Styled after pioneering tomato enthusiast gatherings like CHOPTAG, Tomatopalooza, NORCATT, DATE, and MAGTAG, the South East Texas Tomato Fest (SETTFest) is an informal gathering of tomato growers and their friends from Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, surrounding areas and beyond!

The SETTFest is an open-to-the-public tomato tasting and enthusiast gathering. No registration fee or forms are required. We do suggest a $5 donation per person to cover costs of the event and we would appreciate it if you fill out our Survey to help us judge how many people might be attending.

Please check out the sidebar "What can I bring?" to know what food will be provided at the event. Please use the Survey to let us know what items you may be bringing, including bread, other veggies besides tomatoes and peppers, etc.

We invite home gardeners and commercial growers alike, growers of hybrids, heirlooms, O.P. varieties, and any combination of the above. It is an opportunity for people to get exposed to unfamiliar tomato varieties, some of which have been grown for 150 years but forgotten by the public at large. We are a gathering of friends who happen to share a common interest and want to show the fruits of our efforts and maybe learn something in the process.

This is first and foremost a tomato tasting. This is not a formal competition and there are no "rules" except that every reasonable effort should be made to honestly and accurately label each tomato variety with its true name.