{"id":511050,"date":"2026-10-28T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/511050\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T21:30:08","slug":"the-patch-returns-for-another-year-of-fall-fun-and-halloween-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/511050\/","title":{"rendered":"The Patch returns for another year of fall fun and Halloween excitement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families looking for a fall outing this weekend can find pumpkins, games and a petting zoo at The Patch at the corner of Brimhall Road and Coffee in Bakersfield, next door to Frugatti\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><p>KBFX<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Owner Lori Olson said pumpkins have been \u201cin demand this season,\u201d with more expected to arrive in the afternoon. The Patch offers a range of pumpkins, including varieties Olson identified as \u201cthe moonlights and the Ghirardeles and the Cinderellas,\u201d along with traditional carving pumpkins in multiple sizes.<\/p>\n<p><p>KBFX<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Beyond pumpkins, the attraction includes inflatables, games, face painting, horse rides and vendors selling food and drinks. Olson also said the Bakersfield Firefighters Historical Society is again running a beer and wine garden, with proceeds supporting a museum project.<\/p>\n<p>The Patch also features a petting zoo with animals including \u201cbaby potbelly pigs and ducks, goats, sheep,\u201d Olson said.  Olson also noted the petting zoo includes a goat named Kylie, described as \u201cthe star of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><p>KBFX<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pumpkin prices range from $1 mini pumpkins to large \u201cprize winners\u201d priced around $50, Olson said.<\/p>\n<p>The Patch plans to be open on Halloween, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Olson said, adding that families can come during the day for activities such as face painting before heading out to trick-or-treat later. For more details you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/thepatch661.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Patch here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Families looking for a fall outing this weekend can find pumpkins, games and a petting zoo at The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-511050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}