the complete festival brochure

Thursday, April 21
Main Day: Saturday, April 23
107.9 WNCT Main Stage
On Center Street at Southern Bank
9:00-11:00 am
9:00 am
11:15 am
1:30 pm
3:45 pm
6:00 pm
107.9 WNCT Live Remote
Men with Faces
West Street Band
Eli Craig Band
SwivelHip
CC Ryder
WFMC & SAVEDNews Praise Stage
On SW Center Street
presented by Mount Olive First PH Church
10:00 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Ribeyes’ Pickle Party on the Patio Wine Tasting
Ribeyes Steakhouse, 211 NW Center Street, from 6-8:30 pm. Featuring
Country Squire Winery, the NCPF’s own branded wine, and live music by Eric
Schleffer of Men with Faces. Tickets, $20/person or $50/couple.
Friday, April 22
Katie Country 97.7 presents RaeLynn in Concert
with special guest Blake Kearney Band
Mount Olive Airport, 227 Mount Olive Airport Road
Gates open at 7. Concert, 8-11 pm Concessions, Beer Garden
Tickets at the gate: $25 *include sales tax. Advance tickets, $13.25 plus taxes & fees,
online at www.ncpicklefest.org or in person at the Mount Olive Chamber and Katie Country 97.7
Pay One Price Carnival Rides: Downtown
Ride all you want for $10, from 5-9 pm. Concessions by Tri-County EMC
Jerry Strickland
Mount Olive 1st PH Praise Band
The Southern Ambassadors
Matt Bartlett Band
Kevin Gardner
Drummers World Drumline
Bethel Church Worship
Apostle Norbett & the Gospel Heirs
Worship with Julius Witherspoon & Friends
Sunday, April 24
N.C. Pickle Festival Praise & Worship Service
at Mount Olive First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 6 pm
130 Ed Edmundson Road
Presented by the Mount Olive Ministerial Association
Festival Details
Mount Olive Tribune Dancers Stage
On the Grass at North Center Street
9:00 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm
1:15 pm
2:15 pm
3:15 pm
Tippy Toes Dance Studio
The Arts Company of Faison
Mrs. Robin’s Academy of Dance
Miss Goldsboro Casey Croom and Miss Goldsboro
Outstanding Teen Isabella Gaines
N.C. Pickle Princess Court
Desiree Autrey’s Academy of Dance
Ballet Folklorico De Colores
Legacy Dance Project
Kevin Jones Dance Team
The News Argus Corner
At Center and East James
9:00 am
9:00 am
12:00 pm
2:00 pm
Naturalization Ceremony, Mount Olive Town Hall, 114
East James Street
N.C Pickle Festival Chili Cookoff, presented by First
South Bank & Goldsboro News Argus New!
The Hwy 55 Challenge
The Mascot Race New!
Parking / Shuttle
Downtown parking at the festival is limited to one side of the street only. DO
NOT park in marked No Parking areas, as your vehicle will be towed.
Handicapped Only Parking is available at 111 N. Chestnut Street (the
former Steele Library location.)
Park at the University of Mount Olive’s Kornegay Arena (634 Henderson
Street) and hop on the FREE downtown shuttle. Shuttle hours are 9:30 am 8:30 pm.
$
N.C. Pickle Festival
Official Map & Schedule of Events
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
April 22-24, 2016
www.ncpicklefest.org
ATM Machines
Three ATM machines are located downtown: at the Carnival Rides on
Chestnut Street, at First South Bank (213 N. Chestnut Street) and Wells
Fargo (NE Center Street).
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Restrooms
Portable toilets and hand washing stations are at four locations: Behind
Southern Bank off Center Street, on East John Street just off North Center
(new location), on College Street near the Mount Olive Tribune Dancers
Stage, and near the Carnival Rides on Chestnut Street.
Pets
We strongly encourage festival goers to leave their pets at home.
Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce
123 N. Center Street, Mount Olive, NC 28365
919.658.3113 www.mountolivechamber.com
www.ncpicklefest.org
First Aid Station
The festival’s first aid station, provided by Wayne County EMS, is located
on Center Street near East Main Street, in front of Southern Bank.
Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce
Mount Olive, North Carolina
Center Street
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MT. OLIVE PICKLE PLAZA
FREE PICKLES at the Mt. Olive Pickle Booth
Mt. Olive Pickle Gift Shop
Ollie Q. Cumber
Pickle Packing Production Challenge
NCPF Information Booth & Festival Headquarters.
Purchase your festival shirts and hats here!
NEWS ARGUS CORNER at Center & East James
First South Bank Chili Cookoff: 9-4 pm
Hwy 55’s The 55 Challenge: 12 noon
The Mascot Race: 2 pm New!
Naturalization Ceremony: 9 am in Mount Olive Town Hall
Sponsors Hospitality Suite: Kommunicate Plus,10-6 pm
107.9 WITN MAIN STAGE at Center & Main
Live Remote Broadcast 9-11 am
(see back for full schedule)
Roaming entertainment all day: Jef the Mime, Magician Glenn
Yost, Jingles the Clown
South Center / East Main Streets
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David John Aaron Long Museum, home of Mount Olive
Area Historical Association. Live spinning demonstration.
Open all day.
Pickleball Demonstration, noon to 3 pm
UMO Artisan Village New!
Fine arts show and pottery demonstration all day.
Goldsboro Harley Owners Group Motorcycle display
The Almost Amazing Rex
Department of Veterans Affairs Mobile Vet Center
Circus Stella—Shows: 10:35 am, 12:35 pm, 2:35 pm
Albritton Recreation Park Riding for a Playground.
Registration, 9-9:45 am, motorcycle ride starts at 10 am,
returning to the festival around noon.
WFMC & SAVEDNews PRAISE STAGE—SW Center
Street (see back)
RESTROOMS—Behind Southern Bank
FIRST AID STATION
West Main & Chestnut Streets
16. AUTHORS ALLEY
17. Friends of Steele Library Book Sale
Friends Warehouse behind the new Steele Memorial
Library.
FRIDAY: 2-7:30 pm. Enter through Chestnut Street
parking lot only. SATURDAY 8-4 pm. Enter through
Authors Alley or Chestnut Street parking lot.
18. MOUNT OLIVE HISTORIC DEPOT
NCPF Student Art Show
Seniors Art Show
NCPF Volunteer Orientation & Check In
19. Cowboy Trick Roping by Mark Madden
20. Carnival Rides. Pay One Price Friday only, 5-9 pm
21. Pickle Derby, Wayne Community College Children’s
Fingerprinting, Pickle Train, Ronald McDonald, 11-1
R RESTROOMS—Chestnut Street
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ATM
Chestnut & West James Streets
22. Model A Ford Clubs Display — 10-3 pm
23. MESSENGER ACTION ALLEY
Camel Rides, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Water
Wars, Rock Wall, Bungee Jump, Boxing Ring
24. Ice sales (for vendors)
25. Eastern Carolina Vintage Farm Equipment Display
26. Ollie Q. Cumber’s piano
HANDICAPPED PARKING—Corner of
Chestnut & James at the OFWB Convention
Headquarters, 111 N. Chestnut Street.
North Center Street
Saturday Events Outside of Downtown
27. Purchase N.C. Pickle Festival Commemorative
Wine, Ribeyes Steakhouse, 211 NW Center Street
R RESTROOMS—East John Street
$
ATM
28. Wayne County Cruisers Car Show—9 am to 4 pm
29. MOUNT OLIVE TRIBUNE DANCERS STAGE
Ballet Folklorico De Colores 1:15-2:15 pm
(see back for full schedule)
30. FREE SHUTTLE to Kornegay Arena from MO Fire
Department 9:30 am - 8:30 pm
R RESTROOMS—College Street near Dancers Stage
Tour de Pickle Bike Ride—Registration starts at 8 am, race time is 9:30 am at the
Mt. Olive Pickle Distribution Center, 1301 N. Center Street. 25, 50, and 75 mile
routes through scenic Wayne, Duplin and Sampson counties.
University of Mount Olive
Cuke Patch 5K Run - Registration starts at 7 am, race time is 8 am from Kornegay
Arena. Route features downtown Mount Olive.
FREE PARKING AND SHUTTLE to downtown from Kornegay Arena, 9:30 am to
8:30 pm.
HELICOPTER RIDES—$20 for 5-minute flight over Mount Olive. UMO’s Kornegay
Arena.
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RESTROOMS—Kornegay Arena