A crisp chill is in the air, the pumpkins are carved and can be seen everywhere. Baskets of treats can be found, and a pleasant creep will be held downtown. At last, the most wonderful thing of them all, on October 22nd Wooster celebrates fall.

           The Fall Shop Hop is to take place next Saturday, and we would be delighted for all the ghouls, ghosts, and spirits of Wooster to be in attendance. Of course, we wouldn’t want to invite all the creatures of the night into downtown without giving them something to look forward to.

           This year the Fall Shop Hop will be having a spooktacular competition of scarecrows, with each decorated as a particular musical artist. There are eleven businesses total participating which includes, downtown Buehler’s, Kitschy Koo Boutique, NEST, Friendtique, Boba Bowl, JK Gift Shop, Embellish Tattoo Company, Cookie Snob Cookies, Omahoma Bob’s Barbeque, Flex Yoga, and Artfind Title. Each participating business got to pick which famous musician they chose, but it is up to the werewolves, vampires, and monsters of Wooster to pick the best one.

The scarecrows were revealed on October 7th, and voting will continue up until October 22nd at 5 p.m. Each business has a QR code next to their musician which enables you to pick your favorite one. The crowned scarecrow will be revealed during the entertainment of the night, which will be Eternally Elvis! Elvis will be performing once the voting ends, and will be continuing till 7 p.m.

Along with this musically chilling competition, there will be some equally as thrilling deals. Boba Bowl will have ten percent off all drinks. Motts Oils & More will have a free pour spout with every thirty dollars spent. Omahoma Bob’s will be offering ten percent off on beef jerky and beef sticks. JK Gift shop will be offering refreshments, free of charge. Friendtique and NEST will be having a thirty percent off sale throughout the entire store (minus the display case). Buehler’s will be giving away free pumpkin cookies. Flex yoga will have a forty-five percent discount on all yoga mats and will be open till 12:30 p.m. MacKenzie’s Silver lining will be taking ten percent off on the entire store and will be open till 3:00 p.m. Uptown Downtown Antiques will be having a ten percent off sale. Jodi’s Closet has a twenty percent discount on all items for the day. E&H Ace Hardware’s solar lights will be twenty-five percent off. Roomscapes will be celebrating their 20th anniversary and will be offering a small gift and coupons. Kitschy Coo Boutique will be having a twenty percent off sale. And, unless you’re starring in the next slasher film, then Graham and Burns will be having fifteen percent off kitchen knives and cutlery.

With a scarecrow competition as alarmingly stylish as this one, and some blood curling great deal, we sincerely hope you, and possibly the rest of your pumpkin patch are in attendance. While we cannot promise that you’ll be swept away onto your own magic broomstick, we can provide you with a wonderful fall evening.