Family Fun at the 2021 San Luis Valley Potato Festival, Set for September 11

The San Juan Valley Potato Festival is Back! Celebrate America’s most popular vegetable and a day at the Park…

This year’s Potato Festival will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2021.

This is no ordinary food fest – this is a celebration of American farms and farming. There will be a 5K Spud Run, craft and food vendors, guided ag tours, chef demonstration, Truck and Semi Show, the Famous Mashed Potato Dunk Tank, freshly harvested Colorado potatoes and much more. Octane Addictions and their motorsports stunt team is this year’s special entertainment.

Come prepared to spend the day with us at Chapman Park. Start your day with the 3rd Annual Tater Trot 5K or join our Executive Director, Jim Ehrlich on a free Agricultural Tour. This bus will take you to the SLV-Research Center and into a field being harvested. You will learn about breeding, seeding, growing and harvesting of Colorado’s finest potatoes, right here in the San Luis Valley.

To reserve your seat on the tour, visit https://www.coloradopotato.org/potatofestival/ and fill out the online form or contact office at 719-852-3322 or info@coloradopotato.org. If you choose to participate in the 5K, you can pre-register at this website or register at 7:15am on September 11 at the park. Registration is $25/participant and all proceeds will benefit SLV Pediatric Diabetes Patients. Shirt sizes are limited.

Stay at Chapman Park throughout the day to enjoy the free kid’s games, the Famous Mashed Potato Dunk Tank, professional chef demo by Carley Smith, bouncy houses, and a trampoline quad jumper. There will also be food and craft vendors, games for the family, live animals, an antique tractor display with homemade ice cream, a truck and semi show and much more.

Returning this year is Octane Addictions, a family friendly motorsport aerial freestyle show featuring X-Game medalists! This will be at the Ski-Hi Park Arena at 6 PM, and tickets can be purchased at potatofest.eventbrite.com.

Be sure to stop by the Colorado Potato booth to join Octane Addictions’ X-Game Riders for a photo and autograph session.

Contact our office at 719-852-3322 or info@coloradopotato.org with any questions.

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