Harvest Pumpkin Festival returns in Armstrong-Spallumcheen

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Armstrong-Spallumcheen's 22nd annual Harvest Pumpkin Festival returns this weekend.

The annual festival hopes to gather residents in celebration of community spirit and local agriculture this Thanksgiving weekend.

"This year’s Harvest Pumpkin Festival is action-packed," says chamber president Sean Newton.

The event includes family favourites like the Scarecrows on the Street contest, artisan demonstrations, wagon rides, the Great Pumpkin Weigh-In, and this year, the addition of the Kinshira performance troupe’s vintage circus show Kiki the Eco Elf and live music by Niki Martinus.

There will also be self-guided tours of the North Okanagan Spallumcheen Barn Quilt Trail and return of the Armstrong Demolition Derby.

Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Milky Way 4H Club, who lost their equipment and livestock in a tragic accident in August, says executive director Patti Noonan.

In addition to artisan demonstrations, there is a kids corner, make-and-take art classes, pumpkin bowling, the Armstrong Farmers Market, food vendors and a cycle kart demonstration.

"We are excited for everyone to come together and celebrate the harvest season the Armstrong-Spallumcheen way," Newton says.

The festival begins Friday and concludes on Monday.