Saturday October 4 - 9am to 6pm
Sunday October 5 - 12pm to 5pm

Hickman County Ag Pavilion, Upper Shipps Bend Road, Centerville TN

Entertainment Schedule ▲

The National Banana Pudding Festival features 2 stages of entertainment all day Saturday and Sunday. Check back in September for the full schedule.

Saturday Oct 4, 2025
9:00am - 11:00am	Mable's Front Porch Stage	National Banana Pudding Cook-off Contestants go head to head live to decide the best banana pudding in the country.
10:30am - 11:45am	Arena Stage	On The Rise
11:15am - 12:00pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Cook-off Auction Take home a pan of a national winning banana pudding.
11:45am	Arena Stage	Pudding Eating Contest
12:00pm	Arena Stage	Opening Ceremonies with Carlin Cochran
12:15pm - 1:30pm	Arena Stage	Angie Laster & Band
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Kinleigh Bragg
1:30pm	Arena Stage	Cook-off Winners Announced
1:45pm - 3:15 pm	Arena Stage	Jake Leg Stompers
1:15pm - 2:00pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Regina Tia
3:15pm	Arena Stage	Pudding Eating Contest
2:15pm - 3:00pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Livi Smith
3:30pm - 4:15pm	Arena Stage	Kingsley Brock
3:30pm - 3:45pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Children's Banana Pudding Eating Contest
4:00pm - 4:45pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Jill King
4:30pm - 6:00pm	Arena Stage	Brown's Gift Shop Revival Rock
Sunday Oct 5
12:00pm - 2:00pm	Arena Stage	Dixieland - Daniel Bey
12:15pm - 1:15pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Muletown Stompers
2:00pm	Arena Stage	Pudding Eating Contest
2:30pm - 3:45pm	Arena Stage	Chicago Charlie and The Businessmen
1:30pm - 2:15pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Runaway Puppet Theater
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage<	Children's Pudding Eating Contest
3:45pm	Arena Stage	Pudding Eating Contest
2:45pm - 3:30pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Harrison Kelly & Brooke
4:00pm - 4:45pm	Arena Stage	Gloria McCord & Barry Bigby
4:00pm -4:45pm	Mable's Front Porch Stage	Runaway Puppet Theater

How to Get Here ▲

The National Banana Pudding Festival is held at the Hickman County Ag Pavilion in Centerville, TN, about an hour's drive southwest of Nashville.

You can choose free parking at the offsite lot with a free 5-minute shuttle ride, or park onsite for $20.

For the free shuttled parking lot, set your GPS map to:
1 Atys Way, Centerville, TN 37033
or
Google Maps code: QG95+X22

For $20 onsite parking, set your GPS map to: Upper Shipps Bend Rd, Centerville, TN 37033

 

Puddin' Path Flavors ▲

The main attraction at the festival is always the Puddin' Path, where you sample many different flavors and styles of banana pudding. Each recipe is created and served by friendly people from one of the area's non-profit organizations. Proceeds from each tray go to the non-profits, and there are to-go servings of your favorites available for purchase.

This year's Puddin' Path flavors:

pudding flavor	proceeds go to
Banana Moon Pie Pudding	Duck River United Methodist Charge
Puddin' & Pearls	Centerville Women's Club
Banana Split	Combat Cancer Relay for Life team
The Chisel with Oreos	Fairfield Church of Christ Youth
Chocolate Banana	Relay for Life Barbara's Brigade
Soxamino Horchata	East Hickman High School Culinary Dept
White Chocolate & Caramel	Fairfield Relay for Life team
Belle's Best	Shady Grove United Methodist Church
Salted Caramel	Children's Tumor Foundation
A Tropical View	The View Community Resource Coalition
S'mores	Anew Life Church

