The Pumpkin Festival weigh-in brought in 21 entries, top 10 winners and Bill Neptune winning the King Pumpkin title.
Five-time winner Bill Neptune, from New Concord, said it felt amazing to win the King Pumpkin title. Initially he thought his pumpkin would only weigh around 1,700 lbs, and after losing three of his pumpkins during growing, he brought his one pumpkin left, which brought him the winning title.
Wednesday afternoon as activities for the pumpkin festival were gearing up, members and supporters of the Barnesville State Theater Company celebrated achieving a $50,000 fund drive match raising $100,000 in the “100 days of summer” for renovations of the theater.
New Concord’s Bill Neptune claimed the King Pumpkin Title Wednesday night at the 2025 Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Weigh Off.
The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival’s new Pumpkin Market is ready for visitors to explore vendors and children’s activities.
Visitors may find this Pumpkin Market in the East Main Street parking lot between Avenues of Barnesville and Cheffy Drugs.
The 72-page 2025 Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Tab is available online on the festival’s official website.
The official weigh in of the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival will be livestreamed on the Belmont County Tourism Council Facebook page. The broadcast is a a production of JB Digital Media.
The festival unofficially begins today with the Festival Royalty Contest at Barnesville High School. Also taking place today is the escort procession of bikers, trucks and vehicles of all kinds escorting the Eyes of Freedom Display into town.
A season of pouring rain has left some pumpkins failing and others growing as they compete to be named the 2025 King Pumpkin.
Several activities are scheduled at Bethesda Public Library this fall.
Information on the upcoming 61st Barnesville Pumpkin Festival posted on the organization’s Facebook Page this week is shared.