Life is good® Pumpkin Festival

Location: Boston Common

Time: October 21, 12-8 pm

Age appropriateness: All ages

Cost: Free, food extra

Life is good® Pumpkin Festival is upon us and Boston Common will once again be transformed into a pumpkin patch to benefit Camp Sunshine, a national retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.  The 2006 Life is good® Pumpkin Festival is produced in partnership with the Boston Parks & Recreation Department.

For the third straight year, Life is good® and Camp Sunshine will attempt to beat the world record for most lit jack-o-lanterns in one place. To help break the record, all festival-goers are encouraged to bring a carved pumpkin and a votive candle or a pumpkin to carve on Boston Common.

In October 2005, 24,581 jack-o-lanterns lit up the Boston Common as more than 45,000 people joined Life is good® and the Boston Parks & Recreation Department, raising $182,000 for Camp Sunshine. The event fell just short of the Guinness World Record of 28,952 jack-o-lanterns, held by the town of Keene, NH.

The Life is good® Pumpkin Festival will feature activities suitable for all age groups. In addition to all day carving and plenty of jack-o-lanterns, festival-goers will find great food, live bands and entertainment, a costume parade, scarecrow stuffing, face painting, magic shows, the Gargantuan Gourds Guessing Game, and much more.

For more information on the 2006 Life is Good® Pumpkin Festival please call the Boston Parks & Recreation Department at (617) 635-4505.