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North Branford Potato and Corn Festival

Route 22

203-484-6017

The 2016 PoCo Fest will be the 15th year of this free, wonderful, fun-filled family event. The festival started as a one-day affair back in 2002, and has since grown to a three-day spectacular with over 25,000 attendees.

Usually corn and potatoes are considered common, some might even say lowly, but on the first weekend of August the residents of North Branford elevate the two starchy staples to extraordinary heights. In its 15th year, the Potato and Corn Festival now brings tens of thousands of visitors over four days to the typically sleepy farm town.

Emerging almost overnight in a hay field at the former Augur Farm on Rt. 22 in the middle of town, a midway with rides, dozens of food vendors, craft vendors, potato sack races, corn shucking contests, tractor pulls and a classic car show all appear. Many local and far flung bands perform and a spectacular fireworks display, some say among the best in the state, occurs on Saturday night. And of course, there are baked potatoes and roasted corn.

The event has become much loved. "In such a small town, to have many hundreds of volunteers, from high school sports teams directing parking to our seniors scrubbing potatoes, it’s just amazing,” Tracey Fair, "Volunt-ear Corn-mittee” Chair, said recently. Much of the work of organizing the event is done by a dedicated group of residents who devote many hours on task-groups and committees.

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