Downtown’s biggest festival, The Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival, returns for a ninth year on Saturday, Sept. 30. Visit Main Street Square, venture down Sixth St., and into Memorial Park for a pumpkin catapult, giant pumpkin weigh-off, Downtown chef competition, Downtown pub crawl, the Regional Health and Scull Construction Kidz Zone, vendors and more. The community-wide celebration of harvest season brings an estimated 25,000 people together for a day of fall fun! Major Event Sponsor, Hungry For Truth South Dakota.
Schedule of Events
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Farmers Market and Vendor Booths Open
Pumpkin Carving Contest Display
Canyon Lake Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch (Sixth Street)
Regional Health and Scull Construction Kidz Zone (Main Street Square, Sixth Street & Memorial Park)
First United Methodist Church Bake Sale
Giant Pumpkins on Display until 3 p.m. (City Hall Parking Lot)
Vote for People’s Choice in the Pumpkin Carving Contest
9 a.m. Drum Demonstration (Main Street Square Stage) followed by Drum Procession to Memorial Park
10 a.m. SD Mines Pumpkin Catapult (Memorial Park)
Sponsored by RESPEC
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. JD Productions Family Entertainment (Main Street Square Stage)
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free Interactive Children’s Art with Gabrielle Seeley (Main Street Square)
11 a.m. Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off followed by Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Award Ceremony (City Hall Parking Lot)
Co-sponsored by Black Hills State University – Rapid City and Black Hills Federal Credit Union
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bud Light Beverage Garden Open (Main Street Square)
1 p.m. Pumpkin Post Coloring Contest Winner Announced (Main Street Square Stage)
1 p.m. Downtown Chef Challenge (Main Street Square)
Sponsored by Someone’s In The Kitchen
3 p.m. Pumpkin Carving Contest Award Presentation (Main Street Square Stage)
3 to 6 p.m. 35th and Taylor Concert (Main Street Square Stage)
Stage sponsored by Paddy O’Neill’s Irish Pub & Grill
3 to 6 p.m. Live Broadcast of Fireball Run Finish Line
3 to 9 p.m. Downtown Pumpkin Pub Crawl (Participating Downtown Establishments)
