As October begins its reign, the annual Fall Festival at Martial Cottle Park kicked off its sixth year, bringing in over 110 vendors to showcase art, music and plenty of pumpkins on Saturday.
Families came out to enjoy the small businesses, local food options and family activities.
The festival included a pumpkin patch, an arts and crafts section for kids, and other interactive activities like milking fake cows and bean bag tossing.
“It was tradition for us to go out and select a pumpkin for each member of the family,” said Jackson Nguyen, who came to the pumpkin patch with his wife Diane Nguyen. “Now that the kids are off at school, me and Diane try to keep it alive by continuing the process of selecting one for each of the kids.”
Pumpkins were spread out throughout the patch to accommodate for spooky Halloween decorations including fake tombstones, skeletons and scarecrows.
Passionate fall goers would have lots of options when it came to selecting a pumpkin to take home, having a scale of one-to-five in terms of the overall size of the pumpkin.
The pumpkin patch was bustling with smells of food and sights of crafts.
Different tents showcased a variety of artworks by vendors including a candle tent and ancient rock collections.
“There is something for everyone. If you can think of it, the item will most likely be here,” Diane Nguyen said.
