Celebrating Flavors of the Neighborhood
A festival to celebrate a new community tradition centered around the start of Houston’s fresh tomato season
Friday, May 9th
saturday, May 10th
We’re excited to bring this neighborhood-based, family-friendly event to the backyard of Houston’s East End!
Our third annual Salsa Festival brings us together during the start of the tomato harvest to share in the bounty of the season and honor the history, culture, and traditions that are infused in the salsas right from our neighborhood.
With the addition of the Harvest Dinner the night before the festival, we are continuing to grow this tradition to celebrate the flavors and people who make our community special!
Thank you to our event sponsors & supporters!
Salsa Festival
📅 May 10th – 10:00am – 4:00pm
We invite you out to the new Finca Tres Robles to sample the sweet tastes of the beginning of Houston’s fresh tomato season with a salsa and vegetable competition.
It’s a celebration of the East End and will include food, music, and games to entertain old and young alike. We can’t wait to gather with our neighbors to share the flavors of our neighborhood and the farm and we hope you’ll join us.
The event is free and open to the public.
Festival Schedule
-10:00 am: Event Kick-Off
-10:30 am – 1:00 pm: Salsa Tasting
-10:30 am – 4:00 pm: Music, games, food, artists, vendors
-2:00 pm: Salsa Winners Announced
Free games, music, and fun for everyone!
Harvest Dinner
📅 May 9th – 6:00pm – 9:00pm
This is a chance to celebrate the first spring harvest of our newly opened farm space and come together around the table to share a meal with the friends, neighbors and supporters who have made this farm happen.
Featuring Chef Christian Hernandez of Barbacana located downtown, the menu will incorporate the fresh seasonal bounty of the farm and highlight the flavors of the East End.
Dinner Schedule
-6:00 pm: Doors Open
-6:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Farm Tours, Drink, & Light Bites
-7:00 pm: Seated for Dinner & Chef Introduction
-7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Food, drinks, music, fun
Sponsors get Early Access Tickets
Individual Tickets On Sale
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Interested in supporting us & our event?
Become a sponsor of Salsa de Mayo to help make this seasonal neighborhood celebration memorable!
Third Annual
Salsa Competition
Calling all home salsa makers, home growers, and farmers! We will be hosting our third annual Salsa Competition for everyone to show off their skills in the kitchen, sharing the sweet tastes of the beginning of Houston’s fresh tomato season!
Tend to your garden beds and break into the spice cabinet this Spring as we look for the best of the best in Houston! Who knows, you could even be crowned the this year’s Salsa de Mayo Champion with your home crafted salsa!
Become a part of Salsa de Mayo by volunteering at the event!
Got tomatoes…?
Every month for the first four years of Finca Tres Robles’ founding, people would drop by the farm asking for fresh tomatoes, including on cold days in the months of January and February. We realized that most Houstonians know very little about our local seasons and unique climate and what vegetables are available when.
It even took us a few years to really begin to understand that November thru February can be great months to grow vegetables and unlike the rest of the country, we prefer to take off June to August because of the “inferno” season, a season of extreme heat that most of the rest of the country doesn’t experience.
Salsa de Mayo is a celebration of what makes Houston, our climate and our community such a unique place and is the beginning of a new annual gathering in our East End community. We can’t wait to get together with our neighbors to share the flavors of our neighborhood and the farm and we hope you’ll join us. Salsa De Mayo, will continue to build upon Finca Tres Robles’ nine years of bringing the East End community together to celebrate farming, food and our neighborhood.