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Pumpkin Festival

 
For the past 25 years, the Circle of Friends has proudly presented the Pumpkin Festival in Brookside Park, benefiting Kidspace Children’s Museum. Started in 1994 as a safe alternative to trick-or-treating, this festival has grown into a two-day family event attended by nearly 20,000 people each year. Families from all over Los Angeles come to enjoy carnival games, bouncers, a pumpkin patch, and free entertainment.
 
SAVE THE DATE
This year, the event will be held on October 19 and 20.

                                                                                                                                                        


Pumpkin Festival Activities

 

Attendees enjoy activities like:
PUMPKIN PATCH · FESTIVAL GAMES · CRAFTS · FREE PERFORMANCES · PONY RIDES · PETTING ZOO · BOUNCERS


Admission to the festival is free, with tickets required for various activities.

 

ALL PROCEEDS benefit Kidspace Children’s Museum’s Kidspace For All programs, which provide free and reduced price admission for nearly 80,000 children and families from underserved communities.

Each year, Circle of Friends sponsors the attendance of Very Important Pumpkins (VIPs). VIPs are childrens from underserved communities who would otherwise not be able to attend the Festival. Each VIP receives tickets and vouchers that can be used for activities and food at the festival, as well as a free admission pass to return to Kidspace.

In 2018, Circle of Friends sponsored a record 550 VIPs and raised more than $80,000 for Kidspace! This year, Circle of Friends hopes to sponsor 575.


 

 

2018 Pumpkin Fesitval was Sponsored in Part by: 

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS AVAILABLE!
 

The City of Pasadena provides a bus route (Rt 51 Saturday) to transport passengers between the Rose Bowl and Old Pasadena, Memorial Park Station. A bus is scheduled to pass every 22 minutes on this route. The trip is only 11 minutes between the Rose Bowl and Memorial Park Station. The Memorial Park Gold Line station is one of 80 Metro rail stations in the Los Angeles County that connects Pasadena to the growing Metro Rail system. The bus stop in the Rose Bowl area is located on Seco/Arroyo Blvd. Please visit www.cityofpasadena.net/artsbus for schedules and fare information or plan your route at Google Transit or at www.go511.net.

Route 51 Saturday Hours: Starts at 7:30am – 8:00pm

Frequency: Every 22 minutes

Trip Duration: 11 minutes (Memorial Park Station to Rose Bowl)