It wouldn’t be Festifall with out Ron Stutts and WCHL!
It’s October, and that means it’s time for Festifall!
Chapel Hill’s annual fall festival draws about 15,000 people each year to Franklin Street for a street party featuring arts, crafts, music, dance, magic, comedy, games, food, and more. This year’s event will run from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, on West Franklin Street from Mallette to Roberson.
Visit the Town of Chapel Hill’s official Festifall site.
Highlights include a Lego sculpture; a showcase of the painted goats from Galloway Ridge’s Goat Parade; and three performance stages, two of which will be MC’d by WCHL’s Ron Stutts and Aaron Keck. Performers include The Fox Fire, Cognitive Resonance, a Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens tribute band called “Your Everyday Buddy,” and Tom Maxwell, a singer/songwriter formerly of the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
Check out the official event guide here, with a map and a complete performance schedule.
The weather is expected to be sunny, with temperatures in the low- to mid-60s.
WCHL’s Ron Stutts spoke with Chapel Hill special events coordinator Wes Tilghman…
…and Aaron Keck spoke with Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt about Festifall.
Also this week, Your Everyday Buddy’s Jack Vitaliz (AKA “Ritchie Valens”) and Kevin Baker (“Buddy Holly”) joined Aaron on the air – along with drummer Steve Dear – to promote their Festifall show and play a couple acoustic songs, “Donna” and “That’ll Be The Day.”
And Pat Richardson of Galloway Ridge joined Aaron on the air this week as well, along with artist Lisa Goldstein and Sarah Lamm of the Rivers Agency, to talk about the Goat Parade.
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