Upcoming Events

The Center Street Giant Pumpkin Festival

Saturday, Sept 28: 11:00 am
location icon Center Street - Logan, Utah

The second annual CENTER STREET GIANT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL will be held September 28th, 2024 beginning at 11 AM (mountain time). This event will crown the Center Street Giant. The event won a big prize as the best new event in Cache Valley and it will be even bigger and better this year.

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Gateway's Giant Pumpkinpalooza

Saturday, Oct 7: 12:00pm
location icon The Gateway - Salt Lake City, Utah

The second annual GIANT PUMPKINPALOOZA will be fun!! Itwill be held October 5th, 2024 @ 2 PM (mountain time). We have added a lot of things to the event this year. Utah Arts Alliance and local haunted houses will be back with the Zombie Walk. The Clark Planetarium will be doing family activities involving the science of giant pumpkins dropping. The Gateway is even going to let us drop a pumpkin this year. Fan X will be there for a costume contest, and Flake Pie will provide pies for the pie eating contest.

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Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta

Saturday, Oct 12: 11:00am
location icon Daybreak - South Jordan, Utah

The Annual Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta will be held October 12th, 2022 beginning @ 10 AM (mountain time). Grow, grow, grow your boat and bring it to race across the lake. Please reach out to robb@mvseeds.com or a club representative with any questions about the event. We hope to see you there!

Hee Haw Farms Utah Giant Pumpkin Drop

Saturday, Oct 26: 12:00pm
location icon Hee Haw Farm - Pleasant Grove, Utah

The 16th Annual Utah Giant Pumpkin Drop will be held October 26th, 2024 @ 12 PM (mountain time). You won't want to miss this end of year party as pumpkins drop from high above for charity.

Past Events

Utah State Fair Weigh-Off

Sunday, Sept 8th: 4:00pm
location icon State Fair Park - Salt Lake City, Utah

The first annual UTAH STATE FAIR WEIGH-OFF will be held September 28th, 2024 beginning at 11 AM (mountain time). We are excited to work with the State Fair and hope to make this an annual event. This is a GPC Sponsored weigh-off

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Patch Tour 2024

Saturday, Aug 10: 9:00am - 12:30pm
location icon Roy, Benson, Logan & Millville

The UGPG annual patch tour will be held August 12th, 2024. We are taking the patch tour to the Great North this year. Come hang out and have a fun summer Saturday!

Utah Giant Pumpkin Symposium 2024

Saturday, March 23, 2024: 10:00 am - 1 pm
Mountain Valley Seed Company
175 W 2700 S #200, South Salt Lake, UT 84115

Join us for a jumpstart to the 2024 growing season! We will have a Beginners Class, Advanced Class for growing giant pumpkins. We will also have a Beyond Master Gardener class for info on growing other giants. There will be special guests, awards, and exciting club news too. We will have raffle prizes, and seed packets for members. You will also be able to sign up for a yearly membership at the event.

Membership Dues/Seed Distribution 2024

Due: Monday, March 11, 2024

UGPG membership is the calendar year from Jan 1st to Dec 31st. Membership is $35. This gets you in on the annual seed give away and into most UGPG activities during the year, including free entry into the weigh off. We need to have your membership by March 10th for you to be eligible for the seed distribution. You can join or renew your membership at our How To Grow seminar as well.

Register or renew membership now.

2024 International Grower's Convention
Kasterlee, Belgium

Friday Feb 16 - Sunday, Feb 18 2024
Corsendork Hotels

The GPC is happy to announce the 2024 Big Show, which will be at Kasterlee, Belgium. Check out the GPC Website for costs and registration information.

Seed Auction 2024

Monday, Feb 26: 06:00pm
location icon bigpumpkins.com

The UGPG annual seed auction will be held February 26th, 2024 @ 6 PM (mountain time). This auction will be hosted on BigPumpkins.com. Much of the prize money we give out as an organization will be raised during this auction. So be sure to set up your Big Pumpkins.com user name, log in, and join us as we auction off some of the top seed available this year.