Reading, MA — Celebrating its 45th year of Music, Visual Art, and Theater, Creative Arts is kicking off its First Annual PumpkinFest Family Festival and Fundraiser on Saturday, October 28, 2023, at 5:00-7:00 pm at Creative Arts, 25 Woburn Street in Reading. We are making this a new tradition in Reading!
We invite the Reading community and surrounding towns and communities to this exciting event. There will be Halloween and fall-themed activities, games, and events, such as Halloween Arts & Crafts, Face Painting, a Best Halloween Costume Contest, Best Pumpkin Contest (carved or decorated), food, and music!
Participate in our Pumpkinfest Raffle: buy tickets baskets & gifts from Boston Celtics tickets, a Gloucester AirBnB home, Whitelam Books, the Umbrella Stage Company and Gloucester Stage Company theater tickets, and more!
The Best Pumpkin contestants can drop off their entries to the Creative Arts office starting Friday, October 27, between 3-6 p.m., or on Saturday, October 28, between 10 a.m.-5 p.m. PLEASE NO CANDLES. We will provide LED lights. All pumpkins will be on display in our Jack O’Lantern Pumpkin Patch under the Big Sanborn Street Tree. Contestants must be present when the winner is announced at 6 p.m. at the Pumpkin Patch!
The Halloween Costume Parade will take place in the Guild Theater downstairs at Creative Arts at 6:30 p.m. (adult, teen, and child categories). Contestants must be present. Winners will be announced live.
All contestants are encouraged to be creative, spooky, over-the-top, thematic, artistic, but mostly, to have fun!
Pumpkinfest is free and open to the public regardless of the weather. All are welcome!
We also invite local businesses, clubs, families, schools, and organizations to be involved in 2 different ways:
- Pumpkin Palooza Raffle
Create and donate a pumpkin or fall-themed raffle basket or prize. The more creative, the better! Great add-ons include gift cards, candy, books, etc. (tax-deductible). - Sponsorship
Become a PumpkinFest Sponsor with your tax-deductible donation: Silver $100; Gold $250; Platinum $500
Located in Reading Center since 1978, Creative Arts is non-profit arts school that offers private and group lessons in theater, music, and art for all ages and all abilities year-round. We always have vacation week programs in December, February, and April, and our 10-week Summer Programs.
Our main entrance is at 32 Lowell Street / Route 129, behind Reading Town Hall, and has a free parking lot. A second entrance is located near 48 Sanborn Street, where street parking is available.
Our building is wheelchair and stroller accessible. Handicap parking is available at both of these entrances.
For more information, visit us at www.WeTeachCreativeArts.org or call 781-942-9600. Or follow us to find out more on Facebook and Instagram.
