If you are looking for something to do today, you don’t have far to go as today marks the 24th annual Dublin Peanut Festival!
The Peanut Festival will kick off with a parade at 10 a.m. The Grand Marshal will be Lelmer Bryan, the oldest WWII Veteran.
We will have the Classic Cruisers Car Show, Some of North Carolina’s best Food Vendors, Craft Vendors, Bar-B-Que Lunch & Plate sale, Kiddie and Women’s Tractor Pull, All Day Live Entertainment, Peanut Recipe Cook-Off, Mechanical Rides, Games, Our Secret Recipe Hot Dogs & Sausage Dogs. We have also added Steak and Chicken Fajitas to our own food lineup.
Our Peanut Festival T-Shirt design is drawn each year by the students at Dublin Elementary School. The festival Tee Shirt Committee selects a winner from all the drawings. This year’s winner has been chosen and the shirts will surely go fast. The cost is $10 each and are on sale at Houston’s Peanuts in Dublin and Dublin School.
We have new rides coming for 2016 along with some of the same rides and activity houses the kids look for each year. There is also large rides for the older kids and adults. There is plenty to keep the kids busy as well as something the adults will enjoy too!
This year’s Peanut Recipe Cook-Off Contest will consist of 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners in 3 divisions, Candy, Bread and Dessert. Judging will begin at 11:30 a.m. so bring your prize winning food entry early. Set up is in the school cafeteria.
Our Entertainment lineup this year is one we are very proud to announce. It leads off with the Carolina Soul Band and up next will be the Carolina Breakers. Our entertainment is brought to you this year by, “Crossroads Ford of Lumberton”. So put on your dancing shoes or just bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a day with these fantastic bands.
To check out all the Peanut Festival has to offer and to learn more about the festival’s origins, go to www.dublinpeanutfestival.com.
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