The Boothe Park Commission and the Town of Stratford host the annual Great Pumpkin Festival held at Boothe Memorial Park in Stratford, Conn. on Saturday Oct. 21, 2017. The main attraction was a children's costume parade. Along with the parade the festival included a pumpkin carving contest with prizes, DJ music, games, crafts, face painting, refreshments, a pie baking contest, a scarecrow judging contest, horse-drawn hayrides, the roaming railroad, and tours through the various historic buildings at the park, including tours of the Model Train Museum and Observatory. Bunnell High School STAGE theater group performed skits and costumed actors from the Players at Putney Gardens strolled the grounds. New to the festival this year was a Falconer Show and Live Animal Experience.