there’s still pumpkin fest in keene but maybe it’s different now?? I was only 9 in 2014 lol
2026-08-05 23:32:32
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Your cousin :
There should be a documentary on peoples stories and videos from the 2014 pumpkin fest
2026-08-03 01:33:20
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Lanadelb :
Just wanna say it wasn’t handled well by the school or the police. We were partying like we normally did at Keene but we had a lot of visitors who planned to party outside all day. When kpd showed up, they had us all leave and immediately brought in reinforcements which was overkill. Then the dorms said no visitors were allowed in the buildings, leaving hundreds of drunk kids stranded, unable to drive home or go anywhere to chill out. There were plenty of people from other schools there too. Yik yak was a thing back then, and UNH and Plymouth kids were boasting about the destruction they caused. So it wasn’t just Keene state kids. Lots of kids from other schools were arrested. But we literally had NO where to go besides the streets. Otherwise these kids would’ve all drove home drunk. I’m not defending the behavior. My best friends car was destroyed, a bunch of stuff stolen out of it. Another friends car had his roof caved in and mirror kicked off. It sucked. But like, you tell hundreds of drunk kids to leave these houses… where do they go?
2026-08-02 14:49:11
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❌️LeonaCarney❌️ :
Not something to be proud of. It irrevocably changed the economy of the city. Claiming "street cred" for rioting..for NOTHING. No thanks.
2026-08-02 05:16:34
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Eek! :
Was this the year of the riots
2026-08-01 15:56:14
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idfk :
I had the unfortunate luck of walking down the wrong street when the tear gas came out. Never did I think I’d experience tear gas.
2026-08-01 12:43:25
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C.Gibba_21 :
I went to Keene ‘04-‘08 I don’t know what the kids were thinking that got this ban but can confirm during the peaceful days, it was the best. I routinely made $1,000 per day at my restaurant job that weekend. I also went back as an alumni it was the unofficially reunion everyone looked forward to. Shame on those kids for ruining it and anyone who is scoffing at how much this meant to the town overall.
2026-08-02 14:26:05
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user765432212456 :
I still miss Pho Keene Great
2026-08-01 03:52:45
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vase :
i asked my husband if he was there and he said “i had an alibi”
2026-08-02 03:51:55
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jackie :
Someone threw a tire at pumpkin fest and I watched it smoke some girl in the head 💀
2026-08-03 09:34:34
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Maggie :
I was tear gassed in a tree at Keene state pumpkin fest and was feet away from the silver car that was flipped on its head. I miss it 😂
2026-08-05 00:02:27
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Celia Driscoll :
2013!
2026-08-02 01:54:08
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Krunsnh :
I was 23 and out bar hopping with friends and my sister was a senior at Keene state. I wish I took photos/videos of what I witnessed. What a dumpster fire (literally) 😅
2026-09-22 23:15:25
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Rebecca Boshar :
Not a phone in sight.
2026-08-13 04:21:05
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Sam McDonald | Photographer :
I remember standing outside my dorm watching a helicopter fly over, a car was on fire and swat was heading down towards Main Street, wild times
2026-08-06 10:16:06
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k10 :
The way I knew what this was as soon as I saw the photo 🥲
2026-08-03 12:42:29
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Josh castor :
Don’t worry that yard is still full every year
2026-08-04 14:58:54
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two corgis in a trench coat :
I graduated 2012 and heard about this from coworkers in nyc first 😅
2026-08-01 23:36:11
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OhNerdyOne :
It was so surreal. We were on Main St at the festival and didn't realize anything was going on until we went back to the Owls Nests through tear gas. Man I miss what Pumpkinfest used to be. And I hate the narrative that all KSC students were proud or excited about the destruction.
2026-08-04 02:54:23
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a :
i immediately recognized the event
2026-08-02 00:05:26
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Jaime Samiljan :
Omgggg I was here. Do you remember there was a huge circle of people throwing bottles and cans ? someone threw a huge branch and it hit me 😂
2026-08-06 22:55:28
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Danielle :
I think Laconia hosts it now
2026-08-07 01:15:16
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maxwellwellwell :
The whole reason this happened was because of an unscrupulous "party company" advertised the event all over the northern east coast and sent bus loads of people whose main objective was to raise absolute chaos and were promised a party and then let loose on the city. I was in the middle of it all KSC kids honestly were some of the least of the problem yes they helped facilitate the damages but they weren't the initial agitators. It was preplanned chaos. That was one hell of a night. I still miss Pumpkin Fest it was such an event it had an immense energy that was all its own.
2026-08-18 08:34:05
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beesechurgerxxxpickle :
Keg stand college
2026-08-09 05:19:20
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Melia :
I was a freshman in high school when this happened :( pumpkin fest will never be the same
2026-08-05 15:13:06
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