witches will create toil and trouble as they bring a few witch displays to life. Let your mole hairs down and shake your BOO-ty with DJs Russ & Morgan Powell of Powell Weddings & Events. Enter to win prizes, enjoy hair raisingly good food and shop til you drop. Wraps up at 9pm with Thriller and our Gardner Village witches on the main stage. No tickets necessary.


• WITCH 5K, 10K & HALF MARATHON RUN: Saturday, September 27, 2025. Hosted by On Hill Events. Register here.


• MANIFESTATIONS! - A MAGICALLY MACABRE TRIBUTE TO EDGAR ALLEN POE at Mystique Dining and The Prestige: Magic Lounge & Showroom. A magical experience with a 5-course dinner followed by an award-winning master of illusion. Make reservations here.


• WITCHES OF MYSTIC MANOR ESCAPE ROOM at A Great Escape : Reserve here beginning August 2025.


• RICOCHET CANYON AMUSEMENT PARK: Rides, activities, play area, pony rides, petting zoo with a wild west bewitching theme. Reservations not needed. Open weather permitting. Admission & ride fees apply.


• WITCH EXPRESS TRAIN & TRACTOR-PULLED WAGON RIDES at The Train Shoppe: Witch Express Train, a trackless train that meanders through Gardner Village, Monday-Saturday.


• WITCHY EATS: Food available at Archibald's Restaurant and Happy Camper Deli and Bakery. Caramel apples and sweet treats at Chocolate Covered Wagon. The Cackling Cantina on Mill Plaza serves Mexican food, Thursday-Saturday beginning October 2, first come first serve seating, open weather permitting. Food trucks on paid parking days. No outside food or private parties allowed in seating areas.

WHY VISIT WITCHFEST?

All of the hocus and pocus that make up today’s WitchFest started in 2000 with Witches’ Night Out. “Witches’ Night Out draws thousands of would-be witches to the Village each year,” Joe Long, CEO of Gardner Village, said. “They come wearing elaborate costumes and pointy hats, ready to shop, eat, play and have whimsical witchy fun.”

Over the years, WitchFest has evolved from this one-evening event into a celebration and family-friendly festival the runs mid-September to Halloween each year. With the ambiance and charm of an early Utah village, the brick-lined paths surrounding the historic Gardner flour mill are a unique backdrop for over 50 larger-than-life witch displays that adorn the property during WitchFest. You'll be immersed into the experience with 30,000 pounds of pumpkins, 20,000 pounds of straw and hundreds of bunches of cornstalks that decorate the grounds. One of the most popular activities is the free scavenger hunt for the iconic green-faced beauties. You'll find endless post-worthy photo ops.

World-renowned folk artist, Eric Dowdle, created a custom painting for WitchFest that has been turned into puzzles and prints that are sold nationwide and at Gardner Village in the Wanderlust store. WitchFest received a past Best of State award as Utah's best fair, festival and event.

MORE ABOUT GARDNER VILLAGE - THE HOST OF WITCHFEST

“Gardner Village is a unique destination that brings visitors every day throughout the year,” Long says. “Especially during WitchFest, people come from California, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and even the East Coast to be part of the fun. The Village showcases an important part of West Jordan and Utah history.”

Gardner Village features locally owned specialty shops and event venues surrounding the historic Gardner Mill, which is listed on the National Historic Register. The old flour mill and silo are home to Archibald’s Restaurant, Mill Plaza and CF Home. Vintage pioneer architecture, antique fixtures, red brick paths and bridges add to the atmosphere that takes you back to a simpler time and spotlight Utah's colorful history.

Gardner Village is a Utah historic site and is located at 1100 West 7800 South in West Jordan, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The Village is open year 'round, Monday through Saturday. Closed Sundays.