Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, Half Moon Bay, CA, Oct. 16-17, 2010

Autumn is a spectacularly special season on the fertile, scenic coast around Half Moon Bay.
Magnificent vistas of seaside farm country dotted with vast, rolling
fields of orange, scarecrows, barns, and pick-your-own pumpkin patches.
It's the perfect time of year and the perfect place to celebrate the
beauty and bounty of the fall season and Half Moon Bay does it like
nobody else. The world-famous Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival
is the season’s signature event, drawing hordes of visitors to the
“World Pumpkin Capital” for an epic festival on historic Main Street.
This year’s special 40th anniversary festival will be held on October 16-17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Titanic, mind-boggling, Volkswagen-sized weigh-off
champion pumpkins on display, the mesmerizing and remarkably talented
“Picasso of pumpkin carvers” sculpting and shaping a monster 1,200+
pound pumpkin into the likeness of animated supervillain MEGAMIND,
harvest-inspired crafts by America’s top artists, the
richest/creamiest/tastiest pumpkin pie on the planet, three stages of
blockbuster entertainment, everyone’s favorite home-spun parade,
enchanting events and contests for the whole family, the never-ending
search for the Great Pumpkin, and a bumper crop of 3,000+ tons of the
beloved orange orb waiting to be picked from one of the many rustic
pumpkin patches around town are among the featured, not-to-be forgotten
attractions. It’s the real thing … the authentic “autumn classic”.