Photo Gallery: Thousands Attend Jay Peanut Festival

October 3, 2010

The 21st Annual Jay Peanut Festival attracted thousands to Jay this weekend.

For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from Saturday at the Jay Peanut Festival, click here.

The Peanut Festival featured something fun for everyone including arts and crafts, antiques, inflatable rides, rock climbing wall, pony rides, hay rides, train rides and much more. The Gabbert’s 1930’s Farm Museum was also be open for tours. There was plenty of food too…kettle corn, BBQ, hamburgers, roasted corn, apple dumplings and more.

And, of course, peanuts were the star of the festival, and were will be plenty of green peanuts and boiled peanuts as well as fried, roasted and candied peanuts.

The event is dedicated to the memory of Melissa Caroline Gabbert, who died of cancer in 1990.

Pictured: Thousands attended the Jay Peanut Festival Saturday. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

5 Responses to “Photo Gallery: Thousands Attend Jay Peanut Festival”

  1. Native Floridian on October 4th, 2010 7:37 am

    Munson Heritage Festival will be this weekend.. Its a really neat festival too.. You have live demonstrations of the old ways.. people selling dulcimer’s, history books, hand carved toys, etc.. also live music..

  2. Dave on October 3rd, 2010 3:55 pm

    Thanks to the Gabbert family. This is the first time I attended and I will be back next year. The food was good and the farm gave me such a pleasant feeling. The folks were friendly and the weather was GREAT.

  3. smalltowner on October 3rd, 2010 11:07 am

    :( I didn’t know the Peanut Festival was this weekend…How did I miss it? This will be the first one I’ve missed in years!!

  4. well on October 2nd, 2010 5:25 pm

    You’re right A.W. lots of people and good food. Only one thing you have wrong.

    GO GATORS!!!

  5. A.W. THOMPSON on October 2nd, 2010 2:04 pm

    Talk about a bunch of people must have been thousands.I felt lucky to get my 10 lbs.of green ones and get out of there. Were putting them on the stove now salted down for the game.GO ALABAMA, ROLL TIDE! A.W. THOMPSON MOSQUITO FLATS, FLORIDA