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