Trailfest Brings Music, Food, Fun To Downtown Woodstock

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Woodstock, GA -- Greenprints Alliance’s seventh annual Trailfest will soon return to downtown Woodstock.

This year’s festivities will be held on Saturday, May 7 at the Resurgens Orthopaedics Community Stage at Elm Street Cultural Arts Village.

The stage is adjacent to the start of the Noonday Creek Trail, which totals approximately 1.5 miles of multi-use concrete trail.

The day’s events will start with the Northside Hospital-Cherokee 5K race and 1 mile Fun Run, live music, food, beer and community.

Live music will start on the event green following the conclusion of the races. Headlining this year’s event is The Delta Saints and the roster of additional musical performers will be announced closer to the event’s date.

On The Delta Saints’ new album, Bones, the Nashville-based band have stripped their roots/blues sound down to its essence, having rearranged the elements into something uniquely their own. Steeped in rock ‘n’ roll’s building blocks – country, R&B, soul and gospel – The Delta Saints’ second full-length effort explores influences like Jack White, The Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses and Led Zeppelin.

Producer/engineer/mixer and Third Man Records alum, Eddie Spear [Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Neil Young] provided a ghostly, psychedelic atmosphere at Nashville’s Sputnik Sound studios, yielding a sound unlike anything they have created before.

The Northside Hospital Cherokee 5K race will be an out and back race 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. Registration details will be announced soon.

Several food vendors, beer vendors, and outdoor recreational activities will also be available for participants.

While Trailfest always makes for a Saturday of exciting music, socializing and camaraderie, there is a greater purpose.

The event is the single largest annual fundraiser for the Woodstock-based nonprofit organization, whose task is to advocate for and fund trail-related infrastructure projects as part of the award-winning Greenprints Master Plan around the city and Cherokee County.

Trailfest draws more than 2,000 people each year. Festivities run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., rain or shine. Ample parking is available all around downtown Woodstock.

Sponsor opportunities are still available for Trailfest 2016 at trailfest.org or via email at trailfest@greenprintsalliance.org with a print materials deadline of April 15, 2016.

General admission to the festival and concert is free. Donations will be encouraged and accepted onsite and online at www.greenprintsalliance.org/donations. Also, visit www.trailfest.org for more information.

Volunteer at Trailfest 2016 or for Greenprints Alliance by emailing your contact information to volunteer@greenprintsalliance.org.

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Image via Greenprints Alliance’s Facebook page