The ANNUAL SUFFOLK PEANUT FEST!

What says Suffolk like PEANUTS!  Suffolk, Virginia has had a long love affair with this beautiful legume, and one of the ways it celebrates it, as well as the city’s agricultural heritage, is with the family friendly Annual Peanut Fest!  And, It is happening this week!  In fact, it’s happening right now!
 
Suffolk’s Peanut Fest has it all!  We are talking a 5K Run, a parade, amusement rides & games, delicious food, a cornhole tournament, top notch bands, a motorcycle rally, a demolition derby, a wing eating contest and last but not least, the World’s Only Peanut Butter Sculpture Contest!  Need I say more?!
 
This festival has been going on for a long time, too!  The very first Peanut Fest was in 1941 and by the time the second one rolled around, it produced a crowd of nearly 50,000 people!  Over 30 years later, the City of Suffolk continued this tradition by celebrating the modern predecessor of today’s Peanut Fest with “Harvest Fest” in 1978.  Which brings us to what we know the Peanut Fest to be today, four fun filled days in October that brings out around 125,000 people to Suffolk every year!
 
This festival is so awesome that it has been featured in Southern Living, The Southern Farmers Almanac, Best Festivals-Mid Atlantic, Sauveursand Virginia Business!  And this year marks the 41stanniversary of all the fun!
 
Oh, and did I mention they top it all off with fireworks!
 
Anyway, Mr. Peanut is in Suffolk waiting for you.  So, head down to Suffolk’s Executive Airport (1410 Airport Road, Suffolk, VA 23434) and have a wonderful long weekend enjoying friends, family and PEANUTS!  
 
See ya!
Love,
SaltyMeg 
 
The Festival dates are October 4th through the 7th! (Thursday – Sunday)
 
Check out the link below for all the details!
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 http://www.suffolkpeanutfest.com

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