Pets and Pumpkins Festival to Return to Downtown Springfield
The annual "Pets and Pumpkins" festival, featuring vendors, games, and a pets-in-costume parade, is returning to downtown Springfield.
Springfield, MO, October 20, 2026 —
The annual Pets and Pumpkins festival is returning to downtown Springfield, with vendors, games and a parade featuring pets in costume, according to the information provided about the event.
The festival’s listed activities include opportunities to visit vendors, take part in games and watch the costumed-pet parade. No further details were provided about the vendors, the types of games or how the parade will be organized.
The announcement does not specify the event’s date, start and end times or the particular downtown location. It also does not identify an organizer or provide information about attendance, admission, registration for the parade or any rules for participating pets. Those details were not included in the available information.
Because the festival is described as annual, its return marks another edition of an event held on a recurring basis. However, no information was provided about previous editions or how this year’s program may compare with them. The stated description does not say whether the schedule includes activities beyond vendors, games and the parade.
For now, the confirmed details are limited to the festival’s name, its return to downtown Springfield and the three features identified in the announcement. The city’s state was not specified. Additional information about timing, the exact venue and participation arrangements was not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by Leigh Moody on www.ky3.com, see more information here.
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