Picklefest is Back!

The second annual Pickle Fest will be held on October 19th in Paonia’s Apple Valley Park. Western Slope pickleball players, pickle makers, families, and folks of all ages are invited to come out and enjoy the fastest growing sport in the US, all while enjoying local food, drinks, a pickling contest, pingpong, cornhole, a costume contest, prizes, live music, Jumbo Trail opening celebration, and kids booths.

SCHEDULE

8:00 AM - Pickleball Courts Open For Warm-Up

9:00 AM - Pickleball Tournament Begins

11:00 AM - Live Music | Eleanor Hibbard

11:00 AM - 12:45 PM - Pickling Booth Opens For Submissions

11:30 AM - Live Music | Jon Hickam

11:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Kids Booths

12:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Costume Contest | Photo Booth

12:00 PM - Vendor Booths Open

12:00 PM - Live Music | Moore Huffman

12:30 PM - Jumbo Trail Opening

12:45 PM - Live Music | John Whooley with Kipori Woods

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Pickling Contest | People's Choice

2:00 PM - Pickle Race

2:30 PM - Live Music | S.H.H

3:45 PM - Live Music | Garland Burton and his Briny Boys

4:20 PM - 5:00 PM - Pickle Shot Happy Hour | Caprock

5:00 PM - Pickling & Costume Contest Winners Announced

5:00 PM - Pickle Beer Happy Hour | Paonia United Brewing Co.

5:15 PM - Live Music | DJ Remay Vinyl Set

6:30 PM Until Close - Live Music | Roy Molloy

For more information on the festival contact:
Sophie Townsend at (206) 842-0170 // sophietownsend16@gmail.com
Patrick McCarney at (970) 948-4343 // patrickjmccarney@gmail.com

Pickle Fest is hosted by North Fork Pool, Park and Recreation District, and The Learning Council, The Creative Coalition, and Town of Paonia.
Thanks to our sponsorships from Alpine Bank Phoenix Rising Resources High Country Shopper OakStar Bank Western Colorado Realty Cirque Boutique & Gallery Rocky Mountain Inn Needlerock Mountain Realty & Land The Linden Nido Paonia Purple Dispensary Wellspring Vitality High Country Printing & Graphics Jack Rabbit Hill Farm Big B's Delicious Orchards The Storm Cellar Hamilton's Mushroom 5680 Vineyards Paonia United Brewing Co. Chrysalis Barrel Aged Beer Aquila Cellars Qutori Wines LaNoue DuBois Winery Peony Lane Clear Fork Cider Painted Vineyard The Kissflower Mountain Oven Paonia Bread Works Sauvage Spectrum Polar Pantry Elk Mountain Farmacy Don's Market Stanton Farms Rubicon Coffee Honey Moon Mesa Indigo Autumn Wise Bar Kebler Corner Farm Runners Heart of the Dragon Good Love Root Rock Farm Rock n' Roots Farm Woolly Colorado North Fork Physical Therapy, Western Slope Conservation Center Valley Organic Growers Association The Nature Connection.

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