Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival

Saturday-Sunday, October 18-19, 9:00AM-5:00PM

see website for detailed schedule of events, entertainers and vendors

Historic Main Street, Half Moon Bay

Free

http://pumpkinfest.miramarevents.com

“Every year when autumn rolls around, picturesque Half Moon Bay bursts into a brilliant sea of orange and buzzes with excitement and activity to celebrate its bountiful fall harvest. The dazzling journey is its own reward – the tunnel through Devils Slide is a sight to behold, plus the breath-taking views of seaside farm country dotted with vast, rolling fields of orange, scarecrows, barns, and pick-your-own pumpkin patches. It’s the perfect time of year and the perfect place to celebrate the beauty and bounty of the fall season, and Half Moon Bay does it like nobody else. The world-famous Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival is the season’s signature event, drawing hordes of visitors to the World Pumpkin Capital for an epic festival on historic Main Street. This year’s 44th annual festival will be held on October 18-19 from 9:00AM-5:00PM. Admission is free.

Humongous, mind-bending, Volkswagen-sized weigh-off champion pumpkins on display, the mesmerizing and remarkably talented ‘Picasso of pumpkin carvers’ sculpting and shaping a monster 1,200+ pound pumpkin into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, harvest-inspired crafts by America’s top artists, the return of the Sunday-only Made on the Coast, an expanded Locals’ Artists Block featuring fine art and live music, the richest/creamiest/tastiest pumpkin pie on the planet, three stages of blockbuster entertainment, everyone’s favorite home-spun parade, the world’s largest mosaic pumpkin sculpture that measures 12-feet long, 11-feet high and weighs 10,000 pounds by artist Peter Hazel, the Comcast Take 5 Lounge with giant screen TV, an awesome zip-line and bungee jump, enchanting events and contests for the whole family, the debut of  the never-ending search for the Great Pumpkin, and a bumper crop of 3,000+ tons of the beloved orange orb waiting to be picked from one of the many rustic pumpkin patches around town are among the extraordinary, not-to-be forgotten attractions.

Festival organizers like to add a few fresh wrinkles each year – new this year are photos and fun with the delightfully rotund, playful, and mischievous new Pumpkin Festival mascot Gourdy, deelish artisanal cocktails – pumpkin-flavored Jack-o-tinis, classic Cosmos and traditional Bloody Marys from Half Moon Bay Distillery, the iconic Wells Fargo Stagecoach on display, and a special screening of Rise of Giants, a documentary about giant pumpkins growers.”