Dress Up Like A Cowboy For This Year’s Wild-West Themed Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, A Halloween Event In Illinois

Get into the autumn spirit with a visit to a multi-day, themed pumpkin festival in Sycamore, Illinois that has been going on for more than 60 years. Locals look forward to this event all year, and you're about to find out why.

Unique pumpkin displays, a grand parade, craft shows, carnivals, and so much more make this the event of the year. Scroll to check it out.

Taking place October 23-27, 2019, the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival in northern Illinois is an annual event that has technically been going on since 1956.

It began as a neighborhood pumpkin display in the front yard of Wally Thurow and has since grown to include much more. Today, the display portion includes more than 1,000 entries.

Each year, this annual event is themed, and this year it is Wild West. From the pumpkins on display, to the floats in the parade, to the ghost stories told at the park, you'll find traces of cowboys, covered wagons, and broncos.

Activities taking place throughout the event include craft shows, a pancake breakfast and other dining events, carnivals, and much more.

There is also a 90-minute parade that draws a large crowd of people on the final day of this Wild-West themed pumpkin festival. It begins at 1 p.m. and mostly goes down Somonauk, State, and Main streets.

It really all begins Saturday, October 19, 2019 with Ghost Stories in the Park between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., which includes scary tales, crafts, a photo booth, seasonal activities and demonstrations, as well as free pumpkin distributions.

It's never too late to start autumn off with a bang when you live in the good old Land of Lincoln. Let this fabulous multiple-day event get your season off to the right start.

Get more details about the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival on its website or Facebook page.

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