2011 Pumpkin Festival

* Free Admission!
* Free live music
* Free animal barn

* Parking: $3/carload
* Hay rides: $2
* Pony/Carriage rides: $5
* Horse Trail: $10
* Face Painting: $1
* Corn Maze: $6 per person, kids under 5 free
* Pumpkins and Fall Decor: $1-$25

 

Family Fun

* Hayrides to Pumpkin Patch
* Live Music
* Pony and Carriage Rides
* Barnyard Animals
* Face Painting
* Farm Equipment
* Antique Tractor Display
* Arts and Crafts Vendors
* Corn Maze!

 

Fall Decor

* Pumpkins
* Gourds
* Squash
* Indian Corn
* Straw Bales
* Corn Shocks

 

Food Concessions

* Hot dogs
* Barbeque
* Home Made Baked Goods
* Sandy Candy
* Kettle Korn
* Ice Cream

Red Rooster Coffee Roaster
Coffee Bar open every weekend!

The 18th Annual Sinkland Farms Pumpkin Festival

A Family Tradition!

Check out a great slideshow of our 2011 season by Travis Williams at Roanoke.com

Sinkland Farms is proud to host our annual pumpkin festival for the young and young at heart! You are sure to find something for everyone...hay rides, pony rides, face painting, art, fall decor, farm animals, corn maze, food, ice cream, and much, much more!! Admission is free to enjoy our live music, visit with the animals, and wander through the meadows. Visitors with special needs are always welcome. Make Sinkland Farms a special annual tradition that your family will remember for years to come!

*Specialty features are priced at the left.

**Sinkland is currently seeking artisans and crafters to share or sell their art at our Pumpkin Festival. Please see our Vendor Package for more details. Also seeking volunteers who would like to work or share their expertise. Contact us for information. Directions and contact info

Interested in volunteering at the Pumpkin Festival?
We are recruiting for our team of wonderful Pumpkin Fest volunteers! Volunteers are asked to work a 4-hour shift and then will be free to enjoy all the day's activities. Volunteers are needed in assisting with set-up, hayrides, as cashier, dipping ice cream and parking. For those interested in volunteering, please contact Hannah Cooley at sinklandfarms@gmail.com.

 

Free live music entertainment during the Pumpkin Festival
every Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

The 2011 Music Line Up can be found here!

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SPECIAL EVENTS FOR 2011!

September 24 - 5K Pumpkin Run
The Auburn Volleyball Program has teamed up with Sinkland Farm to host the very first Sinkland Farm’s 5k Pumpkin Run/Walk.  The run will kick off the annual Sinkland Farm Pumpkin Festival.  Race winners, one male and one female, will receive a 50.00 gift card to Dicks Sporting Goods.  Other great prizes will be drawn at the conclusion of the race. Check-in and registration at 8:30am and race begins at 9am. Pre-Registration $10.00 call Sherry Millirons at 540-392-1412. Day of Race $15.00. Rain Date: October 1.

October 8 & 9 - RETURNING THIS YEAR!!
Punkin' Chunkin' World Champion "Team Carbo" of Raleigh, NC will be demonstrating their catapult and slinging pumpkins up to 2000 feet!!

October 9 at 1:30 pm
The Back Porch Cloggers from Floyd will be presenting clogging exhibition on stage at the Barn Pavillion on Sunday afternoon. Back Porch Studios is a great resource to Floyd County's Youth and beyond. Whether you are looking for hip-hop, ballet, line dancing, or clogging in Floyd, the community's young and old now have another great place to go to have a good time. We celebrate music, dance, fun, and time spent with friends and family.

October 23 at 3pm
VT Sensations, an all female a cappella group at Virginia Tech, will be performing for the first time on the Festival stage!

October 26-31 - LIVE SHAKESPEARE PLAY- 6pm each evening
Plus a special performance at 2pm on Sunday the 30th
Come out for an amazing opportunity to see Shakespeare performed live. Production will take place outdoors behind the ice cream shop, so come early and bring your blankets and chairs! We will move the production inside in the case of unfriendly weather. $10 Adults, $5 Students/Seniors, $15 Couples, 5 & under are Free. For more info email: miss.sarahs.stage@gmail.com

October - TECHTRON VISITS THE FARM!
We're excited to host "Techtron" (The Iron Hokie) in our 2011 line-up! Have your photo taken with the tallest Hokie around!

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

Saturday - October 29
Punkin' Chunkin' Invitational
New River District Scouters! It's time to get ready for the 3rd annual New River District Scout Pumpkin Chunkin event at Sinkland Farms on October 29, 2011. This event is designed as a test of creativity and mechanical ingenuity to see which Scouts in our district can be victorious in the ultimate pumpkin throw-down. It is open to Cub Packs, Scout Troops, and Venture Crews alike. For details, contact Ken Nelson at vascouting@verizon.net.

Saturday and Sunday
Annual Halloween Costume Parade - 2pm (for children, adults, and pets!)

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Enjoy these unique features every Pumpkin Festival weekend!

	Ed's Carved and Painted Pumpkins Ed has been carving and painting unique and detailed pumpkins around the New River Valley for over 20 years. His gets ideas from a variety of sources. He does movie characters , NASCAR favorites, entertainment figures, caricatures, company logos, spooky Halloween regulars, political figures, animals, and has a love for college sports team logos. His creations can range in time from 2 hours to over 10 hours. On Halloween night he incorporates special effects to include fog, lighting, music, and movement to compliment his unusual pumpkins. He has used one frozen jack-o-lantern for 5 years in his home display. Ed's pumpkins are available for purchase every weekend except Oct. 15-16.
	Winterfrost Farm Rescue Horses Winterfrost is a horse safe-haven owned and run by Regan Miles. Ride a Rescue is a program that she started for her rescue horses. It is trail rides on our rescue horses that have been nurtured back to health. This program is designed to be a great community activity that is fun and helpful at the same time. Not only do you get to go out on trail rides, your trail ride will give a horse that once had no future, a future and a job. Regan's horses will be at the Pumpkin Festival every weekend! Come say hello and take a ride for a good cause.

. . .and the goblins will get you if you don’t watch out in the
Corn Maze “After Dark”

Some say ghosts and goblins linger among the corn stalks around Halloween and some say you can see them only in the moonlight. But if you listen closely, the wispy crackling sounds you hear are more than just the wind blowing through the corn maze. If you are brave enough to enter the maze after dark, you must bring a flash light to light up your path. You may not want to go alone so come in groups of 10 or more and huddle close or the goblins will get you if you don’t watch out!

The corn maze is open after dark on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Show your student id and get $1.00 off each (for groups of 10 or more). Regular price $6.00 and kids under 5 free. Click here for the corn maze rules. *Don’t forget your flashlight for the corn maze after 6 PM! Visit the Cottage Shoppe for your corn maze tickets from 5 - 8pm Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.