 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. >> Schedule of EventsA 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!
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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
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