New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival
new hampshire pumpkin festival also known keene pumpkin festival laconia pumpkin festival often referred pumpkin fest pumpkin festival held laconia new hampshire united state halloween year new hampshire resident citizen attempt amass largest number lit jackolanterns one place trying meet beat world record city keene new hampshire—the festival venue first years—held many year th festival gained notoriety party held keene state college student area led riot relatively short distance festival ground resulted keene city council rejecting festival annual permit following year laconia took festival host city lake region chamber commerce taking previous festival organizer let shine following year assisted festival new annual scaleddown keene pumpkin festival organized let shine—unrelated former one promoted organizer official continuation it—was first held october continued iteration ever since official website new hampshire pumpkin festival also since retroactively referred festival separately started event rather continuation keeneoriginating event instead stating began laconia keene first decade existence keene pumpkin festival regularly set record lit jackolanterns culminating figure recognized guinness world record lit jackolanterns october broken boston massachusetts collected october keene took record back total october organizer attempt yearly beat record encouraging business organization school individual create donate jackolanterns displayed many enormous bank shelf available surface around center town festivity also include firework music food draw people new hampshire adjoining state almost immediately festival pumpkin hauled away volunteer work crew given pig farmer use food event held saturday midtolateoctober keene pumpkin festival held saturday october estimated people attended event official total announced october pumpkin new keene record enough beat world record largest ever crowd attend event drew estimated people around world downtown keene comparison population keene nearly keene pumpkin festival organizer center stage cheshire county stepped running event leaving limbo festival able secure new organizer however pumpkin festival continued taking place october festival large party related festival involving keene state college student visitor several college area led series riot less mile festival ground keene city council subsequently voted grant permit next year festival organizer arranged event moved laconia twentyfifth event th pumpkin festival held october reported pumpkin displayed meanwhile new group organizer formed monadnock pumpkin festival held town swanzey adjacent keene weekend estimated pumpkin displayed let shine inc organized festival organize new hampshire pumpkin festival onwards lake region chamber commerce assisted festival sole organizer since keene city council mayor kendall lane approved new unrelated pumpkin festival held city central square let shine october festival deliberately made smaller geared towards child order avoid event similar rioting festival imposed cap pumpkin vendor july lake region chamber commerce announced cancellation festival due covid pandemic new hampshire june organizer announced festival also canceled returned october erroneously first announced october harvest festival st world record nd world record rd world record rainy pumpkin festival th world record th world record th world record pumpkin festival th world record pumpkin festival second rainy pumpkin festival th world record pumpkin festival year flood pumpkin festival pumpkin festival pumpkin festival pumpkin festival pumpkin festival th annual pumpkin festival pumpkin festival let shine pumpkin festival th world record pumpkin festival th pumpkin festival laconia pumpkin fest pumpkin pumpkin festival festival pumpkin queen official website photo gallery pumpkin festival