Try food from local restaurants at the 16th annual Taste of
Morgan Hill
The Taste of Morgan Hill, to be held Sept. 23 through 25, will feature more than 20 local restaurants in three food courts in downtown Morgan Hill.
The Taste of Morgan Hill is adopting a new format, with two of the food courts will be on Monterey Road at Third Street and the third will be in the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center. Also new this year will be a food ticket booth, where patrons can buy tickets for food instead of paying cash at each vendor’s booth. Volunteers will remind people to buy their tickets before getting in line.
And it’s not just food that will be on hand for the event. The Custom & Classic Car Show will bring 165 classic autos Saturday and Sunday, and the South Valley Quilt Association will hold the second annual Harvest Quilt and Garden Show in the Community and Cultural Center. About 250 quilts will be on display, and quilting-relatedd vendors will also set up in the center.
Other entertainment includes “Art in 30 Minutes or Less,” a showing of the 2004 Poppy Jasper Film Festival winners will be held at the Community Playhouse on Saturday. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7pm. Tickets are $5.
The Taste of Morgan Hill begins Friday from 7pm to 9pm with a street dance at Monterey Road and Second Street and will feature the music of Live Action Heroes. Saturday and Sunday, the event will take place from 10am to 6pm.
For more information, call the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce at (408) 779-9444.
A Taste of Morgan Hill: Schedule and Highlights
ARTS & CRAFTS ZONE
Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 6pm
What: Specially selected arts & crafts vendors will have their wares displayed for the public.
Where: On Monterey Road, between First and Third Streets
COMMERCIAL ZONE
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-6pm
What: Local merchants and nonprofit organizations will have booths that will display their products and services.
Where: On Monterey Road, between Third and Fourth Streets
HARVEST QUILT AND GARDEN SHOW
Saturday 10am-6pm
n Sunday 10am-5pm
What: Approximately 250 quilts will be exhibited, with a special section devoted to kids’ quilts and a Kids’ Corner with kid-friendly quilting activities. Over 17 quilt-related vendors will be selling fabric, patterns, books, machines and other quilt-related items. Quilts by artist Diane Weber and national known author, teacher and quilter Diana Leone, will also be on display and for sale.
For $1 a ticket or $5 for six tickets, you can enter your name in the drawings for five specially-made door prize quilts. During the quilt show the quilts will be on display outside the Community Center by the fountain area until 4 pm Sunday, when drawings for each of the quilts will begin. Drawings for each quilt will be held 15 minutes apart. Tickets may also be purchased at the quilt show.
The quilt show is sponsored by the South Valley Quilt Association in conjunction with Garden Accents of Gilroy, which will host a garden show in the courtyard of the Cultural and Community Center.
Where: Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center
FOOD COURTS
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
What: Three food courts will have approximately 20 local restaurants feature their special food items, along with beverages. A Food Ticket Booth will be located at each of the food courts and will sell tickets for food. Buy tickets at the booth before purchasing food and beverages.
Where: The three food courts will be located on both sides of Monterey Road and Third Street and at the Community and Cultural Center. Food providers will also be located in the Kids Zone, on Monterey Road, between Main Avenue and First Street.
ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday and Sunday, 11am-6pm at Second Street Stage
Saturday, 11am-6pm and Sunday, 10am-6pm at Amphitheater Stage.
What: A host of bands will be playing throughout the two-day event.
KIDS ZONE
Saturday noon-5pm
Sunday 11:45am-5pm
What: Family entertainment like dancing, martial arts, cheerleading
Where: On Monterey Road, between Main Avenue and First Street, with the Kids Stage located at the Sinaloa restaurant parking lot
EXPERIENCE ART IN
30 MINUTES OR LESS
Saturday and Sunday 1-6pm
What: A showing of the 2004 Poppy Jasper Film festival winners. Tickets are $5.
Where: Morgan Hill Community Playhouse
CUSTOM & CLASSIC CAR SHOW
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
What: The car show returns for its 16th year, with an estimated 165 classics that will be displayed and bring back memories of the days you drove, rode, owned, or wished you had owned them back in those days. Also, organizers of the car show will auction two quilts at their registration booth. They will have a drawing for a third quilt on Sunday.
Where: On Monterey Road, between Fourth Street and Dunne Avenue
