Save the Date-Tomato Art Fest 2015

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Less than a week away, here’s what’s on the agenda for the 12th installment of Nashville’s most wacky festival. “Bringing together fruits & vegetables! A uniter, not a divider!”

Tomato Art Fest returns in less than a week for its 12th year on Friday August 7th (6:00 pm-11:00 pm) and Saturday August 8, 2015 (9:00 am-6:00 pm). Taking place in Historic East Nashville’s Five Points, this FREE, costume-encouraged event provides a wildly amusing, fun-filled day for all types and all-ages. A community builder, Tomato Art Fest has steadily drawn larger crowds with each passing year. In 2014, an estimated 40,000 came to celebrate this beloved fruit / vegetable and enjoy the day’s memorable festivities.

The festival and official events are free to attend and wide open to the public, uniting the community with inspired art, wacky activities, great local music, creative vendors, unique kids activities, favorite food trucks, and a commitment to ensuring that the fest is green in every possible aspect, and maintains local East Nashville traditions. A percentage of proceeds benefit Friends Of Shelby Park.

Festival Activities that take place throughout the day include: Float parade, Official Tomato King & Queen Contest, Biggest-Littlest-Ugliest Tomato Contest,Bobbing for Tomatoes, Chicken Costume Contest, Decorate Your Bike for the Parade, Giant Ice Cream Sundae and much, much more.  See the Tomato Art Festival website for more details.

Tomato Art Fest Map

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THE ART:
It all began by paying homage to the versatile fruit / vegetable known as the tomato through locally curated tomato art.
More information on the Tomato Art Preview Party
Art & Invention Gallery

Concert on Friday Night Begins at 6 pm
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On Saturday, Music begins on two stages at 10 am until 9pm.

Xfiniti Main Stage
Halfbrass
Boy Named Banjo
Fanny’s House of Music Girls Up Loud
Magnolia Sons
Floralorix
New City Savages
Kylie Morgan
Kink Ador
Myzica
Them Vibes

Edley’s Bar B Que Stage
Carolina Story
Jessica Dawn
Shannon Labrie
The Highjivers
Nathan Belt & The Buckles
Don Gallardo – Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Cover Set
Don Gallardo – Originals
Tomato Art Fest was founded by Meg and Bret MacFadyen, owners of East Nashville’s Art and Invention Gallery. In 2004, the gallery hosted an art show celebrating the tomato in late summer, and planned a few neighborhood events to promote the show. Tomato Art Fest proved so popular that it immediately turned into an annual, signature event for the hip, urban neighborhood of East Nashville.

2015 SPONSORS:
Big thanks to Deep Eddy Vodka | Shellback Rum | Pabst Blue Ribbon | XFINITY | Edley’s Bbq | First Tennessee Bank East Nashville |The Local Taco East Nashville | Five Points Pizza | Cole Family Practice |Nashville Scene | The East Nashvillian | Do615 | Yelp Nashville | Nashville B-cycle | Davidson Farmers Cooperative | Nashville Paw Magazine | Invent Communities | Jeni’s East Nashville | Riverside Village Pharmacy | One Stone Nashville | East Nashville Family Medicine | Goodpasture Christian School |Watkins Community Education Program |6th Man Movers | Nashville Arts Magazine | Smokers Abbey | Stacks On Main | Jive – A Printworks Studio | OrderUp Nashville | Nashville Farmer’s Market | Walk Bike Nashville | State Farm | Fox 17 WZTV Nashville | Nissan | and to Art and Invention Gallery, who started it all.
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