After a several-year hiatus, The Great Zucchini Race is returning Saturday, October 7th. This year, the popular homegrown event is hosted by the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market and Bainbridge Island Kids Discovery Museum (KiDiMu). It is being held outside Bainbridge Performing Art’s brand-new building adjacent to the Farmers Market/Town Square site.

Open to everyone, these age- and weight-classified races are a farm-to-finish line battle! Contestants hit their “labs” to modify and customize zucchinis of all sizes and then, on the big day, launch them down the racetrack in search of glory. “Vehicle” weigh-in starts at 10 am, and the races start at 11:30 am.