Alto’s Spring Fling Parade and Festival starts at 11 am Saturday, June 6 at Town Hall at 162 S. Grant Street.
“There will be vendors over here and over here,” says Alto Town Clerk Penny Rogers pointing to the corners of the enormous white tent set up behind the Town Hall. She and Council Member Abel Ramirez are trying to work out how many tables and chairs they’ll need for Alto’s biggest annual party that’s coming up on Saturday.
“We’ve been doing it for, well, this will make 12 years,” Rogers explains, “they started it the year I was hired, back in 2004.” She says the Alto Spring Fling Parade and Festival has grown every year, especially after they started holding it later in the spring. “We used to have it earlier (in the year) till we figured out that it’s too cold, it rains, and it’s too windy!”
The forecast for Alto on Saturday between 11 am and 4pm calls for partly sunny skies and 86° with less than 1% chance of a shower.
Rogers and Ramirez settle on a total of 30 tables and roughly 180 chairs for the dozens of vendors and other activities planned for the space Saturday morning. While this is his first year on Alto Town Council, Ramirez knows a lot about planning this kind of party through his business, “Party Time Tables and Chairs for Rent” on the Gainesville Highway. “I’m learning this year but, next time, I’ll know exactly what we need up here.”
In addition to all the vendors and kid’s activities planned, the day kicks off with a parade at 11am and continues with live entertainment all day long.
- Clarkesville native Joseph Erwin fronts the band Twisted Whiskey. They describe their sound as “Red Dirt/Southern Rock/Country Music.”
- Chart-topping country performer Andy Griggs will bring his act into Alto on Saturday before heading off to the Nashville FanJam in Tennessee on June 13.
- Saturday’s Alto Festival will also include singer, songwriter, and America’s Got Talent semi-finalist Marty Brown.
Alto’s Spring Fling Parade and Festival starts Saturday, June 6 at 11 am at Town Hall at 162 S. Grant Street. Events will continue throughout the day.
