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Families flock to Sarasota Pumpkin Festival

The 7th annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival brings entertainment, food and fall favorites.


  • By Amanda Morales
  • | 4:01 p.m. October 23, 2015
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For three days Payne Park was filled with families taking festivities for the 7th annual Sarasota Pumpkin Festival. 

The weekend-long festival included rides, a zip line, carnival foods, a pumpkin patch and live performances. 

The 360 Church hosted a pumpkin patch that included a maze made out of hay bails. Dozens of vendors were on hand including Chimney Cakes that made freshly baked Hungarian sweets called kurtoskalacs.

 

 

Zane Zimmerman with his grandmother Jaunita Zimmerman.
Zane Zimmerman with his grandmother Jaunita Zimmerman.
Amber Howey and Emory Evans picked our their pumpkin because it's an odd shape.
Amber Howey and Emory Evans picked our their pumpkin because it's an odd shape.
Mark Obark with Sinbad the parrot.
Mark Obark with Sinbad the parrot.
Carmella MacArthur wore her Halloween best to the Sarasota Pumpkin Festival.
Carmella MacArthur wore her Halloween best to the Sarasota Pumpkin Festival.
Christina, Carmella and Ernie MacArthur
Christina, Carmella and Ernie MacArthur
Hajnalka Konyher and Ana Robinson made traditional Hungarian kurtoskalacsakes or Chimney Cakes.
Hajnalka Konyher and Ana Robinson made traditional Hungarian kurtoskalacsakes or Chimney Cakes.
Sasha Sevin-Disney teases her father Kurt Disney.
Sasha Sevin-Disney teases her father Kurt Disney.
Peter Doughty, Jamie and Logan Bonvie with Dot Baillargeon
Peter Doughty, Jamie and Logan Bonvie with Dot Baillargeon
Mom's Sheri Radomski and Jamie Fray with their children Owen and Connor Fray and Connor Radomski.
Mom's Sheri Radomski and Jamie Fray with their children Owen and Connor Fray and Connor Radomski.
Sasha Sevin-Disney with her mother Sonja Sevin.
Sasha Sevin-Disney with her mother Sonja Sevin.
Nolan Harper, Jackson White and Aria Kolb wait patiently to have their photos taken.
Nolan Harper, Jackson White and Aria Kolb wait patiently to have their photos taken.
Peanut Brown and his sister Sharierie McDowell enjoy the view from the ferris wheel.
Peanut Brown and his sister Sharierie McDowell enjoy the view from the ferris wheel.

 

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