Huckleberry Heritage Festival 2008
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Huckleberry Heritage Festival, August 15-16, 2008 On August 15 and 16, 2008, the Wallace Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the town's traditional "third weekend in August" festival. Originally called the Huckleberry Festival, it spent a year or two as the Heritage Festival, and is now known as the Huckleberry Heritage Festival... or HuckFest for short. Each year it includes a blend of familiar and new events according to the desires of the unique band of volunteers who step forward in the spring to coordinate this major summer festival. In 2008, there is robust feast of events spread out for the enjoyment of everyone in your family. Festival hours are 10 AM to 9 PM on Friday and Saturday. These hours have been expanded from previous years to accommodate evening street music.

New Events in 2008
  • Expanded Musical Performances
    in the middle of Sixth between Cedar and Bank
    • Spōstah
      • Bluegrass — Hip Hop — Celtic — Delta — Acoustic roots
      • Friday 5:00 — 9:00 PM
    • Gem & the Minerals
      • Classic Rock Covers
      • Saturday 5:00 — 9:00 PM
    • One Less Karen
      • Alternative folk-rock
      • Saturday 1:00 — 5:00 PM
Gem & the Minerals
Guess which of these talented musicians is the Gem.
Traditional Events
  • Rotary's Huckleberry Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, August 16, 7 to 11 AM at the Jr/Sr High School
  • 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, August 18
    • Registration at 7:30 AM, Jr/Sr High School
    • Fun Run starts at 9:00 AM
  • Election (by bribes made at sponsoring businesses) of the Huckleberry Sheriff and Huckleberry Hound
  • Craft vendors on the lawn at the Railroad Depot Museum
  • Food vendors on Sixth Street
  • Kid activities including Sixth Street baseball, mini-golf, bean bag toss and the ever popular Inflatable Jumping Castle
  • Huckleberry Bake-off competition at the Senior Center
The Schedule of Events at Huckleberry Festival 2008
may be viewed and printed as a PDF file.
Rick Burns Cancer Benefit, August 16, 2008 A totally unrelated, but significant event also happening in Wallace on August 16, 2008, is Nick Burn's Cancer Benefit. Join well wishers and friends at Sweets Lounge at 1 PM for fun and games, and then enjoy a lasagna dinner from 4 to 6 at the historic Jameson. All proceeds go to aid Nick in his fight against cancer.
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