{"id":8365,"date":"2011-06-17T20:34:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T00:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogatraveler\/2011\/06\/park-fest-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-06-17T20:34:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T00:34:42","slug":"park-fest-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogatraveler\/2011\/06\/park-fest-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Fest 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found a brochure for this year&#8217;s Park Fest and it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a good time.<\/p>\n<p>*FREE CONCERTS by Soul Session, Zucchini Brothers and the Tequila Mockingbirds.<br \/>\n EXOTIC ANIMALS to be featured including red fox, baboon, large red tailed boa and others in an petting zoo.<br \/>\n*ICE CREAM EATING CONTEST sponsored by Ben and Jerry&#8217;s for ages 5-8, 9-12 and 13 &amp; up. Prizes and ribbons for the winners.<br \/>\n*CLASSIC CAR SHOW with trophies and prizes.<br \/>\n*PIG RACES &#8212; Tons of fun watching piggies run around a track, snorting and squealing. (5 shows)<br \/>\n*CRAFT FAIR&#8211;Lots of handmade and homemade items from jewelry to food.<br \/>\n* BLUEBERRY PIE CONTEST&#8211; Bake a great pie? Enter to win the Blueberry Pie contest. The first 10 pies entered in each age group will be used for judging.<br \/>\n*1K &amp; 5K RUN&#8211; The 1K will be held at 11 am for runner ages 6-13 and the 5K will be at noon for ages 14 and up. The first three finishers in each category will be awarded prizes.<br \/>\nAnd to top it all off there will be fireworks at dusk!<br \/>\nThis is just a sampling of some of the the fun that will be at Park Fest.<br \/>\nPark Fest will be held on July 9th at Gavin Park on Jones Rd. And it&#8217;s free admission.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found a brochure for this year&#8217;s Park Fest and it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a good time. *FREE CONCERTS by Soul Session, Zucchini Brothers and the Tequila Mockingbirds. EXOTIC ANIMALS to be featured including red fox,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,27,29,32,94,131],"class_list":["post-8365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-animals","tag-classic-car-show","tag-concerts","tag-craft-fair","tag-park-fest","tag-wilton-community-days"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Park Fest 2011 - The Saratoga Traveler Blog: Discover Saratoga Day Trips, Hidden Gems &amp; Weekend Discoveries<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogatraveler\/2011\/06\/park-fest-2011\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Park Fest 2011 - The Saratoga Traveler Blog: Discover Saratoga Day Trips, Hidden Gems &amp; Weekend Discoveries\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I just found a brochure for this year&#039;s Park Fest and it looks like it&#039;s going to be a good time. *FREE CONCERTS by Soul Session, Zucchini Brothers and the Tequila Mockingbirds. 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