The 12th Annual EastMont Tomato Festival is on Saturday, August 17, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at The Meadowbrook Center in Shawsville, VA.
Event Schedule:
• 8:30 am: Registration for Events
• 10:00 am: Official Opening
• 10:00 am: Music from Cary Rutledge
• 10:30 am: Tomato Royalty Pageant
• 10:45 am: Closing of Entries for Contests
• 11:15 am: Magic Show with Magician Mark Fuller
• 12:00 pm: Announcements of Contest Winners
• 12:15 pm: Music with Stonehouse
• 12:15 pm: Live Tomato Cook-Off
• 12:15 pm: TomatOlympics begins for Ages 6-13
• 12:15 pm: Cherry Tomato Challenge Events
• 1:30 pm: Music with Fort Vause
• 2:15 pm: Awards Ceremony for TomatOlympics
• 2:30 pm: Tomato Eating Contests for Kids & Adults
The free festival features contests for the tomato art and recipe, as well as competitions for Biggest, Ugliest and Best-Tasting Tomato. You can also don your best tomato-themed outfit to compete in the ever-popular Tomato Pageant for all ages with multiple age groups and it’s free to enter, and belly up to become the Tomato-Eating champion.
Information and photo provided by The Meadowbrook Center