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Potato Days to be marked at Gilbert Regional Park

Sack races will be one feature of the Potato Days festival in Gilbert.

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Gilbert Regional Park will be the site of the first-ever Arizona Potato Days on April 12-13 — two days devoted to everyone’s favorite tuber.

The free event will go from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Attendees can dig into a loaded baked potato (or fries, or tots) while classic country music is played.

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Potato Days to be marked at Gilbert Regional Park

Courtesy United Potato Federation

Sack races will be one feature of the Potato Days festival in Gilbert.

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2025 1:15 pm

Gilbert Regional Park

3005 E. Queen Creek Road
Gilbert, AZ 85298

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Gilbert Regional Park will be the site of the first-ever Arizona Potato Days on April 12-13 — two days devoted to everyone’s favorite tuber.

The free event will go from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Attendees can dig into a loaded baked potato (or fries, or tots) while classic country music is played.

The 72-foot Big Idaho Potato Truck will be there, and the festival hosts old-school potato sack races.

Other features and activities include a beer garden, a trading post of local artisans and crafters, bubble blowing from horse troughs with 70 gallons of bubble solution and a spud slinger that launches foam potatoes at targets.

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