Friday evening check-in: the half pot is at $2,011,930, up $357,630 today. At this rate it reaches about $2.15M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com

Friday evening check-in: the half pot is at $2,011,930, up $357,630 today. At this rate it reaches about $2.15M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Howell Baptist Church opened the first food booth in 1952, and by some accounts served the festival's first Pronto Pups.
Friday afternoon check-in: the half pot is at $1,885,610, up $231,310 today. At this rate it reaches about $2.15M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Half pot tickets sold at $36,122 an hour over the last hour, against $8,430 an hour since sales opened. At this rate the pot is on pace for $2.73M. More at halfpotbot.com
Friday midday check-in: the half pot is at $1,782,930, up $128,630 today. At this rate it reaches about $2.43M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
The Fall Festival half pot just passed $1,750,000. At this rate it is on pace for $3.44M. 9.1% ahead of 2025 at this point. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Amateur Hour has been running since 1950.
The biggest hour of half pot sales so far: +$39,080 in the hour up to Thu 6:40pm. At this rate the pot is on pace for $3.52M. More at halfpotbot.com
Good morning from day 5 of the Fall Festival. The half pot is at $1,675,790. At this rate it reaches about $2.51M by midnight, and $3.53M by the drawing. Booths open 10am–10pm. Forecast: high of 86°, clear. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Thursday's half pot sales: +$322,970, the biggest day so far. The pot stands at $1,664,650, 9.8% ahead of 2025 at this point. At this rate it is on pace for $3.53M. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Thursday night check-in: the half pot is at $1,646,150, up $314,820 today. At this rate it reaches about $1.66M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
The pot is 62% of the way to the record, 2025's $2,618,110, with 1d 23h 59m of sales left. At this rate the pot is on pace for $3.57M. More at halfpotbot.com
Thursday evening check-in: the half pot is at $1,582,740, up $251,410 today. At this rate it reaches about $1.71M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Doris Buckman was crowned the first Fall Festival Queen in 1947, the same year the club turned its first profit: $340.69.
The 2026 half pot just passed everything 2021's sold: $1,515,260, that year's final, with 2d 3h 5m of sales still to go. At this rate it is on pace for $3.61M. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
The Fall Festival half pot just passed $1,500,000. At this rate it is on pace for $3.59M. 10.2% ahead of 2025 at this point. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Thursday afternoon check-in: the half pot is at $1,489,600, up $158,270 today. At this rate it reaches about $1.76M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
Half pot sales so far today: +$125,810. By this time yesterday: +$121,340. At this rate the pot is on pace for $3.63M. More at halfpotbot.com
Thursday midday check-in: the half pot is at $1,418,370, up $87,040 today. At this rate it reaches about $1.81M by midnight. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com
The 2026 half pot just passed everything 2020's sold: $1,391,375, that year's final, with 2d 8h 4m of sales still to go. At this rate it is on pace for $3.58M. Follow it live at halfpotbot.com