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The Greatest Growth on Earth… 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.

A seat At The Top: almost 2-year- old Anthony sits over 4-feet high atop one mighty giant pumpkin before it becomes a carved part of the festival’s expansive dinosaur-themed sculpture in 2022.

The City’s most spellbinding spectacle of colorfully colossal cucurbits, and signature “family fall festival” happens Oct. 21–22, 2023 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 Latest 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. 21—22, 2023 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.
GOING DOWN—From the 2022 Monster Pumpkins Festival…a real time look at a one-ton pumpkin hitting the pavement from over 200-feet high.

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