Main Street Searcy will be hosting its 10th annual Get Down Downtown festival this weekend, on Sept. 29th to 30th in Downtown Searcy. The free event begins Friday at 6 p.m. with three musical performances, and resumes on Saturday at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
There will be live performances both days from bands such as The Coasts, Breaking Chains, Mister Morphis and many more. Little Texas is this year\u2019s headliner and will be preforming Saturday at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cI grew up in Searcy, and my family looked forward to this event every year,\u201d junior Cara McKean said. \u201cI even got to participate in it a few times by playing the violin with my high school orchestra. Now I just go for the good food.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vendors from four different states will line the streets downtown selling a wide variety of foods and products. Food vendors will be selling everything from fried dough and chicken on a stick, to healthy drinks and vegan options.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year we will be selling multiple flavors of popsicles outside our restaurant,\u201d Burrito Day owner Brandon Fox said. \u201cWe love participating in an event that brings so much traffic to the downtown community. I would strongly encourage Harding students to come check it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Get Down Downtown is a family friendly event and caters to college students. The purpose behind the festivities is much deeper than just providing a fun atmosphere for the weekend: it aims to bring the community together while also promoting the downtown businesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing is, this event isn\u2019t just about the enjoyment of live music and good food,\u201d said Bobby Wright, Harding guitar teacher and Quattlebaum music store manager. \u201cWe want people to know about the cool places here on this side of town because the money we raise essentially supports more businesses to come to an area that\u2019s within walking distance from campus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every dollar raised from raffle tickets, t-shirt sales and vendor spaces goes directly back into Main Street Searcy\u2019s funds for downtown development.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet Down Downtown is the primer event in Searcy,\u201d said Kristy Thurmon, First Security Bank\u2019s Assistant Vice President. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun way for people to get involved in Searcy\u2019s community and support downtown business, we sponsor it because we want to do anything we can to help with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
About 25,000 people attend this event every year, and there is a chance for people who purchase raffle tickets to win a Honda Fourtrax Recon ES ATV from Sunrise Motorsports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Get Down Downtown festival committee works so hard to coordinate the music line-up, vendors and children\u2019s activities,\u201d Main Street Searcy\u2019s executive director Amy Burton said. \u201cWe are so appreciative to have the support of our sponsors and volunteers so we can present this free-admission event in Downtown Searcy every year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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