The new expanded Meet in the Street festival planned for Saturday, May 3, now stretches along three downtown streets, and that means more people are needed to man different posts and keep the fun going all day long.
Meet in the Street is sponsored by the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Wake Forest is expected to draw at least 15,000 people to shop, enjoy the music and fun from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Volunteers are needed on two-hour shifts from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and there are also opportunities to volunteer on Friday, May 2, for the early preparations.
To volunteer, please contact Deborah Gonzales at wfmeetinthestreet@gmail.com later than Wednesday, April 9. There will be training for the volunteers in late April.
On the Saturday, visitors and town residents will find food trucks, the Carolina Hurricanes Storm Squad with Stormy, a children’s carnival, a beer garden, a bicycle safety course, face painting, a fire truck, an activity truck where you can make your own tie dye and a performance plaza.
The entire downtown area will be blocked off with over 100 artists and artisans showing their wares as well as the downtown merchants. In the performance plaza there will be Cirque De Vol, martial arts, cheerleading, demonstrations and other local performances. There will be live music on the main stage near the beer garden by East Coast Rhythm & Blues Band, David Dixon Acoustic, The Will McBride Group and additional performances by Flow Circus in the performance area.
