Keene is seeing orange again for next month as The Keene Pumpkin Festival returns Oct. 15 announced on Monday.
The one-day festival runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Village of Keene.
With the parade at 9 a.m. and the great pumpkin weigh-off at noon, The family-friendly event features the pumpkin pyramid, straw bale maze, axe throwing and Maple the Milking Cow.
The festival has a vendor’s market, critter visits, food, draws, live music and more. The Antique Car Show and Dog Show are both returning this year.
New to the festival is an Indigenous art display of quilling at the historical society display.