2023
General
7:00-9:00am Breakfast at Lions Club
Streets closed at 8:00am
8:00am Breakfast for vendors at Lions Club food booth
8:00am 5K
8:30-9:30am Drop off cook-off dishes at community center
Vendors open and DJ Martin Mathis starts at 9:00am
9:30am Parade line-up begins
9:45am Presentation of Colors, Invocation, Pledge, and National Anthem
10:00am Parade
Tasting starts at 10:30 in the community center
10:30am Cordele Ukulele Band performs at gazebo
11:00am Mackinsey performs at gazebo
11:30am Grits Eating Contest
12:00pm Grits Toss
12:30pm Corn Shelling
1:00pm Easter Egg Hunt
2:00pm Grits Pit
3:00pm Gospel Travelers perform at gazebo
3:30pm Martin Mathis
4:00pm Festival Ends