Several street closures downtown will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday to prepare for the Summer Salute festival on Friday and Saturday.
The closures will be:
- Ninth Street from Seventh Street to South Main Street
- Bethel Street from Seventh Street to 10th Street
- Eighth Street from Main Street to Bethel Street
In addition, a Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation staffer said one lane of Main Street will be closed between Seventh and Ninth streets.
The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Bands, vendors and events will be centered around Founders Square at Ninth and Main — and on Saturday also at the Christian County Justice Center parking lot.
Anyone who has business Friday at the Justice Center will need to enter the parking lot from Seventh Street.
2019 Summer Salute schedule
Friday, Aug. 23
11:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Musical acts at Founders Square Pavilion – Bobby Cool and the Nashville Players, Jimmy Church Band
Noon – 10 p.m.
First Financial Bank Kiddie Train Rides, Fun Zone Kids Carnival Rides, Kids Zone Bouncers and Video Arcade Trailer
4 – 10 p.m.
Laser Invaders Laser Tag, Knockerball
5:30 – 9 p.m.
The Jimmy Church Band Review
10 p.m.
Festival Closes
Saturday, Aug. 24
11:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Musical Acts at Founders Square Pavilion – 101st Division Rock Band, Xtraordinary Gentlemen & Alonzo Pennington, Legacy
10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
First Financial Bank Kiddie Train Rides
10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Fun Zone Kids Carnival Rides, Kids Zone Bouncers and Video Arcade Trailer
7:30 – 10:15 p.m.
Joe Diffie with special guest Walker Montgomery
10:00 p.m.
Festival closes
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
