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Oktoberfest Food Festival & Fright Fest 2024 Feature Tons of Specialty Foods

Join us for an in-depth tour and review of Six Flags Over Texas' fall food offerings. Both Oktoberfest Food Festival and Fright Fest feature several specialty items this year, including German favorites, hauntingly spicy entrees and enough dessert to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth. Oktoberfest Food Festival and Fright Fest both take place through the beginning of November.

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Kids Boo Fest 2024 | Epic Trick or Treat Trail & Full Event Tour

Kids Boo Fest returns to Six Flags Over Texas for another season of family-friendly, daytime Halloween fun. This year's event includes the return of several interactive activities, including scream and costume contests. Kids Boo Fest visitors can also trek down the expansive trick or treat trail, enjoy daily foam parties in Bugs Bunny Boomtown and catch the Looney Tunes Halloween dance party at Silver Star Carousel Stage.

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Guide to Fright Fest 2024 at Six Flags Over Texas, New Haunt Locations & Event Updates

Fright Fest 2024 begins at Six Flags Over Texas in just under two weeks. Taking place on select evenings between September 13 and November 3, Fright Fest is a Halloween-themed event, featuring haunted houses, live entertainment, scare zones and spooky decor. New for 2024 is a slate of several popular haunted house themes, including Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Stranger Things and SAW. Join us for a guide to this year's event, showing off attraction locations and checking out setup progress.

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Shock Wave Celebrates 50 Million Riders, New Ride Construction, Spring Break

Six Flags Over Texas celebrates 50 million riders on the classic Shock Wave roller coaster with a ceremony featuring a ribbon cutting, giveaways and special behind-the-scenes tour. We also show off the quick construction progress taking place for the return of Daffy Duck Bucket Blasters and the new Sylvester & Tweety Pounce and Bounce. Six Flags Over Texas is also celebrating Spring Break through March 17 with live entertainment, decor and specialty food items.

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Oktoberfest Returns to Six Flags Over Texas With Even More Food Offerings & Live Entertainment

The Oktoberfest Food Festival has returned to Six Flags Over Texas on select dates from September 2 to October 31. Taking place along the park’s Smith Street and Old South area, the festival features a number of German-inspired food and adult beverage options with expanded menus for 2023. This year's event also features new live entertainment, photo opportunities and games, such as cornhole and shuffleboard.

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Fright Fest Prep Begins at Six Flags Over Texas | Several New Scare Zones, Haunted Houses & Shows

Fright Fest at Six Flags Over Texas is coming up quick and the park is hard at work preparing for the Halloween event. This year's Fright Fest features several new entertainment offerings, including H.H. Holme's Freak Show in Southern Palace Theatre. Multiple new scare zones and haunted houses, such as Coven Cove, Lago de Miedo and Wrong Turn on Canal Street, will also make their debut in 2023.

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New Holiday in the Park Updates, Veterans Weekend Celebration

We are less than a week out from the beginning of Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Over Texas. While a handful of details have been released, we take a loop around the park to piece together other event clues. Six Flags also hosted their Veterans Weekend event, which gave veterans and active military personnel free admission, along with several other perks.

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