The Tomato Battle unifies as many as 5,000 fruit-chucking fanatics for an afternoon of dancing to music, sipping libations, and flinging 300,000 pounds of Roma tomatoes at one another. Mosh in a ketchup-covered fray that marries the traditions of Spain’s La Tomatina tomato-throwing festival and Germany’s Oktoberfest.
Festivities commence at noon with registration and opening, followed by live entertainment and a costume contest. At 4:00 p.m., soldiers donning bathing suits, safety goggles, and well-treaded shoes converge on piles of past-ripe tomatoes and set about pelting people with fruits like sentient apple trees avenging the initial-carving of amorous teenagers.
Beats and beer flow until past 7 p.m., when ruddy troops lay down their arms and rinse themselves clean of pulp and juice. An extra set of clothes is highly recommended.
Schedule:
Noon – Registration begins and beer garden opens
1:00 PM – Live Music and games
3:30 PM – Costume Contest
4:00 PM – Tomato Battle begins
4:30 PM – Live Music
6:00 PM – Washup and head home!
All of the tomatoes used during the exhibition will have been previously marked for disposal, making the Tomato Battle an efficient and entertaining use of inedible waste.
WHAT: SoCal Tomato Battle
WHEN: Saturday, July 13, 2013 | 1:00 – 6:00 pm
WHERE: Lakeview Park, Irvine Lake | 5305 Santiago Canyon Road | Silverado, CA
DETAILS:
- Ticket price $50
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