Carrot Festival Kicks-Off into high gear on Saturday in Holtville
HOLTVILLE – Carrot Festival festivities will continue here this weekend at Holt Park, Holt Avenue and throughout the city’s streets.
Carnival rides graced Holt Park’s “Carrot Carnival Midway” on Thursday, February 8, while the Carrot Festival Kick- Off Concert was in full swing Friday night, February 9, with local ‘80s/’90s band “Table 5,” a beer garden and “great tacos,” said Holtville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Rosie Allegranza.
Today on Saturday, February 10, the carrot festivities continue with the Carrot Festival Mile & 5K Races at 7 a.m., Street Fair starting at 8 a.m., and the 77th annual Carrot Festival Parade starting at 10 a.m.
“It’s very important,” Allegranza said of the Carrot Festival’s importance to the Holtville community. “We’re encouraging people to have your reunions here Saturday night and enjoy themselves.”
“It’s everyone’s favorite childhood memory,” she said of the Carrot Festival.
The theme for the
2024 Carrot Festival is “24 Carrot Festival – We Struck Gold!”
“We struck gold with carrots,” Allegranza said of the town’s history with the beta-carotene rich crop. “(Carrots have) been very precious and very symbolic to our town throughout the years.”
Allegranza said 167 vendors are set to adorn and sell a variety of foods and crafts at the Street Fair at Holt Avenue and Holt Park.
In addition, she said the 77th Annual Carrot Festival Parade will showcase 109 parade entries, including the Carrot Royalty, this year’s Grand Marshals, Tommy and Phyllis Leung, long-time owners of Pine Market, and Holtville’s Citizen of the Year, Helen Wilson.