An Elizabethtown summertime staple is coming up this week as the annual Cruisin’ the Heartland Festival takes to the streets.
“We kick it off on Thursday, July 24, with a movie at the State Theater,” said City of Elizabethtown Events Manager Beth Pyles. “This year we will be showing Smokey and the Bandit, which is a fantastic, classic car movie. I mean, everyone remembers the Trans Ams with the t-tops.”
The box office opens at 6 p.m. on Thursday and tickets, which include popcorn and a drink, are $5.
The Cruisin’ the Heartland Car Show will be held at Freeman Lake Park on Friday.
“That event starts at 2 p.m.,” Pyles said. “We will have registration. You can bring your car out and get it judged and be part of the car show, but you don’t have to have a car to come to that.”
The free Cruisin’ Car Show Concert, featuring The Checkmates, will begin at the Freeman Lake Park bandstand at 4 p.m. Friday.
Downtown streets will close for Saturday festivities beginning at 6 a.m. The swap meet area and breakfast at the Historic State Theater open at 8. Events on the State Theater parking lot stage begin at 11 a.m. with the Quicksie Watermelon Eating Contest.
“We’ll also have Aaron Hart’s magic show later in the day,” Pyles said. “We’ll have a Not-So Newlywed Game show, classic trivia, and then our concert this year features Carabou, which is a Louisville-based band and they play all the hits from the years gone by, so we’re excited about that.”
Visit www.etownevents.com for a full schedule of events and activities.
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