The Great Painted Pumpkin Festival – an annual fundraiser benefiting nonprofits in Acadiana, hosted by Latter & Blum – will take place again this year in Parc Sans Souci Downtown Lafayette at 3 pm on Saturday, October 30,

The Painted Pumpkin Festival team will provide paint, markers, other decorating materials, and pumpkins to attendees. Adults and children will have fun testing their creative abilities while benefiting a variety of Acadiana area nonprofits. A panel of judges will select first, second, and third place winners in a variety of categories. Prizes are awarded to winners.

All registered attendees can bring a painted pumpkin to enter into the pumpkin-judging contest or paint a pumpkin on site. Registration is $5 per painted pumpkin contest entry and $5 to paint a pumpkin onsite.

Funds from the Great Painted Pumpkin Festival support a variety of not-for-profits in Acadiana and the past two festivals have supported neighborhood revitalization projects; the build-out of a children’s area in a new park in Washington, LA; literacy programs, music programs, and more.