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As
many as 10,000 people – maybe more if
the weather is fine – are expected to
throng South White Street Saturday for
the 26th Meet in the Street,
Wake Forest’s arts and crafts festival.
But three other events will
also draw people into town over the
weekend: the Wake Forest Farmers Market
(in a different location) and the
Friends of the Wake Forest Public
Library used book sale on Saturday and
Six Sundays in Spring on Sunday.
Mark Fleming, the executive
director of the Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce, which sponsors the event with
WakeMed, said they have seen more
activity and more interest than in
previous years.
That may be because of the
broader advertising through MIX 101.5
WRAL-FM. The radio station and The Wake
Weekly are the media sponsors.
Visitors will find arts and
crafts made by nearly 70 vendors from
across the Southeast: paintings,
jewelry, home décor, whirly-gigs and
many more items.
There will be entertainment
on two stages provided by dancers,
singers and musicians from local
schools. “We’ve found that if we have
the school groups, we get the parents,
grandparents, aunts and uncles,” Fleming
said.
A clown, Paul Miller with
his Flow Circus, will perform juggling
and magic. Also on hand will be some
favorite Triangle mascots: Wool E. Bull,
Muddy the Mudcat and the UNC-CH symbol,
Ramses.
Wake Forest Drug is
underwriting the Children’s Village
where you will find games and activities
staffed by the Banks Kerr Family YMCA.
The Food Village
underwritten by Lawrence Homes will have
the usual hot dogs and hamburgers, and
this year they are adding Greek Gyros
and pita sandwiches.
Fleming also said downtown
merchants were pleased with the change
last year that placed the vendor booths
in the middle of the street, allowing
better access to the businesses. “After
all, the reason we do this is for the
downtown.”
Saturday’s Farmers Market
will be smaller and in a different place
because Meet in the Street needs the
gazebo parking lot for its many
activities. Look for the Farmers Market
on the lawn at Sunflower Studio on West
Jones Street (thank you Linda Burrell).
The market will return on May 13 for its
grand opening for the summer back in the
gazebo parking lot.
The used book sale will be
held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the former
Winn-Dixie in the Wake Forest Plaza on
Brooks Street. The Friends hope to raise
$2,000 from the sale to be used for
adult and children’s programs at the
library and to support it in other ways.
Six Sundays in Spring, a
series of free concerts on the lawn at
the Calvin Jones House sponsored by the
Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association,
will feature Mister Felix this week. The
four local musicians play jazz, rock and
roll and ballads, and have appeared at
Sunflower Studio and The Cotton Company. |
