Trailfest Brings Music, Family Fun To Downtown Woodstock

WOODSTOCK, GA -- Greenprints Alliance is putting the final touches on its eighth-annual Trailfest, its flagship fundraiser used to spread awareness of plans to build paths in and around Woodstock.

The 2017 installment will be held Saturday, May 6 at the Elm Street Cultural Arts Village Event Green along Market Street.

The event is adjacent to the popular Noonday Creek Trail, a roughly 1.5 mile multi-use concrete path. The day’s events include outdoor activities, live music, food, beer and community.

The Plae Hard 5K and Fun Run will kick off the day’s festivities at 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. respectively. These out and back races utilize the scenic Noonday Creek Trail, and awards will be given to the top three male and female finishers and overall age group finishers.

The 1-mile Fun Run is for children under 12 years of age. Following the conclusion of the race, a mountain bike-inspired event will take place at Olde Rope Mill Park with SORBA Woodstock. Before the music ensues, organizers at 11 a.m. will introduce a new community bike share program through Zagster.

Trailfest continues at 1 p.m. on the Event Green with an exciting, diverse lineup of up-and-coming original artists. Kicking off the event is downtown Woodstock-based Aquashade, followed by Paige Hargrove at 2 p.m., The Bitteroots at 3:20 p.m., The Georgia Flood at 4:40 p.m., Josh Roberts and the Hinges at 6 p.m.

Headlining this year's event will be Dexateens, an Alabama rock-and-roll band, who will take the stage at 7:30 p.m.

Greenprints Alliance is a Woodstock-based nonprofit organization that advocates for and funds green infrastructure projects as part of the award-winning Greenprints Master Plan of trails around the city and Cherokee County.

The event, which will be held rain or shine, is free to enter thanks to partners, but there will be opportunities for attendees to donate or get involved with Greenprints.

Festivities run from 8 a.m. until well into the evening. Parking is available in several places in and around downtown. Public parking lots are located at City Center, Mill Street Parking Lot, Chattahoochee Technical College and in any marked on-street parking space. Visit www.woodstocktrolley.com for parking and trolley information.

For more information, contact Brian Stockton at brian@greenprintsalliance.org or 678-758-4124. You can also visit the Greenprints Alliance's website and Facebook page.

Image via Kristal Dixon from 2016 Trailfest