Fixin' Supper

The Tomato Art Fest launches tonight with the Tomato Art Show preview party. Ashby and I will be there! Then, it’s up at a very early hour in the a.m. to mark off the vendor booth spots, and to get ready for the festival!

I’ve spend an inordinate amount of time in the past month inviting, accepting applications from, confirming and rejecting vendors for the festival. We had a huge number of applicants this year, overwhelming! My big plan for next year: Start much, much earlier!

Come on out to 5 Points in East Nashville tomorrow and join the fun. Lots of events, food, fun for the whole family.

Full schedule

Vendor area map [PDF, updated as of 10 min ago!]

Tomato Art Fest website

P.S. I’ve been growing lots and lots of tomatoes in my garden, as well. Mostly through the time-honed practice of benign neglect. The ones I can stop the dog from eating, we’re really going to enjoy for the next few weeks.

This year I’ve been helping to organize the vendor area for the Tomato Art Fest, East Nashville’s premier neighborhood event. Just 5 years old, the festival became everyone’s favorite event right after it started. It’s a little funky, fairly unpredictable, and very, very East Nashville. I mean, there’s a contest where you can dress a tomato.

Check out all the details for this fun day and join us on Saturday, Aug. 9!

Attention world!!

It is NOT TOO LATE to get a booth at East Nashville’s premier community event, the 5th annual Tomato Art Fest.

BUT IT IS ALMOST TOO LATE.

Artisans? Food vendors? Busineses? Nonprofits? People with cool stuff and ideas to share?

Download a booth application and contract here, now. Preference is given to applications received by Friday, July 25. That’s the day after tomorrow.