Rick Mercer Confirmed to Attend the Giant Pumpkin Events at Hugli's Blueberry Ranch
Pembroke: Hugli’s Blueberry Ranch is excited to announce that well-known Canadian comedian Rick Mercer will be attending their Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Saturday, September 26th and participating in the Giant Pumpkin Boat Races on Sunday, October 27th while his crew will be filming the events. The general public is invited to attend.
Rick Mercer from the Rick Mercer Report is a Canadian television comedy series which airs on CBC Television and The Comedy Network. Launched in 2004 and hosted by comedian Rick Mercer, the weekly half-hour show combines news parody, sketch comedy, visits to interesting places across Canada, and satirical editorials, often involving Canadian politics.
The community will have an opportunity to see some of the largest pumpkins and vegetables grown in the world and a chance to see Rick Mercer on Saturday, September 26th at the GPC Sanctioned Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off for Eastern Ontario and Quebec. The event kicks off at noon.
And on Sunday, September 27th at 1pm, the 4th Annual Giant Pumpkin Boat Races will take place at Hugli’s Blueberry Ranch. Giant pumpkins weighing over 600 pounds will be carved into boats and navigated by their captains across a pond. The race classes include: paddle, motor and the very entertaining media/celebrity category.
The Giant Pumpkin Events are part of Hugli’s Blueberry Ranch’s Fall Family Fun Season that runs from September 19th to November 1st on weekends from 10am – 5pm. Activities include the 6 acre corn maze, pig races, pumpkin cannon show, 100 foot hill slide, pirate ship maze, hay and pumpkin mazes, country puppet show, wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin, giant sandbox and visiting the friendly animal
For more information, please visit www.blueberryranch.ca or call 613-638-1288.
Special Media Invite: Join the fun - if one of your media representatives would like to participate in the Pumpkin Boat Races - Media/Celebrity Category, please let Brian Hugli know by September 24th. MyFM has been the media winner two years in a row.
For more information contact:
Brian Hugli Hugli’s Blueberry Ranch 613-633-8180 Contact Information:
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