Welcome to the Great Pumpin Festival Homepage! The 1999 Festival was a great success and a good time was had by all. Stop back soon for information about Pumpkin Fest 2000.

Zeeland's Pumpkin Festival features FREE (and almost free) activities daily for anyone ages 1-100+. With displays, activities, games, food, and events, there is always something designed with you in mind!

Thanks to generous donations of time, money and materials by area businesses, we are able to provide very affordable family fun. It is our great pleasure to put on this festival for your enjoyment, and for the enjoyment of other creatures who may be attending the pumpkin fest this year.

Monday Evening: Merchant Night

5:00 -Zeeland Merchants Dinner on us bash-
Free food and fun!
5-7 -Childrens Games (ZHS Choral Music Students)
5-7 -Pumpkin Creations (SEMCO Energy)
5:30 - Pet Contest (Frisbee Demo)
6:37 - The Doo Dah Parade kick off event.

• Award for the best entry and the best decorated bike
  contest (Zeeland Schwinn Cyclery)
  
  

Tuesday Evening: Swing Night

5-7 -Childrens Games
5-7 -Pumpkin Creations
6:00 - Pumpkin Hunt (Holland Sentinel)
6:00 - Big Band Busic and Swing Dance
demonstration/instruction. Featuring the Zeeland
Community Band and Blaine Knoll as the D.J.
6:30 - Costume Contest (National City bank)
7:00 - Swing Contest

Wednesday: Daily Events only see below.

Thursday : At the Hop

10:00 am - Diaper Derby (D&W Food Center)
11:00 am - Pumpkin Bake Off (Royal Park Place)
5-7 pm - Childrens Games
5-7 pm - Pumpkin Creations
5:30 pm - Kids Tractor Pull (Zeeland Farm Services)

6:30 pm - "At the Hop" 50's Street Dance and
Lip Synce Contest.
7:00 pm - Back to the 50's Root Beer Floats
(Macatawa Bank)

Friday: Tailgate is Great

8am-2pm - European Market
(Main Place Businesses)
5:00pm - Classic Car show
- Fun Photo Opportunities
5-7pm - Childrens Games
5-7pm - Pumpkin Creations
6:00pm - Chili Cookoff (Manpower Inc)

6:30pm - Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest
(Zeeland Post Office)

Saturday: Family Fun Day

7-11am - Pancake Breakfast (Zeeland Rotary Club)
8:30am - 8th Annual Bike Tour
(Zeeland community Hospital)
8:30am - Pumpkin Festival Run (Trendway and more)
9:00am - 4-H Market - Fruits, Vegetables,
Demonstrations.
11am-5pm - Childrens Games
- Pumpkin Creations
1:00pm - Basketball Clinic (Berghorst and Sons)
3:00pm - Festival Parade - "Swinging into the Future"
(Don's Floral and Gifts)
5:00pm - Chicken Barbecue (Zeeland High Boosters)
7:30pm - Barbershow Quartet Show
@ Dewitt Auditorium.

Have some Fun with

Towers of Hanoi
TicTacToe
Stories

Daily Events:

Magnificent Martians (and other aliens)

Largest Pumpkin Display (DeBruyn Seed Store)

High School Art Display (Old Kent Bank)

Historic Treasures (Dekker Huis Museum)

Downtown Decor
(Herman Miller Event Committee)
Downtown Window Displays
(Downtown Business Operators)
Lot's of Kids games every day.
The Critter Barn petting zoo
T,Th,F - 10-7
W,Sat. - 10-2
Pumpkin Creations, where kids big and small
can carve out a pumpkin and create a
face to suit them.
Food Vendors