Sponsored by Walnut Exchange
Emceed by the fabulous Earl Brewster.
No registration needed, just show up with your locks!
Saturday, August 8, 3p
Clearview Fashion Show Stage
(off Woodland and 11th)
Prizes from local merchants will be awarded in the following categories:
Tiny Tomato: Boys up to age 6
Miss Tiny Tomato: Girls up to age 6
Better Boy Tomato: Boys 6-16
Early Girl Tomato: Girls 6-16
Tomato Red: Men 16 and over
Hot Tomato: Women 16 and over
You’re Not Really a Tomato: Any contestant that’s faux red, i.e. bottled red and/or fun wigs
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Live entertainment all day on Aug. 8 in The Green Room Acoustic Stage inside ArtHouse Gardens beginning at 11am with the Street Theatre Group’s performance of the Lion, Witch and Wardrobe. Bring the kids!
After that, enjoy live acoustic music on the hour every hour beginning at noon from bluegrass to folk to acoustic rock with:
- Chet O’Keefe and the Farmer’s Co-op
- The 4 Kicks
- Laura Veltz
- Linda Sack
- Jhesi Boyer and more!
Also, don’t miss our Tennessee Titans tickets giveaway!
Live outdoor art artisan workshops, competitions and so much more all day long!
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The Second Line Parade for this year’s Tomato Art Festival will be led by Halfbrass with a special guest appearance by the Shack Brown Drum Line from New Orleans.
Born under the influence of classic New Orleans tradition, Halfbrass creates festive atmospheres out on the street and all the way back to the stage by mixing second-line brass band music with funk, jazz and rock. Audiences love Halfbrass for its unique sound and party-like shows – in its first year, Halfbrass was named a “Top 5 Local Band” by The Nashville Rage.
The parade steps-off at 9am from the corner of Holly and 11th Street. It follows part of the 5k run course and then ends at the Main Stage on Woodland between 11th and 12th Streets.
Dress up in your favorite tomato (art) costume, bring an instrument to play, and let’s hit the streets!
For questions about the parade, contact Dave Thomas or Joyce Kisner, both at 262-8035.
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Again this year, children of all ages are invited to the Tomato Art KIDSFEST, a celebration of community fun just for kids (and their families)!
KidsFest — sponsored for the fourth year by East End United Methodist Church — will take place in the park at the corner of 12th and Holly Streets from 10am-2pm on Saturday, Aug. 8.
FREE activities will include:
- Inflatable fun (including a water slide!)
- FREE “tomato head” hair painting
- FREE balloons
- FREE kid’s craft sponsored by FAIRYTALES BOOKSTORE
- Everyone is invited for FREE popsicles as well.
The Old Fashioned Dunking Booth will be operating again this year. There will be a charge to take tosses at our “dunkees,” with all of the proceeds from the dunking booth to benefit the YMCA Community Action Programs (Y-CAP). So step right up and take a couple of tosses to benefit Nashville area children! Donations for Y-CAP will also be accepted.
Boy Scout Troop 3, Tennessee’s oldest continuously chartered troop, will also be back again this year providing camping demonstrations and offering grilled hot dogs, chips and cold bottled water for sale. All families are welcome to come and join the in the celebration!
For more information, contact Josh Baker at 942-9777.
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On Saturday, August 8th, join us at the Y-CAP Building–1021 Russell St.–from 10am – 2pm for some GREAT AIR-CONDITIONED FUN! Learn to play the West African Drum in our ever-popular Drumming Circle taught by artEMBRACE Teaching Artist Billy Ramirez! And bring the whole family to paint with Rosemary Wade!
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The Tomato Art Festival Children’s Art Competition is sponsored by YMCA artEMBRACE, Plowhaus, and Jerry’s Artarama.
Art will be judged in age-range categories: 3-5, 6-8, 9-13 and 14 and up.
Please bring all contest entries to 1021 Russell Street (the Y-CAP Building) on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, between 10am – 4pm. Artwork will be hung on a vertical panel, so please remember to provide a reliable way to hang yours. Please bring a filled-out entry form with you when you drop off your artwork. No entry forms will be available that day.
Artwork will be on display/judging will take place at 1021 Russell Street on Friday, August 7th from 6 – 8pm. Artwork will go on display again on Saturday, August 8th from 10am – 2pm. Artwork be picked up by the artists at 2pm.
Download an entry form to bring with your art!
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Kids,
Plowhaus,
Y-CAP
