August 28, 2025
BRANSON, Mo. (August 28, 2025) — Silver Dollar City gives folks “pumpkin to talk about” as one of its brightest festivals of the year gets glowing soon! The gourd times roll at Harvest Festival presented by Humana from Sept. 12 through Oct. 26, with acres of crafts by day and more than 20,000 pumpkins aglow by night!
Pumpkins are creatively carved and perfectly placed throughout City streets with no-scare family fun around every corner of the 1880s theme park, including an all-ages dance party and character meet and greets in the Pumpkin Plaza. There’s a pumpkin-perfect picture opportunity everywhere you look, starting with a stroll beneath the two-story, lantern-filled Canopy Sky or a walk through Foggy Hollow. A three-story pumpkin greeter welcomes guests into a gorgeous gourd display of towering pumpkin sculptures. Even bigger fun unfolds across the park at the Garden of Giants with pumpkins weighing over 1,000 pounds!
Before the nighttime adventures, The City’s Harvest Festival hosts loads of visiting craftsmen daily who demonstrate pioneer leatherworks, copper art, jewelry making, artistic pumpkin carving, hand-painted décor, woven rugs, stained glass, whimsical upcycled wind chimes and much more.
Meanwhile, cowboys return to the Carousel Barn at the Cowboy Emporium, featuring Western-inspired crafts and a showcase of the acclaimed artwork of Yellowstone and Gunsmoke star Buck Taylor. Across the street, cookies demonstrate their cowboy recipes each day of the festival, with a chuck wagon cook-off to end each afternoon!
The autumn food offerings pump up the pumpkin spice! From pumpkin funnel cakes to warm apple dumplings with cinnamon ice cream, there’s something sweet for every festival foodie! Fall flavors take a savory twist with offerings like pumpkin-spice rubbed smoked ribs, roasted pepper gouda soup with a cheese twist or chicken and andouille gumbo with cheese grits. Enjoy five flavors across the festival with a fan-favorite Tasting Passport.
Silver Dollar City
Silver Dollar City
