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Trunk or Treat Car Show!
DATE: Friday, October 30th
TIME: 6 -9 pm
LOCATION: TriSummit Bank Parking Lot
MORE: Event for entire family. |
To kick-off the Halloween weekend, the Appalachian Region Antique Automobile Club of American is scheduling an event for the entire family. Dr. John Rice, president, is announcing that the car club and Celebrate Bristol will have a Truck or Treat Car Show in the parking lot of the TriSummit Bank in downtown Bristol on Friday October 30th.
This is the final event of months of Friday night gatherings of antique car and truck buffs at the "Cruise to the Border Cruise-in" sponsored by the AACA. This has become a very popular mainstay every weekend in downtown Bristol.
The Trunk or Treat Car Show will be held in the TriSummit Bank parking lot, on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and State Street on October 30th from 6pm to 9pm. There will be prizes for: Best Costume, Best Costumed Car, plus door prizes, trophies and a 50/50 drawing. Bring the kids and grand kids; enjoy the classic cars, costumed characters and great candy. There will be treats in every trunk for all ages. This is a safe event for children and will be the highlight of your weekend!
For more information contact Dr. John Rice, (423)360-2767 or visit the AACA website at www.appalachianregionaaca.org. | |
Pumpkin Palooza!
Pumpkin Decorating, Costume Contest & Downtown Trick or Treat (participating merchants)
DATE: Saturday,October 31st
TIME: 9:00 - 11:00 am
LOCATION: Downtown Center - Farmer's Market area
MORE: Free event and everyone is welcome! |
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| Pumpkin Polooza is an annual event held in conjunction with the Farmer's Market. Each child receives a pumpkin to decorate, a bag of treats to take home and there is a costume contest. Pumpkin Polooza starts at 9:00 am and is a FREE event!
Bristol Grocery Co. will also be sponsoring a Nichole Goodnight Photography to take a picture for a canned good or $5 donation. All proceeds will benefit the Bristol Emergency Food Pantry.
After kids decorate their pumpkin, they can enjoy Trick or Treating in Historic Downtown Bristol, several merchants participating and the treats are yummy. Don't miss this fun family morning! If you have questions, please call 423-573-2200.
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Local Authors to Sign Ghost-Related Books and Tell Tales at Bristol Farmers Market
Local authors V.N. "Bud" Phillips and Joe Tennis are signing copies of their ghost-related books and also sharing a few ghost tales on Halloween morning at the Bristol Farmer's Market on Saturday, Oct. 31, 9-11 a.m.
Phillips, the official Bristol historian, is signing copies of his books, including "Pioneers In Paradise," which features 99 pages of Bristol-related ghost tales. Phillips's other books include "A Good Place to Live," "Forgive Me, Father, For I Have Grinned," "Book of Kings" and "Between the States."
Tennis, also of Bristol, Va., is the author of "The Marble and Other Ghost Tales of Tennessee and Virginia," which features local ghost tales for kids age 7 and up. Tennis's other books include "Sullivan County, Tennessee," a pictorial history; and "Beach to Bluegrass,'' a Virginia book that also features ghost stories.
The Bristol Farmers Market is located at the Downtown Center, near the Birthplace of Country Music Mural, just off State Street. Books will be available for purchase. For more information on the annual "Author's Day" event, call (423) 764-4171.
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Haunted Historic Bristol Ghost Tours!
Thrill to the stories of the experiences of property and business owners as well as local residents living throughout the downtown area. Is Bristol's historic passenger Train Station haunted? Who is haunting the upper floors of many of the town's oldest buildings? Learn why Bristol was designated by Congress to be the Birthplace of Country Music while discovering the dark, notorious, sorted, and sometimes tragic affairs of Bristol's Frontier and Civil War History.
The Haunted and Historic Bristol Train Station Presented by Appalachian GhostWalks Haunted Vacations Ghost and History Tours, this evening lantern-lit tour will take you back - past the time when the first recording studios, beyond the time of Bristol's terrifying Frontier and Civil War History, before the time of great plantations, to the time of Native American occupation of our region. Learn about two years of historical and scientific research performed during indepth studies both in and outside of the buildings meandering through this very haunted and historic district...
The Haunted and Historic Paramount Theatre Throughout our region we have performed both scientific as well as historical research to produce some of the most edifying, educational, and enchanting tours anywhere in North America. But, our Haunted Historic Bristol GhostWalk, also called the "Birthplace of Country Music GhostWalk", is so much more than Country Music's origins! Sometimes history can be scarier than anything and there were so many incidents in Bristol's past that lends themselves as to why Bristol is such a haunted and historic town. Come enjoy a walk back into the history, mystery, and legend of the Birthplace of Country Music!!!
This tour departs from Java J's Coffeehouse in downtown Bristol as scheduled. Come in and join us for our Ghost Hunting Introduction as you enjoy their new drink in honor of this tour aptly named "The Ghost Buster". Please call (423) 743-WALK (9255) for reservations and directions. Simply pick the time you and your group would like to do the tour and let us know how many will be participating. The results of our ghost hunter investigations are available in DVD format from your tour guide, or from our Ghost Hunter Store online. We hope to see you soon for a simply SPOOK-tacular good time!! |
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Believe in Bristol
6 Sixth Street
Bristol, Tennessee 37620
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