Bright Lights Belhaven Nights Street Festival
The Hottest Festival in Town!
Sponsors and Musicians Schedule Released
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2009
CONTACT: Virgi Lindsay, Executive Director, 601-352-8850
Set among twinkling lights along historic Carlisle Street, five stages will feature local musicians during the end-of-summer celebration, Bright Lights Belhaven Nights, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Saturday, August 15th.
The street festival schedule is as follows:
Basil’s Songwriter’s Stage: David Womack – 6:00-7:00; Virgil Brawley – 7:15-8:15; Noah Thompson – 8:30-9:30
Baptist Health Systems Main Stage: Hardline Monks – 6:00-7:00; Passenger Jones – 7:15-8:15; The Weeks – 8:30-9:30
Trustmark Nataional Bank Jazz Stage: Swing de Paris – 5:30-7:00; Howard Jones Jazz with London Branch and Sherrill Holly – 7:00-9:00
Fenian’s Celtic Stage: St. Brigid’s – 6:00-7:00; Spirits of the House – 7:15-8:15; Jackson Irish Dancers – 8:30-9:30
Pyron Group Newgrass Stage: The Rounders – 6:00-7:00; Sherman Lee Dillon – 7:15-8:15; The Dixie Nationals – 8:30-9:30
MS Army National Guard and MS Sports Medicine Children’s Area: Edwin McAllister – 5:15-6:00
Admission to the festival is $3 for those 13 and older and $1 for children age 12 and younger. Parking will be available at New Stage Theatre, along Belhaven streets and at the parking garage adjacent to Baptist Health Systems Medical Arts East at the corner of North and Carlisle Streets. TheFondren Trolley, sponsored by McDade’s Market, will be operating during the festival hours.
“We are pleased that we are still able to provide an event for the metro area and beyond where a family of four can attend with such a reasonable cost” said Virgi Lindsay, executive director of the Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation (GBNF).
Businesses from Greater Belhaven and the Belhaven Market will be selling a variety of items including foods, arts and crafts. Beverages, including soft drinks, beer and bottled water will be on sale as well.
Sponsors for the festival are: Southeast Tourism Society, Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation, Greater Belhaven Market, Southern Beverage, MS Army National Guard, MS Sports Medicine, Basil’s of Belhaven, Pyron Group, McDade’s Market, Trustmark National Bank, Baptist Health Systems, Jackson Arts Council, Pizza Shack, Emmy May Design and Constructions Management, Belhaven Improvement Association, Nix-Tann and Associates, Old House Depot, John Lewis Real Estate, Kat’s Wine Cellar, P&K Magazine, Henry LaRose Realtors, Greater Belhaven Security Association, Cabot Lodge, Community Bank and Fenian’s Pub.
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The Foundation, which is a non-profit group governed by a board of directors with representation from Belhaven and Belhaven Heights, works to improve and revitalize the area through long-range planning, economic restructuring, historic preservation, green space enhancement, and improvement of Fortification Street, the major east-west corridor between the two neighborhoods.
Editor’s note: Digital images available upon request.