The festival, which has been held since 1964, is conducted by a locally appointed committee and attracts an average of 100,000 people during the 4-day event.

[3] The official ribbon cutting is held on Thursday, but the local citizens are encouraged to preview the festival on Wednesday.

The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival holds its annual weigh-in on the Wednesday preceding the event.

The official ribbon cutting is held the following day and is done by either the committee president, city mayor, parade marshal or other notable local figure.

The Olney Friends School is famous for bringing over 700 loaves of pumpkin bread to sell from their booth, baked by the students.