Schedule of Festival Events

UPDATED BY: BLAKE AMICKJune 2, 2010

As the Lexington County Peach Festival celebrates its 52nd year on July 3rd, the Festival offers a full day of fun with the celebration of America’s birthday. Arts and crafts, children’s rides, and great foods will be available for varying fees in the Gilbert Community Park on Rikard Circle. A parade, three stages of entertainment, an antique tractor and farm equipment display, a car show, a Revolutionary War re-enactment, and a fireworks show will be available without charge. The Revolutionary War re-enactment will host cannon firings at specific times of the day as well as a reading of the Declaration of Independence at noon.

The parade begins at 9:30 a.m., and the fireworks show begins at 10:00 p.m. Junior Division pageant is scheduled for June 26 at 6:30 p.m. Baby Division pageants are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on July 3. The Lexington County Peach Queen pageant is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on July 3. All pageants will be held in the Gilbert Primary School cafetorium.

Enjoy the activities, the shade, and the bar-be-cue, hot dogs, hamburgers, and peach cobbler. Plate BBQ lunches will be available in the park beginning at 11 a.m. Other foods available are BBQ pork and chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach slush, peach parfaits, peach zip, peach berry split, peach sundaes, peach tea, peach almond delights, fresh peaches, soft drinks, bottled water, and iced tea. Food and drink items will be served until 11 p.m., but plate lunches and cobbler will sell out early.

The Gilbert Community Club has been sponsoring the Lexington County Peach Festival since 1958.

Event	Date	Location
Art Contest	May 2010	All Gilbert Schools
Junior Peach Pageant	June 26, 6:30p	Gilbert Primary School
Art & Craft Show	July 3, all day	Rikard Circle (Community Park)
Live Entertainment	July 3, all day	Gilbert Community Park
Tractor Show	July 3, all day	Gilbert Community Park
Antique Car Show	July 3, 8:00a-2:00p	Gilbert Middle School
Revoluntionary War Re-enactment	July 3, 8:30a-4:30p	East of Gilbert Middle School
Peach Recipe Contest	July 3, 9:00a	Gilbert Primary School Cafetorium
Peach Parade	July 3, 9:30a	Hampton, Main Streets
Miss & Master Peach Pageants	July 3, 2p	Gilbert Primary School Cafetorium
Miss Peach Pageant	July 3, 6:30p	Gilbert Primary School Cafetorium
Firework Show	July 3, 10pm	Behind Gilbert Primary School