Pie Day at the Homemade Pie Capital of America
Braham Pie Day
Pie flags, elaborate pie-themed hats, live music (folk, rock, choral, and international), and booths filled with scrumptious foods and local crafts set the stage for Braham’s Annual Pie Day festival. The city became known for its delicious pies in the 1930’s, when drivers on their way to Duluth would stop at the city’s Park Café for pie and coffee. Today, Braham is recognized as the Homemade Pie Capital of America. At Pie Days, which features hundreds of fresh-baked pies, live music, contests, and great performances, it’s easy to see why!
The festival features a wide range of fun activities, including a Pie-cycle (Bicycle) Show, Pie in the Sky or Pie in Your Eye Trivia Contest, Geo-caching a la Mode, the Pie-Alluia Chorus (performing pie-themed songs), a Collector’s Car Show, an Arts and Crafts Show, and more. Pie Day offers special activities just for kids, who can show off their acting talents in a Kid’s Show with Mr. Pastry and the Berry Fairy, and try their hand at international and pie-themed crafts.
The winning pies from the Pie Baking Contest (judged by crust texture, ooze factor, and other criteria) are auctioned off in the afternoon. In 2013, no pie sold for less than twenty-five dollars, and the winning pie fetched seven-hundred and fifty dollars.
Don’t miss your chance to enjoy pie baking and eating and exciting performances and activities at Pie Day, the first Friday of August every year.
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