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Event Details:

Annual Pumpkin Parade

Critical Mass is excited to present the 6th Annual Pumpkin Parade, on Friday, November 1st.

This free event takes place on the night after Halloween (November 1st) and gives the community an opportunity to show off their creative designs and display their jack-o-lanterns for all to see one last time!

At the end of the evening, pumpkins can be gathered up by local farmers to use as feed. Any remaining pumpkins will be composted courtesy of Harnden Haulage, facilitated by the Municipality of Port Hope.

Save the date, and bring your pumpkins out to shine one last time on Lent Lane in Downtown Port Hope!

Bring your carved pumpkins (with a tea light or LED candle) to Lent Lane between 3:00 pm and 5:30 pm on Friday, November 1st. Volunteers will be onsite to help guide you.

When you arrive for pumpkin drop-off, volunteers and signage will be onsite to help guide you between 3-5:30 pm. If you need to bring your pumpkin(s) sooner, follow the signage and place your pumpkin in a row along the lane.

While this annual event is free to attend and hot chocolate is complementary, pay what you can (pwyc) donations to Critical Mass are greatly appreciated to support our efforts to bring free arts experiences and programming to the community. We will also have a booth set up at the end of the parade with early-bird Goose Ball Tickets, Critical Mass memberships, and merch.

There will also be a few new additions to this year's event!

1. New Micro-Shorts, independent films created by Two Blue Shirts Productions,
2. Not-so-spooky animations projected onto the Walton Hotel, and
3. A hang-out zone to enjoy some food, music and time spent with friends and neighbours after the pumpkin parade

PUMPKIN DROP-OFF:
3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Bring your carved pumpkins (with a tea light or LED candle) to Lent Lane between 3:00pm & 5:30pm on Friday, November 1st. Onsite volunteers will help place your Jack O’ Lanterns along the lane, during this time.

PUMPKIN PARADE / VIEWING:
6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

The viewing of the lit pumpkins runs from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

To manage a safe distance for all community members, viewing of the pumpkins will be facilitated in one-direction only, starting at the Little Station in Lent Lane and working your way north to Walton Street.

PROGRAMMING:
Follow the pumpkin parade route from the Little Station, and spill into 'The Enclave' at the end of the row (across from the Tiny Station free library at Furby House Books).

The parking lot behind the former Walton Hotel and RONA Stage will welcome parade goers and offers additional programming and an opportunity to connect with friends and neighbours, including:
• Music
• Food 
• Animated Projections on the Walton, and
• 'Somewhat spooky' new original Micro-Short Films by Two Blue Shirts Productions
His Chromium Soul; Homewrecker; and the award-winning Colin Carvey's Long Halloween.

COVID PROTOCOLS:
We are mindful that COVID-19 is still prevalent in the community, we encourage members of the public to wear a mask if they are feeling ill and to keep a safe distance from others when viewing the pumpkins.