32nd Townshend Pumpkin Festival
Townshend, on the Common
http://www.townshenvermont.org
OCT 15: The Pumpkin Festival is a country fair with a craft show, pumpkin decorating contest, Halloween costume parade, best pumpkin pie contest, food vendors, and free pony rides for kids during Vermont’s foliage season. Buy pumpkin pie whole or by the piece.
Manchester Pumpkin Festival
Equinox Valley Nursery, Manchester
http://www.visitmanchestervt.com
OCT 15: This year’s festival includes perennial favorites wagon rides, crazy corn maze, bouncy house, kids’ crafts, pumpkin painting, scarecrow stuffing, cider donut eating contest, and other fun-filled activities. Highlights of the day include the costume parade and contest at 1p and the Witches of the Northshire, who will gather for a photo around the bubbling cauldron at 1:30p. Come in costume to join the fun.
