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Texas Blueberry Festival set for June 8

The most delicious festival in Texas returns to Nacogdoches the second Saturday in June with a day-long celebration of the annual blueberry harvest, featuring live music, pick your own, delicious blueberry fare and children’s activities.

“The 34th annual Texas Blueberry Festival will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 8, in historic downtown Nacogdoches – the oldest town in Texas,” said Festival Chair Grace Handler-Welch. “Admission and parking are free, and thanks to Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful, the festival is a litter free event.”

A lot of the traditional favorites will be back, like the Kiwanis Blueberry Pancake Breakfast, the Vehicle Funcase Car Show, the True Blue Pet Parade, and of course, the Texas-grown Fresh Blueberries for Sale, available by the flat or by the pint.

“There is a huge new addition to this year’s festival that will fill downtown’s Festival Park, but you’ll have to keep a lookout for more on that and other new additions,” she said.

More than 200 arts, crafts and food vendors will also be on site, in addition to the downtown merchants and other local businesses with tons of blueberry-sweet specials and sales. The vendor application process is open now and can be found on the Vendor page at www.TexasBlueberryFestival.com or call the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce at 936-560-5533.

Other attractions include a 42 tournament, pie-eating contest, washerboard tournament, a cooking demonstration and cupcake contest. Visit the Cool Zone locations that will allow festival attendees to relax and take a break from the summer heat.

Prime growing conditions make Nacogdoches County and East Texas leaders in blueberry production, and the annual harvest peaks in early summer. Proceeds from the
Texas Blueberry Festival presented by Tipton Ford benefit the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce’s various community and business development programs. Nacogdoches is located approximately 150 miles north of Houston via U.S. Hwy. 59.

For more information about the Texas Blueberry Festival, call the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce at 936-560-5533 or Visit Nacogdoches at 936-564-7351. For a complete schedule of events and other festival details, go to www.TexasBlueberryFestival.com.