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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – An annual event dubbed as “The Greatest Free Show on Earth” returns to central Ohio, celebrating all things pumpkin. The 117th Circleville Pumpkin Show kicks off ...
Every Pumpkin Show officially kicks off with the weigh-in of large pumpkins from around the area. The largest pumpkin to date was grown by Bob & Jo Liggett, with their entry from 2023 weighing in at 2,388.5 pounds (1,083.4 kg). It is the current Ohio state record holder. Recent weigh-ins have had multiple entries that go over 1,000 pounds (450 kg).
The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival holds its annual weigh-in on the Wednesday preceding the event. The event has seen pumpkins with weights breaking and matching state and local records. [ 4 ] The King Pumpkin contenders are too heavy to be weighed on a conventional scale, weighing in at over 650 kg (1400 lbs), and thus a local funeral home scale ...
Aug. 4—Established more than 100 years ago at the Nut Tree in Vacaville, the National Pumpkin Weigh Off is moving to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm in Wheatland starting on Sept. 30. This all-day event ...
The Half Moon Bay weigh-off had started in 1974, when the California town barely edged out Circleville, Ohio, in an amiable contest for the fictitious title of pumpkin capital of the world.
The Circleville Pumpkin Show, founded in 1903, sells foods featuring pumpkin including chili, waffles, ice cream, burgers, and pie. [122] [123] [124] Goettafest is held annually in Newport, Kentucky, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. The event sells pizza, nachos, burgers, and other foods featuring goetta. [125] [126]
Known as Wisconsin's "largest pumpkin farm," Waldvogel Farm has over 80 attractions and over 40 years of experience. On their over 90 acres of land, you can visit a fun play castle and a lost mine ...
The weigh-off is held the Monday prior to the festival and the winners are on display during the festival weekend. In 2019 the Weigh-Off was awarded the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth's "World's Top Weigh-Off Site" award for having the ten heaviest pumpkins among the 114 GPC-sanctioned weigh-off sites worldwide.