Weigh offs offer a great opportunity to get official weights for your fruit, network with other giant pumpkins growers, and see other giant vegetables like squash, watermelon, and long gourds.
Below is info about some weigh offs our members attend.
2011 Weigh Offs that WGPG is affiliated with:
September Fest, Ripon, WI
Date:Sept. 17th
100 Watson St.
Ripon, WI
Time: unloading: 9-11, weigh off at 12:00
Place: 100 Watson St. Ripon, WI
No entry fee
All pumpkins must stay until 4:00
Milwaukee County Fair, Milwaukee, WI
Date: Sept. 24th
Time: reg and unload 8-11, weighing 11
Entry fee - free for WGPG members
Place:
State Fair Park
Milwaukee, WI 53214
New this year: Weigh off is now at the south end of the middway, not near the amphitheatre as in the past. Enter at gate 4, not gate 5 as in the past.
Top 3 must stay until Sunday late afternoon and top pumpkin must stay until after Halloween.
A weekend of free family fun at State Fair Park includes: Milwaukee County Fair, Harvest Fair, and Giant Pumpkin Weigh off. The attendance at the 2009 Harvest Fair was estimated at over 45,000 for the three day event.
You can watch the 2009 Giant Pumpkin video:
Nekoosa Giant Pumpkin Fest, Nekoosa, WI
GPC Premium Member
Date - October 1st
Time - be in line to register by 10 AM
Place - Nekoosa Business Park, corner of hwy 173 and County Rd. G, Nekoosa, WI
Entry Fee: WGPG members (prior to June 1) may weigh one item for free. Additional entries will be $5 each. Max two entries and two prizes per category per household. One entry per household member name per category is allowed. Additional entries will be for exhibition only. Each family will receive a goodie bag, too.
Fest Activities: The Fest is a 2-day event featuring activities for the entire family. You can enjoy live music, a craft show, farm and flea market; a pumpkin pie eating contest, classic car show, tractor show, pumpkin boat regatta, pumpkin drop both days, children's activities, pumpkin carving, great pumpkin bakeoff, and so much more. Spend the weekend in Nekoosa and have a smashing good time!
Land of the Giants Weigh Off, Stoughton, WI
GPC Intermediate Member
Date - October 8th
Time - Registration 9-11 AM, weighing at 11
Place - Eugster’s Farm Market
3865 Hwy 138
Stoughton, Wisconsin
Entry Fee: $15, WGPG members free
First and second place pumpkins will remain on display until Halloween. All seeds will be mailed back to the grower if the pumpkin is not retrieved at that time.
Eugsters Fall Festival has something for everyone. The brave and adventurous will enjoy Eugsters Haunted House, or Eugsters A-maze-ing corn maze. Everyone will enjoy visiting the farm animals, the wagon ride, great food and the many more activities to see and do. We want everyone to leave with smiles on their faces, great memories in their head, and a little dirt on the their shoes!
Mishicot Pumpkin Fest, Mishicot, WI
GPC Premium Member
Date: Oct. 15th. TYPO CORRECTED (16th is incorrect)
Time - Registration and Unloading 9-11 AM
Weighing starts after the 12:00 Parade
150 E. Main St.
Mishicot, Wisconsin 54228
WGPG members register free
Pumpkinfest in Mishicot is a time for family fun when the village celebrates the fall harvest season. Mishicot began celebrating the fall harvest as a way to introduce people to the village and all it has to offer. Pumpkinfest has grown every year since then. Today, pumpkins in one form or another can be found in all corners of the village during the fall celebration in the middle of October. School children make pumpkin decorations which are displayed in the windows of the local businesses. The pumpkin theme is everywhere. Games, decorations, contests, and foods revolve around orange pumpkins.
Mishicot’s Native American heritage also contributes to the fall celebration. Chief Mishicot, after whom the village is named, was a Potawatomi. Many Native Americans have joined Mishicot in its celebration of our fall harvest and our Native American roots by participating in the parade, providing drumming and dancing performances, and bringing food and craft vendors to the village.
