The festival will run next weekend on May 17 and 18
By Chelsea Blair
Get ready to experience a mouth-watering good time at this year’s Ronceverte Food Truck Festival, hosted by the Ronceverte Development Corporation with the support of local businesses. The event begins on Friday, May 17, and runs from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and then continues into Saturday, May 18, from 12 noon to 10 p.m. on Edgar Avenue in Ronceverte.
Although there will be a variety of food items from many known vendors expected to attend including Rolling Stove, When Pigs Fly, Taste of Eggcellence, Fairway Fork, Dawg Haus, Udderly Smooth, Pot Luck, The Twist, Greenbrier Dairy, Smash Pots, Glorified Dance, The Twisted Chef, and a truck by the Raiders Football team selling fried honeybuns, but the food is not the only thing to look forward to. Ten vendors have been added to the line-up with many arts and crafts available such as jewelry, tie-dye clothing, locally made bath products, dream catchers, stickers and temporary tattoos, pottery and much more. Kids can get in on the fun with face paintings available both days and a “stuff your own bear” station. Also, pick a treat for man’s best friend from a local dog treat maker.
Outdoor games are planned for the event on Saturday afternoon. There will be a human foosball tournament, with teams of three at 1 p.m. followed by a cornhole tournament at 4 p.m. with teams of two, partners being blind drawn. Each tournament is $10 per person to participate in, and proceeds will be given as a prize to the winner of each tournament. All games will be held in the parking lot between Edgar Avenue and the railroad tracks.
Live music will kick off on Friday evening with the following schedule: Anne Melton – 6 p.m., Khegan McLane – 7 p.m., Grace Campbell – 8 p.m., and Joey Adams – 9 p.m.
The Saturday music schedule is: Will Sarver – 6 p.m., Samuel James – 7 p.m., Distant Light – 8 p.m., and Caleb Bailey and the Bottom Dollars Band – 9 p.m.
Members of the RDC state that local retail businesses will be open during their normal business hours during the festival for patrons to visit. Representatives from the Women’s Club, Ronceverte River Festival, and more will also be set up at the event. They added that last year had a good turnout and they would like to see everyone again this year.
Edgar Avenue will be closed to traffic from Friday morning until Saturday night. Parking will be available in town, by the railroad station, at the bank, across from the post office and beside Martin & Jones.
