The 2nd annual Great Harbord Street Pumpkin Festival

600 pumpkins and a thousand delighted visitors

On Sunday evening, November 1st, almost one thousand local residents, along with their children and grand-children, came out to see close to 600 candle-lit, carved pumpkins that cast their eerie glow from tables along Harbord Street. Bagpipes were heard whilst proprietors of the Boulevard Café, Harbord Bakery and Tik Tak Café served tasty treats to passersby.

Many took a moment to warm up inside the former Miss Emma's store to enjoy some free hot cider and pumpkin cupcakes. (The latter were donated by Dessert Trends, whose owner-chef Don Duong earned high praise on the street for his exquisite carving of half a dozen pumpkins.)

Inside the store, we held another successful silent auction, thanks to generous donations from businesses on College, Harbord and Bloor Streets. And eight local artists accepted our invitation to display their jewelry, paintings and other works of art. All in all, it was another rich evening on Harbord!

Harbord Village friend David Studholme wrapped his pumpkin fest photos into a great video which you can view below — thank you David! We also have a slideshow of three photographers' pumkin festival snaps. Check it out at the bottom of this page.