Each season the Poconos lives up to its promise... the spring is fresh, lively and green; the summer fragrant, warm and inviting; the fall plentiful, colorful and sweet; and the winter pure, silent and majestic. Festivals, activities, indoor and outdoor life never slow.
Hundreds of events and activities take place in the Pocono Mountains each year. Music or ethnic festivals, holiday celebrations, sidewalk sales, whitewater rafting days and NASCAR are some of the exciting events that make the Poconos so popular.
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THE GREAT POCONO PUMPKIN FESTIVAL AND FRIGHT NITESThe largest pumpkin festival in the Pocono Mountains is even bigger with new attractions like "Pumpkin Chuckin". Parents enter free to the "Kids Zone" with treasure hunting, hay maze, and characters. The all time favorite "Daytime Hayride" is even longer and includes an all-new "Creep Show". Kids will love the new "3-D Explosion Adventure," where they can explore the world of color and fantasy. Free petting farm, pony rides, deer petting, face painting and much more. New "Fright Nite" is back, with the "Zombie Apocalypse", Haunted "Waldorf Hotel", and "Terror in the Corn Hayride". Free festival admission, free parking, and every pumpkin is only $3. Hours for the daytime festival are Saturdays and Sundays (including Columbus Day) from 11am-6pm. Fright Nite hours are every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October (including September 28, 2012), starting at 7pm. The festival will take place until October 28, 2012.
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The largest pumpkin festival in the Pocono Mountains is even bigger with new attractions like "Pumpkin Chuckin". Parents enter free to the "Kids Zone" with treasure hunting, hay maze, and characters. The all time favorite "Daytime Hayride" is even longer and includes an all-new "Creep Show". Kids will love the new "3-D Explosion Adventure," where they can explore the world of color and fantasy. Free petting farm, pony rides, deer petting, face painting and much more. New "Fright Nite" is back, with the "Zombie Apocalypse", Haunted "Waldorf Hotel", and "Terror in the Corn Hayride". Free festival admission, free parking, and every pumpkin is only $3. Hours for the daytime festival are Saturdays and Sundays (including Columbus Day) from 11am-6pm. Fright Nite hours are every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October (including September 28, 2012), starting at 7pm. The festival will take place until October 28, 2012. More