Saturday 27,October, 2007
10th annual Tarantula Awareness
Festival
35300 Highway 41
Coarsegold, CA
It's that time of year again!  
This creepy, crawly festival is
fun for the whole family!  All
children's activities are FREE.
2004 hairy legs contest
Arachnid Presentation
11:30am to 3:00pm
Free Gold Panning Lessons by
The Coarsegold Prospectors Club
Trick or Treat at all the Village Shops
Free Parking and Free Admission
All are welcome to participate!
2004 winners--Bake Off contest



Busse's Ace Hardware...               Hairy Legs Contest
Coarsegold Market...                      Children's Costume   Parade
Gold Mine Pizza...                            Pizza Eating Contest
Yosemite Bank...                             Poem Reading
Coarsegold Kiwanis                        Pumpkin Decoration Contest
Coarsegold Gazette &                     Pumpkin Dance Contest
Oldies 1610AM                                 

Click here for Poetry Contest rules.
For an application for the pumpkin dessert bake off, click here.
Vendors, click here for a vendors application.


For more information please contact us at: 559 683-3900 or FAX 559 683-0756
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Tarantula Festival

           Schedule of Activities

10:30-11:00am           Best Pumpkin Dessert
11:00-11:30                Scream Off Contest
11:00-3:00pm             Decorate Pumpkins
11:00-4:00pm             Coarsegold Fire Engine
11:30-12 noon            Pizza eating Contest
12:00-12:30pm           Poem Reading
12:30-1:00                 Music & Crafts
1:00-1:30                   Hairy Leg Contest
                                       Men & Women ages 16-99
1:30-2:00                   Children's Tarantula  Race
                                        ages 3-8
2:00-3:00                  Children's Costume Contest &     
                                    Trick or Treat Parade
                                      (No Masks Please)
3:00-3:15                          Pumpkin Decorating Contest
3:00-3:30                    Pumpkin Dance Contest
3:15-3:45                    Tarantula Derby
4:00-4:30                    Live Tarantula Derby
Special Thanks to this years Sponsors: