Oct 21 2008
Philadelphia Pumpkin Festivals
Philadelphia offers many area pumpkin festivals with any number of attractions and other goodies just in time for the harvest and Halloween season.
The Harvest Festival at the Reading Terminal Market on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. is an annual event that celebrates the harvest season featuring fresh produce, a pumpkin market on Filbert Street, a pumpkin weight contest, hay rides, face painting, barbeque and other foods, sidewalk sales, and bluegrass musical entertainment.
The Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival heralds in its 38th year with pumpkin patches, weigh-off competitions, pumpkin sculptures, a parade, arts and crafts, harvest-inspired food. This free event occurs Sunday and Monday, Oct. 19 and 20, hours from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Bucks County Pumpkin Fest at Fonthill Park presents a family-friendly Halloween event on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25 and 26. Artists carve pumpkins for the enjoyment of the crowd, clowns and magicians entrance their audience, and there are hay rides, petting zoos, inflatable rides, and tons of festival foods.
Visit one, or stop by all three - either way you’re guaranteed an amazing time!
