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Underwood Fall Harvest Festival

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September 29, 2016
The 19th Annual Underwood Family Farms Fall Harvest Festival
October 1 - 31, 2016
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This year's Festival kicks off on Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2 with Friends of the Farm Weekend - A Celebration of First Responders.  Back for the 7th year, the proceeds from the weekend's gate will help benefit The Ventura County Sheriff's Explorers Program, VCSO Foundation, Search and Rescue Groups, Thousand Oaks Volunteers in Policing & Disaster Response Team (DART), and The Ventura County Fire Department's Charity Groups. It will be filled with demonstrations including police cars & motorcycles, fire trucks, ambulances, SWAT team with SWAT Bearcat, Bomb Squad & bomb robot, Search and Rescue, SAR Snow Cat, K-9s, Disaster Action Response Team (DART),  and plus MUCH, MUCH more! There will even be free displays outside the gate and once inside, CPR hand's only training from 11am - 3pm, child fingerprinting, the Bomb Squad and Bomb Robot demo at 12:30, & the Sheriff's Department Pig Race at 1:00pm. Don't miss the popular Pumpkin Drop, where a pumpkin filled with candy is dropped from 150 feet up in the air!

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On Saturday, October 8 & Sunday, October 9, get ready for some Country! Local Ventura County bands will perform throughout the weekend on the Main stage for Country Weekend which will take place from 10:00am - 5:45pm (bands & times to be announced) and country station KHAY will be on hand to kick the festivities up a notch! Every weekend following, beginning at 10:30am, live bands such as CRV, Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band, Acadiana, Big Tweed, & The Catterwailers, will keep everyone's toes tapping until 2:00pm. Soon after, local performers will keep the crowds entertained until closing.
Underwoods is always excited to have the Topa Topa Flywheelers at the farm for Antique Tractor Weekend! On Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16, there will be antique tractors, farm equipment & motors as well as demonstrations and 3 daily tractor parades! Also on display, will be John Deere's newest tractors.

Without missing a beat, Wild West Weekend returns on October 22 & 23 from 10:00am-4:00pm. The weekend will be filled with cowboy entertainment such as stunt ropers, a gold miner, a covered wagon, music, magic and more! Tumbleweed Rob, the Billhillies and Jumbo Shrimp Circus are just some of the amazing acts that will be performing this weekend.   
The final weekend of October 29 & 30 is dedicated to pumpkins with the theme being "All About Pumpkins". This is the final weekend for picking out the perfect pumpkins and decorations for those Halloween parties. The artistic members of the Underwood Family Farms' staff will have specially designed pumpkins throughout the farm to help inspire visitor's decorating styles. Shoppers won't be disappointed by our Country Store filled with all their decorating needs as well as holiday books, jarred products and gifts! The farm is a great place to grab those last minute pumpkins and celebrate the harvest.

 
 
Underwood Family Farms' Fall Harvest Festival is open to the public for a $15.00 entrance fee on October 1, 2, 8 & 9 and $20.00 on October 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, & 30. Weekday admission is $6.00. Parking is free as well as admission for children UNDER 2. Visitors can also sign up on-line to receive coupons and discounts via e-mail. Active military, fire, & police personnel will receive free admission on October 1 & 2 with valid ID. 
Attractions include a farm stand with fresh produce grown on site, pick-your-own fruits and vegetables and three hundred tons of hard-to-find pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, colors, and varieties that are grown especially for the Festival.  The Fall Festival is the only place where visitors can ride around the farm in wagons pulled by massive draft horses. Back this year are stilt walkers, Heide on Horse, a singing cowboy, a live chicken show and a real combine slide! 



Of special interest is the complex maze of corn stalks constructed to challenge young adventurers as well as the corn stalk labyrinth. As in year's past, there will be country games, face painters, a train, temporary tattoos, the sling shot and corn cannon, a scarecrow booth and giant pyramids of hay bales for children to climb. 
Underwood Family Farms' ever-changing Animal Center is home to numerous animals such as ponies, cows, sheep, emus, pigs, goats, donkeys and rabbits - just to name a few, and visitors are continually awed by Underwood's specially designed goat ramp, a structure built above visitors' heads on which a herd of pygmy goats scamper. Be sure not to miss the Animal Show held throughout the day on the weekends at the hand-painted outdoor theater as well as our 9th year of Pig Races!  
The farm is open every day from 9:00am to 6:00pm March through Thanksgiving and weekends the day after Thanksgiving through mid-December. Underwood Family Farms is located right off the 23 Freeway between Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, and Simi Valley. Visit us on our website for more information.