The annual event gets under way at 10 a.m. and will run through 3 p.m. The annual duck race on the Roanoke River will begin around 2:30 p.m.
“I just appreciate everyone who supports the chamber,” its president and CEO, Allen Purser said.
Purser said this year the event features the largest inflatable on the market called The Edge, a slide three-stories tall with a 60 degree drop.
Also featured at this year’s event will be the following:
FREE AMUSEMENTS
Rescue Heroes – Bounce house
Train
Rock Wall
The Edge
Food Vendors
Mike Clark and friends cooking barbecue, hamburger plates with sweet potato fries
Local businesses such as Signature Dogs with their 100 percent beef or Jesse Jones hot dogs with homemade slaw
Sonic and Papa John’s Pizza
Festival fare: Cakes, cotton candy, candy apples, funnel cakes, snow cones, fried Oreos, nachos, ice cream, bologna burgers, corn dogs, party wings, chicken wraps and shrimp baskets
VENDORS
City and county information booths
Shopping with vendors which include: Print Express (pre-made customized designs focusing on breast cancer awareness and Veterans Day), US Cellular, Scentsy Candles, The Paint Palette, Avon, Thirty One, Pampered Chef, PetSense, Tupperware, Plexus, Lularoe, Mary Kay and Initial Outfitters
ENTERTAINERS
Local talent – Ellen Draper, Meredith Kinleigh, Elizabeth Schmaltz, The Yellow Jacket Midget Cheerleaders; Tar River Band (Country), New Vision (Gospel) and Countersuit (Rock)
Special Attraction
Greg Go Splash
Local Roanoke Rapids resident, Greg Shaffer, who has been battling stage four Melanoma for the past three years just recently received positive results and is currently on a break from treatment.
He will be in the hotseat all day to raise money and give back to young Derrin Mallory who is currently battling leukemia, which is sponsored by Roanoke Valley Cancer Center.
SPONSORS
MJ Price Construction, Halifax-Warren Smart Start, Roanoke Valley Energy, Halifax Linen, Walmart, Always In Bloom, Honda of Roanoke Rapids, Nissan of Roanoke Rapids, KapStone Paper and Packaging, Haney, Vann, Bruton and Crawford LLP, Chick-fil-a, White Motors.