Kumquat Festival
The Kumquat Festival is an annual celebration held in late January in Dade City, Florida focused on the kumquat, a small tart citrus fruit usually eaten whole, with the skin on, and used in marmalades and desserts. It is organized by the Dade City Chamber of Commerce. The festival brings tens of thousands of visitors and is in its 24th year as of 2021. The crop can be damaged by freezes. The festival features kumquat pie, a specialty of Pasco County where Dade City is located. Nearby St. Joseph, Florida is known as the kumquat capital of the world, according to Kumquat Festival brochures. Kumquat Festival Archived 2019-04-06 at the Wayback Machine Kumquat Growers Inc.