Pumpkin Festival can go ahead…
CANALSIDE Farm, near Stafford, has announced that its annual Pumpkin Festival will be going ahead this year.
The festival, which has been running for the last three years, has proved to be the highlight of the farm’s calendar and the owners were both excited and relieved to be able to proceed.
Co-owner of the farm, Anna Barton, said: “In order for the pumpkins to be ready for October, we had to plant them in June, so we had to take a huge leap of faith as at that time we were still in lockdown and weren’t sure if we’d be able to go ahead. So we are over the moon that with a little reorganising and careful planning to ensure everyone’s safety, we will be able to run the festival this October.”
Customers’ safety is at the top of the farm’s priority list and as a result, they are asking everyone to pre-book a timed ticket, so that they can manage visitor numbers.
Anna explained: “Normally our festival runs across the week of half-term and is very busy, but this year it will run across every weekend in October as well as half-term, so that the visitor numbers will be spread out.
“People will only be able to enter via timed tickets, which have to be pre-booked on our website, so we can keep a tight handle on the number of people that enter. All of the activities will be held outside at our pumpkin field, making it easy to social distance and our staff will be on hand at all times to manage things.”
If you would like to attend the Pumpkin Festival it will run across every weekend in October, plus half-term, from 10am-3pm.
There will be a small charge of £2 per person (under-threes are free) and tickets must be pre-booked via their website www.canalsidefarm.co.uk
Tickets will be released on the Wednesday for the following weekend.