Rhubarb
has inspired a number festivals around the world. The map below shows a pin for each of
the festivals I know of (the tip of the pin is nearest my best guess at the location (its
a small map so it is hard to be too accurate) and the text closest to the pin head goes
with the pin). If you know more information about any of these festivals or if you know
about any other rhubarb festivals, please let me know.
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| Figure 4.1: Locations of Rhubarb festivals |
Table 4.1: Rhubarb Festivals
| Festival | Location | Dates (last known) |
Web references |
| Avocado and Rhubarb Festival | Tamborine Mountain Queensland, Australia (Gold Coast area) | October 26, 1999 | Queensland Events &
Festivals- Bed & Breakfast Forum The Guide |
| Rhubarb Festival Week | Nova Scotia | June 14-20, 1999 | Festivals and Events / Nova Scotia |
| Eagle Lake Rhubarb Festival | Eagle Lake Central Ontario |
July 10, 1999 | Rhubarb
Home Page |
| Wakefield Rhubarb Festival | Wakefield, England | 13th-15th January 2000 | |
| Annual rhubarb championships | Wakefield, England | February 13, 1999 | |
| Rhubarb Festival | Governor Small Park Aledo, Illinois |
May 17, 1999 | http://www.visitkankakeecounty.com/calendar.html Headline Page |
| Rhubarb Festival | Kitchen Kettle Village Intercourse, Pennsylvania |
May 15, 1999 | Listings: May 12 - May 18, 1997 (Almanac) |
| Rhubarb Festival | Cooperstown, New York | http://www.cancom.net/~cmiles/area.html | |
| Rhubarb Festival | Camden, Maine | ||
| Rhubarb Festival | Silverton, Colorado | July 4, 1999 | |
| National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day | Everywhere | June 9th | The Daily Globe |
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