Our Sponsors ▲

• Agrana
  Apex Bank
  Ascension St. Thomas
  Bates&Bates Law Office
  Beacon Light Tea Room
  Cano's
  Centerville Main Street
  Chappell's Home Town Foods
  Colton's Steak House and Grill
  Dickson Dunkin Donuts
  East Hickman Mobile Storage
  Fast Pace
  Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery
  Fish Camp
  Heritage Bank & Trust
  Hickman County Chamber of Commerce Horseshoe Bend Farm Wines
  Jello/Kraft Heinz
  Jones Heat & Air
  Karco Parts
  Liberty Pharmacy
  McDonald Funeral HomeMeriwether Lewis Connect
  Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative
  Mi Cosina
  Moon Pie
  Nilla
  Owen's Corner Mart
  Papa Kay Joes
  
• Pizza Hut
  Prairie Farms
  Prince Hardware
  Skeeters Pub & Grub
  State Farm
  Subway
  The Shop Screen Printing & Signs
  Tidwell Tires
  TN Art Commission
  Wagon Wheel II
  Walmart
  Warden Construction
  Zaxbys

Festival Map ▲

Food & Vendors ▲

• FOOD VENDORS
  Alsup Concessions
  Corner Pub
  Fruit Tea Chicks
  Fryz Wit Dat
  Kernies Kettle Corn
  Kona Ice
  Mikey's Pizza
  NyTy
  Palate Junkies / E's Squeezed Lemonade
  Papa's BBQ
  Peak Concessions
  Pops BBQ
  Southern Smokehouse
  Southern Spoons Catering
  T&B German Roasted Nuts
  The Fish Shak
  Tiki Grill
  TN Subs
  Zaxby's
  CRAFT VENDORS
  721 Designs
  A Child's Wonderland
  A Spoon Full of Sugar
  A Touch of Glass
  A&B Tropics
  A&S Designs
  Army/National Guard Recruiting
  Babbs Bakery
  Bath Fitter
  BDR Laser
  Bears Bearing Memories
  Beers Crafty Creations
  Behavioral Health/Suicide Prevention
  Bettie Hight
  Bluewater Belles
  Buff City Soap
  Bull Boards
  Bylers Quality Construction
  Cactus Grove Designs
  Colleen's Homemade Gifts
  Creative Designs by Sara
  Cutco Cutlery
  Dana's Creations
  DB3 Metalworks
  Dirty Dough
  Duck River Conservancy
  Eternally Adorned Permanent Jewelry
  Family Advantage FCU
  Fire & Sage
  Five-Dough Bakes & Breads
  Frios Gourmet Pops
  Graceful blessings
  Hickman County Prevention
  Home Run Wreaths
  Improveit Home Remodeling
  International Cultural Exchange
  J&J Knives
  Jerky Time
  Jolees Laundry
  Jonathan Martin & Company
  JP Salsa
  Just Homemade
  L&B Crafts
  Lampleys Green Acres
  Leaf Filter
  Leggs Funny Farm
  Lilla Rose
  Magnolia Mercantile
  Mamama's Chocolate Gravy
  Old Fashion Sass
  One of a Chime
  One of a Kind Gifts
  PAINTOPIA
  PARKERS ORIGINAL
  Pup and Dragon Creations
  Rachels Crafty Creations
  Renewal by Anderson
  Rider Coffee Company
  S&S Freshies
  Sassafras Gap Apothecary
  Shaklee
  Shipps Bend Wood
  Southern Country Preserves / The Mad Jamateer
  Southern Scents & More
  Spoil Yourself
  Squeaky Heifer
  Sweet 2 Spicy
  Tennessee River Creations
  Terri's Stained Glass & More
  The Crystal Campers
  The Grey Thimble
  The Laughing Goat
  The Metal Man
  The Udder Soap Company
  TNT 3D Designs
  Tom Law Insurance
  Tupperware
  Vaughn Crochet
  Vexing Venom Creations
  Vintage Again Arts
  Voices for a Safer TN
  Waters Edge Creations
  Wild Bill's Soda
  Window nation
  Youth Villages