Little Miss West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Sophia Burdette, 7, of Scott Depot stands in front of the pumpkin contest winners at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Nine-year-old Abilene Chapman of Ona checks the size of the 762 pound first-place winner in the pumpkin contest won by Chris Rodebaugh of Lewisburg at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Lucas Ward (left) and Paxton Hafertepen, eighth grade students at Barboursville Middle School, check out the pumpkins and gourds for sale at the Halfway Market’s booth set up at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Little Miss West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Sophia Burdette, 7, of Scott Depot stands in front of the pumpkin contest winners at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Oh my gourdness!
The annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival, at 1 Pumpkin Way in Milton, continues through Sunday.
Nine-year-old Abilene Chapman of Ona checks the size of the 762 pound first-place winner in the pumpkin contest won by Chris Rodebaugh of Lewisburg at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail photos
The event, which began in 1986, features a living history exhibit, miniature golf, a mobile glass studio, live music and dancing entertainment and, of course, pumpkins across the festival site.
Lucas Ward (left) and Paxton Hafertepen, eighth grade students at Barboursville Middle School, check out the pumpkins and gourds for sale at the Halfway Market’s booth set up at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
The festival is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information:Â facebook.com/WVPumpkinFestival.
Lucas Ward (left) and Paxton Hafertepen, eighth grade students at Barboursville Middle School, check out the pumpkins and gourds for sale at the Halfway Market’s booth set up at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Nine-year-old Abilene Chapman of Ona checks the size of the 762 pound first-place winner in the pumpkin contest won by Chris Rodebaugh of Lewisburg at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Elyn Ahmed, a student at Cabell County Carver Technology Center, offers for sale metal pumpkin decorations made in the school's welding shop at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Ronnie Bennett of Barbousville wears his pumpkin shirt as he and Beth Lochmayer of Huntington attend the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Little Miss West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Sophia Burdette, 7, of Scott Depot stands in front of the pumpkin contest winners at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Austin Kingery, a sixth grader at Huntington East Middle School, shows off the balloon sculpture on his head made by Keith Salisbury of Ashland, KY. at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Kayley Smith (left) and Emma Jenkins of the Cabell Midland High School FFA turn corn roasting on a spit at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Science educator Jason Lindsey (left) counts the seconds as Landon Floyd, a fourth grader at New River Intermediate School, balances a pumpkin balloon on his hand for as long as he can during a Hooked on Science show at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Metal pumpkin decorations made in the welding shop at Cabell County Carver Technology Center sit in the grass for sale at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
Lisa Templeton (left) helps Marilyn Chesterman as she cuts a pumpkin cheesecake into slices to sell at the WV Pumpkin Festival in Milton Thursday Oct. 3, 2024.
