There's lots to see at
the PurpleHull Pea
Festival - but
undoubtedly the
highlight is the
World Championship
Rotary Tiller Race.



   
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2008 Schedule of Events


The 2008 PurpleHull Pea Festival & World Championship Rotary Tiller Race will be June 27 & 28.  Please note a few events will occur prior to the weekend of the actual festival.  Here's the schedule:

The Blessing of the PurpleHull Pea Crop will be Sunday, June 1, at the Billy Williams Farm, on County Road 5, about 5 miles west of Emerson..

The PurpleHull Pageant will be June 14.  

The Kids Fishing Derby will be June 21.

Now, for the festival schedule.  Below is the preliminary schedule.  Please note that with a few events the time is subject to change.  Please check back to this page for any updates.

Friday, June 27, 2008 :

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m Senior Citizens Day Events  (Details to come.  Free Pea Meal to Senior Citizens.)

Afternoon events to come - keep checking back.

9:00 - 9:30 p.m.  The PurpleHull Pea Festival 'Pea-tacular' Fireworks Show!  The biggest fireworks display in Columbia County!

9:35 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Entertainment

Saturday, June 28, 2009 :

All Day:
Entertainment inside air-conditioned school cafetorium

All Day, beginning at 7:00 a.m.: Arts & Crafts

8:00 a.m. Senior Walk for World Peas

9:00 a.m. Kids' Bike Race and Trike Race

9:00 a.m. Tournaments begin

10:00 a.m. Kids Division of the World Championship Rotary Tiller Race

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Great PurpleHull Peas & Cornbread Cook OffBring your best PurpleHull Peas and Cornbread dish and earn for yourself a place in PurpleHull cooking history..


11:00 a.m.
Emerson PurpleHull Pea Meals begin

11:00 a.m. World Cup PurpleHull Pea Shelling Competition

1:00 p.m. The world renown Million Tiller Parade

2:30 p.m. The Weyerhaeuser 200 World Championship Rotary Tiller Race

8:00 pm. - Midnight  The finale - The BancorpSouth Pea-Stompin' Street Dance.


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PurpleHull Pea Festival &
World Championship Rotary Tiller Race
P.O. Box 1
Emerson, Arkansas  71740  USA
Phone: (870) 547-3500 or (501) 315-7373
Pea-Mail: purplehull@juno.com