PHOTOS: Downtown Manchester Scarecrow Festival

The Downtown Manchester Special Services District is celebrating the fall season with the seventh annual Scarecrow Festival along Main Street.

The Scarecrow Festival continues to delight visitors with straw and non-straw creations if all kinds perched in the large planters that line Main Street. Scarecrow artists are all ages and include individuals, businesses, schools, students and civic groups.

Scarecrow Festival Program Flyers, which include a map and list of scarecrow locations, artists, and voting locations are available at select downtown businesses. The flyer is also online at www.downtownmanchester.org.

Scarecrow fans may vote for their favorite scarecrow through Oct. 29 at one of eight locations along Main Street displaying a “People’s Choice Scarecrow Voting Location” sign. Locations include:

• Anne Miller Real Estate, 975 Main St.
• Beller’s Music, 881 Main St.
• Katherine’s Hair Design, 695 Main St.
• Mary Cheney Library, 586 Main St.
• Pinewood Furniture, 1115 Main St.
• Salon Petit, 968 Main St.
• Silk City Antiques & Décor, 845 Main St.
• The Silver Chest, 789 Main St.

Fans may also view and vote for their “Facebook Favorite Scarecrow” by going to www.facebook.com/DowntownManchesterScarecrowFestival.

The winners of the “People’s Choice” and “ Facebook Favorite Scarecrow” Contests will be announced on Friday, Oct. 30.

Photo credits: Tim Jensen

Editor’s note: not all contest entries are pictured in this gallery, the photos were taken late Sunday afternoon and some displays had been taken inside.