The Zwolle Tamale Fiesta will celebrate its 46th year this weekend, Oct. 6-9. Held each year at the Zwolle Festival Grounds, the Zwolle Tamale Fiesta offers a fun-filled weekend of reliving the area’s heritage with plenty of delicious hot tamales, entertainment, arts and crafts, dancing, parades, and children’s activities.
PROGRAM:
THURSDAY OCTOBER 6th, 2022
FESTIVAL GATES OPEN 4:00 P.M. $2 ADMISSION
6:00 P.M. – KICK-OFF SUPPER & OPENING CEREMONIES
FIESTA ROYALTY PRESENTED! SINGING! DANCERS & MORE!
ARTS & CRAFTS! FOOD! TREASURE HUNT!
TAMALES! MUSIC! SOUVENIRS!
MIDWEST RIDES & CONCESSIONS
FRIDAY OCTOBER 7th, 2022
9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. 3RD GRADE EDUCATIONAL DAY
FESTIVAL GATES OPEN 4:00 P.M. ADMISSION: $5.00
MIDWEST RIDES & CONCESSIONS
ARTS & CRAFTS! FOOD BOOTHS! TREASURE HUNT!
FIESTA SOUVENIRS! TAMALES! DANCING!
4:00 MUSIC BEGINS
6:00PM: TAMALE’S GOT TALENT
GROUP 1 AGES 17 AND UNDER
GROUP 2 AGES 18 AND UP
1ST PLACE $200 & 2ND PLACE $100 per group
8:30 -11:30PM CYPRESS BAND WITH WILLIE TEE
WITH SPECIAL GUEST LYNN AUGUST
SATURDAY Oct. 8TH, 2022
7:00 A.M. 1 MILE RUN 8:00 A.M. 5-K RUN
STARTS AT FESTIVAL GROUNDS
10:00 AM PARADE
FESTIVAL GATES OPEN 8 A.M. ADMISSION: $5.00 PER PERSON
TAMALES! TAMALES!
FOOD BOOTHS! ARTS & CRAFTS!
TAMALE FIESTA SOUVENIRS!
TREASURE HUNT – PRIZE $500 SAVINGS BOND –
CLUES POSTED AT FESTIVAL GROUNDS
11:00 A.M. MIDWEST RIDES & CONCESSIONS
11:30-1P.M TOLEDO CRUISERS CAR CLUB CAR SHOW
11:30 A.M. TAMALE EATING CONTEST
12:00 P.M. SPANISH COSTUME CONTEST
12:30 P.M. ARM WRESTLING
1:00 P.M. TAMALE JUDGING
2:00 P.M. MUD BOG – TRUCKS ONLY
$10.00 *MUD BOG BRACELET PER PERSON
COOLERS $25.00 TENT SPACE $40 PLUS ADMISSION
*Bracelet will allow entrance at mud bog & festival grounds
MUSIC BEGINS!
2:00-3:30 PM BORN TO BOGIE BAND
4:00-5:30 PM HENRY REGGANS AND THE LOUISIANA SIDEMEN
6:00-7:30 PM LOOSEY ANNA BAND-CLASSIC ROCK BAND FROM SHREVEPORT
8:00-11:30 PM BERNIE ALLEN BAND-CAJUN, ZYDECO, AND COUNTRY BAND
SUNDAY OCTOBER 2nd, 2022
11am Fiesta Royal Court Mass @ St. Joseph Catholic Church Zwolle