Check out the 2026 entries below!
Prize categories
Business – Daytime only
Plaques will be awarded for:
- First Place
- Second Place
- Third Place
Residential – Daytime
- First Place: $200.00
- Second Place: $150.00
- Third Place: $100.00
Residential – Nighttime – Animated
- First Place: $200.00
- Second Place: $150.00
- Third Place: $100.00
Residential – Nighttime – Non-Animated
- First Place: $200.00
- Second Place: $150.00
- Third Place: $100.00
Decorating Contest Rules
Be aware that by entering the contest, you are accepting the following:
- Businesses and Residences in the Waterford area are eligible to participate in the contest.
- Concession 6 Townsend (Swamp Rd) on both sides, plus Halyk Cres between Hwy 24 and Cockshutt Rd to Concession 11 Townsend (Rockford Rd) on both sides between Hwy 24 and Cockshutt Rd.
- The deadline for entry is 4:00 pm on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
- To receive prize money, the display must remain in place until noon on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
- Entrants are considered to have provided permission for photographs of their business/residence to be published as determined by the Waterford Lions Pumpkinfest committee.
- The winners will be announced on Friday on the festival’s Main Stage at 6:00 p.m., and plaques will be distributed to the winners then.
Categories:
- Business
- Residential Daytime
- Residential Nighttime – Animated
- Animated is considered an exhibit that utilizes any or all of the following: mechanical or electronic devices that create movement within the exhibit; computer graphics or special effects that create the illusion of any type of movement, including characters singing.
- Residential – Non-Animated
Judging will be based on:
- Pumpkinfest, Halloween or Fall Harvest theme
- Creativity
- Originality
Judging times:
- Daytime Judging: Thursday, October 15 and Friday, October 16, between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm.
- Nightime Judging: Wednesday, October 14 and Thursday, October 15, between 6:30 pm and 11:00 pm.
Questions?
Please email pumpkinfest@pumpkinfest.com for questions.
Check out the 2026 Entries!
Businesses
710 Old Highway 24 – Vango Adventure Farm
54 Alice St. – QM Dance Company
39 Alice St. – Golden Pond Retirement Living
21 Alice St. – Nifty Gifty Norfolk
13 Alice St. – Belching Barista
40 Main St. S – Yin’s Restaurant
Check out all the businesses!
Day Residential
149 Leamon St
48 Brown St.E
254 St. James St. S
212 Wellington
50 Queen St
271 Howard St
153 Wellington St
131 Amber St
188 St.James St S
Check out all the Day Residential Entries!
Night Animated
740 Thompson Rd. E
23 Coulas Crescent
156 Main St. S
45 Thompson Rd. E
145 Bruce St.
18 Trinity Lane
Check out all the Night Animated Entries!
Night Non Animated
4 Halyk Crescent
83 Gibbons St.
129 Temperance St. E
142 Coulas Crescent
160 Main St. S
112 Main St. N
131 Amber St.
104 Auty St.
264 Duncombe Rd.
251 Old Highway 54
26 Lingwood Drive
188 St. James St. South
197 Duncombe Rd.
Check out all of the Night Non Animated Entries!
Entries Map 1
Entries Map 2 Extended