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2011 Pumpkin Festivals & Weigh Offs

They save the best for last. Pumpkin festivals and giant pumpkin weigh offs are the last of the great outdoor festivals for the year. The theme is pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins. Fall is in the air. And for many areas, the snow will soon fall. But for now, it is great to be outdoors touring craft booths, sipping on cider, playing pumpkin games watching the many activities and most of all, observing the giant pumpkin weighoffs.

Here are links to many of the biggest, most organized events and festivities. We have provided dates, locations, and contacts wherever available.

Giant pumpkin growers and festival organizers have worked hard. They have moved their giants from their pumpkin patches. Now, the biggest pumpkins ever grown, are on display in one giant pumpkin patch at your local festival. So, make sure to go. And, bring the kids!

Notes:

  1. Before you go,  click on the links to find more information on weigh in and registration requirements, etc.

  2. We are constantly in the process of updating this list. If the date for the weighoff you are looking at does not state "2011", then the weighoff has not been verified......yet.

State, City: Site Name: Dates and Information:
Alaska
Palmer Alaska's Midnight Sun Great Pumpkin Weigh-off Date: August 31, 2011

Where: 2075 Glenn Hwy

Arkansas
Washington Old Wahington Farmer's Market Watermelon Weigh0off Date: September 3, 2011

Where: Town Hall

California
Auburn Auburn Weighoff Date: October 15, 2011

Where: Recreation Park in Auburn, CA

Elk Grove CSD Giant Pumpkin Festival of Elk Grove (GPC) Date:Saturday, October 1, 2011

Where: Elk Grove Regional Park (9950 Elk Grove-Florin Road)

Half Moon Bay Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off Date: Monday, October 10, 2011

Where: I.D.E.S. Grounds, 735 Main Street, Half Moon Bay,

Morgan Hill Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Park Date: October 8, 2011

Where: 14485 Monterey Road

Salinas California State Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Date: October 15, 2011

Where: Borchard Farms Home Ranch, 142 Rodgers Road

San Luis Obispo Central Coast Great Pumpkin Contest Date:

Where: Mission Plaza

Santa Rosa National Heirloom Expo Date:September 12, 2011

Where: 1350 Bennet Valley Rd.

Ukiah Ukiah Country PumpkinFest & Giant Pumpkin Weighoff Date: October 8, 2011

Where: Ukiah Safeway parking lot

Colorado
Aurora Nick's Garden Center & Farm Market Date: October 8, 2011

Where: 2001 S. Chambers Road

Colorado Springs Old Colorado City Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Date: TBD

Where: Colorado Avenue and 25th Street

Littleton Great Pumpkin Commonwealth, Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable GrowersWeigh-Off! Date: September 24, 2011

Where: Jared's Nursery

Longomnt The Flower Bin Giant Weigh-off Date: October 1, 2011

Where: 1805 Nelson Rd.

Connecticut
Durham Durham Fair Date: September 21, 2011

Where: 1805 Nelson Rd.

Fairfield CT Giant Squash and Pumpkin Grower's Association Weigh-off (GPC) Date: October 2, 2011

Where: Penfield Beach in Fairfield, Penfield 1 Pavillion

Delaware
Millsboro Pumpkin Chunkin Festival Date: November 4-6, 2011

Watch 'em "Chuck" a pumpkin thousands of feet.

Illinois
Homer Glen Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm Date: October 2, 2011

Where: 13341 W. 151st St.

Morton Morton Pumpkin Festival - There is no Weighoff Date: September 14-17, 2011

Where: corner of First and Jefferson across from National City Bank

Indiana
East Hamlet Hensler's Giant Pumpkin Weigh-In Date: September 25, 2011

Where:  Hensler's Nursery, 5715 North 750 East

Indianapolis Indiana State Fair(GPC) Date: August 13, 2011

Where: 1202 E 38th St., Indianapolis

Noblesville IPGA Weigh-off (GPC) Date:

Where: Gatewood Vegetable Farm, 9555 E 206th Street

Iowa
Anamosa Mid-West Pumpkin Growers Association(GPC) Date:

Where: 600 E. Main St.

Des Moines Iowa State Fair(GPC) Date: August 12, 2011

Where: Iowa State Fair

Kansas
Hutchinson Kansas State Fair Weighoff Date: September 8, 2011

Where: Kansas State Fair

Kentucky
Nancy Bear Wallow Weigh-In Date:September 17, 2011

Where: 1225 Piney Grove Rd

Maine
Cumberland  Maine State Giant Pumpkin And Squash Contest Date:

Where: Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road

Damariscotta Damariscotta Pumpkinfest

Date: October 2, 2011

Where: Pinkham's Plantation

Sanford MePGO Weigh-In Date: September 16, 2011

Where: Oscar Emery Drive

Massachusetts
Topsfield Topsfield Fair (GPC) Date: September 30, 2011

Where:  207 Boston Street, Route 1 north to the Fairgrounds on right.

