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14th Annual Tomato Festival & West Coast Barbeque Championship!
A Fun Filled Family Event!


Saturday, August 13th, 2005
10 am - 6:00 pm

Texas Street
from Pennsylvania Avenue to Union Street

Downtown Fairfield

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Press Release 06/29/05 word doc

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.

All four "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" films are 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 cook-off
- CASH PRIZES & free apron for all contestants

• Tomato tasting, gourmet products
• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes film
_festival at Pepper Belly's - FREE _showings all day!


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





2003 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:

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
Great Maytag Tomato Toss with Tide
Includes Tomato Toss Regis. Form.
Apply to Cooking Contest!
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 2nd 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 Solano Bank parking lot and Taylor Street between Texas Street and Empire 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.
Click for West Coast BBQ Championship Website
041605

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The Great Maytag Tomato Toss with Tide!


Sorry the Tomato Toss has been Cancelled. 07/22/05 : (


In the spirit of Spain’s “La Tomatina,” the world’s largest tomato fight, Maytag® and Tide® present The Great Maytag Tomato Toss to introduce the new Maytag® Neptune® Front-Load laundry products.

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Cooking Contest


Applications are being accepted for Tomato Festival Cooking Contest.
This year the contest will be held at the commercial kitchen of the Hilton Hotel on Aug. 7, 2005 (1 week before festival).
Download the Tomato Festival Cooking Contest Application Click Here
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• Event Vendors
Visit our Vendor's Page!

Webpage to download entry applications


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• Event Sponsor
Become a Tomato Festival 2005 Sponsor

Go to our Sponsor Page!


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OUR SPONSORS
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Soroptimist International
OF CENTRAL SOLANO COUNTY

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• Press
Festival Info call: 707-422-0103

Emily Low
Main Str. Program Coordinator
emily@fairfielddowntown.com
Sharon Trujillo
Ofc Mgr, Board Clerk
sharon@fairfielddowntown.com
Sue Violette Event Planner
mail@fairfielddowntown.com

2005 Tomato Festival Logos:
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Saturday, August 13, 2005

SUMMARY:___________________

10:00am to 10:30am
Home Grown Tomato Contest - Festival Stage

10:00am to 6pm
Crafters, Vendors, and Food Booths on Texas Street. Tomato Alley open for sampling and buying heirloom tomatoes and gourmet tomato products

10:30am to 6pm
Live Band Performances.


EVENTS:___________________

Pepper Belly’s Comedy and Variety Theater


11:00 am to 3:00 pm
“Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” Film Festival- Free, Continuous showings of all four “Killer Tomato” movies

Tomato Alley

TBD

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ENTERTAINMENT
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Texas Street at Great Jones St. Stage

TBD

Texas Street at Jefferson Street Stage

TBD

FREE SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE TO FESTIVAL
Runs approximately every half hour, from 9:45am until 5:15pm!
FROM:
• Armijo High School Student Parking Lot (824 Washington St.)
• Solano Mall Bus Transfer
(Stop behind the Sears Automotive Building)
• Fairfield Community Center (1000 Kentucky St.)

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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

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