Light up Lowndes Park this autumn!

Will your pumpkin be crowned the best in Chesham?

28th October
4:30pm – 6:30pm
Lowndes Park

Family event, all ages welcome!

Free to attend*

Come and celebrate the wonder and glory of autumn as we light up Lowndes Park with pumpkins at sunset!

Love Lowndes continue to fundraise for the new playground in our beautiful park.

The Pumpkin Parade is an FREE event* that celebrates the wonder and glory of autumn. With fancy dress competitions, seasonal fete games, great food and the main avenue being lit up by Chesham’s pumpkins at sunset; it’s set to be a magical, inclusive afternoon in the green heart of Chesham.

A few highlights:

• Pumpkin Illumination
• Pre-carved Pumpkin design competition £2.00*
• Autumnal fete games*
• Help build a Dream-Web
• Fancy dress competition £1.00*
• Local and seasonal food from The Rocket Oven.

 

*Items marked with a * will require payment.

How it works

PUMPKIN CARVING

1. Pre-booking has now ended. Please come along to the event between 4:30 and 5:30pm and pay for your entry at the Love Lowndes stand.
2. PRE-CARVE your pumpkin and bring it to the event. Do not bring a tea-light (we will provide these). No naked flames please!
3. Come to the main Love Lowndes stand (near the George V shelter just by the performance space) at the event between 4:30 and 5:30pm where you be given your entry token, a free LED tea-light, your pre-booking bonus gift (if applicable) and instructions on where to place your pumpkin.
4. Judging is at 5.30pm.
5. 6:15 pm Winners announced and prizes given.

FANCY DRESS

1. Pre-booking has now ended. Please come along to the event between 4:30 and 5:30pm and pay for your entry at the Love Lowndes stand.
2. Dress in your best Halloween or Autumn themed costumes.
3. Come to the main Love Lowndes stand (near the George V shelter just by the performance space) at the event between 4:30 and 5:30pm where you be given your entry token.
4. All entrants will be asked to gather in the performance space in Lowndes Park as 6:00pm where judging will take place.
5. 6:15pm Winners announced and prizes given.

All competitions will be divided into age groups so that everyone can join in the fun!

Category One: 0-7s
Category Two: 8-15
Category Three: 16+

Find out more info  here.

The Rocket Oven

The Rocket Oven is a Chesham business. It’s a beautiful Airstream style trailer which is run by husband and wife team, George and Tori. The concept is born from the pandemic, a love of good food and wanting to work together to share our passion.

Our food ethos is simple: fresh, local and honest. These principles are the key ingredients to everything we make! We specialise in making flatbreads which are stuffed with anything from herbed falafel, tzatziki and sumac onions to slow roasted shoulder of lamb gyros with a roasted garlic mayonnaise.

 

 

*Entry to the event is free to all. The dream web and crafts activities are also free. The competitions and some games will be chargeable as we’re running this event to raise some money for the new playground.  

More seasonal fun

And if the Pumpkin Parade has just whetted your appetite for all things orange, autumnal and just a little bit Halloween, then we’ve got another treat for you.

The Elgiva theatre are screening Spookley the Square Pumpkin on the 29th October at 2pm as part of the On Location Film Festival. All proceeds go to Love Lowndes.

This family-friendly film will be a lovely treat for the little ones.

In a world where the only good pumpkins are round pumpkins, Spookley the Square Pumpkin is often teased because of his shape.

But when a storm terrorizes his patch, a pumpkin cast out for his shape must step up to use his smarts to save the day – and to prove himself.