Pumpkinfest
2022 MSU Tollgate Farm Pumpkinfest
Saturday and Sunday, October 8th and 9th, 2022
11 am - 5 pm
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Join us for a fun fall harvest festival!
Come, take a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick your perfect pumpkins. Food, music, farm animals, educational exhibits, wagon rides, and children’s activities all make for a fun fall outing on this historic 160 acre farm.
$5 per person, ages 2 and under free. Wagon rides, music, educational exhibits, children's strawland, story time, and many children's activities are included. Tickets are sold for select activities including fishing, face-painting, pumpkin painting, inflatable archery, target practice, etc. Pumpkins and concessions are sold for cash for credit. Parking is free.
Pumpkinfest activities:
- Wagon rides to the pumpkin patch
- Farm animals
- Music concerts
- Harvest story times with local librarians and children's authors
- Fishing
- Inflatable archery
- Target practice booth
- Pumpkin painting
- Pumpkin bowling
- Pumpkinfest trebuchet
- Children’s Strawland
- Children's straw maze
- Horse demos
- Nature activities
- Fun farm field games
- Wacky Water Critters Pond-dipping (Saturday)
- Tollgate Farm 4-H Club
- And much more!
Come Join the Team: Pumpkinfest Volunteer Opportunities
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER
Every great event has a team of great people who make it happen. Pumpkinfest has a wonderful team of staff and volunteers who love the Farm and who love to help. There are so many different supporting roles where Tollgate visitors would appreciate your help.
Adults and youth 16 and older, we invite you to consider volunteering in one of the many roles available for this event.
A sample of volunteer positions available:
- Wagon ride helper
- Children's strawland
- Cider press helper
- Sound board operator
- Food concessions
- Volunteer headquarters hospitality
- Welcome center
- Fishing helper
- Volunteer musicians
Some of the benefits of volunteering at Pumpkinfest include:
- Enjoy the volunteer hospitality headquarters
- Listen to live music
- Meet new friends; enjoy old friends
- Help visitors have fun while learning about agriculture
- Enjoy a day at the Farm
Be a part of the Tollgate Pumpkinfest Volunteer Team and help make a difference! Pumpkinfest is a fundraiser. Proceeds help support educational programming and help schools and individuals who might otherwise not be able to attend programs and camps. If you're interested in helping Tollgate's mission through a sponsorship or donation or for media inquiries, email koehle43@msu.edu or call 248-701-9956.