This Saturday is a Tomato Festival Showdown!

Hanover Tomato Festival
9am to 4pm at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville

Tiny Miss Tomato – Little Miss Tomato
Children’s Games – Prizes – Arts and Crafts – Mechanical Rides
Contests – Live Entertainment – Artisans – Crafters
Food Vendors – Fried Green Tomatoes – Tomato Sandwiches
Tomato Salsa – Tomato Pie – Tomato Sales – Tomato Juice

Shockoe Tomato Festival
11am to 5pm at the 17th Street Farmer’s Market downtown

In glorious plentitude, you’ll find tomatoes in every conceivable form! Fresh from the vine, our market vendors will include farmers, artists, crafters, bakers and more! There will also be live entertainment, tomato-themed children’s activities, plus the ever-juicy “Tastiest Tomato Contest” where professional & backyard gardeners alike compete for top tomato honors. Also, no Shockoe Tomato Festival would be complete without the beloved “Hot Tomato” talent contest!

Full Calendar -

FRIDAY
6pm – 8pm Family Game Night – Walkerton Tavern
6pm – 10pm Petersburg Friday for the Arts – Old Towne Area of Petersburg, 10 E Bank St
7pm – 9pm Second Friday Sampler – Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 W. Main Street
8:30pm – 10pm Caught in the Net – Comedy by Ray Cooney – Dogwood Dell Amphitheater

SATURDAY
9am – 10am Stroller Stories – Saxon Shoes Kids Dept, Short Pump Town Center
9am – 4pm Hanover Tomato Festival – Pole Green Park, Mechanicsville
10am – 5pm Battle of Malvern Hill Commemoration – Richmond National Battlefield Park
11am – 5pm Shockoe Tomato Festival – 17th Street Farmers Market
5pm – 7pm Serenade Trio – Saks Court, Stony Point Fashion Park
8:30pm – 10pm Caught in the Net – Comedy by Ray Cooney – Dogwood Dell Amphitheater

SUNDAY
10am – 3pm Battle of Malvern Hill Commemoration – Richmond National Battlefield Park
1pm – 1:30pm Patrick Henry Summer Reenactment Series – St. John’s Church, 2401 E. Broad St.
7pm – 9pm Cora Armstrong and the Harvey Sisters – Dogwood Dell Amphitheater