Labor Day Extravaganza

Labor Day Extravaganza
Running TeamMark Halpin
First hunt2006
Most recent hunt2023
Number of hunts16
LocationOnline
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Mark Halpin's Labor Day Extravaganza, is a puzzle hunt generally run every year (with two exceptions, once in Labor Day Extravaganza 2013 and once in 2021), starting with its inception in 2006. As the name suggests, the hunt is held on the United States federal holiday Labor Day weekend, typically releasing on the Saturday before the first Monday in September. The puzzle hunt is released all at once as a PDF, making it a Puzzle Packet, and typically contains 10-12 puzzles with a metapuzzle. The themes of the Labor Day Extravaganzas have taken from mythologies from various cultures around the world. Finishing involves emailing Mark Halpin the answer to the metapuzzle, and the fastest 10-20 finishers are listed on the website. Hints and solutions are usually released for each puzzle after some time.

List of Hunts[edit | edit source]

Hunt Link Title Theme
Labor Day Extravaganza 2023 Two on the Isle Hawaiian mythology
Labor Day Extravaganza 2022 Cross Purposes Sang Kancil (Indonesian/Malaysian mythology)
Labor Day Extravaganza 2020 Balancing Act Egyptian mythology
Labor Day Extravaganza 2019 Distressed Inuit mythology
Labor Day Extravaganza 2018 It Takes Two Popoh Vuh (Mayan mythology)
Labor Day Extravaganza 2017 When First We Practice to Deceive Anansi (Akan mythology)
Labor Day Extravaganza 2016 Here Comes the Sun Japanese/Shinto mythology
Labor Day Extravaganza 2015 Speaking of Witch... Baba Yaga tales (Slavic folklore)
Labor Day Extravaganza 2014 I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends Ramayana (Hindu mythology)
Labor Day Extravaganza 2012 ... And I Feel Fine Norse mythology
Labor Day Extravaganza 2011 Let's Get Away From the City The Decameron
Labor Day Extravaganza 2010 Wishful Thinking 1001 Arabian Nights
Labor Day Extravaganza 2009 Sun and Sand 1001 Arabian Nights
Labor Day Extravaganza 2008 Short Story Aesop's Fables
Labor Day Extravaganza 2007 Are We There Yet? The Odyssey
Labor Day Extravaganza 2006 Labor Intensive Herculean Labors