City of Kyle to Host Kyle Pie in the Sky Day Celebration 

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
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City of Kyle to Host Kyle Pie in the Sky Day Celebration 

     DATE/TIME: Saturday, Sept. 3 from 12 – 8 p.m.  

     LOCATION: Gregg-Clarke Park  

     WEBSITE: PieintheSky.com  

KYLE, TEXAS — Join the Pie Capital of Texas this Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 12 – 8 p.m. at Gregg-Clarke Park for the Kyle Pie in the Sky Day Celebration.   

There will be entertainment for the whole family including a vendor market, a great live music lineup, a kids’ play area, and tethered hot air balloon rides. Pie festivities will include a pie toss, a pie walk, a pie baking contest, pie eating contest, pie vendors (sweet and savory), and more.  

The 2022 Kyle Pie in the Sky Day Celebration will be taking place at Gregg-Clarke Park this year due to ongoing dam construction at Lake Kyle Park. We look forward to returning it to Lake Kyle in 2023.  

Music Lineup:  

  • 12:30 PM - Broken Arrow  
  • 1:30 PM - Jukebox Preachers ft. Art Tigerina  
  • 3 PM -LC Rocks  
  • 4:30 PM - Kyle Park  
  • 6 PM - JR Gomez y Los Conjunto Bandits  

The Pie Baking Contest will take place on Stage 1 at 2:30 p.m. This year’s Pie Baking Contest will be judged in two pie categories: savory and sweet. Both categories will be open to the first 15 participants for each. Pies must be submitted by 2:15 p.m. the day of, if submitted after 2:15 p.m., the contestant will be disqualified. Judging will be based on 3 criteria: creativity, taste, and presentation. Prizes will be donated by the Texas Pie Company for the Top Two in each category. For more info or to register, teamsideline.com/kyle

The Pie Eating Contest will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Stage 1. For this competition, contestants will compete to be the first to finish an entire pie. This contest and all prizes are sponsored by Broadway Bank.   

There will also be a Pi Recitation Contest, where contestants will take turns reciting the numerical Pi to the nearest 100th decimal point, held at 3 p.m. on Stage 2.  

Entry into the 2022 Kyle Pie in the Sky Day Celebration will be free. Tethered hot air balloon rides and the vendors market will charge independently.  

Limited on-site parking will be available at Gregg-Clarke Park, Central Texas AMVETS and Wallace Middle School on a first come, first served basis. Free parking and shuttles will also be available off-site at St. Anthony’s Church. The free shuttles will run continuously during festival hours. ADA shuttles are available, and St. Anthony’s has handicapped parking.  

Skip parking all together and use the city’s UberKyle$3.14 rideshare program. Just download the City of Kyle App, claim your voucher and take a trip to anywhere that begins and ends within Kyle City Limits, for the small price of $3.14. For more information on how to use the Uber Kyle $3.14 program, go to CityofKyle.com/UberKyle314.  

If you would like to volunteer for the Kyle Pie in the Sky Day Celebration, sign up online.  

The Kyle Pie in the Sky Hot Air Balloon Festival is made possible through the generous donations made by H-E-B, Renewal by Anderson, the Texas Pie Company and Broadway Bank. 

For more information, go to PieintheSky.com