Something festive this way comes. Cal Poly Pomona will bring back its annual Pumpkin Fest for its 31st iteration from Saturday, Sept. 28, until Sunday, Oct. 27. Visitors can pick from 35,000 university-grown pumpkins and enjoy live entertainment and activities. The event will include hay rides, corn mazes, a petting farm, a train ride pulled by an antique tractor, and the chance to buy pumpkins from the patch. Costume contests for pets and humans are scheduled for the weekend of Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27. Related Articles Local News | I was a deranged clown at Six Flags Fright Fest Local News | 7 best things I ate at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights Local News | The Haunted Carwash returns to Anaheim and Lakewood with two chilling themes Local News | Halloween 2024: Where to find pumpkin patches in Southern California Local News | Niles: With Scary Farm, Knott’s shows how to do theme parks right This year, Pumpkin Fest will also feature cow-milking demonstrations by Batista Family Farm of Chino; a backyard composting demonstration showing how creepy, crawly worms turn food waste into nutrients for the soil and plants; and Cal Poly Pomona presentations on the “Life of a Bee.” The festival will be at Cal Poly Pomona’s AGRIscapes Center, 4102 S. University Drive, Pomona. The hours are Fridays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Proceeds help support the Cal Poly Pomona Huntley College of Agriculture’s farm operations, student clubs, and outreach activities. For tickets, click here.