Festival History

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• 2006: Central Squash
• 2005: 22,153 falls short
            Weblog from Pumpkin Festival 2005
• 2004: Pumpkin potpourri: Throng packs downtown Keene; record attempt falls short
• 2003: Keene's Pumpkin festival hits a new record with 28,952 lit gourds
• 2002: Not a record, but thousands of people have a great time in downtown Keene
• 2001: The Crowds Converge
• 2000: 2000: Keene Blows Away it's Pumpkin Record With 23,727 jack-o-lanterns
• 1999: 50,000 people and 16,349 jack-o'-lanterns crowd downtown Keene
• 1998: With 17,693 jack o'lanterns, Keene sets new record
• 1997: Nudging past the old record with 13,432 lit gourds
  
  The Day After - What happens to all those pumpkins?
• 1996: The jack-o'-lantern tally hits 13,044
• 1995: Torrents of rain keep pumpkin numbers to 9,812
• 1994: Crowd of 20,000 praises 10,540 jack-'o lanterns
• 1993: Keene demolishes Guinness record with 4,817 carved pumpkins
• 1992: The tally hits 1,628 pumpkins
• 1991: The first festival produces 600 jack-'o lanterns