Circus-Themed Pumpkin Festival Opens at Schloss Lichtenwalde
Online tickets include castle access with free Mittelsachsen transit.
Overview
- The event runs through November 2 in the baroque park near Chemnitz.
- Eighteen installations built from thousands of ornamental and culinary pumpkins anchor the theme.
- Builders spent weeks fixing hundreds of pumpkins to wooden frames to form figures up to four meters high.
- New attractions feature a walk-through labyrinth, a pumpkin education trail, and a straw playground for children.
- Weekend competitions lead into mid-October circus performances and a Halloween-week finale with lantern parades and face painting.