The Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival
September, 21st, 2024
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 21st, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This in-person event celebrates agritourism with a Weigh-Off competition for pumpkin-growing hobbyists and giant vegetable growers. Enjoy this complimentary, family-fun event and a chance to win cash prizes for your giant pumpkin.
2024 PAY SCHEDULE:
First Place Giant Pumpkin Winner Receives $2000 cash prize
NEW! $500 to largest Squash
2nd Place-$850
3rd Place-700
4th Place $300
5th Place $200
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, 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
No Deliveries Accepted Past NOON
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Enjoy family-friendly games and festivities, including the
A-maze-ing Hay Maze with Mount Vernon’s Camp Korey
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Toad observatory, and carnival games
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Campstuff Coffee Cart, Kettle Corn
Noon – 3 p.m.
Bluegrass music by Laurel Bliss, John Clark, and Andy Rick
Noon – 4 p.m.
Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Prizes will be awarded throughout the Weigh-Off
3:30-4 p.m.
The winner of the SVGPF Weigh-Off announced
Download our Giant Pumpkin Festival Entry From to submit your pumpkins, squash, super-size garden vegetables (zucchini, tomatoes, gourds), and flowers in this year’s Weigh-Off
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DEDICATED SPONSORS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT:
SKAGIT VALLEY CO-OP
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS
COASTAL FARM AND RANCH
TRACTOR SUPPLY
A special note of thanks to the Pacific Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers Club and Club Representative Geoff Gould.
The Giant Pumpkin Commonwealth, a worldwide organization designated to record world records, stated:
“There were 107 sites for weigh-offs around the world in 2017.
Second place most improved site with 67% from 2016 was Christianson’s Nursery Weigh-off in Mount Vernon, Washington.”