PIE EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD!

Hey club members- lets get out there and support the pie! That one or two crusted glory of baking! Make sure you wear your potmc buttons with pride and report back to the club with some feedback

AND - if you know of any other local or national or international pie-related events that I'm missing, please just drop me a line and I'll get it posted here...

GO pie fans GO!

organized by state (until we get some international events to include):

 National Pie Day is January 23, 2005!

Also make plans for :

The 2005 Great American Pie Festival (sponsored by Crisco)
"A festival devoted to the celebration of the American Pie"

April 22 - 24, 2005
Celebration, Florida
http://www.piecouncil.org/great.htm

Want to enter the national pie championship? There are commercial, professional, amateur and children's competitions... win big bucks, fame and fortune for your pie!
Do it do it! You know your pie is the best!
here's a pdf of the entry form... hurry before it's too late!
**2005 National Pie Championship Amateur Entry Form**

******* Pie Events listed by State *******

Arizona :

Dewey, AZ. Memorial Day Pie Festival

http://www.youngsfarminc.com/Events/MemorialDay.html

Florida :

The 2005 Great American Pie Festival (sponsored by Crisco)
"A festival devoted to the celebration of the American Pie"

April 22 - 24, 2005
Celebration, Florida
http://www.piecouncil.org/great.htm

Want to enter the national pie championship? There are commercial, professional, amateur and children's competitions... win big bucks, fame and fortune for your pie!
Do it do it! You know your pie is the best!
here's a pdf of the entry form... hurry before it's too late!
**2005 National Pie Championship Amateur Entry Form**

12th Annual Long Grove Apple Fest
September 30, October 1 & 2, 2005

http://www.longgroveonline.com/apple.html

Indiana

Heartland Applefest at Beasley’s Orchard in Danville, IN
First two weekends in October
http://www.beasleys-orchard.com/events.html

Nappanee Apple Festival
Friday, September 16, 2005
http://www.nappaneeapplefestival.org/
Apples galore! 600lb apple pie, apple peeling and pie eating contests!

Mom, Baseball & Apple Pie
Sponsored by Wick's Pies
http://www.winchesterchamber.org/mom.html

Louisiana

Lecompte Pie Festival, Oct 1-2, 2005
The Town of Lecompte is the official Pie Capital of Louisiana! http://www.lecomptepiefestival.com/

Maine

Blueberry Festival, Union Maine
Aug. 21-27, 2005
Think of blueberries as more of a Downeaster specialty? Come to Union, Maine, for the Blueberry Festival, featuring the Wild Blueberry Hut, which doles out thousands of individual pies to festival-goers. There is even a pie-eating contest, so you can eat blueberries until you are blue in the face.

Maryland

Juneteenth Festival
Orchard Street Church ( 512 Orchard Street ), Baltimore
Web Site: http://www.chencompserv.com/juneteenth/
Contact Phones: 410-235-7966
National sweet potato pie contest

Michigan

National Cherry Festival
Traverse City , MI
http://www.cherryfestival.org

Four Flags Area Apple Festival
Niles, MI
September 29 thru October 2, 2005
http://www.fourflagsapplefestival.org/index.html

Braham Pie Day
Braham Pie Day, a one-day festival that celebrates Braham as the “Homemade Pie Capital of Minnesota,”
Braham, MN
First Friday in August every year.
http://www.braham.com/htm/pie_day/index2.htm

Missouri

Marionville Applefest
Saturday-September 24, 2005
P.O.Box 238
Marionville, MO 65705
(417) 258-2253

New Hampshire :

Hollis Town Band Apple Festival
Oct 2, 2005
http://www.hollistownband.org/apple.htm

New Mexico :

Check here for the annual PIE TOWN festival.
Usually in September
http://www.pietown.com/

last year's festival report:
http://spectre.nmsu.edu/media/news2.lasso?i=News603

New York :

Lafayette Apple Festival
Oct 8 & 9, 2005, LaFayette, NY
http://www.lafayetteapplefest.org/

Naples Grape Festival Weekend
PO Box 70
Naples , NY 14512
585-374-2240
[email protected]
http://www.naplesvalleyny.com/GrapeFestivalPage.htm

North Carolina :

1-2 Burgaw , North Carolina Burgaw Fall Festival Pie Baking Contest.  

Ohio

Circleville, OH Pumpkin Show, always the 3rd Weds-Sat in October. Boasts the world's largest pumpkin pie!
http://www.pumpkinshow.com/

Pennsylvania

New Cumberland Apple Feststival
Last Saturday in September
http://www.newcumberlandpa.com/applefes.cfm

Texas

Texas Blueberry Festival
June 11, 2005
Nacogdoches, Texas
http://visitnacogdoches.org/blueberry.htm

Wisconsin

Cederburg WI Strawberry Festival

http://www.cedarburgfestivals.org/Strawberry.html

Blueberry Festival

Moon Lake Park -- Iron River , WI

http://www.cheqnet.net/~jjjoseph/Lions/Schedule.html

Vermont :

Shelburne Orchards Annual Pie Fest:
http://www.shelburneorchards.com/htm/pie.htm