Come Join the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival and Make-A-Wish Illinois SUPERHERO 5K Run/Walk!

The Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest will boast fan favorites including all you can carve pumpkins, Trick or Treating, Costume Contests, Pumpkin Parade, hay rides, pony rides, petting zoo, carnival rides, kids crafts, two stages jam packed with solid entertainment, food and beverage vendors galore and a Superhero 5K Pumpkin Run/Walk. As always, all lit jack-o-lanterns will be placed on pumpkin walls throughout the Festival grounds, with ceremonial wall lightings Friday and Saturday nights, and the grand lighting on Sunday evening.

One of the main focuses of the event has always been to beat the Guinness World Record of 30,581 for most jack-o’-lanterns carved and lit at the same time. Highwood Pumpkin Festival organizers have a bigger goal in mind, to raise over $600,000 for Make-A-Wish Illinois to help grant 100 wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions in Illinois.

 

Schedule

From I94 – Take Half Day Road east towards Highwood & Highland Park to Rte 41. Go one exit north on Rte 41 to Old Elm Road. Go east on Old Elm to Sheridan/Waukegan Rd. Mobil Station will be on the corner. Take a right to head south towards the Festival Grounds. Follow signs for parking. From Chicago – Take Rte 41 North to Old Elm Road. Go east on Old Elm to Sheridan/Waukegan Rd. Mobil Station will be on the corner. Take a right to head south towards the Festival Grounds. Follow signs for parking. From Kenosha – Take Rte 41 South to Old Elm Road. Go east on Old Elm to Sheridan/Waukegan Rd. Mobil Station will be on the corner. Take a right to head south towards the Festival Grounds. Follow signs for parking. Free parking can be found on Bank Lane, the parking lot of the old Hotel Moraine, on First Street in Fort Sheridan, and at the Fort Sheridan Metra parking lot. See yellow highlighted areas in maps.