15th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival Is Saturday
August 21, 2022 at 9:40 p.m.
15th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival Is Saturday
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The festival will begin with a 5K run/walk, with registration from 8 to 8:40 a.m. and the run/walk starting at 9 a.m. Registration fee is $25. Race will begin and end at Brower Park.
Many activities are planned throughout the day, which include an heirloom tomato and vegetable exhibit, heirloom tomato tastings, kids activity area, arts and crafts booths, farmers market, weaving demonstration, tomato sandwich social, a chainsaw carving demonstration and food vendors including homemade ice cream.
Featured speakers will be Brad Clayton and “Tomato Jim” Wyant. They will be speaking inside the Old Train Depot, with Clayton providing talks at 10:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wyant will speak at 1:30 p.m.
Author Richard Rose will also be available in the question-and-answer booth from noon to 1 p.m. He has written several novels such as “The Satyr Candidate,” “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” “The Gumshoe” and “Retribution.” He also wrote “Comic Crusaders,” which is an adventure/fantasy screenplay written in book form.
An agricultural art show is another event being held during the festival. Bring your agricultural-related art to the Taproot Brewhouse and Company, 130 N. First St. (Ind. 13), Pierceton, from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. All media is accepted and there will be two separate categories judged, adult and youth. No limit on the number of entries or size of your art. There will be a $5 fee per entry. Cash prizes will be awarded including a people’s choice award. Artwork will be displayed during the Heirloom Tomato Festival with winners announced at 3:30 p.m.
Bring your baked good - which must have a tomato as an ingredient - for the heirloom tomato baking contest. Contest will be held in the Old Train Depot. Judging will be at 1p.m. Prizes will be awarded.
For The Big, Bad and Ugly Tomato Worm Contest, bring in your ugliest tomato worm. Contest will be located inside the Old Train Depot. Bring in your heaviest tomato for the largest (heaviest) tomato contest, which will also be held in the Old Train Depot.
New this year is a “Find the Golden Tomato” Scavenger Hunt. Stop by the information booth in Brower Park to begin your journey to find the Golden Tomato. All who complete the hunt will be entered into a drawing for $250.
Live entertainment will be featured during the day on the main stage in Brower Park. Performing will be “Cadence” from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Deb Collier’s Dance Troupe from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Josh T. from 12:15 to 2 p.m. and Matt Fawcett from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Special demonstrations include Lonnie Glines with a chainsaw carving demonstration, Merle & Suzanne Miller “Pumpernickel Pewter” artists and Lisa Truman with a weaving demonstration. All demonstrations will be in Brower Park.
More information can be found at www.piercetonchamber.com or Heirloom Tomato Festival page on Facebook.
The festival will begin with a 5K run/walk, with registration from 8 to 8:40 a.m. and the run/walk starting at 9 a.m. Registration fee is $25. Race will begin and end at Brower Park.
Many activities are planned throughout the day, which include an heirloom tomato and vegetable exhibit, heirloom tomato tastings, kids activity area, arts and crafts booths, farmers market, weaving demonstration, tomato sandwich social, a chainsaw carving demonstration and food vendors including homemade ice cream.
Featured speakers will be Brad Clayton and “Tomato Jim” Wyant. They will be speaking inside the Old Train Depot, with Clayton providing talks at 10:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wyant will speak at 1:30 p.m.
Author Richard Rose will also be available in the question-and-answer booth from noon to 1 p.m. He has written several novels such as “The Satyr Candidate,” “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” “The Gumshoe” and “Retribution.” He also wrote “Comic Crusaders,” which is an adventure/fantasy screenplay written in book form.
An agricultural art show is another event being held during the festival. Bring your agricultural-related art to the Taproot Brewhouse and Company, 130 N. First St. (Ind. 13), Pierceton, from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. All media is accepted and there will be two separate categories judged, adult and youth. No limit on the number of entries or size of your art. There will be a $5 fee per entry. Cash prizes will be awarded including a people’s choice award. Artwork will be displayed during the Heirloom Tomato Festival with winners announced at 3:30 p.m.
Bring your baked good - which must have a tomato as an ingredient - for the heirloom tomato baking contest. Contest will be held in the Old Train Depot. Judging will be at 1p.m. Prizes will be awarded.
For The Big, Bad and Ugly Tomato Worm Contest, bring in your ugliest tomato worm. Contest will be located inside the Old Train Depot. Bring in your heaviest tomato for the largest (heaviest) tomato contest, which will also be held in the Old Train Depot.
New this year is a “Find the Golden Tomato” Scavenger Hunt. Stop by the information booth in Brower Park to begin your journey to find the Golden Tomato. All who complete the hunt will be entered into a drawing for $250.
Live entertainment will be featured during the day on the main stage in Brower Park. Performing will be “Cadence” from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Deb Collier’s Dance Troupe from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Josh T. from 12:15 to 2 p.m. and Matt Fawcett from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Special demonstrations include Lonnie Glines with a chainsaw carving demonstration, Merle & Suzanne Miller “Pumpernickel Pewter” artists and Lisa Truman with a weaving demonstration. All demonstrations will be in Brower Park.
More information can be found at www.piercetonchamber.com or Heirloom Tomato Festival page on Facebook.
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