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15th Annual Tomato Festival & West Coast Barbeque Championship!
A Fun Filled Family Event!


Saturday, August 12th, 2006
10 am - 6:00 pm

Texas Street
from Pennsylvania Avenue to Union Street

Downtown Fairfield

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Dining

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One Iron Chef Information

The Tomato festival draws over 45,000 people of all ages. This celebration of Solano County's agricultural heritage features Tomato Alley where more than 50 varieties of heirloom tomatoes and gourmet tomato products can be sampled and purchased.

Nearly 200 craft and commercial vendors attend, and live music fills two stages.

The "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" film is shown with free admission at Pepper Belly's Comedy and Variety Theater.




TOMATO FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

• FREE kids activities galore
• Gourmet tomato products to sample and buy
• Nearly 200 craft and commercial Vendors
• Farmers Market with fresh produce and fruit
• More than 50 heirloom tomatoes to taste and buy

• Tomato eating contest
- CASH PRIZES
• Tomato tasting, gourmet products
• Pepper Belly’s Comedy and Variety Theater: 849 Texas Street (at Jackson Street)- FREE showing of “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” - 10:00am to Noon
• One Iron Chef and One Copper Pot: PepperBelly’s Comedy and Variety Theater: 849 Texas Street (at Jackson Street)- Cooking contest and fundraiser for Mission Solano- 1pm and 3pm


FREE Children's Entertainment/Activities

• Commercial Rides
• Hands on Arts and Crafts

Crafts Show & Vendors

• Arts and Crafts Vendors on Texas Street from Madison to Jefferson
• Food Court at Texas and Madison Streets
• Beer and Wine-adjacent to stage area





Tomato Festival Results
"The Tomato Festival was a huge success. The website was a huge part of that. We had a woman come from Chico, and she used our site to plan her trip!"

Emily Low
Fairfield Downtown Association - Main Street Program Coordinator 8/15/03 10:12am



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THE TOMATO RESOURCE
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Pronunciation: ta - maa - toe; chiefly British, eastern New England, northeastern Virginia, and sometimes elsewhere in cultivated speech -'m[a']- or -'mþ-; chiefly Northern -'ma-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -toes
Etymology: alteration of earlier tomate, from Spanish, from Nahuatl tomatl Date: 1604
1 : the usually large rounded typically red or yellow pulpy berry of a tomato
2 : any of a genus (Lycopersicon) of So. American herbs of the nightshade family; especially : one (L. lycopersicum syn. L. esculentum) that is more or less perennial in its native habitat but is widely cultivated as an annual for its edible fruit
3 : any fruit of the numerous cultivated varieties of Lycopersicon esculentum, a plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae); also, the fruit of L. pimpinelli folium, the tiny currant tomato.


For more info on the web about tomatoes:
Do a search on google or webster


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Tomato Festival articles

from the Daily Republic Newspaper.
Access free for Daily Republlic subscribers:

2005


Fairfield tastes a multitude of tomatoes
2005/08/14

High energy--Special Request to get the booty moving at Tomato Festival
2005/08/12

Tomato Festival events fill toss void
2005/08/09

The truth behind tomatoes that scientists don't want you to know Brad Stanhope, always humorous, take on tomatoes
2005/08/07

Maytag squashes Great Tomato Toss
2005/07/28

Tomato festival ads sloppy twist this year
2005/07/04

Food, family and fun in Fairfield
2005/03/11

Following links may not work due to revised Daily Repubic archive methods:
Need to relink. 2005/12/19

2004

Grill experts coming to Fairfield
The Fairfield Downtown Association will host the West Coast Barbecue Championship as part of the 13th annual Tomato Festival Aug. 14 in downtown Fairfield. As many as 25 barbecue teams are expected to compete in four categories: chicken,...
2004_0601


2003
Tomato Festival: Fairfield celebration honors the juicy fruit
2003/08/10

A year of growing and giving--Fairfield Soroptimist club has a lot to celebrate. Last Saturday, members partnered with the Fairfield Downtown Association to sponsor the annual Tomato Festival cooking contest. The festival itself takes place today on Texas Street in downtown Fairfield.
2003/08/09

Tasting, tossing tomatoes
2003/08/08

Souled Out has you covered--Variety band performs at Tomato Festival
2003/08/08

Grape expectations for Suisun Valley
2003/08/08

Tomato festival expands
2003/08/03

2001
Red hot -- Tomato festival celebrates 10th anniversary this weekend
2001/08/16

Tomato festival plans ripen
2001/07/10


Tomato planting info articles
from the Daily Republic Newspaper:

The basics of homegrown tomatoes
2004/05/29

Vogue veggies--All ages eat up videos and books with Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber
2002/09/28

Answers to all your tomato planting questions
2002/06/22

The Moy tomato wars - a fruity conspiracy
2001/04/06

More dirt flies in the tomato wars
2001/09/01

Wait until the tomato plant begins to droop a little before you water
2000/05/12



Tomato farming info articles
from the Daily Republic Newspaper:

Solano County agriculture is booming
2004/05/25

Seeing the light -- Tomato drying facility staying profitable in troubled times
2002/10/20

A wave of uncertainty--Several area farmers reeling after recent cutbacks on pear, tomato contracts
2000/07/15

Tomato
Official Site of the California Tomato Commission
The home page of the California fresh market tomato industry, with consumer information including recipes, nutrition, and fun facts! ...


