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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.