Hopkins Raspberry Festival
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 08:00am
Hopkins Raspberry Festival
Various Venues in Hopkins
Schedule:
Hunt for the Golden Raspberry and Clean Up Event
Presented by Jodene Riha - Realtor
8:00 am at Hopkins
Laun E. Anderson Kids Fishing Event
Presented by MOC Pup Tent 15
Hopkins VFW Post 425 9:00 am at Shady Oak Lake
Hopkins Scavenger Hunt
Presented by Hopkins Business & Civic Association
10:00 am to 10:00 pm at Hopkins
Come Explore Hopkins in a fun, interactive way! Missions will take you all over historic Hopkins!
Senior Day
Presented by Washburn-McReavy
The Eloise at Wirth on the Woods
WestRidge Senior Living
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm at Downtown Park
Raspberries, Desserts & Pie Eating Contest
5:00 pm at Downtown Park
Get ready to eat some raspberry pie, find out who makes the best raspberry desserts and who grows the largest raspberry in Hopkins
Largest Raspberry – 5:00 p.m.
Do you have your own raspberry patch? Get ready to harvest your prize raspberry and bring it to Downtown Park. All raspberries must be home grown. Each raspberry will be weighed to identify the largest raspberry.
Raspberry Dessert – 5:30 p.m.
We are seeking all raspberry dessert aficionados! Dust off your grandma’s recipe and bring your best raspberry dessert to Downtown Park. Let the judges decide who made the best homemade raspberry dessert.
Please register your dessert by sending your name and what you are planning to make to:
info@raspberrycapital.com
Pie Eating Contest – 6:00 p.m.
Bring your sweet sense of adventure and your appetite for our raspberry pie eating contest, compliments Driskill’s Downtown Market. Join in on all the pie eating shenanigans or cheer on your favorite pie eating contestant. The first six contestants to register at 6:00 p.m. in each age group will participate in the pie eating contest. Age groups: 10 -13, 14-17, 19-49, 50 -100.
Prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd& 3rd winners for each contest.
