For over 30 years, historic downtown Martin has been filled with food and street fair vendors, rides, live music and more, all in celebration of the soybean, Tennessee’s top agricultural commodity.
Braxton Sharp, a senior majoring in marketing from Atoka, with his clothing brand “Sharp & Still” at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Tylan Johnson, a sophomore health and human performance major from Huntingdon, preforms during the Faith and Family Night at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Custom sign at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Participants in the eating competition at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Tylan Johnson, a sophomore health and human performance major from Huntingdon, preforms during the Faith and Family Night at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Ducks at the petting zoo at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Volunteers hand out food during the Faith and Family Night at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Members of Overflow Church preform at the Faith and Family Night during the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)A llama at the petting zoo at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)Volunteers from Martin First Baptist Church give out ice cream during the Faith and Family Night at the Grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin, Tennessee on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pacer Photo / Darby Self)
