Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival
Name:
Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival
Date:
July 16, 2016
Time:
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival to be held July 16
The 7th Annual Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival will beheld on Saturday, July 16, 2016. Tasty Tomato is a celebration of locally grown food that highlights the people who grow it, the restaurants who place it on their menus, the markets that sell it, and the people who eat it.
Continuing its traditions of oldtime festival fun, programming for the Tasty Tomato Festival will include a free heirloom tomato tasting, live music from two stages, local food, a craft beer garden, tomato bobbing, family fun activities, bloody mary's, and signature cocktails, as well as crowning the winners of the highly anticipated Tasty Tomato Contest.
Sustainable Midlands, a champion of the region's sustainable food efforts and festival founder, is producing this celebration of the tomato season. The festival will be held at City Roots Urban Farm in Columbia, SC.
Homegrown Tomato Contest:
Who's garden glories will be crowned this years champion? Entries for the 2016 Homegrown Tomato Contest will be accepted on July 11 th at 701 Whaley Street. Judging will take place on July 12 th with the results announced at the Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival, Saturday, July 16 th.
Why an Event Dedicated to Tomatoes?
Cause 'maters matter! The Tasty Tomato Festival celebrates the juicy and delicious tomato varieties being grown in local backyards and on South Carolina farms, as well as the sustainable chefs & restaurants who serve these garden gems here in the Midlands. Connecting with good local food increases our awareness of the need for clean air and water.
The festival aims to raise awareness about the good taste of local fresh foods and gather the Midlands community in a fun, family friendly setting. Proceeds from the festival support Sustainable Midlands' local community programs and promote local businesses.
The Tasty Tomato Festival is the largest local food event in our area, over 3,000 people are expected to attend the festival.
Two stages of live music featuring:
Willie Wells and The Blue Ridge Mountain Grass
The Diamonds in the Rough
Luke Cunningham and Mac Leaphart
The 7th Annual Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival will beheld on Saturday, July 16, 2016. Tasty Tomato is a celebration of locally grown food that highlights the people who grow it, the restaurants who place it on their menus, the markets that sell it, and the people who eat it.
Continuing its traditions of oldtime festival fun, programming for the Tasty Tomato Festival will include a free heirloom tomato tasting, live music from two stages, local food, a craft beer garden, tomato bobbing, family fun activities, bloody mary's, and signature cocktails, as well as crowning the winners of the highly anticipated Tasty Tomato Contest.
Sustainable Midlands, a champion of the region's sustainable food efforts and festival founder, is producing this celebration of the tomato season. The festival will be held at City Roots Urban Farm in Columbia, SC.
Homegrown Tomato Contest:
Who's garden glories will be crowned this years champion? Entries for the 2016 Homegrown Tomato Contest will be accepted on July 11 th at 701 Whaley Street. Judging will take place on July 12 th with the results announced at the Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival, Saturday, July 16 th.
Why an Event Dedicated to Tomatoes?
Cause 'maters matter! The Tasty Tomato Festival celebrates the juicy and delicious tomato varieties being grown in local backyards and on South Carolina farms, as well as the sustainable chefs & restaurants who serve these garden gems here in the Midlands. Connecting with good local food increases our awareness of the need for clean air and water.
The festival aims to raise awareness about the good taste of local fresh foods and gather the Midlands community in a fun, family friendly setting. Proceeds from the festival support Sustainable Midlands' local community programs and promote local businesses.
The Tasty Tomato Festival is the largest local food event in our area, over 3,000 people are expected to attend the festival.
Two stages of live music featuring:
Willie Wells and The Blue Ridge Mountain Grass
The Diamonds in the Rough
Luke Cunningham and Mac Leaphart