Michigan
Dundee Harnica Farm Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off (GPC) Date: October 1, 2011

Where: 12406 Bigelow Road

South Lyon South Lyons Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Date:n October 1-1, 2011

Where: Millennium Middle School, corner of Nine Mile Road and Pontiac Trail.

St. John's Great Central Lakes Pumpkin Weigh-off (GPC) Date: September 24, 2011

Where: 3131 S. US-27

Minnesota
Delano Apple Jack Orchards Date: September 24, 2011

Where: 4875 37th St. SE

Stillwater Stillwater Harvestfest and Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Date: October 8, 2011

Where: 106 Main St S

Missouri
Republic The Great Republic Missouri Pumpkin Weigh-off(GPC) Date: October 1, 2011

Where: Main Street Republic, Missouri

Montana
Hamilton Big Sky Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh Off Date:

Where: Hamilton Farmers Market

Ronan Ronan Harvest Festival Date: September 24, 2011

Where: 300 3rd Avenue NW

New Hampshire
Deerfield Deerfield Fair Date: September 29, 2011

Where: 34 Stage Road

Goffstown NHGPGA State Weigh Off

Or: Goffstown Pumpkin Weigh-Off

Date: October 15-16, 2011

Where: Goffstown Common, Rt. 114, Main Street

Keene Pumpkin Festival -No weighoff. Every year they seek to break the record form ost lit pumpkins. Date:October 22, 2011

Where: Downtown Keene

Note: The official record, made in 2007 was 30,128 lit jack-o-lanterns. Will it be more this year!?

Milford Milford Pumpkin Festival - Pumpkin Chunkin!! No weighoff. Date: October 7-9, 2011

Where: Milford Oval

New Boston Hillsboro County Fair Date: September 9, 2011

Where: Rt. 13, Boston, N.H.

New Jersey
Egg Harbor South Jersey Pumpkinshow Date: October 8, 2011 at Noon

Where: Atlantic County 4-H Fairground, 3210 Rte. 50, Egg Harbor City, NJ

New York
Cooperstown Cooperstown Pumpkinfest (GPC) Date: September 24, 2011

Where: In the parking lot of Doubleday Field

Elmira Bradley Farms Giant Pumpkin Weighoff Date:

Where: Bradley Farms, 1543 Maple Ave

Great Valley Pumpkinville Date: October 2, 2011

Where: 4484 Sugartown Rd.

Oswego CNY Pumpkinfest (GPC) Date: October 1, 2011

Where: Washington Square Park

Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Weighoff

Date:

Where: Secor Farms, 63 Robinson Lane, Wappingers Falls

Williamsville(Buffalo) World Pumpkin Confederation Date: October 1, 2011 @10am

Where: Irishman Pub, 5601 Main Street, Village of Williamsville 14221

North Carolina
Yadkin Vally Annual Pumpkin Festival and Weighoff Date: September 24, 2011

Where: Main Street, Elkin

Oklahoma
Boise City The Tomato Weighoff Date:  September 15, 2011

Where: New fair Building

Shattuck Shattuck Great Pumpkin Weigh-In Date: October 22, 2011

Where: Main St.

Ohio
Barnesville Barnesville Pumpkin Festival

Date:  September 21, 2011

Where: East Main Street

Canfield Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers (GPC) Date: October 1, 2011

Where: 9010 Youngstown-Salem

Chillicothe SOGPG Weigh-off (GPC) Date:  October 8, 2011

Where: 867 N. Bridge St.

Circleville Circleville Pumpkin Show Date:

Where: At the intersection of Court St. & Main St.......Right smack in the middle of the town.

Columbus Ohio State Fair(GPC) Date: August 6, 2011

Where: 717 E. 17th Ave.,Columbus, Ohio

Dublin The National Pumpkin Weigh-Off Date: October 9, 2011

Where:  4261 W. Dublin-Granville Road

New Bremen New Bremen Pumpkinfest Date:  September 24, 2011

Where: South Street

Oregon
Gervais Bauman Farms Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Date: October 1, 2011

Where: Bauman Farms, 12989 Howell Prairie Rd.

Portland Pacific Northwest Pumpkin Growers Date:

Where: 16511 NW Gillhan Road, Sauvies Island

Seaside Seaside's Great Pumpkin Weighoff Date:

Where: Seaside, Or.

Tualatin Terminator Weighoff Date: October 22, 2011

Where: 8325 SW Nyberg St

Pennsylvania
Altoona PGPA Great Pumpkin Weigh-off (GPC) Date: October 1, 2011

Where: 2600 Plank Road Commons

Dalton Roba Family Farms Weigh-off Date: September 17, 2011

Where: Decker Road

Doylestwon Monster Pumpkin Madness Date:October 15, 2011 9:00am

Where: 2100 Lower State Rd.

