Preparations were underway Friday for a weekend of live music, entertainment and food, but organizers have put blocking out the intense heat on the top of the list.”We’ve had some rain on the festival’s history before, but I don’t think we’ve ever been under the heat dome during the festival,” said Belhaven’s Bright Lights organizer Molly West.This week’s long heat streak of more than 100-degree weather is giving festival organizers a new challenge.”I think this is probably the hottest it might have been,” said Red Brick Festival Director Anna Hawks. “This is a special kind of hot this year.Hawks said organizers of the event in Clinton are implementing air-conditioning stations so people can cool off.”We’ve also got some hand-held fans to pass out. We’ve got some misting fans throughout the festival and we’ll have a water fill-up station, and water for sale,” Hawks said.West said the crowd for the Jackson event is typically more consolidated, but this year, there are plans to expand the Sunday festival to give attendees more breathing room.”The format is just a bit different than it has been, and we are excited to be one of the businesses to offer you a break to dip in out of the hot sun,” West, with Urban Foxes, said. Belhaven’s Bright Lights is a free day-long event in The Heights and will culminate in Belhaven Town Center. Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival takes place on Friday and Saturday in Olde Towne Clinton.
Preparations were underway Friday for a weekend of live music, entertainment and food, but organizers have put blocking out the intense heat on the top of the list.
“We’ve had some rain on the festival’s history before, but I don’t think we’ve ever been under the heat dome during the festival,” said Belhaven’s Bright Lights organizer Molly West.
This week’s long heat streak of more than 100-degree weather is giving festival organizers a new challenge.
“I think this is probably the hottest it might have been,” said Red Brick Festival Director Anna Hawks. “This is a special kind of hot this year.
Hawks said organizers of the event in Clinton are implementing air-conditioning stations so people can cool off.
“We’ve also got some hand-held fans to pass out. We’ve got some misting fans throughout the festival and we’ll have a water fill-up station, and water for sale,” Hawks said.
West said the crowd for the Jackson event is typically more consolidated, but this year, there are plans to expand the Sunday festival to give attendees more breathing room.
“The format is just a bit different than it has been, and we are excited to be one of the businesses to offer you a break to dip in out of the hot sun,” West, with Urban Foxes, said.
Belhaven’s Bright Lights is a free day-long event in The Heights and will culminate in Belhaven Town Center. Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival takes place on Friday and Saturday in Olde Towne Clinton.
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