Newberry Fall Festival is Saturday
By Rachael Anne Ryals
Herald Staff Writer

NEWBERRY – This Saturday brings cooler temperatures and the first fall festival in the Crescent Communities.

Newberry’s Fall Festival, called the Rural All American Extravaganza, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in downtown Newberry.

The festival, which will be held on South Seaboard Road behind Ameris Bank, is sponsored by the Newberry Main Street Program.

The festival will include almost 50 vendor booths selling carnival food like corn dogs and funnel cakes, as well as booths selling jewelry, crafts and homemade items.

There will be games for children to play.

Lone Breed, a band that plays music from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, will perform.

The festival will have something for environmentalists, too. Newberry High School students will have a booth where they give away seedlings to plant.

And local car dealer Wade Raulerson will have on display a new type of vehicle that is extremely energy efficient.

Newberry Main Street Program President Barbra Hendrix said she expects the festival to be twice as large as last year.

And she thinks the cooler weather will bring more people out.

“I hope people come and enjoy the nice cool day,” she said.

The extra fee for signing up late for a booth at the festival has been waived, and those interested have until Friday, Oct. 2 to sign up. This can be done online at:

http://tinyurl.com/yag7gpl