I've never been to a harvest festival but this was pretty Sick. It was essentially a pretty big farmers market, but more family friendly event. There was a petting zoo, live bands and very relaxed atmosphere. There was also of course food eating contests. In a field of 12, there was a hard fought battle between yelpers and LJ narrowly beat me. There was also jerky eating contests. The venue was tivoli village which is always beautiful and classy, and there was fruit and ice artists and I thought their works were stupendous.
I had a great time and appreciated the departure from the norm