KELSEYVILLE, Calif. — Downtown Kelseyville will be filled with the sights and sounds of local agriculture as well as food and fun when the annual Pear Festival returns this weekend.

The 31st annual festival will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27.

The day will begin with a pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Kelseyville Fire house on Main street.

Vendor booths throughout town will open at 9 a.m. 

One of the day’s main events, the parade down Main Street, will start at 9:30 a.m., with My Divas singing the national anthem.

There will be a variety of activities throughout the day, including a pear art contest for fourth and fifth graders, adult and high school poetry, pear tasting, awards for the pear dessert winners and the pie eating contest, as well as “Kids’ Town” with jump houses, coloring, pear decorating, face painting, giveaways and pictures with Barty the Pear.

Highlights of this year’s event will include a special performance by the Lake County Pomo Traditional Dancers from 11:30 a.m. to noon in the Pear Square.

Other performers set to entertain throughout the day include the Austin & Owens, Clear Lake Clikkers, Lake County Line Dancers, Mark Weston Band, Roadhouse and The Shufflenuts.

Throughout town, there will be many vendors offering food and beverages.

At Kelseyville Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of Third and Church streets, the Presbyterian Women will once again be selling their popular pear shakes for $5 each.

The church also will hold a parking fundraiser, with parking spaces $10 each.

For event updates, follow the Kelseyville Pear Festival Facebook page. 

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