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Pumpkin Fest returning to Grove Center in October

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Pumpkin Fest is returning to Grove Center in October, a press release said.

The free festival is scheduled from 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 26. It will include kid and pet costume contests, a halloween parade, pie eating contest, trick-or-treating for children, craft vendors, music, a scavenger hunt, pumpkin carving contest, and more, the press release said.

The Grove Center Festival Association is looking for local businesses to help sponsor the return of the festival, the press release said.

“Company sponsors will be helping bring a family-oriented and free community event back to Oak Ridge,” the release said. [Read more…]

Pumpkin Fest, regatta, car show this weekend

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From a regatta and football to a car show and pumpkin festival, there is much to do in Oak Ridge this weekend.

Tonight, the Oak Ridge Wildcats football team wraps up its regular season with a 7:30 p.m. game at Campbell County.

On Saturday, the Secret City Head Race starts at 8 a.m. at the Oak Ridge Marina, and the annual Pumpkin Fest starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. in Grove Center.

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Pumpkin Fest in Grove Center on Oct. 27

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The Pumpkin Fest in Grove Center this year will feature music, a costume parade for kids and pets, a kid’s zone, craft demonstrations, vendors, and arts and crafts, a press release said. There will also be magic shows, wagon rides, and a petting zoo.

The 9th annual festival begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. Oct. 27.

The pet costume parade this year is guaranteed to be “bigger and better than ever,” the press release said. It includes prizes.

This year, the festival’s parade and costume contest for children is open to kids as young as infants and as old as 12, the press release said. The first, second, and third place winners of each age group will win a special prize donated by local merchants.

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