Crete's Great Pumpkin Festival is held in Crete, Nebraska, on the first weekend of October.

A downtown festival with community-grown pumpkins, a car show, a petting zoo, a craft fair, children's games, live entertainment, a pumpkin pie eating contest, a pumpkin drop and hayrack rides to the Old Mill Pumpkin Patch.

Organizer: Crete Chamber of Commerce.

Contact: 402-826-2136.

Dates change from year to year, so check with the organizer before you go.