Revelers at the Pear Festival Saturday partake of ice cream on a warm Saturday. Konocti Women’s Service club’s Elma Duncan hands out the tasty treats. (Photo courtesy of KmZ)
District 5 Supervisor Jessica Jennings Pyska drives a vintage tractor during the parade Saturday at the Pear Festival. (courtesy photo)
(File- LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING) Realtor Trista Fossa looks on during the popular pear pie eating contest at the 28th annual Kelseyville Pear Festival. The Pear Fest returned after a two-year absence due to the COVID last year. pandemic and drew huge crowds. Jon Macnayr-Konocti Cross-Fit for Lake Family Resource Center won over returning champion Dustin Pabst-Pabst Blue Ribbon Construction. (courtesy photo by KmZ)
Revelers at the Pear Festival Saturday partake of ice cream on a warm Saturday. Konocti Women's Service club's Elma Duncan hands out the tasty treats. (Photo courtesy of KmZ)
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District 5 Supervisor Jessica Jennings Pyska drives a vintage tractor during the parade Saturday at the Pear Festival. (courtesy photo)
KELSEYVILLE— In the early spring of 1993, a small core of Kelseyville Business Association members met for their monthly meeting to discuss festival plans for the coming year. When one of the members suggested presenting just one large major festival for the year. Kelseyville was considered (and is) the main agricultural center of the County at a time when the Bartlett Pear was King. The billboard outside of town announced “Kelseyville is the Pear Capital of the World.” That is how the Pear Festival was born and this past weekend marked the 28th annual edition of the event which drew large crowds to the Main Street in Kelseyville. We present a few photos for the event, courtesy of KmZ. Catch more online and on Facebook.
