Superior Prickly Pear Festival planned for August

Posted

This year’s Prickly Pear Festival will be Aug. 14 from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Start off from 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. with foraging prickly pears at the Superior Municipal Airstrip, located on U.S. 60 and Apache Tear Road, followed by a pancake breakfast at the Silver King Smokehouse on Main Street from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

From 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. there will be guest speakers, vendors, art gallery, and live entertainment by local musicians including Johnny and the ShoWalkers in the Cactus Lounge beer garden, all indoors at town hall, 199 N. Lobb Ave.

Food trucks will also be on hand in the parking lot and most local restaurants will be serving a prickly pear or desert edible on their menu.

For more information please text (520) 827-0692.