Highlights for the fun and FREE Villainous Weekend Party include the following:

• The Great Pumpkin: A showstopping 1,000-pound (ish) pumpkin will be located inside Stage Nine, perfect for photo ops and sharing on social (be sure to tag @stagenine).

Award-Winning Art: Guests can meander the visually exciting store to view 50 incredible hand-carved pumpkins featuring your favorite villains created by master jack-o-lantern artist Alex Wer (aka: @thepumpkingeek).  

Spirited Contests: Shoppers will have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win fun prizes. Categories include:

• Guessing the exact weight of the pumpkin;
• Estimating the number of pumpkin pies that can be made from the huge pumpkin.

Scary Fun Hawthorne’s Hideout Tours: Drop-in public tours are available both days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., departing every 30 minutes. An extraordinary speakeasy hidden deep within The Underground Vault, the all-new hideout is a highly themed, interactive experience created by the masterminds at Stage 9 Exhibits and Stage Nine Entertainment and packed wall-to-wall with antiques, dazzling artifacts, and one-of-a-kind treasures from the legendary adventures of Elias Hawthorne.

Special Edition Halloween-themed RSVLTS® Shirts: Interested shoppers can be among the first to purchase six new Halloween-themed shirts plus Hawthorne’s Hideout Halloween special edition shirt (while supplies last) from the new RSVLTS Outpost at Stage Nine, a fun store-within-a-store. 

Of course, guests of all ages are encouraged to dress in costumes (villains are encouraged) and enjoy festive décor and other district-wide Halloween-related activities and activations happening throughout the Old Sacramento Waterfront.