Sharon Linsenbardt started farming at 7222 W. Grand Teton Drive in 1961. She soon began selling bags of eggs over her front fence. In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, she remembered buyers coming back to her gate within 30 or 45 minutes asking, "Can we see the chickens?" They brought neighbors, grandmothers, cousins and kids. She started a farmers market so she could keep up with the egg sales. More than six decades later, that same piece of land at Tenaya and Grand Teton hosts the one Halloween-week event in Centennial Hills that only happens in daylight.
October 31 is a Saturday this year, so Halloween is also the last day of The Las Vegas Farm's Fall Harvest Festival. The rest of the neighborhood's Halloween plans fit around that date.
A Market That Grew Out of a Bag of Eggs
According to its own site, the farm has been running since 1961 and opened to the public in 1968. In its September 2026 feature, the Review-Journal calls it a working farm, farmers market and animal rescue spread over 10 acres. Animals have the run of the property on weekdays. On Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the sanctuary opens to visitors as a petting zoo.
The market still works much like the fence-line egg stand did, with more on the tables. Linsenbardt told the Review-Journal that neighbors with an apricot tree, a lemon tree or a good zucchini and tomato patch bring their harvests in. Their produce sits next to her own eggs and the honey from her hives. Whatever doesn't sell goes into jellies, pies and breads. In other words, the market is stocked partly by people who live around the farm.
The animals belong to Barn Buddies Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Linsenbardt founded to care for abused, neglected and abandoned farm animals. Sheep, pigs, mules, donkeys, cows, ducks, tortoises, rabbits, llamas, alpacas and peacocks live there. The Review-Journal reported that the sanctuary is full, so it can only take in a new animal after one of its current residents dies.
Each resident animal has its own shelter, plus blankets, automatic waterers, swamp coolers and a misting system. All proceeds from the Fall Harvest Festival go to Barn Buddies Sanctuary.
What the Harvest Festival Looks Like on Its Final Day
The festival runs on October weekends this year. Its last date is Saturday, Oct. 31. According to the Everyday Vegas listing, the market and animal areas are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and festival activities and food run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. That hour between 4 and 5 is still good for buying a pumpkin, but the maze and the food stands will already be closing.
What's on offer:
- Pumpkins and squash: The Review-Journal says the festival brings at least a dozen varieties of pumpkins and squash, in addition to the farm's regular produce.
- The market: Seasonal fruits and vegetables, artisan breads, jams and jellies, local honey and farm-fresh eggs. Shopping is free.
- The maize maze and activities: The farm lists individual activities at roughly $1 to $6.
- The animals: Festival and animal-area admission is $10 for ages 13 and up and $5 for ages 12 and under. On regular weekends, a paper bag of hay for hand-feeding costs $2.
The ground is uneven because this is a working farm, and the listing recommends closed-toe shoes.
Four Events, One Daytime Slot
The farm is open in the morning and early afternoon. The neighborhood's other three Halloween-week events all start at 4 p.m. or later, so none of them competes with the farm for the same hours.
| Event | Where | When | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 6 Haunted Harvest | Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N. Buffalo Dr., and Centennial Hills Community Center/YMCA, 6601 N. Buffalo Dr. | Thursday, Oct. 29, 4 to 7:30 p.m. | Free |
| Skye Canyon Trunk or Treat | Skye Center parking lot | Thursday, Oct. 29, 4 to 7 p.m. | Free |
| Las Vegas Farm Fall Harvest Festival | 7222 W. Grand Teton Dr. | Saturday, Oct. 31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | $10 ages 13+, $5 ages 12 and under; market shopping free |
| Halloween Town Northwest Pumpkin Patch | 7211 Oso Blanca Rd. | Through Oct. 31, listed 4 to 10 p.m. | $5 general admission |
Thursday Belongs to Buffalo Drive
Halloween week starts two days before the farm's last day, on Buffalo Drive. The City of Las Vegas lists the Ward 6 Haunted Harvest for Thursday, Oct. 29, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. It's free, open to all ages, and spread across the Centennial Hills Community Center/YMCA and Centennial Hills Library.
The library's event page gives this year's theme as a "Magical Quest" with dragons, castles and knights. The event is presented with Las Vegas City Councilwoman Nancy Brune, the YMCA, Arbor View High School's Crimson Players and Real Dinosaurs. Activities include face painting, a haunted house, a castle maze, a scavenger hunt, trunk-or-treat, a live DJ and food trucks.
Farther northwest that same afternoon, Skye Canyon is holding its first Trunk or Treat, 4 to 7 p.m. in the Skye Center parking lot, according to a Family Fun Vegas listing. The same listing shows a free Fresh52 Farmers & Artisan Market at Skye Canyon Park that Thursday. The two Thursday events overlap almost hour for hour, so most households will end up picking one.
Saturday Is a Day-to-Night Handoff
Because Halloween lands on a Saturday, a family can spend the whole day in the neighborhood without going to the same place twice. The schedules line up neatly:
- Morning at Grand Teton and Tenaya. The farm opens at 9 a.m. Pumpkins, the maze, the animals and the market are all there. Festival activities and food wind down at 4 p.m.
- Late afternoon on Oso Blanca Road. Halloween Town's Northwest Pumpkin Patch at 7211 Oso Blanca Rd. is listed as opening at 4 p.m. and staying open until 10 p.m.
- After dark, the carnival. The Everyday Vegas listing calls this Halloween Town's largest Las Vegas-area location. It has full-size carnival rides including a giant Ferris wheel and a 70-foot swing ride, plus kiddie rides, midway games, a Halloween hay maze and food vendors.
The two places run on very different models. The farm charges one admission and prices activities from about $1 to $6. Halloween Town charges $5 general admission. Ride wristbands, tickets, games, pumpkins and food are all extra, and carnival games are listed starting around $5. Parking at Halloween Town is free, and pets are allowed, though organizers suggest leaving them at home when it's crowded. October evenings cool down after sunset, so bring a light layer if you're staying for the rides. Halloween Town's Northwest page posts the current calendar and is worth checking before you go on the last night.
This Saturday plan works because each place sells something different. Halloween Town brings in rides and games for one season. The farm offers what it has offered since Linsenbardt was selling eggs over her fence: produce grown by her and her neighbors, and animals kept for life. Every festival ticket sold on Oct. 31 goes to Barn Buddies Sanctuary.
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