Spooky spectacle takes over WinSport as Pumpkins After Dark returns [Video]

It’s billed as ‘Canada’s Largest Halloween Festival’ and it’s taken weeks to set up over 10,000 carved pumpkins that transform  WinSport into a spooky spectacle.

Pumpkins After Dark is in its fourth year and the sculptures change annually. This fall there are 40 different scenes ranging from Ghostbusters to Egyptian mummies.

“When Pumpkins After Dark first started in 2019, people didn’t really understand it or know what to expect,” said event promoter Sean Libin. “But year after year, people come down, they experience what Pumpkins After Dark is, get immersed in it and word spreads around so I think now people have a better understanding of what to expect when they come (to the fall event).”

Libin said the event that started in Calgary is now in five Canadian cities and this year is expanding to Houston, Texas.

“It has gotten bigger and tighter with more sophisticated displays,” he said. …