Blue Plum Festival In Full Swing Today

Blue Plum Fun!

By: TriCities Staff | TriCities.com
Published: June 06, 2009

The Blue Plum Festival is in full swing today in downtown Johnson City. The weather is perfect and plenty of people are already packing the streets.Join TriCities.com and 11 Connects as we continue our coverage of the downtown festival through the weekend.
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Blue Plum Schedule

Friday, June 5:

11:00am Festival Opens
Kid’s Area- Camp EDGE opens till 3:00pm.
12:00pm Market Street Stage kid’s entertainment- City Youth Ballet “Cinderella”
2:00pm Market Street Stage kid’s entertainment- Tale Tellers
4:30pm Main Stage entertainment- Dehila Low
Market Street Stage entertainment- Squashblossoms
5:30pm Market Street Stage entertainment- Alathea
5:45pm Jazz Stage entertainment- Christabel and the Jons
6:00pm Main Stage entertainment- Buck Hoffman Band
6:45pm Market Street Stage entertainment- North Fork Switchgrass
7:00pm Jazz Stage entertainment- Jazz Doctors
7:30pm Main Stage entertainment- Sol Driven Train
8:00pm Market Street Stage entertainment- Bull’ Gap
8:30pm Jazz Street Stage entertainment- Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade
9:00pm Main Stage entertainment- Goose Creek Symphony
9:15pm Market Street entertainment- Shenandoah

Saturday, June 6:

7:00am Buffalo Street at Main Street- Registration for 5K Run/Walk
8:00am Buffalo Street at Market Street- 5K Run/Walk start
11:00am Kid’s Area- Camp EDGE opens till 4:00pm.
Market Street Stage kid’s entertainment- City Youth Ballet “Cinderella”
12:00pm Market Street Stage kid’s entertainment- Blue Moon Theatre Troupe “Three Little Pigs”
110 Market Street- South East Regional Train Center opens till 3:00pm
Tipton Street/Spring Street Corn Hole Tournament start/finish 4:00pm
1:00pm Market Street Stage kid’s entertainment- Studio One Dancers
1:30pm Main Stage entertainment- Larry Keel and Natural Bridge
2:00pm Market Stage kid’s entertainment- Ainsley
3:00pm Main Stage entertainment- Malcolm Holcombe
Market Street Stage kid’s entertainment- Tale Tellers
Jazz Stage entertainment- Frito Puente
4:15pm Main Stage entertainment- Sierra Hull
Market Street Stage entertainment- Folk Soul Revival
Jazz Stage entertainment- Walter Hall
5:15pm Market Street Stage entertainment- Slow Motion Trio
5:30pm Jazz Stage entertainment- Blue Trillium
5:45pm Main Stage entertainment- Lee Boys
6:15pm Market Street Stage entertainment- The Two Man Gentlemen Band
6:45pm Main Stage entertainment- Travelin’ McCourys
7:00pm Jazz Stage entertainment- Unlimited
7:45pm Market Street Stage entertainment- Cutthroat Shamrock
8:30pm Jazz Stage entertainment- Joe McBride
9:00pm Main Stage entertainment- Acoustic Syndicate
9:15pm Market Street Stage entertainment- Scott Miller & The Commonwealth

Sunday, June 7:

8:30am Downtown Square at State of Franklin- Criterium Cycling races begin
Ten different categories of racers, from kid’s under 10 to professionals
2:00pm Criterium Professional class race
4:00pm Festival closes