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Quick Links
West Coast BBQ Championship
One Iron Chef Information
Apply to be a Event Vendor
Apply to be Event Sponsor
Press Info
Schedule of Events
Entertainment
Tomato Resource and Facts


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Festival Info: Call 707-422-0103
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West Coast 3rd Annual BBQ Championship



The West Coast Barbeque Championship joins the Festival again this year. Jeff Jones of Jeff’s Classic Barbeque will bring up to twenty-five barbeque teams to the BBQ cookoff at Jefferson Street at Texas Street!

Entry Form
WCBBQCEntryForm2005.pdf 041405
Please help promote the event by clicking on the following link to print out and post our:
Advertisement/Flyer
in the Kansas City Barbeque Society publication- the Bull Sheet. WCBBQCad2005.pdf
Click for West Coast BBQ Championship Website
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Visit our Vendor's Page!

Webpage to download entry applications


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Become a Tomato Festival 2006 Sponsor

Go to our Sponsor Page!


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Made In the Shade Tent Rentals and

Hertz Equipment Rentals

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• Press
Festival Info call: 707-422-0103

Emily Low
Main Str. Program Coordinator
emily@fairfielddowntown.com

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Saturday, August 12, 2006

SUMMARY:___________________

10:30am:
Contest Registration Begins

11 to 11:30am:
Tomato Eating Contest #1

Noon to 12:30pm:
Best Home Grown Tomato Judging

12:45 to 1:15pm:
Tomato Eating Contest #2

1:15 to 1:45:
Contest Registration

1:45 to 2:00:
Tomato Eating Contest #3

All Day:
“Tomato” Tossing Game for kids below 10 years of age

EVENTS:___________________

Pepper Belly’s Comedy and Variety Theater


10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Pepper Belly’s Comedy and Variety Theater: 849 Texas Street (at Jackson Street)- FREE showing of “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” - 10:00am to Noon

Tomato Alley
Texas Street at Madison Street- Opens at 10:00am- Sample and Buy Heirloom Tomatoes, Farm Fresh Produce and Gourmet Tomato Products until 6pm
(while supplies last!)

One Iron Chef and One Copper Pot
One Iron Chef and One Copper Pot: PepperBelly’s Comedy and Variety Theater: 849 Texas Street (at Jackson Street)- Cooking contest and fundraiser for Mission Solano- 1pm and 3pm
One Iron Chef Additional Info (word doc)

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ENTERTAINMENT
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Silver Spur
Silver Spur, Country / Rock Band

Jubilee Stage

County Center Plaza: 675 Texas Street (at Jefferson Street)- Musical Entertainment

10:30 to Noon:
Silver Spur (Country / Rock)
Noon to 12:30:
Brantley’s ATA Black Belt Academy
12:30 to 2:00:
Ricky Parrish (Blues)
2:00 to 2:30:
Best Home Grown Tomato Winner Announced
2:30 to 4:00:
The Bayou Boys (Zydeco)
4 to 4:20pm:
West Coast Barbeque Championship Awards
4:20 to 4:30:
Del Campo Dance Troupe
4:30 to 6:00:
Julio Bravo (Salsa) with an intermission performance by Del Campo Dance Troupe from 5:15 to 5:30


Pamela Rose
Pamela Rose, Blues / Jazz group

Bonanza Stage
Taylor Street @ Texas Street: Musical Entertainment

10:30 to 11am:
Danc-Sing Stars Studio
11:00 to 12:30:
Archie Lee Hooker, Jr (Blues)
12:30 to 1:00:
Danc-Sing Stars Studio
1:00 to 2:30:
Pamela Rose (Blues & Jazz)
2:30 to 3:30:
Gilbert Productions- Open Mic Karoake- bring your own music or use ours!
3:00 to 3:30:
Danc-Sing Stars Studio
3:30 to 5:00:
Bautista (Latin / Rock)

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Tomato Festival Greeting Cards From 123Greetings.com




Send a Free Online Greeting Card to your friends & loved ones. ALL cards are absolutely FREE !!! Tomato Festival is the right time for you to 'ketchup' with some cool fun with your friends and loved ones. So go ahead and paint the town red with our yummy, tangy and simply 'soup-erb' wishes.
Click here to send a Free Tomato Festival greeting card

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Previous Years Tomato Festival web pages:
01, 02, 03
, 04, 05

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