Category: The Loveliest Village on the Plains

What is orange and black with navy blue all over?

That’s right! Auburn during October!

Here in Auburn we love ORANGE and blue, so of course we love SpOoKy SeAsOn! In Auburn the students, locals, stores, and restaurants go all out for the season. They have themed merchandise, events, and prizes throughout Auburn. This year things are looking a little different, but just as spooky as ever!

Costumes

We love dressing up here in Auburn, so every Halloween you will see costumes everywhere! Many hangout spots and on-campus organizations will host costume contests to see who can get the most creative. Many of these contests have fun prizes and sometimes even cash!

Trick-or-Treat

Of course what is Halloween without any candy???? In typical years you can trick-or-treat at the local stores downtown, but this year Auburn is hosting a 2020 Drive Thru trick-or-treat! Are you ready for a spooky Halloween parade?

Downtown Spooky Scavenger Hunt

Like I said….SPOOKY SEASON PRIZES!!! Active Auburn & the Downtown Merchants Association are hosting the Downtown Spooky Scavenger Hunt. Beginning October 25th through Saturday, October 31st, Active Auburn will be hiding a pumpkin at a downtown merchant location. A picture will be posted at Noon every day on Active Auburn’s Facebook page (@activeauburnAL). The first participant to find the pumpkin each day will receive a prize from the hidden location!

Halloween Enchanted Forest

Kreher Preserve and Nature Center

This year there is the Halloween Enchanted Forest event. During the event, you’ll hike the KPNC trails and visit some costumed characters who will entertain you on how they “trick or treat” other animals in the forest! This is a fun family-friendly event to experience with the locals! Some other fun activities include: pumpkin bowling, a campfire, fortune-telling, and face painting!

Spooky Movies

The Donald E. Davis Arboretum at Auburn University and Auburn Parks and Recreation will be hosting the 4th annual Friday Fright Night at the arboretum! There will be two movies this year:

“Little Shop of Horrors” (1986 version)

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975)

Pumpkin Carving

Of course there are always pumpkins to carve!

This year students and locals can compete in the JDCAC Pumpkin Competition hosted by the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center (JDCAC) and Auburn Arts Association (AAA). “Prizes will be awarded in four categories: Most Creative, Best Mixed Media Effects, Best Carving and Best Children’s Work. Prizes will be awarded to winners in each category.” The winners will be announced October 30th!

Football of Course!

We can NOT forget the most important thing:

FOOTBALL!

This year on Halloween, we play LSU at Jordan-Hare Stadium. We can’t wait see our Auburn Tigers cause quite a FRIGHT by serving the LSU Tigers with a loss!

As always War Eagle to all my SpOoKy Tigers out there and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

By Brenna Locklear

There is absolutely nothing like fall in Auburn. In a town that celebrates orange all year long, it is extra special when the season starts to reflect our favorite color, too. The change of season from summer to fall in Auburn brings new tastes, smells, sights, and weather, all while keeping the color orange at the center of our attention. Here is a list of my personal favorite Auburn, orange and fall things:

1. Samford Hall. Some would argue this is the most iconic building on campus, and I couldn’t agree more. And while Samford is always there, standing at attention, catching the eye of every passer-by, it seems to look even more stunning in the fall. The building, with its orange-reddish brick, combined with the backdrop of autumn foliage seems to say “Welcome to fall” like nothing else on campus.

2. Chewacla State Park. Located on the outskirts of town, this is the place to be to see fall foliage in all its glory. Nothing could be more “fall” in Auburn than packing a yummy picnic, hiking one of Chewacla’s 10-plus trails, and observing even the forest showing off a little bit of that Auburn Spirit.

3. Auburn Sunsets. If you know, you know. Sunsets in Auburn on any given day are over-the-top beautiful, but especially in the fall. It’s as if God himself lights up the sky with an ode to our favorite combo of colors, orange and blue.

4. Weather. It’s not a secret that in Auburn many months of the year are rather, shall we say…hot. But come mid-October we are finally afforded some sweet relief from the heat. As you step outside in the early morning, the crisp fall air greets you and reminds you that fall really is the best season in Auburn, Alabama. As an Auburn student, you start and end the day in a light sweater and spend as much time as possible soaking in every moment of the much-anticipated change of temperature.

5. Football Season. Yes, we can’t really talk about fall and the celebration of our favorite color without mentioning one of the most popular sports on Auburn’s campus. Starting on Thursday, Auburn fans from across the state begin to trickle into the area, sporting their favorite Auburn t-shirts and jerseys, and decorating the town in that iconic burnt orange. If you haven’t felt the spirit of fall yet, I promise that will change the closer we get to gameday.

6. Coffee. I know, coffee is not orange, but hang with me. At a local coffee shop downtown called Coffee Cat, they feature a specialty drink that does tip the hat to our most beloved fall color. Their bourbon caramel syrup reflects that cozy orange color and gives you all the fall tastes in one yummy drink. Ask for that added to your standard ole latte and your fall experience can officially be complete. It’s tasty, it’s orange-ish and it’s oh so fall.

If you haven’t experienced a fall day in Auburn, I venture to say you haven’t really experienced all this season has to offer. Make a day of it – drink the coffee, take in the weather, see Samford Hall with orange leaves all around. Come see what fall is really like in a town that loves orange.