Missoula fall pageant brings households collectively for autumn enjoyable

Missoula’s first-ever fall pageant brings households collectively for autumn enjoyable at Grass Valley Farms, that includes corn mazes, hay slides, and seasonal actions that can proceed for six weekends.

The inaugural Missoula Fall Fest kicked off this weekend, marking the start of autumn celebrations within the metropolis.

Located at Grass Valley Farms on Mullan Road, the pageant provides households quite a lot of seasonal actions designed to deliver the group collectively.

“It’s really wonderful to see it all come together,” mentioned Hayden Medlinger.

Watch to take a look at the enjoyable on the inaugural Missoula Fall Fest:

Missoula fall pageant brings households collectively for autumn enjoyable

The pageant options a number of points of interest, together with a corn maze, corn cannon, and the primary draw — a big hay slide that has shortly turn out to be a favourite amongst younger guests.

“I just like doing all this fun stuff with my family,” mentioned Elena Butler.

Children have been significantly enthusiastic concerning the hay slide expertise.

“Definitely going down that slide over there,” mentioned Michaela Davenport, co-founder of the occasion.

“I went pretty fast,” mentioned Sawyer Medlinger after his journey down the slide.

“I went really fast, it like speeded down,” one other younger festival-goer added.

The pageant originated from a easy need amongst native households to create autumn leisure choices that did not beforehand exist in Missoula.

“It was kinda selfish move on our end, because we just wanted something like this for our families and it just didn’t exist,” Davenport mentioned.

After planning and preparation, the organizers determined to make their imaginative and prescient a actuality at Grass Valley Farms.

“We finally just worked out the nerve to say we’re doing it this year, and it’s been a lot of work…but it’s so worth it, so worth it,” Davenport mentioned.

The pageant will proceed working for the following six weekends, giving households a number of alternatives to expertise the autumn actions.

Missoula Fall Festival runs each weekend by October 26 at Grass Valley Farms, positioned at 5280 Deschamps Lane, west of Missoula.

The hours are 5 p.m. till 10 p.m. on Fridays, 12 p.m. till 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. on Sundays.

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