Annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival

52nd Annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival

Entertainment:

Photos with Grand Champion Gourd
How often do you get to see and touch a hard-to-believe, larger-than-life 1-ton pumpkin (2,000 pounds!)—let alone get to have your photo taken alongside something so extraordinary.

Kick Back, Watch NFL and NCAA Football and MLB Playoffs LIVE
On the Giant Screen in the Xfinity Take 5 Lounge
It has become a festival staple so football and baseball fans will be pumped to learn the Xfinity Take 5 Lounge is returning to this year’s Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, October 19-20 from 9 am to 5 pm on historic Main Street.

Audience Participation Drives the Pie Eating Contests
There is plenty to see and do at Half Moon Bay’s world-famous Art and Pumpkin Festival, but nothing gets you up close and personal to the Great Gourd as the Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest.
Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. next to the Safeway Family Stage

Half Moon Bay: A Plethora of Pick-Your-Own Pumpkin Patches
It doesn’t get any better than autumn splendor on the Half Moon Bay Coast with picturesque seaside farm country blooming in all its glory.

Schedule Of Events:

7 a.m. - Pancake Breakfast, City Hall Lot, Main St. at Kelly Ave.
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9 a.m. - Festival Opens
10 a.m. - Costume Contest, Half Moon Bay Library, Church and Correas Streets
12 noon - Great Pumpkin Parade
2 p.m. - Pie Eating Contest (age 11 and under), Bank of America lot
2:15 p.m. - Pie Eating Contest (age 12 and over), Bank of America lot
5 p.m. - Festival Closes

Music Lineup

I.D.E.S. Grounds Main Stage
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Jim Stevens and Friends
11:00 am - 12:30 pm - The Megatones
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Coast Tribe
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Wreckless Strangers

Ritz-Carlton South Stage at Fernandez Park
10:30 am - 1:30 pm - MiniFlyer - an Eagles tribute
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm - The Seasaws

Mac Dutra Park Stage
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Charged Particles
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - The Parade
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Half Moon Bay High School Marching Band
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Dee Coco and Mixx Company

Both Days
Street Performers at Various Locations
Bob at Large
Bob Culbertson
DJ Devan-Air

Safeway Family Stage
Safeway Family Stage at Bank of America parking lot

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM: Bob at Large
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM: Bob at Large
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM: Megan Schoenbohm
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Pumpkin Festival Parade
2:00 PM: Pie Eating Contests
3:00 PM: James Henry, House of Samba

Calling All Ghosts, Goblins and Spooks for Pumpkin Festival Costume Contest
Everyone from tiny tots to ghoulish grandmas and grandpas will get a chance to show of their best Halloween attire at the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival Costume Contest.

Location:front of the Half Moon Bay Library