Spirits & Spice Festival set for downtown Newnan on Saturday
From Special Reports
It’s time to eat, drink, and get spooky!
Main Street Newnan will host the 3rd Annual Spirits & Spice Festival on Saturday, October 21 from 2-7 p.m.
Event attendees will be able to get their “boos” on by walking the Downtown Spirits Trail and purchasing specialty cocktails at different participating locations, spice things up by tasting numerous types of chilis at the Chili Cook-Off, and have some skele-fun on the Twisted Trolley Tour ride.
The Downtown Spirits Trail consists of local venues and their specialty drink for the event.
The Mad Mexican – Blood Orange Margarita
The Pharmacy – Purple People Eater
Meat N Greet – Witches Brew
Leaf and Bean – Poison Apple
The Alamo – BOO-YAH
Below The Neck – Bloody Hammer
Ace Beer Growlers – Manmosa
The event will also feature live music, a craft market, and activities for the kids. Live music will be by the Kris Youmans Band from 2-4 p.m. and the Venus Kings from 5-7 p.m.
This event is eerie-sistible for all ages!
The Chili Cook-Off is a fiercely competitive competition between amateurs and local restaurateurs, which includes both meat and vegetarian chili entries. Potential applicants are welcome to apply to become a participant during the 2023 Spirits & Spice Festival Chili Cook-Off by filling out the application at www.mainstreetnewnan.com. Please note that there is only a limited amount of space available.
The Spirits and Spice Festival will also require closing of several streets. The Newnan Police Department will close Jackson Street between Madison Street and West Broad Street, West Washington Street/North Court Square between Brown Street and Greenville Street, and South Court Square between Jackson Street and Greenville Street. The streets will close around 11 a.m. and should reopen at approximately 8 p.m.
Free parking is available along downtown streets and in the City of Newnan’s public parking lots, located at: 13 Lagrange Street, 25 Lagrange Street, 22 Spring Street, 50 East Broad Street and 41 East Washington Street.
