Happy Friday y’all!
There’s no denying it now, summer is rapidly coming to an end and we’re not sure how to feel about it! The beginning of a new school year is always so much fun, and football season is right around the corner so that’s a definite plus! Attending Bright Lights Belhaven Nights next Saturday the 11th, is the perfect way to end a fantastic summer. Make sure you put this event on your calendar, you won’t want to miss it!
There’s no denying it now, summer is rapidly coming to an end and we’re not sure how to feel about it! The beginning of a new school year is always so much fun, and football season is right around the corner so that’s a definite plus! Attending Bright Lights Belhaven Nights next Saturday the 11th, is the perfect way to end a fantastic summer. Make sure you put this event on your calendar, you won’t want to miss it!
Bright Lights Belhaven Nights (BLBN) is presented by the Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation every year. 2018 marks the fourteenth year of the festival. You can attend the festival on Saturday August 11th from 5-10 pm in the historic Belhaven neighborhood. BLBN has something for everyone, it’s truly a family event. The event is presented by Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, C Spire, and The Manship and will have live music on three stages in the neighborhood. In addition to live music, local handmade crafts will be available for sale. If that wasn’t enough, fantastic food and refreshing beverages from Mississippi’s best restaurants and breweries will also be available.
“Bright Lights Belhaven Nights brings the city together and helps highlight the amazing community that we get to enjoy as residents of Historic Belhaven. For Belhaven residents, BLBN is second only to Christmas as their most favorite day of the year!” says Reed Hogan, long time Belhaven resident. This year Robert Randolph and The Family Band will headline the festival. The Weeks will also return home to perform at the festival. Until 8:00 pm there is a special area full of activities for children of all ages. Additionally, there will be an area of parked food trucks serving up delicious food and drinks.
“Bright Lights Belhaven Nights brings the city together and helps highlight the amazing community that we get to enjoy as residents of Historic Belhaven. For Belhaven residents, BLBN is second only to Christmas as their most favorite day of the year!” says Reed Hogan, long time Belhaven resident. This year Robert Randolph and The Family Band will headline the festival. The Weeks will also return home to perform at the festival. Until 8:00 pm there is a special area full of activities for children of all ages. Additionally, there will be an area of parked food trucks serving up delicious food and drinks.
Set in the historic Belhaven neighborhood, the street festival is an end-of-the-summer tradition that celebrates all things that make Greater Belhaven a great place to work, live and play, including art, music, children’s activities and food. Bright Lights Belhaven Nights has repeatedly been named a Top 20 Event in the Southeast for the month of August by the Southeast Tourism Society. The historic Belhaven neighborhood also was designated as one of American Planning Association “Great Neighborhoods in America 2014.”
Advance tickets are $10 per person and are available online at www.greaterbelhaven.com or $15 at the gate (cash only). Children ages 12 and under are free and must be with a supervising adult at all times. Gates open at 5:00 p.m.
The festival will extend along Carlisle Street from McDade’s parking lot toward New Stage Theatre, and also turn onto Kenwood Place and extend into Belhaven Park. Free parking will be available along Belhaven streets that have not been closed off, and in the parking garage adjacent to Baptist Health Systems Medical Arts East at the corner of North and Carlisle Streets. The entry gates will be located on Carlisle and Poplar streets.
Advance tickets are $10 per person and are available online at www.greaterbelhaven.com or $15 at the gate (cash only). Children ages 12 and under are free and must be with a supervising adult at all times. Gates open at 5:00 p.m.
The festival will extend along Carlisle Street from McDade’s parking lot toward New Stage Theatre, and also turn onto Kenwood Place and extend into Belhaven Park. Free parking will be available along Belhaven streets that have not been closed off, and in the parking garage adjacent to Baptist Health Systems Medical Arts East at the corner of North and Carlisle Streets. The entry gates will be located on Carlisle and Poplar streets.
To learn more about Bright Lights Belhaven Nights including the band line-up, find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/belhavennights, follow them on Instagram at www.instagram.com/greaterbelhaven and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/greaterbelhaven, visit them at www.greaterbelhaven.com/blbn or call 601-352-8850.
Photos Courtesy of the Greater Belhaven Foundation
Photos Courtesy of the Greater Belhaven Foundation
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