BURLINGTON — The 33rd annual Burlington Carousel Festival is Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, at City Park, 1388 Main St.
The festival celebrates Burlington’s historic, hand-carved Dentzel carousel with live music, food trucks, a beer garden, an artisan market and a park full of kid and family activities.
Saturday’s hours will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m., followed by a concert by Chase Bryant from 6-8 p.m. Hours on Sunday will be from noon-5 p.m.
Other activities include inflatables, a climbing wall, an obstacle course, face painting, a butterfly tent, gem mining and sand art.
For the adults, there’s a beer garden at the main stage featuring Burlington Beer Works, Forgotten Road Ales and Tanners Wine Bar. A wide variety of food trucks and fair food round out the food and beverage options.
The festival’s artisan market brings together over 70 vendors specializing in a range of arts, crafts and products. The Mallers and Crawlers Jeep adventure area will be returning with over 70 Jeeps on display each day.
Musical performances in addition to the Saturday night headliner concert will be by Sweet T and the Biscuits, Alamance Jazz Band, Kimber and Kompany, Jordan Pickett, Jukebox Revolver, the Castaways and the Phoebes Band.
Live performances on the Thataways stage will be by Studio 1 Community Theater, Center of Performing Arts, IAMM Dance, Burlington Dance Center, Amber’s House of Dance, Alamance Fine Arts Academy and Miss Kim’s Dance and Arts.
Link Transit will operate a free shuttle from the South Spring Street and North Worth Street municipal parking lots in downtown Burlington. It will run continuous trips from 10 a.m.-7:45 p.m. on Saturday and from noon-5:15 p.m. on Sunday.
