Spalding’s Pumpkin Festival returns on Saturday 4 October, filling the town centre with a day of seasonal celebration from 11am to 3pm.
The event will feature live performances on the Pumpkin Stage, including a set from the Polka Dots Pantomime, with roaming entertainment from a woodland fairy stilt walker and Princess Anna. Families can take part in a harvest-themed fancy dress competition, with prizes for the best costumes.
Children’s activities include pumpkin crafts and decorating, face painting, balloon twisting, and the chance to explore the inflatable autumn globe and shadow box. Striking pumpkin sculptures will again be placed around the town as photo spots.
The festival market will expand on Spalding’s regular Saturday stalls, with additional traders offering gifts, jewellery, confectionery and food. Local favourites such as Grasmere Farm, The Cheesy Pig and Eat Ya Fajita will be among the vendors.
Shops will add to the atmosphere with an autumn-themed window display competition, while Spalding Library and Broad Street Methodist Church will host craft sessions and coffee mornings.
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