<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2zic9S_1Fe0MRnX00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2zic9S_1Fe0MRnX00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure>A witch may melt in the rain, but pumpkins and gourds don't. So unless there's a Cat 3 hurricane, the annual Orangetober fall riverside festival will go on Friday and Saturday.The free family event is sponsored by the City of Orange Convention and Visitors bureau at the city's boat ramp and Riverside Pavilion off Simmons Drive. The National Weather Service forecast calls for rain, but that is simply a notification to get out the boots.Each year, the city staff designs and sets up, with the help of volunteers from local schools, giant displays of pumpkins and gourds, along with dried corn stocks and hay bales. They make perfect backdrops for photographs.On Friday at 5 p.m., the gates will open for people to view the pumpkin displays, nibble on foods from a variety of food trucks, and listen to live music. Activities for kids will also be set up.The festival ends on Sunday with music as families can orderly gather the pumpkins and gourds to take home to decorate for the fall seasons.The Riverside Pavilion is a covered space with a stage and a concrete floor to set up lawn chairs or dance. Barbara Hickey and the Daybreakers will play at 5 pm., with Dani LaCour at 6:30 p.m., and local favorite Britt Godwin and Company at 8 p.m.The food truck vendors will be Zest and Brew, Taco Mex Fire, Cinnerolls N'Sweets, Funel'D, Gate City Guild No. 48, Manny's Catering, Juice Krewe Sno Cones, Sweet Orbit, LCM Lions Club, Rudy's Kabobs, Icy Drips, Mr. Wilson's Lemonade, Got Them Dogs, and Pat's Kitchen.Saturday's activities will start at 7 a.m. with the Annual Dean Granger Memorial 5K Fun Run to benefit the Orange County United Way. The race, with a category for kids and another for adults, begins at the Riverside Pavilion and goes through the Old Orange Historic District before circling back to the pavilion. Also, set-up will begin at 6:30 a.m. for the teams competing in a Gumbo Cookoff sponsored by the Orange Lions Club. Cooking starts at 8 a.m. with the judges taking samples at 2 p.m. The awards ceremony will be at 4 p.m. Gates to the festival will open at 10 a.m. with vendor booths, information booths, games, and entertainment. The pumpkin pie eating contest will start at 2 p.m. with a division for adults and another for kids. Registration is limited and started earlier, but spots may be open. Saturday's live music will begin at 5:30 p.m. with The Drywater Band and Vibe City. On Sunday at 10 a.m., the gates open for the pumpkin give-away with saxophonist Perry Richard with his jazz.</div></body>

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A witch may melt in the rain, but pumpkins and gourds don't. So unless there's a Cat 3 hurricane, the annual Orangetober fall riverside festival will go on Friday and Saturday. The free family event is sponsored by the City of Orange Convention and Visitors bureau at the city's boat...

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A witch may melt in the rain, but pumpkins and gourds don't. So unless there's a Cat 3 hurricane, the annual Orangetober fall riverside festival will go on

Rain won't spoil Orangetober

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