Downtown Stroll, Sip and Shop is Thursday

Events will center around Main Street Tavern and Restaurant.

Main Street Tavern and Restaurant is co-hosting the next Downtown Stroll, Sip and Shop, slated for 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. Events will center around the restaurant at 801 S. Main St.

Bobby Harper and the Harper Quartet will play music, and artist Matthew Cox will draw free caricatures for participants. Children will be invited to create sidewalk chalk art. 

Along with specials at the restaurant, drinks will be available from Hopkinsville Brewing Co., and MB Roland and Casey Jones distilleries. 

The Downtown Renaissance District, which organizes the Stroll, Sip and Shop events, will have drawings for 20 gift cards, and merchants are encouraged to offer specials for customers.

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.