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5th Annual Harvest Festival/5º Festival Anual da Colheita

Saturday, October 25th from 10 AM–2 PM at the Ag Hall

Sábado, 25 de outubro, das 10h às 14h, no Salão Agrícola (Ag Hall)

Mark your calendars for our annual Harvest Festival! Expect all the classics: pumpkin carving, animals, hay maze, crafts for kids, demos for adults, local bites, a pie baking contest (registration below!), a pie eating contest, music by the Flying Elbows, and more.

We can't wait to celebrate the season with you all!

Anotem em suas agendas o nosso Festival Anual da Colheita! Esperem todos os clássicos: escultura em abóboras, animais, labirinto de feno, artesanato para crianças, demonstrações para adultos, petiscos locais, concurso de confeitaria, concurso de comer tortas, música com o Flying Elbows e muito mais.

Mal podemos esperar para celebrar a temporada com todos vocês!

COST: FREE and open to all, no registration required.

Custo: GRATUITO e aberto a todos, sem necessidade de inscrição.

All-Day Activities:

  • Pumpkin Carving

  • Hay Bale Maze

  • Cow Chip Bingo

  • Scavenger Hunt

  • Antique Power Museum

  • Baby Chicks

  • Chilmark the Ox

  • Local Food Vendors (Full Moon Food Co., Little Rock Farm, Ophelia’s, Reunion Pizza, You Enjoy My Vegan)

Timed Activities:

  • 9 AM–12 PM: West Tisbury Farmers Market (behind Hall)

  • 9 AM–12 PM: Music by Blues Switch (behind Hall)

  • 10 AM–12 PM: How to Skin and Process a White-Tailed Deer with MV Hunt Club (between Rings)

  • 10:30 AM: Storytime with Hannah (between Rings)

  • 11 AM: Shucking Lesson and Demo with MV Shellfish Group (Back Hall)

  • 11:30 AM: Sack Races (next to Show Ring)

  • 12 PM: Corn Husking (next to Show Ring)

  • 12–2 PM: Music by the Flying Elbows (Front Porch)

  • 12:30 PM: Pie Baking Contest Judging (Back Hall)

  • 1 PM: Storytime with Aria (between Rings)

  • 1:30 PM: Pie Eating Contest (Back Hall)

Family Education

  • Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Kids with Vineyard Power

  • Design Your Own Reusable Canvas Bag, Costume Swap, and Q&A with Vineyard Conservation Society

  • Founding Foods: Seasonal Eating on the Island Before 1850

  • Line Throwing with U.S. Coast Guard

  • Button Making with Misty Meadows (12 to 2 PM)

  • Corn Hole and Animal Artifacts with Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary

  • Mobile Library, String Games, and Crafts with the MV Library Association

  • I Spy Ticks with MV Tick Program

  • Cider Pressing with Island Grown Initiative

  • Harvests Throughout History with MV Museum

  • Knot-Tying with the Ag Society

  • Community Weaving with Native Earth Teaching Farm

  • Harvest-Inspired Art Project with Slough Farm

  • Celebrate the Joy of Saving and Sharing Seeds with the MV Community Seed Library and Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds

Please sign up below if you are planning to enter a pie in the pie baking contest. Submissions will be due by 12 PM in our back hall. Live judging begins at 12:30 PM sharp. Winner receives eternal glory and a $50 gift card to LeRoux!

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Sowing Fruitful Futures: Growing Gift Economy in Everyday Ways + Potluck with Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds