Lake Park Pumpkin Fest kicks-off Thursday

Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – Pumpkin Fest kicks-off in Lake Park today.

The three-day event will feature a Little Miss Pumpkin Fest pageant at the Lake Park-Audubon High School and an outdoor movie Thursday night at 710 South 10 Drive. This year’s movie is Harry and Hendersons. 

Mary Lewis, an event organizer, said she’s pretty excited for the pumpkin and scarecrow contest on Friday evening at the City Center, which is open to all-ages.

“We have different age categories, so every age group from your family is encouraged to carve, decorate a pumpkin and enter it in the contest,” said Lewis. “We highly encourage even family projects, if you want to work on one together, that would be great.”

Pumpkin Fest’s big day is Saturday, Sept. 23., which gets started with a harvest breakfast, hosted by the Lake Park American Legion, in City Park beginning at 7 a.m.

Lewis said there will be no shortage of food options in Lake Park on Saturday.

“There are all kinds of food options in Lake Park,” she said. “There’s a number of food vendors and you will be able to sample pumpkin goodies in the Fire Hall. There’s an ice cream and pie social at the museum … a couple of the 4-H clubs, the Busy Bees 4-H Club will have their food concession stand at the Craft Show. And then the Franklin 4-H Club has their food stand within the City Center, so no matter where you go in Lake Park on Saturday, there will be food options available.”

Saturday will also feature: a 5k run, a craft and vendor show, a ninja obstacle course, games and activities for kids and a parade, which steps-off at 2:30 p.m.

A shuttle bus will run every half-hour from the American Legion to LP-A High School for attendees to attend the craft and vendor show.