Get Your Gourd On: Saturday, October 17 from 9am to 1pm in downtown Ephrata

FREE family fun activities including the annual Ephrata Mini Punkin Chunkin Contest, pedal cars, make and take scarecrows, face painting, create a steampunk pumpkin, ukulele uprising, and food and craft vendors.

Don’t miss the Whoopie pie eating contest at 9:30am. Events will take place at the Ephrata Whistle Stop Plaza and Main Street. Sponsored by ephratamerchants.com.

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