Mid-October Pumpkin Festival at Cal Poly Pomona, California

The annual Pumpkin Festival at California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) Pomona, in Los Angeles County, California, takes place only one weekend in mid-October. This year the festival will be on Saturday and Sunday, October 16^th and 17^th, 2010, at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For updated information in future years, visit them online at www.csupomona.edu.

The Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival is held every year at their Farm Store, and promises an action-packed weekend, with free admission for every member of your family! Come early for the festival kick-off pancake breakfast, Saturday morning from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (adults $5.00, children $4.00, 12 and under).

Free Admission!

Although festival admission and the live entertainment are free, there will be a charge for most of the individual activities. Some of the pay-to-play activities, for all ages, include horse rides, getting lost in a corn maze, and picking your pumpkin right out of their pumpkin patch.

Pumpkin Patch!

Choose a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch for a cost of $5.00, for a beach-ball size pumpkin, or select 5 pumpkins for $20.00! You may want to bring your child's wagon, to cart around your pumpkins (and kids) while enjoying the rest of the fair.

Kids Activities!

Along with all the food, games, pumpkins, and entertainment, there are even more great activities for your children. You will have to take them to the petting zoo, to learn more about farm animals (a rarity in the greater Los Angeles area) as well as the popular Insect Fair!

Insect Fair!

The festival's Insect Fair is always the best (creepiest) fun, you or your children could ever hope for. Featuring almost 500,000 living and preserved bugs, insects, and creatures with fur (tarantulas)! Prices for this creepy, crawly exhibit are $6.00 for adults, $4.00 for students and kids 3-12 years, children 2 and under are free.

Parking & Directions

The Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival is held at the Farm Store parking lot, located at 4102 S. University Dr., Pomona, California, 91768. Cal Poly Pomona's phone number is (909)869-2215, should you need to call for directions, or special accommodations. Park in lots "K" and "B" for convenient shuttle services, or walk from parking lot "C".

For access to the Pumpkin Festival from the 10 Freeway, exit on Kellogg Dr. and follow the festival signs. From the 57 Freeway, exit on Temple Avenue West, and follow festival signs. A detailed map is shown on their website linked on the first page.