People fill Main Street in Thomasville for Everybody’s Day. The state’s oldest festival returns to the city Saturday. Admission is free. FILE | AP
According to Doug Croft, president of the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce, Saturday’s festival will feature arts, crafts, carnival rides and music.
“It’s just a great day of fun,” Croft said. “It’s called Everybody’s Day. In reality, we take that seriously. The fact is that you can come to this festival and the entire family can enjoy it. Kids can enjoy the rides. Dad can listen to blues or beach music. Mom can shop for arts and crafts.”
At the festival, there will be 25 arts and crafts vendors in a special “Artisan’s block” who will be competing for the “Best-in-Show prize awards. Organizers say the festival also will have a food court featuring 25 vendors offering a huge assortment of food items. Several of the food vendors are local civic organizations that use proceeds from Everybody’s Day to support local charitable causes.
For music lovers, the festival will have four stages of live entertainment with beach music, rhythm and blues, rock ’n’ roll, country, gospel and dance. The headliner for the day will be the Part Time Party Time Band that will take the stage at 2 p.m. in the Kerr Drug Parking Lot.
“They are really popular here,” Croft said of the band. “We are glad to feature Carolina beach music. We are excited about it. They are definitely regional favorites.”
Move More Thomasville, a monthly exercise incentive program sponsored by the Thomasville Medical Center, Thomasville City Schools, and the Thomasville Recreation Department, will allow any festival visitor to participate in the Move More Thomasville official walk and enter into a drawing for $25.
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AT A GLANCE
What: Everybody’s Day
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday
Where: Main Street, Thomasville
Admission: Free.
Highlights: 25 food vendors and 150 arts, crafts and other vendors: various types of live music performances
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