Event Overview
The City of Elgin has held the annual Pumpkin Smash event since 2016. Pumpkin Smash is typically held on the first Saturday in November.
This year the event will take place at the following locations:
- 250 North Grove Ave, Elgin, IL (southwest corner of North Grove Avenue and Kimball Street).
- A second location is in the process of being confirmed.
From 2016 to 2022, Elgin has collected over 28.62 TONS of pumpkins!
Help us grow this number - bring your pumpkins so they can be composted instead of haunting a landfill.