Welcome to Braham Pie Day
Braham, Minnesota
Always the first Friday in August
To read the 2010 schedule click on 2010 Braham Pie Day.
To get detailed information click on Pie Day press releases.
To learn about why we celebrate pie click on Braham Pie Day History.
Music, artisans, and pie at the 21st annual Braham Pie Day
Friday, August 6th is the 21st annual Braham Pie Day. The first piece of pie will be served at 10 a.m. in downtown Braham in Freedom Park on Hwy 107.
While eating pie visitors can enjoy the entertainment from the Heatherlyn from Minneapolis, the Chmielewski Fun Time Band, Rumgumption at Celtic band, and the Pie-Alluia Chorus. Visitors will also have a chance to meet the Pie Day cast of roving characters, Mr. Pastry, the Berry Fairy and the Queen of Tarts. Guests can partake in the pie baking contest, which opens for submissions at the Braham Ev. Lutheran Church in the morning, with an auction of the winning pies in the afternoon.
Other events include two pie eating contests, the Pie Art and Hat Show, the craft show in the park and the Small Quilts Show at City Hall, the Sweet as Pie Collector’s Car Show, the Pi-Cycle Show and the “Pie in the Sky or Pie in Your Eye” trivia contest. Activities continue on Sunday, August 8 with a Celebration of Praise at 6:30 p.m. in Freedom Park.
The event is made possible in part through funding from many local sponsors. The Rural American Bank, and is sponsoring the stage entertainment. The City of Braham and East Central Sanitation provides logistic support. Grand Casino Hinckley, the Cambridge Medical Center and East Central Energy are also sponsors. Some components of the festival program are supported with funds by a grant from the East Central Regional Arts Council and Forecast Public artworks with funds provided by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
Remember, You can't help but smile when you say "pie."
Photo by J. Knudson
Photo by J. Knudson
Comments (1)
Valorie Arrowsmith said
at 4:38 pm on Aug 5, 2010
On August 5, 2010, the day before the 21st annual Braham Pie Day, volunteers assembled in the Braham Area High School kitchen and baked 660 two-crust fruit and berry pies.
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