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The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival is one of the oldest continuous running festivals in the state of Arkansas.

During the Pink Tomato Festival, there's dancing in the streets - literally! All in celebration of that symbol of Bradley County - the tomato.


There's something for everyone - food, shopping, arts, crafts, contests, pageants, parade, carnival, games, live music - you name it, it's probably there.

The Tomato Festival happens only once a year - so start making your plans to attend. You wouldn't want to miss it. 
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A Little History - Farmers in Bradley County have been raising tomatoes for sale since the 1920s. They chose a variety of tomato that — would ship well if picked when the tops of the fruit just barely turned pink.

The Pink Tomato Festival got its start in 1956 to draw attention to this money crop. It has since become a major summertime event! >> More

 

52nd Annual Bradley County
Pink Tomato Festival
June 7th - 14th, 2008
Downtown Warren, Arkansas


~2008 Entertainment~

Jeff Bates- There was once a time when country-music singers came from rural poverty, rather than suburbia. Country songs used to be inspired by real life rather than movie plots. Country audiences once related to their artists’ hard-luck stories because they could see themselves in those tales of triumph over adversity.

Somewhere in its climb from regional art form to multi-million selling entertainment business, country music lost a lot of that authenticity. Jeff Bates is here to bring it back. His powerfully sung debut album, Rainbow Man, rings with believability because every song he wrote for it is the unvarnished truth.

As its title tune suggests, Jeff Bates is, indeed, a “Rainbow Man” of a multi-ethnic heritage. He swears he’s had family>>More

Jason Jones- Raised in Wakulla County, Florida, just minutes south of Tallahassee, Jason Jones is the epitome of a small town kid with great big dreams.

“I remember growing up how a lot of my friends couldn’t wait to move out of the county and into the city or even another state. That never made sense to me. Even though there never was much to do, I loved life in Wakulla.”

Life was much more simple for Jason back in those days, but he can’t say it was ever easy. The son of a truck driver, Jason never spent much time with his father growing-up unless he was riding along in a big rig or working side by side underneath one. His parents divorced when he was just three years old.  >>More

   

 


To celebrate 50 years of Pink Tomato Festivals, the festival committee has put together a 50th Anniversary Cookbook. There are 850 entries in the book and each recipe includes tomatoes as an ingredient. To purchase a cookbook send your name and address with $15.00 per copy plus $5.00 per book for shipping and handling to:

Pink Tomato Cookbook
108 South Walnut
Warren, AR 71671


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