| Where: | Spalding, Lincolnshire, Town Centre and Ayscoughfee Hall |
| When: | Saturday in early October |
| Time: | All day from 11 am - 3pm Saturday |
At the centre of one of the major vegetable production areas of the country, Spalding is ideally placed as the setting for a celebration of the pumpkin harvest – local producers sponsor the event, including the biggest producers of pumpkins in Europe. Each October, a large farmers market takes place with entertainments throughout the day, which in the past was usually on a Friday early in the month but has now shifted to Saturday. Expect face painting, carved pumpkins, musical entertainment, fancy dress competitions and the fabulous Pumpkin themed displays.
Helpful Hints
In 2023 it was on Saturday 7th October, with stalls, live performances and Pumpkin Street sculptures around the town centre- 2024 date is yet to be announced.
2021 it was on Saturday 9th October from 10-3. The day was changed and the festival was different to normal for social distancing reasons. There were pumpkin themed stalls at the market, roaming street entertainers, morris dancers, a window display competition, performances on a small stage and a pumpkin sculpture trail, as well a plenty of food & drink.
It’s organised by the local council with the help of local sponsors and charities. Other pumpkin parades occur around the country but the Spalding event is one of the biggest and best established of its kind in the UK.
Click here for the council website: https://www.sholland.gov.uk/leisure
https://www.facebook.com/SHDC_Communities-1057607184257168
and here for the major sponsors:https://www.facebook.com/David-Bowman-Pumpkins-Ltd-111746850548189
and here: http://www.david-bowman.co.uk/festival.htm
Please inform me of dates for the pumpkin festival 2020, thank you.
Hi Linda,
calendarcustoms isn’t connected to the organisation of the event and the Pumpkin Festival date hasn’t been published yet ( I just checked the council site and the sponsors, but there’s nothing about this year yet). I’d expect they may announce it fairly late under the circumstances this year but as soon as I find anything out I’ll add it to the website so keep an eye on the page. Sorry I can’t be more help yet!
Best wishes
Averil
Please can you let me know immediately when a decision has been made for the Pumpkin Festival 2021. Thank you , much appreciated.
Dear John,
Your inquiry has come through to calendarcustoms rather than the festival organisers- if you go to http://www.david-bowman.co.uk/contact.htm
you’ll get through to the company who organise it, and they may have some fresh information for you. Currently as I expect you realise, no confirmation has been made as to how or exactly when the festival will be celebrated in 2021 but that’ll be the best contact for early bird news.
Best of luck,
Averil