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Kick-off Fun Fest 2025 with our Downtown Street Fair! presented by Eastman and sponsored by First Horizon Bank.
Join us on Saturday, July 19, from 10 am – 2 pm in Downtown Kingsport for a fantastically fun festival experience! This event is free and open to the public.
On Broad Street, visit a wide array of talented street performers, musicians, artists, permanent tattoos, permanent jewelry, and more. Enjoy some delicious food from regional food trucks and live art demonstrations. Plus, a Kids Zone chock-full of kid-friendly fun, including Disney princesses, superheroes, a magician, face painting, putt-putt, and a bubble zone.
Commerce Street will offer a Rave Wave Station, Silent Disco, Water Wrangler Station, G1 Fit Zone Fitness Challenge, a tinsel and braid beauty stop, a dunk tank, live music by Charlie Blaine, temporary tattoos, plus many more fun activities.
Market Street is the place to visit for the Sidewalk Chalk Art Competition sponsored by Select 7 Credit Union and the always popular International Exhibitors area.
Don’t miss Touch-A-Truck, sponsored by Glass Machinery on Main Street.
Festival Highlights
Main Stage Entertainment
10:35 am and 11:35 am Meraki Movement Studios -A vibrant and expressive dance performance full of passion and energy.
11:00 am and 1:05 pm Chloe on Strings – A talented fiddler blending tradition with soul and charm.
12:40 pm and 1:30 pm Appalachian Highlanders Pipes and Drums – Feel the tradition with powerful Scottish piping and drumming that will echo through downtown.
KIds Zone
All Day
Fun is the name of the game at our Kids Zone on the 200 block of Broad Street. Enjoy the magic with our magician, balloon animal artist, Disney Princesses, and Super Heros! Experience old-fashiond fun with Days Gone By. Gellyball of East TN (fee charged) and Fizzy Fairway Putt Putt will offer hands-on entertainment. Author Nikki Burdine will be on hand with her heart-warming children’s book, “Live Like Grunt”.
Hot Dog Eating Contest
Get ready for the wildest, wiener-filled showdown of the summer during Fun Fest — it’s the first-ever Hot Dog Eating Contest in Downtown Kingsport on The Main Stage at noon, proudly presented by Hot Dog Hut Downtown!
Noon at Main Stage
East Coast Giant Stiltwalker
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Towering above the crowd, these stiltwalkers bring color, character, and fun wherever they go!
Twirling Twins
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
An aerial duo who will wow you with their skill, grace, and gravity-defying moves!
Kelsey Tiara Photo – Tintype Portraits
All Day
Tintype portraits are a historic process using wet plate collodion photography, which dates back to the United States Civil War.
Granite Goddess, Living Statue
All Day
A trained actor and improviser, she blurs the line between sculpture and life: standing still like a statue, then springing interactive surprises, especially delightful for kids!
Food Vendors
All Day
Visit an array of food trucks and the Fun Fest Concession Tent on the 100 block of Broad Street. Don’t forget all of the restaurants, coffee shops, and sweet shops located throughout Downtown Kingsport!
Sidewalk Chalk Art Competition sponsored by Selecy 7 Credit Union
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Pre-registration required through the Fun Fest Store or at Funfest.net
Artists will compete in 10 x 10 spaces along Market Street. Judging begins at 1:00 pm
Commerce Street Extravaganza
10:00 am – 11:00 pm
Visit the 100 and 20 blocks of Commerce Street all day long into the evening to enjoy food from vendors from Latin Love Kitchen and The Hot Dog Hut. Visit Inspire Wine Bar, featuring a Rave Wave Station, Silent Disco, Flow Artist and DJ; Mid City Grill featuring a Water Wrangler Station; BluLis Boutique featuring BU in Blue Zone, Hula Hoops, Sidewalk Chalk, Spin the Wheel Discount; Rooted Salon & Aesthetics by AK offering Tame Tinsel and Braid Beauty Stop, Hand/Arm Massage; Live Music by Charlie Blaiane, Pure Beauty offering music, corn hole, temporary tattoos, face painting and salon specials; tour the Bennett & Edwards Building during their Open House; Found Object featuring a fun hands on art project “Cover Trixie with Trinkets”; The Reserve offering a a caricature artist; Bays Mountain Brewing Compay will have a Dunk Tank and Smash Brothers Eatery on hand.
Touch-A-Truck sponsored by Glass Machinery
All Day
Bring the kids to honk the horn, run the sirens, and enjoy all the big trucks, emergency vehicles and city service vehicles on Main Street!
Come and explore Downtown Kingsport…..our restaurants, shops, entertainment venues, mural trail, parks, and so much more!
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