The Girard Chamber of Commerce's 9th Annual Pumkin Festival will be held Saturday, October 11.

The festival will be in "Pumpkin Park" located just southwest of Girard on Farmersville Road.

The feature of the day will be the popular "Pumkin Chunkin from 1-4pm. Human powered and mechanical powered pumkin launching will entertain attendees with some pumpkins traveling a half mile or more. Lawn chairs are recommended.

A Harvest Parade will start at 10:30am at Morgan Thermal Ceramics Advanced Materials Parking lot and travel to the Girard square.

Other activities include a chili cook-off from noon until 3:00pm, a food tent with various food items from 10am until 3pm, and various forms of entertainment all day.