Loomis Basin Chamber of Commerce

Typical small town festival. Taylor Blvd dual rows of street vendors. ACE Hardware downtown selling closeouts on the street. Behind the town along the park is another row of food vendors, bands, chidrens water works fountains to play in and 2 jump houses.
Sep 30th, 2022

I'm grateful the festival took place. Nice to see people enjoying their day in the sun. It was my First time attending this festival and I did have an eggplant expectation.  Eggplant food? Overall, More food options. But there was nothing eggplant about this festival. Why is it called that?
Oct 2nd, 2021

2019 marks the 32nd year of the Annual Loomis Eggplant festival. I've been attending this small town celebration since its humble beginnings. Back in the early days it was really lacking in its namesake and was more of a craft fair than anything else.The crafts are still here, but you can now actually purchase many dishes made from eggplant. It's taken awhile to get this festival dialed-in but now eggplant lovers (and those that are eggplant-curious) can finally get their fill. Hopefully the eggplant based offerings will continue to grow each year!Not a fan of eggplant or the color purple? Well, there are still many reasons to attend: - It's a free festival with plenty of free parking (unlike those $$$ Expo events).- Bouncy stuff to keep little ones happy, free live music and entertainment, cute furry critters to pet, chalk art & a pancake breakfast (if you get there early enough).Fun facts about the Purple People Eats-it:- Eggplant make a great meat substitute and has the added benefit of being high in fiber. It does a great job of absorbing oils and flavors. Who needs that "Impossible" stuff when you've got eggplant!- No, it's not a vegetable...it's a fruit. It's also a member of the very cool (and sometimes deadly) Nightshade family!...so eating eggplant is like living on the edge (not really but tell yourself this if you want to).- The flowers and leaves of the Eggplant can be poisonous if consumed in large quantities...so don't. Just sayin' ;-)
Oct 5th, 2019

May 22nd, 2019

This year was amazing, live relaxing music, cute petting zoo, kids activities, fun face-in-hocutouts(see pic), Chalk Artists and plenty of food vendors offering Eggplant dishes to go along with the festival at decent prices! They also had lots of vendors selling gift related items, to get you started on your holiday shopping, and offered complimentary samples as well! I tried some deliciously flavorful Mandarin Olive Oil, Balsamic and sweet Orange Blossom Honey from the Colwell Thundering Herd Ranch booth and purchased some cards made by a local artist from the Cloudy Art Studio booth! As well as entered into their raffle to win some beautiful hand towels and cards! For lunch I ordered some deliciously flavorful and perfectly sauced Eggplant Lasagna from Rubinos Ristorante Booth and will definitely be checking out their restaurant in Rocklin now! I would highly recommend attending the festival and don't forget to pick up your free Eggplant before you leave, I cannot wait to try mine and see what next year has in store!
Oct 5th, 2019