Sculptures, music, kayak & canoe races, cardboard boat races, face painting, children’s activities, environmental exhibitions, plein air painters, art & craft vendors, food trucks – RiverFest, Chestertown’s waterfront festival, will have something for everyone.
This 2nd annual celebration of art and the Chester River, which kicks off this coming Friday, September 23 at the Foot of High Street and continues through Saturday in Wilmer Park. It is a collaboration of Chestertown RiverArts, Washington College Center for Environment & Society, SANDBOX, Chestertown Arts & Entertainment District and a host of other participating organizations.
Cindy Fulton Sculpture
The fun begins Friday evening at 5:30 with the Illumination Ceremony & Sculpture Award, featuring food, beverage, and live music, followed by a street dance with Charlie the Peacock. Saturday the action moves to Wilmer Park for daylong festivities, followed by a Peacock Glow Party back at the Foot of High, from 7 – 10 pm.
Funding for this event includes ThinkBig, Chesapeake Bank & Trust, and the Kent County Arts Council.
For more information please visit www.ChestertownRiverArts.org, or call RiverArts at 410 778 6300.
RIVERFEST 2016 TIMELINE
FRIDAY, SEPT 23: 5:30 – 10 ILLUMINATION CEREMONY & PARTY
FOOT OF HIGH STREET
5:30 – 8 Food, wine, beer, live music with The Illuminators
8 – 10 Peacock Street Dance
YvngSwag performance
SATURDAY, SEPT 24: 11 AM – 5 PM
WILMER PARK
10 am: Paddle History Tour
11 – 12: Kent County High School Jazz Band
11:15 Paddle races
Noon: Chester River Rowing Club Demo
11 -3 Poker Run (no set time)
12 – 3 Michael Butler Band
1:30 Paddle History Tour
2:40 Captains meeting
2:50 Cardboard boat parade
3:00 Cardboard boat race
3:30 Award ceremony for all races
4-5 Steel band
5 pm Wilmer Park festival ends
Foot of High Street
7-10 Peacock Glow Party
with DJ Smallwood & Ducky Dyanmo,
Local Ice Cream, Beer & Wine
Chestertown RiverArts is a member-supported, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to engaging our community in the creation, appreciation, and support of the arts. We are a dynamic group of artists, art lovers, and folks who believe the arts enrich us all, both as individuals and as a community. Through programming for children and adults, exhibitions, classes, and more, we strive to excite the creative spark in everyone.
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