It’s back! The Sorauren Park Pumpkin Parade, the original and best, returns to the park the day after Halloween, November 1, when you are invited to bring your carved jack-o-lantern to join the show of pumpkin art along the park’s pathways.

Special this year, the West Toronto Community Choir will present two short spook-tacular vocal performances, at 7 pm and 8 pm, featuring suitable songs for the occasion.

It’s all free and there is no competition. The reward is contributing to a community tradition, and enjoying an evening in the park viewing great gourds… in some years there are more than 1,500 pumpkins, every one unique.

Please light your pumpkin with a wax candle to make the show come alive. More details, directions and TTC stops are available on our Pumpkin Parade page.

Thanks to the City of Toronto for supporting this pumpkin parade and other parades that have brought surprise and delight to parks around the city since the first Sorauren event in 2004. The pumpkins are composted after the event.

The annual Pumpkin Sale fundraiser in support of Friends of Sorauren Park and free park programming returns to the Sorauren Town Square Saturday October 21 from 9 am till noon… or until all the pumpkins are sold.

Come also for the face-painting and hot apple cider and hot chocolate.

The Pumpkin Sale is generously supported by Chander Chaddah, Broker, Sutton Group Associates Brokerage, who donates all the pumpkins and 100% of the sale proceeds to the Friends. The Pumpkin Sale has raised more than $30,000 over the years to support community programming and projects at Sorauren Park and Charles G. Williams Park, including outdoor movies, natural ice rink, festivals, dance programs, bake oven and more.

Many of the pumpkins, transformed into jack-o-lanterns, will return to Sorauren Park for the city’s best, and original, Pumpkin Parade on November 1, the day after Halloween. See you there!

The world-famous Sorauren Pumpkin Parade returns to Sorauren Park November 1, the day after Halloween.

With more than 1,500 pumpkins on display in some years, the Parade is a neighbourhood and even regional highlight of the season. From witches and cats, to politicians and world events, the artful jack-o-lanterns represent the spirit of Halloween and also the spirit of the times.

Add your pumpkin to the parade. It starts at 6 pm, with the busiest times after dinner. There is no competition… but will your pumpkin get noticed? And what will be the dominant theme this year?

Place your pumpkins along the inside edge of the path around the park. Please light your pumpkins with wax candles and not battery-powered lights or tin-bottomed tea lights that contaminate the eventual compost. Your candle-lit pumpkins make the parade come alive.

Walk or take transit to the park. The streets are narrow and busy and there is no parking at the park. The 505 Dundas and 506 College streetcars stop at the top of Sorauren, a three-minute walk from the park. The 47 Lansdowne bus stops at Rideau St., also a short walk away. Be safe.

The annual Pumpkin Sale fundraiser in support of Friends of Sorauren Park and free park programming returns to the Sorauren Town Square Saturday October 22 from 9 am till noon… or until all the pumpkins are sold.

The Pumpkin Sale is generously supported by Chander Chaddah, Broker, Sutton Group Associates Brokerage, who donates all the pumpkins and 100% of the sale proceeds to the Friends. The Pumpkin Sale has raised more than $30,000 over the years to support community programming and projects at Sorauren Park and Charles G. Williams Park, including outdoor movies, natural ice rink, festivals, dance programs, bake oven and more.

Many of the pumpkins, transformed into jack-o-lanterns, will return to Sorauren Park for the city’s best, and original, Pumpkin Parade on November 1, the day after Halloween. See you there!

 

The original Pumpkin Parade, replicated in parks across Toronto, Canada and the U.S., returns to Sorauren Park on November 1, the night after Halloween.

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