[net.cooks] Food Festivals

devine@asgb.UUCP (Robert J. Devine) (08/01/85)

  This isn't really about cooking, but about the more important
activity of eating....  This list comes from a monthly magazine
for Farmer's Insurance.

Aug. 8-10,	POPCORN Festival, Van Buren, Ind.
Aug. 17-18,	SWEET CORN Festival, Sun Prairie, Wis.
Aug. 31-Sept.1,	CHILE FESTIVAL, Hatch, N.M.
Sept. 5-7,	PEACH DAYS, Brigham City, Utah
Sept. 7,	POPCORN Festival, Valparaiso, Ind.
Sept. 7-8,	ARTICHOKE Festival, Castroville, Calif.
Sept. 11-14,	PUMPKIN Festival, Morton, Ill.
Sept. 21-28,	PERSIMMON Festival, Mitchell, Ind.
Sept. 27-29,	CRANBERRY Festival, Bandon, Ore.
Oct. 5-6,	OYSTERFEST, Shelton, Wash.
Oct. 5-6,	CRANBERRY Festival, Eagle River, Wis.
Oct. 6,		APPLE Festival, Topeka, Kansas
Oct. 12-13,	APPLE Butter Festival, Burton, Ohio
Oct. 12-13,	BRUSSELS SPROUTS Festival, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Calif.
Oct. 18-19,	Klamath Basin POTATO Festival, Merrill, Ore.
Oct. 19-20,	APPLE BUTTER Stirrin', Coshocton, Ohio
Oct. 23-27,	Louisiana YAMBILEE, Opelousas, La.
Oct. 26,	BEAN Fest, Mountain View, Ark.
Oct. all month,	PUMPKIN Harvest Festival, Noblesville, Ind.
Nov. 1-2,	Louisiana PECAN Festival, Colfax, La.

  I have more information on all of these (i.e., address and phone number
of contact organization) if you want.

Bob Devine