PHOTOS: 10th Annual Bowling Green Harvest Festival
Published 3:54 pm Saturday, October 17, 2026
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The 78 pound pumpkin ‘Big Booty Judy’ crashes down for the pumpkin smash during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters Samuel Muniz Allgeier and John Chidester prepare to lift the 90 pound pumpkin Orange Crush as City of Bowling Green Community Engagement Coordinator Emily Brawner hypes up the crowd for the first pumpkin smash during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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Selma Valdivia, 16, dances, ‘la bruja,’ with a dance group called La Luz de México during the Harvest Festival in Fountain Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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In front of the fountain in Fountain Square Park sits an ofrenda remembering passed loved ones during the Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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The Harvest Festival brought families into downtown Bowling Green, Ky., to celebrate an array of fall holidays with food, fun and the always popular Pumpkin Smash on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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Athena Rocha, 5, gets airbrushed face paint done byRustic Haven Artworks during the Harvest Festival in SOKY Pavilion, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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A child shields their face as they enter a fog machine-fueld smoke maze during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. The Bowling Green Fire Department hosted the maze as a fun way to remind children to safely get out of fires by staying low and moving fast.
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La Luz de México dancers perform ‘la bruja,’ a traditional Mexican dance which translate to, ‘the witch,’ during the Harvest Festival in Fountain Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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Bilocal Bowling Green’s Sarah Pannell makes balloon animals for children during the Harvest Festival in Fountain Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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Naomi Muniz Allgeier, 3, wears her homemade pumpkin costume and talks to her mother Veronica Muniz Allgeier during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Naomi Muniz Allgeier sports the same halloween costume as last year, and loves pumpkins because she, “… likes them when they drop them.” Her father, firefighter Samuel Muniz Allgeier, was one of the two firefighters who were uncharge of dropping the pumpkins. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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The crowd looks up to watch 78 pound pumpkin ‘Big Booty Judy’ rise into the sky before being dropped for the pumpkin smash during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighter Samuel Muniz Allgeier push the 90 pound pumpkin Orange Crush off the towner ladder for the pumpkin smash during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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The 78 pound pumpkin ‘Big Booty Judy’ crashes down for the pumpkin smash during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. The pumpkins all provided by Just Peddilin Farms were named through a poll cast out on social media the previous week. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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The 90 pound pumpkin Orange Crush hits the ground during the pumpkin smash for the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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Erin Freeman and Beth Freeman watch pitbull standard poodle mix Rue, 3, taste the 90 pound pumpkin Orange Crush from the pumpkin smash during the Harvest Festival in Circus Square Park, Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Gabi Broekema for the Bowling Green Daily News.
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The 10th Annual Bowling Green Harvest Festival brought families into downtown Bowling Green, Ky., to celebrate an array of fall holidays with food, fun and the always popular Pumpkin Smash on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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