Market On Main will return to the former Martin’s lot this Saturday, it was announced at Monday’s monthly Bradley County Chamber of Commerce board meeting. Board member Estephany Roman said 21 vendors are expected from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. including four food trucks with coffee, Mexican food and fried items. The vendors are only limited by…
Planning for the 67th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival continued Thursday with committee members and a large crowd in attendance at the District Courtroom. Chairwoman Kenna Sparks announced Kailey Henry had won the annual logo contest. On May 20, the festival will kick off with the Tour D’Tomato bicycle event throughout the county, including…
HERMITAGE, Ark. – Sign ups are now open for the first annual Hermit Daze Festival coming in May 2023 to Hermitage. A Committee meeting is being held later this week for organizers of the festival, but the group has already announced they are looking for vendors and volunteers to take part. The event will feature…
A large craft and handmade goods fair called Farmer’s Daughters Trade Days is coming to the Warren Tomato Market March 10 and 11. The event is set to feature craft vendors, boutique-style shops, food trucks, handmade jewelry, handcrafted knives, and much more available for purchase. One of the event organizers, Melody Hargis Ferguson told Saline…
Bradley County Pink Tomato Committee held its first general meeting Thursday to begin preparations for this year’s festival. The festival will begin June 3 with pageants at the Hermitage Community Center and continue the next week with a variety of activities. Kenna Sparks is the festival chairwoman, with Keeton Hudson as vice chairman. Top photo:…
Here is your chance to use your artistic ability for the greater good! Contest is now open to design the official logo for the 2023 67th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival. See www.pinktomatofestival.com/contest-rules/ for more information. Deadline for submissions has been extended to 4 pm February 10th, 2023.
The General Committee of the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival will meet on Thursday, January 26 at 5:15pm in the Municipal Building courtroom. All Events Chairs, volunteers, and the general public are invited to attend.
The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee is accepting submissions for the 2023 67th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival T-shirt design contest. The winning entry will be used as the official design to be printed on the 2023 T-shirt, and/or on souvenirs, posters, brochures, and other media used to publicize the 2023 festival. All…
Banks’s Buck Fever Festival Committee announced that the winner of the biggest doe brought in on the Saturday of the Festival was Bentley Baskins. Baskins won a $150 prize. Photo courtesy of Tanya Gardner.
The famous Buck Fever Festival, the annual event put on in the town of Banks in Bradley County, held its 36th consecutive festival this past weekend, November 11-12 during the customary start of Arkansas’s modern-gun deer season. In these parts, Buck Fever is the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season, and 2022’s festival didn’t disappoint.…
The City of Banks and Buck Fever Festival Committee are hosting the 36th annual Buck Fever Festival on the opening weekend of deer season. The dates are November 11,12, and 13, 2022. Activities will begin Friday, November 11 at 6:30, with our traditional Buck Fever pageant for our little ones age 0-4 years old. There…
One of Bradley County’s most enjoyable events, the Annual Buck Fever Festival in Banks, is set for November 11 through 13. This is the 36th edition of the event, and the complete schedule has officially been released. The bulk of the event is to be held on Saturday, November 12 with the parade, dog show,…
The Re-New-ing Edinburg group met September 20, 2022 at the New Edinburg Community Center to discuss a variety of upcoming projects throughout the holiday season. The group voted to go ahead with the purchase of replacement light bulbs for the New Edinburg Christmas lights. According to member Susanne Wagnon, around $150 had already been donated…
Tomato season is a special time of year for all of us here in Bradley County. Not only do we celebrate by eating those juicy pink tomatoes, whether with fried okra, or just by themselves, but we also enjoy surrounding ourselves with decorations proudly displaying our homegrown from the vine goodness! The Home of Shelby…
The 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival’s annual Tomato Packing Contest was held Friday, June 10, 2022 on the court square in Warren, featuring the best of the best tomato box speed packers from the world capital of tomato farming. Winner’s included the following(Photos by Tim Kessler.): More photos from the event:
There is simply no greater salsa competition than right here in the home of the South Arkansas Vine Ripened Bradley County Pink Tomato! The Great Bowls of Fire Salsa Contest, sponsored by Warren Bank and Trust, was held this weekend during the annual Festival in Warren. Winners were: Lauren Bryant, best looking; Holley McVay, best…
The 66th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival came in with a bang long before the last fireworks exploded. Hurricane-strength winds blew through the Arts and Crafts shed where over 80 vendors were assembled, sending tables flying and torrential rain. Booths were literally ripped apart but the vendors soon recovered. Several tents with other vendors around…
Customers were treated to cookies and snacks during the Union Bank and Trust Company’s Open House held June 10, 2022.
