One Plump and Prolific Pumpkin Panacea…it all happens at the
3 Crossings Campus, between 28th and 29th streets!

Mother nature’s most
Vivacious, Outrageous, Humongous fruits…in one Stupendous Sea of Orange.

**in the “tot” seat:** 10-month old Anthony sits comfortably within the stem dimple of the largest pumpkin grown in North America in 2021 and featured at the festival, a 2,365 pounder grown by Andy Wolf of Little Valley, NY.

The City’s most spellbinding spectacle of colorfully colossal cucurbits, and signature “family fall festival” happens Oct. 15–16, 2022 at the City’s newest pumpkin patch place: 3 Crossings campus between 28th and 29th streets!

We promise one memorable and magical moment in time, made possible by the the world-famous ATLANTIC GIANTS—the most prodigious breed of pumpkins on the planet—with record weights well over 2,500 pounds! Stay tuned, stay in touch right here.

Watch the 2021 Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival Highlights Video

Two Minute Take: the Monster Pumpkins Festival is Pittsburgh’s signature Fall event, drawing tens of thousands of spectators over two days of GIANT pumpkin fun.

Mark your calendar now, Saturday Oct. 15—16, for the “Greatest Growth on Earth” pumpkins so big, so heavy and so fascinating to behold you’ll be doing double takes all day long.

Unbelievable Giant drops

2020 WTAE Project Bundle-Up Pumpkin Drop—A whopping nearly 2,000 pound pumpkin gets dropped from almost 130 feet high in one sensational splash for charity.