GROVES – This year’s 52nd Annual Groves Pecan Festival 2021 lasts for four full days from Thursday (November 4) through Sunday (November 7).

Home Sweet Home is the theme of this year’s Groves Pecan Festival.

The Groves Pecan Festival Board of Directors encourages everyone to come and visit the festival.

Visitors can make their way through the food court with ice cream, funnel cakes, pecan pie, fried desserts, fried fries, okra, burgers, barbecue, porc-a- bobs, boudain balls, nachos, pistols, breakfast foods and more. Then you can wash it down with some freshly squeezed homemade lemonade and flavored teas.

In addition, the craft zone should have something for everyone. This year’s Platinum Sponsor is again TotalEnergies, Inc.

The Groves Pecan Festival Carnival opens at Lion’s Park, with craft and food stalls, Thursdays 5-10 p.m., Fridays 5-11 p.m., Saturdays 10 am-11pm, and Sundays 12-6 p.m.

In addition, there will be entertainment and events taking place throughout the festival. Lion’s Park is located at 6200 Jackson. There is no admission fee.

Wagner Carnival, LLC

The Carnival Ride armbands will be available Thursday for $ 25 and Friday for $ 30.

Armbands will also be available on Saturday for $ 30. On Sunday, armbands will be available for $ 25 from noon to 6 p.m.

Daily Ride Bracelets can be purchased for each day of the festival rides and are valid for one day, on the day they are purchased. $ 1 tickets will also be sold at the carnival, with rides requiring 2 to 5 tickets.

The armband sponsors are: Thursday evening – MARKET BASKET and Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening – Gulf Credit Union.

Treasure hunt

From Monday, November 1, the 2021 Groves Pecan Festival scavenger hunt will begin. Clues will appear on the “Groves Pecan Festival” Facebook page at 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. If necessary, bonus hints for the golden pecans will be broadcast the next day at 7 p.m.

The bonus hints for the grand prize will be published at 8 p.m. on Saturday and at noon on Sunday if necessary.

Hunters can find daily golden pecans valued at $ 50 (Monday through Thursday) and there will be a grand prize of $ 400.

This year’s sponsor will once again be Levingston Funeral Home.

The treasure is hidden within the city limits of Groves and destruction of property is not necessary to find it. The treasure is NOT located in the Horseshoe Pit or CELEBRATION PARK, located at the corner of Lincoln Ave. and Coolidge.

All the treasures are on a property accessible to the public.

If you think you’ve found the golden pecan and / or the grand prize, post the confirmation code on the Facebook page for the find to be confirmed. Then you will need to bring it to the Groves Room office at 4399 Main Ave. Monday to Thursday, or at the Chamber of Commerce booth on the festival grounds from Friday to Sunday to receive your prize.

Every effort will be made to notify treasure hunters as soon as possible via Facebook that a treasure has been found.

ALL Golden Pecans and / or the Grand Prize that has NOT been returned to the Groves Chamber of Commerce by 6:00 p.m. Sunday WILL BE DECLARED VOID.

For more information about the festival, call the Groves Chamber of Commerce at (409) 962-3631.

The chairman of this year’s scavenger hunt is Ricky Brannen

Cooking

The Cook with Pecans contest sponsored by Oak Grove Nursing Home and Julian Salter Insurance Company will take place on Saturday. Each entry will have an official entry form and a copy of the recipe on an index card / sheet at the time it is entered.

Entry must be submitted in a disposable or non-returnable dish. Officials are not responsible for the dishes. The officials will not return any leftover food.

Entries and recipes become the property of the Groves Chamber and may eventually be used in a future Groves Pecan Festival cookbook.

If you enter more than one Cooking with Pecan Contest entry, only one entry per category will be eligible to enter the prizes if yours is chosen.

Registrations will be accepted at the Chamber office located at 4399 Main Avenue from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. There will be registration forms available until noon on Saturday at the Chamber’s booth on the Festival grounds.

Judging begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday and the winners will be announced at the Festival on the stage between 6 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.

Following

The Groves Pecan Festival Pet Show sponsored by Neighborhood Veterinary Clinic and Snooper’s Paradise will take place Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Lee Rodgers Lodge located in Lion’s Park. Registration for the animal show begins at noon. The president is Carol Sigona.

The Horseshoe Tournament will be held at Lion’s Park Horseshoe Pits, located at 6200 Jackson, Sunday at noon.

The entry fee will be $ 20 for the doubles horseshoe tournament and $ 5 for the singles. The doubles horseshoe tournament will start at 1 p.m., singles following doubles. Registration begins 1 hour before the start time.

Bring personal horseshoes.

Festival weekend event calendar

Entertainment sponsors are BASF TOTAL Energies Petrochemicals LLC, Groves Equipment Rental Co. Inc. and MCT Credit Union.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Continuous entertainment: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Opening of carnival, catering and craft stands

5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. The music of Beau Wilson from Electrifying Sounds DJ Service will once again entertain festival-goers.

Friday, November 5, 2021

Continuous entertainment: 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – Carnival, food and craft stalls open

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Music by Beau Wilson from Electrifying Sounds DJ Service

7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Faith and Family Night, Lee Rodgers Pavilion

Saturday 6 November 2021

Entertainment: 10:00 am – 11:00 pm – Opening of the Carnival, Gastronomy and Crafts stands

11:00 am – Festival kicks off – The national anthem will be sung by Kylie Smith!

11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tonalta Music School

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Music by Beau Wilson from Electrifying Sounds DJ Service.

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. United Martial Arts of Armentor

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. DANCE WORK

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Dance by Debbie Etc.

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Music Composed by Beau Wilson from Electrifying Sounds DJ Service

6:00 p.m. – Presentation of the queen of the Groves Pecan 2021 competition and her court.

6:15 pm – Announcement of the winners of the “Cooking with pecans” contest

6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. – Music by CALEB & APRIL ACOUSTIC DUO

8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Group to play, KLOZURE

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Ongoing entertainment: Groves Pecan Festival carnival opens at Lion’s Park, along with craft and food stalls from noon to 6 p.m.

Entertainment and Events:

11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Music by Beau Wilson from Electrifying Sounds DJ Service

12:00 PM Registration for the Pet Show at the Lee Rodgers Pavilion.

The Groves Pecan Festival Pet Show, sponsored by Neighborhood Veterinary Clinic and Snooper’s Paradise, will take place on Sunday, November 7 at 1 p.m. at the Lee Rodgers Lodge located in Lion’s Park. The president is Carol Sigona

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ANIMAL SHOW

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Port Neches College Choir

4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Groves Middle School Choir

6:00 p.m. END of the FESTIVAL