Pumpkin Festival Opens Today Along Highway 95
Ferdinand, ID · September 26, 2026
An overcast morning and a sharp 36-degree start make it official: fall has arrived across the prairie. If you are heading down Highway 95 today, watch for festival traffic turning off near Grangeville.
The Lead
Autumn has officially settled across the Camas Prairie, and today families from Ferdinand and across Idaho County are converging on Grangeville for the 5th Annual Pumpkin Festival at Merrow Materials along Highway 95. What started as an informal landscape yard gathering has grown into one of the prairie’s signature fall kickoffs, bringing together regional artisan booths, local food trucks, and family activities from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This year marks a meaningful shift in how the event operates: pumpkin patch selections are entirely donation-based, with all proceeds earmarked to support local healthcare and community initiatives alongside Syringa Hospital & Clinics. For prairie households balancing late-September field routines with family plans, it offers a lively reason to gather before deeper autumn frosts arrive. The gates at 80 Frontage Road open at 9:00 AM, with activities running through late afternoon.
Today's Outlook
- High 56°F · Low 36°F — Overcast
- Grab an extra layer before stepping outside to handle the cool, gray chill.
What's On Around Town
Today
5th Annual Pumpkin Festival Merrow Materials (80 Frontage Rd), Grangeville, 9:00 AM–4:00 PM · Free Local vendors, family games, and donation-based pumpkins supporting regional healthcare.
Dueling Pianos Show John Paul II Theater at The Angelus Center (122 Substation Rd), Cottonwood, 6:30 PM · Paid High-energy piano battles, comedy, and popular classics on stage.
Tomorrow
- Nez Perce County Fair Exhibits and Midway Nez Perce County Fairgrounds (1229 Burrell Ave), Lewiston, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM · Paid
Monday
- Teen Advisory Group Lewiston City Library (411 D St), Lewiston, 4:00–5:00 PM · Free
Spotlight & Story
- The Bank of Ferdinand
- When national banking panics swept rural America in early 1933, founder Frank M. Bieker closed the Bank of Ferdinand after 25 years of operation. Unlike hundreds of failed lenders, Bieker settled every account and repaid every prairie depositor in full.
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