The First Annual Tomato Festival will include live music performances, demonstrations and mini-workshops about gardening, harvesting, and preserving, vendors selling artisan crafts, homemade treats and vegetables, children’s craft activities, chainsaw art sculpture. Tomato Judging will be from 2:00 to 3:00.

Cash and/or prizes will be awarded to winners in three categories: TASTE, CREATIVITY, AND PRESENTATION. Cooks must provide complete ingredient list and enough small samples for 20 judges.

So gather those tomatoes, perfect those recipes, and come join us for a few hours of friendly competition, conversations with nice folks, and culinary creativity in the scenic Arkansas Ozarks!

Contest Entry Fee: $10 per team. Limit: 1 to 3 persons per team.

Event entry fee: Free

Date: August 2, 2025

Time: 12pm - 4pm

Location: Ozark Folkways Heritage Center

22733 Highway 71 Winslow, AR 72959

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