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Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off & Regatta
The Giant Pumpkins are coming: Tons of pumpkins (literally) and loads of fun! Join us as pumpkin growers vie for the state championship and watch the pumpkins turn into boats. Food, fun, art, and more --- it's the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off and Regatta Weekend! See photos and video of previous years' event in our photo gallery. Thanks to our major sponsors: |
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Got Talent? - Goffstown's Great Talent competition will be held on Saturday afternoon. Can you dance, juggle, sing? Why not enter? Click here for a registration form (due October 14).
Pumkpin Cook-Off - As always, our pumpkin cook-off will feature recipes made with pumpkin or pumpkin seeds. Click here for a registration form.
Volunteers Are Needed! - Can you spare a couple of hours during the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off and Regatta weekend? We can use the help. Call us at 497-9933, or .
Saturday October 15, 2011 |
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| Goffstown Parks and Recreation’s Great Pumpkin Hunt - Search for specially marked pumpkins throughout the town, then bring them to the Parks and Rec booth starting at 9 am. | Around Town | |
| Flea Market | St. Matthew Episcopal Church | |
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| Giant Pumpkins begin to arrive | Common | |
| Art Happens | Main Street | |
| Mask Making | Main Street Businesses | |
| Open House - Glen Lake Animal Hospital | Glen Lake Animal Hospital | |
| Play Plinko | TD Bank | |
| Art Show-Off | Town Hall | |
| Open House - Masonic Hall | Masonic Hall - Mountain Road | |
| Hair Feathers, Face Painting | Village Reflections Salon | |
| Goffstown Police Department K9 Demo | Depot Street | |
| Make a Fairy House, preschoolers and up | Goffstown Public Library | |
| Visit an Alpaca | Spotted Sheep Yarn Shoppe | |
| Pumpkin Painting | Goffstown Ace Hardware | |
| Doggie Costume Contest | Glen Lake Animal Hospital | |
| NHGPGA Pumpkin Weigh-Off begins | Common | |
| Pumpkin Cook-Off begins (registration form) | Sully's Superette | |
| GMSP Chicken BBQ opens | Mill Street | |
| Make and Take Craft | Apotheca Flower Shop | |
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Announcement of Pumpkin Prince and Princess | Common |
| Pumpkin Catapults | Mill Street | |
| Pumpkin Carving | Patrick's Country Restaurant | |
| Live Music, Crafts, Food Sale | Relevant Church, Depot Street | |
| Art Show-Off : Meet the Artists | Town Hall | |
| Pumpkin seed spitting contest | Common | |
| Taste of the Pumpkin Cook-Off | Sully's Superette | |
| Goffstown's Great Talent Competition (registration
form) |
Common | |
| Giant Pumpkin boat building | Mill Street | |
| SpiritSong Drummers | Common | |
| Goffstown's 250th Anniversary Parade | Main Street | |
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| Turkey Dinner, Bible Masonic Lodge | Masonic Hall - Mountain Road | |
Sunday October 16, 2011 |
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| Breakfast sponsored by the Rebekahs | Odd Fellows Lodge, Mountain Road |
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| Giant Pumpkin Drop | Kendall Hadley Row | |
| Music by DJ Etc. | Rotary Park | |
| Pumpkin Games | Common | |
| Art Show-Off | Town Hall | |
| Art Happens | Main Street | |
| Pumpkin Catapult finals | Mill Street | |
| Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest | Common | |
| Live Music | Apotheca Flower Shop | |
| Mini-Pumpkin Race | Piscataquog River | |
| Kids' Little Red Wagon Race | Mill Street | |
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Arrival of Pumpkin Prince and Princess | Mill Street |
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TD Bank Affinity Program Presentation | Rotary Park |
| Giant Pumpkin Regatta | Piscataquog River | |
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Parking is available in the municipal lots (Town Hall, SAU on School Street, Monument Street parking lot adjacent to the Common, and Maple Avenue Elementary School) and at the Masonic Lodge on Mountain Road
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(603) 497-9933 |
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