The free festival features contests for tomato art and tomato recipes, as well as competitions for biggest, ugliest and best-tasting tomato. Participants can also don their best tomato-themed outfits to compete in the ever-popular Tomato Pageant, and belly up to become the tomato-eating champion.

Enjoy great food (including fried green tomatoes, BLTs, pizzas, tomato sandwiches and tomato biscuits), live music, games, music, arts and crafts, and much more!

Schedule

The annual Eastmont Tomato Festival is 10 am–3 p.m Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Here’s the currently planned schedule of events:

7:15 am — ’Mater Madness — a high-energy, boot camp-style workout with running, relays, obstacle courses, strength drills and more. And it’s free! Download the ’Mater Madness entry form to register. Preregistration is required.
8:30 am — Registration for all events begins
10 am — Official opening of the Eastmont Tomato Festival
10 am — Band: Nancy Smith
10:30 am — Tomato Pageant
10:45 am — Closing of entries for contests
11:15 am — Magician Mark Fuller
Noon — Appreciations and announcements: Announcing winners for tomato growing, cooking and artwork contests
12:15 pm — Band: Stonehouse Band
12:15 pm — Tomato Olympics start
1:30 pm — Band: FT Vause
2:30 pm — Tomato eating contest
3 pm — Festival ends

Fun and Games!

Here is a look at some of the planned fun and games.

Children watch events at the Eastmont Tomato Festival.

Tomato Olympics

’MATER TOSS: The tomato target returns! Children will throw tomatoes at a person with the bulls-eye on his chest. A direct hit on the target is 5 points; an indirect hit is 3 points and hits on arms and legs are 1 point each. A hit on the face is a negative 3 points.

TOMATO WORM SQUIRM: Each competitor — while carrying tomatoes — will squirm through a 20-foot-long tunnel with their legs bound together.

TOMATO OBSTACLE COURSE: This is a traditional obstacle course, with a tomato theme! Children will crawl under and over obstacles, walk a balance beam, and go thru a maze, all while carrying — and not dropping — tomatoes. The event starts at 12:15 p.m. and ends around 1:30 p.m.

Other Contests

There are a variety of other activities in which to participate at the Eastmont Tomato Festival.

Tomato Talent Pageant

-Cherry Tomato Baby: Ages 0–3
-Salad Tomato Category: Ages 4–22
-Roma Tomato Category: Ages 23–39
-Heirloom Tomato Category: Ages 40-plus

Tomato Grower

-Funniest Tomato
-Biggest Tomato
-Smallest Tomato
-Best Tasting Tomato

Tomato cooking

-Best Tomato Condiments: Salsa, ketchups, relishes, etc.
-Best Tomato Beverages: Juices, blends, wines, beers, etc.
-Best Tomato Entrees: Tomato pizza, pasta, gazpacho, etc.
-Best Tomato Dessert: Pie, ice cream, cake, etc.
-Other Foods: munchies, hors d’oeuvres, salads, etc.

Come Hungry!

The annual Eastmont Tomato Festival, which celebrates its 14th year in 2021 will have plenty of food to satisfy even the hungriest appetite.

-Fried green tomatoes: $4
-Pizza: $3
-Hot dog: $3
-BLT sandwich: $4
-Tomato sandwich: $3
-Drinks (soda, water, lemonade, iced tea): $1

Date: August 20, 2022 from 10:00am to 3:00pm

Location: Meadowbrook Center - 267 Alleghany Spring Road,Shawsville, VA, 24162

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