The 44th Annual Spring Water Festival will be held in Williamston’s historic Mineral Spring Park on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3.
This years festival will include the 5K Spring Water Run, auto show, firetruck rides and more than 75 vendors are expected. Twenty food vendors will be offering festival food and drinks.
New at this year’s festival will be FREE children’s fun zone with bounce/inflatables and the new playground area in Mineral Spring Park will be open!
Also new this year will be a Pickleball Tournament. Men and women of all skill levels are invited to participate in this fun event which will be held on both days. Registration is $30 per team.
The pickleball tournament will begin Friday night at 6 p.m. There will be round robin brackets with cash prizes and trophies. Sign-up information and registration is available on the festival website at www.springwaterfestival.com or online at https://GQR.sh/n2vn.
For more information contact Pickle Ball Tournament organizer Jennifer Janssen at Janssenhigginstax@gmail.com
The Spring Water Run will be held Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 am. Registration and start will be at 4 W Main St. in Williamston. The run/walk will start and end at the parking lot beside McDonald’s. DJEZ will entertain during the event.
All proceeds go towards renovations for the Mineral Spring Park. Registration fee includes a race *shirt, bib, and timing chip. Packet Pickup will be held race morning starting at 6:30am. *Shirts: Race shirts can be added on to any registration for $12 each
Cash and gift card prizes will be awarded to the top 3 females and males.
For more information and link to race signup, go to www.springwaterfestival.com
The Auto Show will be held Saturday, May 3 at the Williamston Fire Department, Auto show participants are asked to pre-register online.
Entries should report to the registration table in the fire department to pay fees and receive car information sheet and entry number.
Registration fee is $20. Registration will start 8 am until 12 pm Awards will be presented at 3 pm.
Awards include the Will Drake Memorial Award, Top 25 Vehicles, “Best Of” (GM, Ford, truck, street rod, Mopar , original) Steve Ellison Award and Best Rat Rod.
For additional information contact David Huff at wfdchief@williamstonsc.us or 864-625-1281.
Register online at www.springwaterfestival.com
Bob Seymore will return as West Allen Williams living statue.
Headlining festival entertainment on Friday night will be Will & The Exclamation, a 11-piece band from Atlanta. The band features founder and lead vocalist Will Preyer, a renowned Atlanta-based artist and producer with years of experience in the events industry.
D.J. Gaspar will kick off entertainment on May 2 at 5 pm. Will and The Exclamation will perform 6 pm to 10 pm.
All day entertainment on Saturday will include Kalab Cox, The Cashmere Possums and Crawford/Colt.
Applications are still being accepted for craft, business and non-profit vendors, the auto show and the SK Spring Water Run.
For more information and registration/application links, go to the festival website at www.springwaterfestival.com.
