Pumpkin Fest 2012

Join NYC Parks for Pumpkin Fest, New York City's annual celebration of the fall harvest season in leafy Central Park!

Taking place at the Bandshell on Saturday, October 27, Pumpkin Fest takes the very best traditions of the autumn season and offers them all for FREE!

Activities will include:

The Haunted House Space Chase– our spooktacular haunted house is back again this year and scarier than ever with an outer space theme! Catch a sneak peek of the Haunted House on Friday, October 26 from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! in Times Square will showcase one of the haunted house rooms the week after Pumpkin Fest!

Pumpkin Patch – kids take home a free sugar pumpkin!
Syfy Pumpkin Decorating Zone
Live Quidditch Matches – transport yourself to Hogwarts to witness this fast action sport!
Marionette Performances by CityParksPuppetMobile
Walkabout Characters
Arts & Crafts
Live Entertainment
Pride of NY Farmers’ Market
NY Giant Pumpkin!
Specialy food carts FOODfreaks , Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream , and The SouperVan will be onsite as well!

All events are free! Event is rain or shine! Please note that the lines for the Haunted House and Pumpkin Patch may close early. While supplies last!

Entertainment

Pumpkin Fest will feature amusement for all ages with performances by:

-Beetleguy and other Jestmaster walkabout characters
-The Kidrockers
-The Big Apple Circus
-Cinderella, a new musical on Broadway
-Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

Schedule

11:00 a.m. - JestMaster Presents: Beetleguy
11:10 a.m. - The Human Blockhead from Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square
11:50 a.m. - Big Apple Circus
12:20 p.m. - Welcome Remarks
12:30 p.m. - Kidrockers present Reputante, Seth Herzog and Craig Baldo Host
1:30 p.m. - Best of Equinox, Shape Up NYC
2:10 p.m. - Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA
2:35 p.m. - JestMaster Presents: Eric Girardi’s Frenetic Flames