October 25, 2025: The Laconia Pumpkin Festival. The 2025 event will be the tenth pumpkin festival held in downtown Laconia. After 24 years in Keene, the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival moved to Laconia in 2015. Run by the local Chamber of Commerce for its first 9 years, the 2025 event will be the first run by the City of Laconia. The City has changed the  name of the event from the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival to the Laconia Pumpkin Festival. The new festival logo, released to the public on April 22, 2025, depicts a pumpkin wearing a witch’s hat, with the Laconia Public Library in the background.

Below, an aerial photo of the pumpkin tower in Veteran’s Square, and smaller pumpkin displays on the lawn of the Congregational Church.