You Can't Miss The Big Pumpkin Festival In Canton, South Dakota

Fall weather is in the air across the Sioux Empire, which means it's time to take a fall road trip just South of Sioux Falls, to Canton, South Dakota! The Riverview Christmas Tree Farm is getting ready for its annual Pumpkin Festival. Yep, on a Christmas tree farm!

Get ready to pick your favorite pumpkin in the patch and sip warm cider during the Riverview Christmas Tree Farm Pumpkin Festival! Todd and Shari Gannon grow 32 kinds of pumpkins right there at the farm.

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The Pumpkin Festival at Riverview Christmas Tree Farm is a great adventure for families and friends to enjoy this fall season. Family is in their roots. Riverview Christmas Tree Farm is a "true family-owned farm. It's not a corporate or commercial event."

Riverview Christmas Tree (via Facebook)

When you're at the Pumpkin Festival at Riverview Christmas Tree Farm, you're supporting local farmers and businesses in your own backyard.

Riverview Christmas Tree Farm (via Facebook)

Owners Todd and Shari Gannon put a lot of TLC into their Riverview Christmas Tree Farm, especially during the Pumpkin Festival. They even want to share the love with the community.

We focus on supporting local, too. With the Pumpkin Festival we have helped non profits like Wounded Warriors, Canton to get a pool, families in need, used proceeds to support the Red Cross for hurricane survivors, the Vegas shoot, etc.

There's an opportunity to help Riverview Christmas Tree Farm on October 4th and 5th. They will donate $4 to Cure Kids Cancer for every pumpkin sold that weekend. It's another fantastic reason to bring the family to the patch, especially for superhero kids with Cure Kids Cancer. Come out and support a great cause!

Riverview Christmas Tree Farm (via Facebook)

When is the Pumpkin Festival at Riverview Christmas Tree Farm?

The Pumpkin Festival will be opening soon! The first day will be this weekend, on Saturday, September 27th and Sunday, September 28th. Here are the other weekend dates for October:

October 4th & 5th
October 11th & 12th
October 18th & 19th
October 25th & 26th

Get ready for Tug-of-War games, pumpkin painting, gem mining in the Kids Zone, hayrides to the patch, baked goods with caramel apples, and yes...the infamous Giant Pumpkin Cannon will be back! Check out what this cannon can do! Guests are also invited to shoot targets with the powerful Apple Cannons!

Pumpkin Festival at Riverview Christmas Tree Farm will be open from 10 AM to 6 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. The special Haunted Trails will be Saturday, October 4th, and October 11th, from 7 PM until 9:30 PM.

Christine Manika (TSM)

If you want to experience THE PLACE for Fall fun - take a short drive South of Sioux Falls, to Canton. The Pumpkin Festival at the Riverview Christmas Tree Farm is open every weekend now through October. They have a lot of activities for the whole family waiting for you!

P.S. You'll stroll past over 20,000 Christmas trees while on the farm. In just a few months, Riverview will be converted to another experience and family tradition of picking out your own Christmas tree - grown all here!

Riverview Christmas Tree Farm (via Facebook)

The 10 Most Redneck Towns in South Dakota

Are you a 'Redneck?' I guess to some people, all of us in South Dakota are rednecks.

If we use the Jeff Foxworthy Scale of Redneckeness, I have, in fact, been too drunk to fish. So by definition, I am a redneck. And so are many people I know.

Not that being from the country is a bad thing, and it can be fun to poke fun at ourselves.

With that in mind, we found that the folks at RoadSnacks put together a list that claims 'These Are The 10 Most Redneck Cities In South Dakota.'

What is a Redneck?

The dictionary says that a redneck is someone "...who lives in a small town or in the country, especially in the southern U.S., who typically has a working-class job, and who is seen by others as being uneducated and having opinions and attitudes that are offensive."

Well, a few things. First, South Dakota isn't THAT kind of 'south.' We're to the south of North Dakota, but to the north of 'The South.'

Plus that definition sounds awful mean and serious. I thought we were having fun here.

RoadSnacks leaned into the funny, Jeff Foxworthy-based version of a redneck. Then they rounded up select data on places in SD to determine their rankings. RoadSnacks Redneck Criteria:

Small towns
Least amount of high school graduates
Number of bars per city
Number of mobile home parks per capita
Number of tobacco stores per city
Number of places to get fishing gear
Number of guns and ammo stores per city
Walmarts, Bass Pro Shops, and dollar stores nearby

Gallery Credit: Ben Kuhns

10 Small-Town South Dakota Restaurants That Are Worth The Drive

The Sioux Empire is full of restaurants that are long-known to be local favorites.

Sure, they might be a short drive from home, but you won't regret the experience at these hometown mainstays.

You Can’t Miss The Big Pumpkin Festival In Canton, South Dakota

When is the Pumpkin Festival at Riverview Christmas Tree Farm?

The 10 Most Redneck Towns in South Dakota

10 Small-Town South Dakota Restaurants That Are Worth The Drive