The 30th Annual Pie Festival
Pie Town, New Mexico September 11, 2010
The Pie Town Annual Pie Festival includes a pie-baking contest, games and races, music, food, arts and crafts, and pie, pie, pie. Admission is free and parking is easy. The festival is held in Jackson Park each year and is a great opportunity to visit with friends, both old and new.

Pie Festival Video is Available! Created by Dana Pence of Flamboyant Studios, this video shows highlights of the 2009 Festival.
The Festival is organized and operated by the Pie Town Community Council, and is our main fund-raising event. The Council, an all-volunteer organization, performs a variety of essential services in the Pie Town area. The festival would not be possible without the help of our volunteers and supporters.
Events loosely follow a schedule, and there are vendors selling food, crafts, and services throughout the day. There is a short break in the late afternoon / early evening, then we dance in the pavilion until midnight. During the dance intermission, we hold a benefit auction for the prize-winning pies from the pie-baking contest and we draw the winning names for the three raffle prizes.
Facts About the 2009 Pie Festival
2,540 pieces of pie were sold throughout Pie Town in a single day.
The 2009 Pie Festival raised about $ 7,000, which so far has been used for the following:
$ 3,000 was donated to the Pie Town EMS Department. This all-volunteer organization experienced a budget cut and was unable to pay for training for their emergency medical personnel.
$ 1,549 was donated to several community families who were experiencing financial hardship due to catastrophic events in their lives (house fire, cancer diagnosis, family deaths and accidents).
$ 500 was spent on a scholarship for a local graduating high-school senior.
$ 450 was used to provide food and shelter for a group from Bike & Build, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which organizes cross-country cycling trips to benefit the affordable housing cause in the United States.
$ 250 was spent on a Holiday Dinner for the community.
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2010 Vendors, Booths, and Concessions
HollyByGollie Cards and Gifts. Unique handmade greeting cards and gifts that are fun to give. . . and receive!
Dancing in Mud Designs. Earrings, necklaces, bracelets for men and women. Designs are made with gemstones and silver in rich earth tones. Other designs are made with glass, wood, bone and pewter. Kathryn James, Polvadera, NM
KNW Crafts. Wood, Metal, Glass and Painted Crafts; Necklaces. Kathy and Walter Lovato, Bluewater, NM
Western scenes painted on a stone called wonderstone. Handmade jewelry. Margaret Lyons, Socorro, NM
San Augustin Water Coalition. Carol Pittman, Datil, NM
Paul's Stuff. Horse and other Western prints, inexpensive books, misc. old Western items, bookends. Paul Noren and Cathy Taylor, Albuquerque, NM
End of the Trail. Jewelry, cowboy hats, belts and buckles, flags, gifts, horse tack. Rose Burson, Quemado, NM
William Cabrera Wood Carving. Grants, NM
Bar-M-Square Wood and Metal Works. Weather vanes, hatracks, wall lamps, key holders, wine racks, stick horses, porch swings, etc. Bob Murphy, Belen, NM
Scentsy - We make perfect scents. Wickless Candles. Susan Kennedy
M+S Design. Unique handmade jewelry. Marjorie Jensen, Pie Town, NM
Anne Sullivan. Datil, NM
Ravenworks Jewelry. Semi precious stone, coral and sterling silver bead jewelry made by Linda Ravert.
3-D Barbeque. BBQ plate, BBQ sandwiches, smoked meat burritos, breakfast, and other tasty selections. Leah Davis, Pie Town, NM
Rusty Roof Barbeque. Sherry Hale, Aragon NM
Altai Crafts. Hand-embroidered traditional pieces (bags, wall hangings, pillow cases, table runners) made by women from western Mongolia. Norma Bekowies
Carolyn Zagra & Nancy Horn. Arts and Crafts. Datil, NM
The Hourglass Quilting Fabrics. Quilting Fabrics and raffle tickets for St Francis Catholic Church. Renee Mirazo, Reserve, NM
Verline Baca. Metal art. Reserve, NM
Davie Leather & Braid. Braided leather goods. Bo and Tammy Davie, Quemado, NM
Chili Pepper Boys. Roasting chiles on-site.
Tom and Paula. Fruit.
The Walker Trust. Terry and Diane Walker, Pie Town, NM
Blue Mountain Turquoise. Danny and Marva Riccitelli, Pie Town, NM
April Marlow & Tom Temple. Used tack, saddles and odds & ends. Quemado, NM
Catron County Historical Society. Quemado, NM
Phil's & Connie's Knives & Jewelry. Phillip Candelaria, Aragon, NM and Benson AZ
Wood in Intarsia. George Barreras.
Sharon Clark. Jewelry
Local authors Uncle River and Thea Girard Marshall
Historical Society
NATA. Nettie Correjo
Democratic Party
Catron County Search and Rescue. Datil, NM
Fur & Feather Animal Assistance, Inc.
Socorro Electric Cooperative
Continental Divide Trail Alliance
Catron County Citizen's Group
Do you want to be listed here? Pay your vendor fee and send a description to webmaster@pietowncouncil.com, and we will make sure that you are listed — it's first come, first listed, so act now!
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