Fall Crawl Cankerworm Festival

Fall Crawl 2011 - Saturday, October 29^th — Midwood Park

Our historic center city neighborhood is gearing up for its sixth annual fall festival to celebrate Halloween for kids of all ages -- and to continue the neighborhood’s successful fight against the cankerworm infestation of our splendid tree canopy.

Fall Crawl, to be held on Saturday, October 29, begins with a costume parade for the neighborhood’s littlest goblins and ghouls followed by trunk-or-treating at Kilgo Church, sale of discounted tree banding supplies for neighborhood residents, music and food… and lots of other activities in Midwood Park.

All activities in Midwood Park throughout the day are free and open to the public – especially a stellar line-up of local musicians in the Midwood Park Amphitheatre from 1 pm until 6:30 pm, including the ever popular Plaza Midwood Family Band – back again by popular demand.

Other autumn fun includes local artists and vendors, food and beverages for sale, and NEW this year… a corn hole tournament.  There are also lots of things for the kids to do -- including pumpkin painting, scarecrow stuffing, kickball and other field games – and always -- the well-loved bounce house.

For vendor and sponsorship opportunities, to volunteer, and to register a corn hole team, please contact Amy Martini at amypmartini@yahoo.com or you can volunteer online here.

FALL CRAWL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

• 9 am till Noon:  Treebanding supplies on sale in Midwood Park — $1 per foot. 
  • Bring your own bucket for tanglefoot. Be sure and measure your trees before you buy.
• 11:30 am: Costume Parade
  • Parade for Plaza Midwood kids, led by a local marching band, begins in Midwood Park.
• Noon: Parade ends at Kilgo Church for TRUNK-OR-TREAT.
• 12:30 till 6:30 pm:  Activities in Midwood Park.
  • Food and beverage for sale
  • Local artists and vendors on display
  • Kid’s Fun:  face painting, pumpkin painting, scarecrow stuffing, bounce house, kickball and much more!

• 1 till 5 pm: PM’s First Annual Corn Hole Tournament will take place this year in the park. Fees apply for team participation. Limited space is available. Registration and sponsorship opportunities are available on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to register a team, contact Amy Martini at amypmartini@yahoo.com or 704-231-4885.

FALL CRAWL MUSIC LINEUP

at the Midwood Park Amphitheater

1:00 - 2:00  The Plaza Family Band:   Returning for a second year, this group of local musicians whose children attend the same preschool will perform songs from their new CD release, “Wee Jamboree” and their 2009 album “Playground Hootenanny” – great listening for the whole family!

2:30 - 3:30 Jeff Brown:  One of our favorite solo guitar player/singer songwriters is coming back with more cover tunes and new originals.

4:00 - 5:00  Greg Lilly:  Well known in Charlotte as the "singin drummer/strummer,” Greg plays original roots rock and diverse covers from the Temptations to Maroon 5 and U-2.    

5:30 - 6:30 Shiprocked with Scott Weaver:   SHIPROCKED is what everyone is talking about and it started right here at Midwood's Snug Harbor.  This unique DJ set will include an eclectic rock and dance music mix from the past and the present (electro, new wave, disco and more) along with a few of the go go dancers in Halloween costumes and pop up performances by Lilith DeVille and Bethann Phetamine. Get ready to dance Midwood!! (Parents: this could be considered a PG-13 performance.)