COARSEGOLD — The 25th Annual Tarantula Festival is coming to Coarsegold on Saturday, October 29, 2022!
Food! Crafts! Prizes! Fun!
Free Admission!
Parking is only $2.00!
Contest sign-ups begin at 10:30 a.m.
Festival co-hosted by the Coarsegold Chamber of Commerce.
The Tarantula Festival will be featured on Small Town Big Deal! Check out smalltownbigdeal.com for more details!
Don’t forget to wear your costume!
Coarsegold Historic Village
35300 Hwy 41
Coarsegold, CA 93614
Tentative Event Schedule
Pumpkin Cake Bake-Off: 10:30 – 11:00 (1st prize is an overnight stay at Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino, includes dinner and spa.)
Pumpkin Decorating: 11:00 – 3:00
Tarantula Poem Contest and Reading: 11:05 – 11:25
Scream-Off Contest: 11:30 – 12:00
Gymnastics by Diane: 12:05 – 12:25
Hairy Leg Contest: 12:30 – 12:55
Yosemite High School Marching Band: 1:00 – 1:20
Phil Miller Music by Two Feet In: 1:25 – 1:45
Children’s Tarantula Race: 1:50 – 2:10 (Sponsored by Coarsegold Peddlers’ Market)
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest: 2:15 – 2:35 (Sponsored by Mountain Medical Supply)
Pizza Eating Contest: 2:40 – 3:00 (Sponsored by Round Table Pizza)
Minarets Cheer Team: 3:05 – 3:25
Children’s Costume Contest Trick or Treat Parade: 3:30 – 3:50 (Sponsored by Coarsegold Village Merchants)
Pumpkin Decorating Awards: 3:55 – 4:15
Pet Costume Contest: 4:20 – 4:40 (Sponsored by Yosemite Drug)
Pumpkin Dance: 4:45 – 5:00
Grand Finale Tarantula Derby: 5:00 – Close (Sponsored by Richard & Diane Boland – Coarsegold Historic Village)