Waterford Port Farms Giant Pumpkin Weighoff Date: October 15, 2011

Where: 2055 Stone Quarry Road

Rhode Island
Warren Frerichs Farm Weigh-off Date:October 8, 2011

Where: Frerich's Farm, 43 Kinnicutt Ave.

South Dakota
Rapid City Rapid City Giant Pumpkin Weighoff(GPC) Date: September 24, 2011

Where: 7th St.

South Shore The South Shore Weigh-Off Date: September 24, 2011

Where:  107 N. Main Street

Tennessee
Allardt Great Pumpkin Festival & Weighoff Date: October 1, 2011

Where: Allardt, TN

Texas
Floydada Floydada Punkin Day - Pumpkin related festivities. No weighoff, Date: Second Saturday of October

Where:  Downtown Floydada, Tx.

Utah
West Jordan Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers, UGPG(Independant) Date: September 24, 2011

Where: Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, Utah

Vermont
Colchester Vermont Growers Weigh-Off Date: October 8, 2011

Where: 277 Lavigne Road

Washington
East Orting Scholz Pumpkin Palace Giant Pumpkin Weighoff Date: October 1, 2011

Where: 12920 State Route 162 E.

Puyallup The Puyallup Fair Date: September 9, 2011

Where: 110 9th Ave. SW

Shoreline Central Market 2nd Annual Giant Pumpkn Weigh-off (GPC) Date: October 8, 2011

Where: 15505 Westminster Way N.

Wisconsin
Mishicot Mishicot Pumpkin Fest Date: October 15, 2011

Where: 150 E. Main St.

Milwaukee Miwaukee State Fair Date: September 24, 2011

Where: State Fair Park

Ripon Ripon Septemberfest Date: September 17, 2011

Where: 100 Watson St.

Stoughton Eugster's Farm Market Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Date: October 8, 2011

Where: 3865 Hwy# 138

Nekoosa Nekoosa Giant Pumpkin Festival (GPC) Date: October 1-2, 2011

Where: Riverside Park, Highway 73 on the east side.

Canada
Edmundston, NB Edmundston - Journee de la Citrouille Date: September 25, 2011

Where: 100 Rue Victoria

Gentilly, Quebec Potirothon

(Independant)

Date: September 24, 2011

Where: 1500 Des Galaxies, Becancour, QC

Millville Date: October 8, 2011

Where: Millville Community Center

Murillo, Ontario Murillo Pumpkinfest Date: September 24, 2011

Where:

Nanaimo, B.C. Nanaimo Pumpkin Festival Date: October 16, 2011

Where: VIEX grounds at Beban Park

Neguac, NB Giant Pumpkin Provincial Festival

Date: September 25, 2011

Where: Club d'Âge d'Or de Neguac Golden age Club, 135 Rue Fair Isle

Pembroke, Ontario Hugli's Blueberry Ranch Weigh-off Date: September 24, 2011

Where: 2139 Greenwood Rd., Pembroke, Ont.

Port Elgin, Ontario PumpkinFest (GPC) Date:  October 1-2, 2011

Where: Port Elgin

Roland, Manitoba Roland Pumpkin Fair (GPC) Date:  October 1, 2011

Where: Roland Arena

Smoky Lake, AB Great White North Pumpkin Fair and Weighoff Date: October 1, 2011

Where: Smoky Lake, AB.

Waterville, NS 3rd Annual AVGVG Gigantic Vegetable Weigh Off

Date: September 24th, 10am to 4pm

Where: Glad Gardens, Hwy #1, Waterville

Windsor, NS Great Atlantic Weigh-off (GPC) Date:  October 1, 2011

Where: Windsor

Wellington, Ontario Prince Edward County Pumpkin Growers Date: October 15, 2011

Where: 43 Wharf Street

Woodbridge, ON Woodbridge Fair International Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Date: October 8, 2011

Where: Porter Ave.


Even More Informaton: and Sites:

Question: What takes 11 Certified Public Accountants an entire day to do?

Answer: Count a Guinness world record 30,128 pumpkins! More on this record

Here is and interesting Pumpkin Festival held in Keene, New Hampshire. Having lost the world record to Boston in 2007, they are likely fired up to regain the title. Their prior record was 28,952 lit pumpkins.

World Championship Punkin' Chunkin' Here is a real novel one! The Guinness World Book of Records has officially recorded a pumpkin being tossed 4491 feet. That's three quarters of a mile.

World Pumpkin Confederation(WPC) is one of the original and founding groups. They helped make pumpkin weighoff and festivals what they are today.

Greater Pumpkin Commonwealth(GPC) Check out this page as there are over twenty sites listed. Many with information on the weighoff and how to get there.


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