Circleville Pumpkin Show
circleville pumpkin show annual show held circleville ohio mile km south state capital columbus festival held celebrate local agriculture headed circleville pumpkin show corporation considered biggest festival united state dedicated pumpkin billed greatest free show earth attendance topped fourday event free enter pumpkin show begin third wednesday october last following saturday recent year tuesday preview night local introduced adding unofficial half day event starting sunday festival work begin restrict traffic downtown circleville restricted area dedicated show south scioto street west pickaway street east wattpinckney street north franklin street south block restricted event cause massive detour throughout major portion city including state route u route organized parking system many small business individual nonprofit organization provide parking varying fee october mayor george r haswell decided hold small pumpkinandcorn exhibit front store celebrate local harvest small exhibit featured corn carved pumpkin harvestthemed display prominence pumpkin first exhibit name pumpkin show coined following year local merchant attracted improve size scope attendance festival first ride installed soon success show annual festival organized held city street attract merchant patron improve quality festival pumpkin show held annually since despite still held influenza outbreak – pumpkin show stopped one year world war two year world war ii due covid pandemic pumpkin show became sixthlargest festival united state attracting people city every year every pumpkin show officially kick weighin large pumpkin around area largest pumpkin date grown bob jo liggett entry weighing pound kg recent weighins multiple entry go pound kg every year lindseys bakery creates world largest pumpkin pie visitor line hour see pie th anniversary pumpkin show bakery make much bigger pie compared previous year officially reclaim title world largest pie pan large moved outside bakery window tent street another longstanding tradition circleville pumpkin show pageant crown little miss miss pumpkin show queen little miss pumpkin show queen must nd grade school pickaway county miss pumpkin show queen must junior one six local high school crowned lead parade rest event seven parade total held event two wednesdayfriday one night parade saturday parade many different theme including pet parade baby parade parade also feature performance many local high school middle school band well organization ohio university marching often referred exciting band land made numerous trip highlight thursday night parade band pumpkin show welcomed ohio state university marching band came back march parade band hold concert afterwards pumpkin show feature several different pumpkin related food including pumpkin donut pancake burger ice cream cooky fudge brownie cream puff waffle pumpkin seed pumpkin pie course event approximately pumpkin pie pumpkin donut sold local vendor also many festival food available various stand throughout event due popularity pumpkin show also song punkin show written composed w burk burkhart published people state different country documented attended festival recent year houts kelli pumpkin show hit century mark lantern thursday october art circleville pumpkin show website america pumpkin festival photo circleville pumpkin show