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Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off

Monday, October 12 · 7 AM – 2 PM · Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA

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Pumpkin fever is sweeping through Half Moon Bay as anticipation reaches a boiling point for one of autumn’s most thrilling spectacles: the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. Set for Monday, October 12th , in the picturesque “World Pumpkin Capital” of Half Moon Bay, California, this legendary contest—dubbed the “Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs”—draws the world’s premier pumpkin growers eager to claim glory and possibly squash the world record with colossal, Volkswagen-sized orange behemoths.

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