In , the picnic was moved to August to coincide with the grape harvest, and it was given the name Grape Day. Within a few years, Grape Day became the Grape Festival, a fundraiser for the local parish. The Grape Festival expanded to multiple days in the s.
At the heart of it all is the spaghetti dinner prepared by members of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Beginning in July each year, volunteers prepare hundreds of pounds of homemade pasta and sauce.
Thousands of festival-goers in recent years, nearly 9, annually are served the spaghetti dinner, which also includes fried chicken, salad with homemade Italian dressing, homemade rolls, and, of course, Concord grapes.
Proceeds from the spaghetti dinner, and the Queen Concordia contest, go to support the parish. Three young women from Tontitown, or with Tontitown family ties, vie for the title of Queen Concordia. The contestant who sells the most raffle tickets for a new car or truck wins the title. Grape judging was once a main feature of the festival, but in the twenty-first century, there are not enough grape growers in Tontitown to put together such a contest. For additional information: Lemke, Walter J.
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