5 COVID-19 Safe Ways to Celebrate Halloween
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2020) — It’s officially spooky season, and everyone at the University of Kentucky is looking for some fearsome good fun this Halloween. Here are five ways to celebrate Halloween and protect yourself and the UK community from COVID-19.
- Go to Movies on Main — Join UK on the Main Building lawn Oct. 30 to watch a Halloween favorite, “Hocus Pocus.”
- Take part in a Nightmare on Pieratt Field — Take part in a costume contest with an added bonus — free food and Halloween games!
- Don’t miss “Films in the Infield” at Red Mile — Don’t miss the drive-in double feature showing “Ghostbusters” and “Friday the 13th” smack dab in the middle of Red Mile's historic racetrack.
- Explore Lexington’s Haunted Heritage — Join Patti Starr, certified ghost hunter, as she tells the tales of Lexington’s haunted history.
- Take in Kentucky’s fall foliage — Picturesque doesn’t even begin to describe fall in the Bluegrass State. Drive, walk or paddle through the fall colors with this VisitLex guide.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.