The 2024 Gateway to the Delta Festival will blossom into full glory on the Charleston Court Square this coming Saturday, Oct. 12.
The annual family-friendly event, organized by the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort (CARE), will showcase both familiar and new offerings.
This largest festival in Tallahatchie County features a fun run/walk; free live musical entertainment; arts and crafts and other booths galore; children’s inflatables, games and other activities in the Kids’ Zone; a car show; class reunion tents; a country petting zoo; a children’s pageant; food trucks and more.
The schedule is as follows:
» 8:00 a.m. – Mayor’s fun run/walk
» 8:00-11:00 a.m. – Car show registration
» 10:00 a.m. – Official welcome by CARE Executive Director Dana Clolinger and Charles-ton Mayor Sedrick Smith; opening prayer by Grant Gilliam, pastor of Charleston First Presbyterian Church; the national anthem by Shelby Boone; and introduction of the master of ceremonies, who is Ping Pong Paris
» 10:00 a.m. – Kids’ Zone opens
» 10:30 a.m. – CAREing Heart award presentation
» 10:45-11:30 a.m. – Tiny Miss, Little Miss and Little Mr. Gateway pageant
» 12:00-12:45 p.m. – New Town Missionary Baptist Church Choir
» 1:15-2:45 p.m. – The Krackerjacks band
» 3:00-4:00 p.m. – Muddy Alexander
» 4:00 p.m. – Kids’ Zone closes; photo contest winner announced
» 4:15 p.m. – Volunteer of the Year award presentation
» 4:30 p.m. – Hometown Hero award presentation
» 4:45 p.m. – Smoochin’ Scissors kiss the pig “winner” unveiled (will it be Danny Adams, John Ball Burnett or David Groner who has to pucker up?)
» 5:00-6:30 p.m. – S.L.A.S.H.
» 7:00-8:30 p.m. – The Dukes of Country
» 8:30 p.m. – “Split the Pot” announcement
» 9:00-11:00 p.m. – Aquanet
For more information about Saturday's festival, visit the official website, charlestongatewayfestival.org, follow the latest event plans on Facebook at Charleston Gateway to the Delta Festival, or call the CARE organizers at 662-647-0942.
