{"id":1514723,"date":"2026-06-10T22:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1514723"},"modified":"2026-06-10T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:17:12","slug":"42nd-annual-jacksonville-tomato-festival-set-for-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1514723","title":{"rendered":"42nd annual Jacksonville tomato festival set for downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"JACKSONVILLE \u2014 The annual Jacksonville Tomato Festival is back for its 42nd year this Saturday, set to take over downtown with festivities.<\/p>\n

The festival will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and continues the debate on whether a tomato is a vegetable or a fruit, according to our news partner, KETK. The event is set to feature a variety of attractions for all ages in the heart of Jacksonville, including a car show, farmers market and more.<\/p>\n

The free, weekend-long event is expected to draw attendees to Commerce Street to shop from more than 500 vendors offering goods and services. Among them, CHRISTUS Health will provide free health screenings for festival-goers.<\/p>\n

Attendees can also enjoy live music from local artists throughout the day while participating in friendly competitions, such as a salsa- making contest.<\/p>\n

The festivities will conclude with a closing event at Chili\u2019s, which is sponsoring the festival starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the city’s website https:\/\/www.jacksonvilletx.org\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE \u2014 The annual Jacksonville Tomato Festival is back for its 42nd year this Saturday, set to take over downtown with festivities. The festival will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and continues the debate on whether a tomato is a vegetable or a fruit, according to our news partner, KETK. The event is … Continue reading 42nd annual Jacksonville tomato festival set for downtown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8661,"featured_media":1514725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 00:39:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514726,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514723\/revisions\/1514726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}