BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210918T160000Z DTEND:20210918T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival 2021 DESCRIPTION:Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival Saturday\, September 18\, 2021 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We wholeheartedly welcome fall for its brisk winds and autumnal color which serves as a seasonal backdrop for the Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday\, September 18\, 2021\, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This in-person event celebrates agritourism with a Weigh-Off competition for pumpkin-growing hobbyists and all who grow oversized exhibition veggies and sunflowers. Enjoy this free\, family-fun event and a chance to win cash prizes for the most gigantic pumpkins: 2021 PAY SCHEDULE: First Place Giant Pumpkin Winner $1500 2nd Place-$750 3rd Place-500 4th Place $200 5th Place $100 6th Place $50 7th Place $50 8th Place $25 9th Place $25 10th Place $25 Howard Dill Prettiest Pumpkin $100 Ugliest Pumpkin $25 Christianson's Nursery is an official weigh-off site for the Giant Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC)\, an international organization\, who is sanctioned to submit giant pumpkin world records. Schedule of Events 9 a.m. noon Entries for the Weigh-Off accepted Watch the parade of deliveries 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Enjoy family orientated gamed and festivities and carnival games including the A-maze-ing Hay Maze with Mount Vernon's Camp Korey 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Beautiful Face Painting & Balloon Fairy ($5 cash only)\, toad races\, and carnival games 11 a.m. 4 p.m. Seasonal bites with Waffles in Paradise & coffee by Beaver Tales Coffee Noon 3 p.m. Bluegrass music by Laurel Bliss\, John Clark\, and Andy Rick Noon 4 p.m. Giant Pumpkin and Giant Vegetable Weigh-Off Prizes to be given away throughout the Weigh-Off 4 p.m. The winner of the SVGPF Weigh-Off announced Click here to download an entry to submit your pumpkins\, squash\, super-size garden vegetables (zucchini\, tomatoes\, gourds)\, and flowers in this year's Weigh-Off *Masks are required when indoors and inside the greenhouses. Mask are encouraged to be worn outdoors during the Weigh-Off. Click here to see last year's Weigh-Off record-breaking growers A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DEDICATED SPONSORS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT: GORDON SKAGIT FARMS COASTAL FARM & RANCH SKAGIT VALLEY CO-OP\, AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival Saturday\, September 18\, 2021 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We wholeheartedly welcome fall for its brisk winds and autumnal color which serves as a seasonal backdrop for the Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday\, September 18\, 2021\, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This in-person event celebrates agritourism with a Weigh-Off competition for pumpkin-growing hobbyists and all who grow oversized exhibition veggies and sunflowers. Enjoy this free\, family-fun event and a chance to win cash prizes for the most gigantic pumpkins: 2021 PAY SCHEDULE: First Place Giant Pumpkin Winner $1500 2nd Place-$750 3rd Place-500 4th Place $200 5th Place $100 6th Place $50 7th Place $50 8th Place $25 9th Place $25 10th Place $25 Howard Dill Prettiest Pumpkin $100 Ugliest Pumpkin $25 Christianson&rsquo\;s Nursery is an official weigh-off site for the Giant Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC)\, an international organization\, who is sanctioned to submit giant pumpkin world records. Schedule of Events 9 a.m. &ndash\; noon Entries for the Weigh-Off accepted Watch the parade of deliveries 9 a.m. &ndash\; 4 p.m. Enjoy family orientated gamed and festivities and carnival games including the A-maze-ing Hay Maze with Mount Vernon&rsquo\;s Camp Korey 10 a.m. &ndash\; 3 p.m. Beautiful Face Painting &\; Balloon Fairy ($5 cash only)\, toad races\, and carnival games 11 a.m. &ndash\; 4 p.m. Seasonal bites with Waffles in Paradise &\; coffee by Beaver Tales Coffee Noon &ndash\; 3 p.m. Bluegrass music by Laurel Bliss\, John Clark\, and Andy Rick Noon &ndash\; 4 p.m. Giant Pumpkin and Giant Vegetable Weigh-Off Prizes to be given away throughout the Weigh-Off 4 p.m. The winner of the SVGPF Weigh-Off announced Click here to download an entry to submit your pumpkins\, squash\, super-size garden vegetables (zucchini\, tomatoes\, gourds)\, and flowers in this year&rsquo\;s Weigh-Off *Masks are required when indoors and inside the greenhouses. Mask are encouraged to be worn outdoors during the Weigh-Off. Click here to see last year&rsquo\;s Weigh-Off record-breaking growers A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DEDICATED SPONSORS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT: GORDON SKAGIT FARMS COASTAL FARM &\; RANCH SKAGIT VALLEY CO-OP\, AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS LOCATION:15806 Best Road Mount Vernon\, WA 98273 UID:e.72.21211 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260919T010115Z URL:https://business.skagitvalleychamber.com/events/details/skagit-valley-giant-pumpkin-festival-2021-21211 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR