Festivals

Artichoke  Festival
Castroville, California
May

Photography Courtesy of California Strawberry Festival

California Strawberry Festival
Oxnard, California
May

Cheese-Rolling


©Photo by David Trattles


©Photo by David Trattles

Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling has been summarized as
 "twenty young men chase a cheese off a cliff and tumble 200 yards to the bottom
 where they are scraped up by paramedics and packed off to hospital."

Gloucestershire

Chester

Seattle

The Circleville Pumpkin Show
Circleville, Ohio
October

Winner 2004
Robert Liggett

Curd Festival
St. Albert, Ontario
Canada
August

Photo by Morell/EPA
Els Enfarinats Fiesta
 Ibi, Spain
 Two men throw flour and eggs at each other
during the annual Els Enfarinats fiesta.
The 200-year-old egg, flour and firecracker battle is held on 28 December - Fool’s Day
Locals, covered in white and in fancy dresses, gather 'taxes' (money) from stores
and the funds are donated to charity organizations.

Feast of Fields
Canadian Organic Growers - Ottawa Chapter
Ottawa, Canada

Giant Omelette Celebration
Abbeville, Louisiana
November

YouTube

Gilroy Garlic Festival
Gilroy, California
July


Mr. Garlic 2002

Olathe Sweet Corn Festival
Olathe, Colorado
August

Ottawa Wine and Food Festival
November
Ottawa Convention Centre
Canada

Tamale Festival
San Jose, California
June

La Tomatina
Bunol, Spain
August


Every year approximately 30,00 people descend on the Spanish town of Bunol
(in the Valencia region of Spain)
 to throw more than 240,000 pounds of tomatoes at each other

David Trattles

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