Okay, looking for a corny vacation? The annual Zellwood Corn Festival offers the best in a fun-filled family holiday.
The Zellwood Corn Festival is an annual event that stars sweet and juicy ears of corn-on-the-cob. For 31 years, this festival has drawn crowds from all over the world. People come to the festival grounds at 4253 West Ponkan Road in Zellwood, Florida during the last few days of May every year to chomp away on giant ears of corn. No one worries about how they may look to the other diners since everyone there is happily nibbling and gnawing away on their own ear of corn.
The featured event at the Zellwood Corn Festival is the cooking of the corn. True! The vat used to cook the corn is called Big Bertha. Big Bertha holds about 350 gallons of boiling water and can cook 1,650 ears of corn every 9 minutes! Now I ask you, how exciting is that? Well, pretty darned exciting! That's a lot of corn.
Besides eating corn, the Zellwood Corn Festival offers many other activities. There are amusement rides for the children and many Arts and Crafts booths to entice you with unique and charming items.
Sharing the spotlight with the corn at the Zellwood Corn Festival are stars like Travis Tritt, the Charlie Daniels Band, Mark Lowry and Chris Rice. And if this is still not enough to entice you to the Zellwood Corn Festival, let me remind you that Zellwood, Florida, is only 25 miles from Orlando. You can pick an orange from a tree to eat when you need a corn break. And if you are still in the carnival and entertainment mood after visiting the Zellwood Corn Festival, Orlando is home to some of the most famous Theme Parks in the world.