Thirty miles northwest of Hollywood, tucked in the Santa Monica Mountains, Nights of the Jack is hosted at the historic King Gillette Ranch. Named after King C. Gillette, founder of the Gillette razor brand, who owned and developed the land in the 1920s, the King Gillette Ranch is a 588-acre site in the Calabasas region of Los Angeles that is now owned and operated by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. It is the perfect location for a celebration of jack-o’-lanterns as it is generally accepted that the name Calabasas is derived from the Spanish ‘calabaza’ meaning ‘pumpkin’, ‘squash’, or ‘gourd’.
Nights of the Jack, which was created by Ben Biscotti, Bobby Rossi and Tony Shubert, features a 2/3-mile trail through the grounds of the ranch, decorated with intricately-carved jack-o’-lanterns as well as a variety of other Halloween-themed displays. CBC Technical – a full-service audio, visual and lighting solutions company based in Temecula, CA – has been responsible for supplying the lighting equipment and power distribution for the attraction since it began in 2018. Lighting Designer Michael Hoffman has also been involved with the project since its inception and ADJ’s IP65-rated LED wash fixtures have always been the main fixtures in his lighting toolkit.
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