Advance registration now available for 5K Spring Water Run

The 42nd Annual Spring Water Festival will feature a 5K walk/run that will be held on Saturday, August 26th.
Advance online registration will be available until race day. Fee is $20 and includes a race bib and timing chip. Spring Water Race shirts can be added on to any registration for $15 each.
The race will be timed and the overall top three male and female winners will receive cash and gift card prizes.
The course includes city streets and country roads with rolling hills. Food and drink will be provided for runners. The Williamston Police Department will secure all major intersections and paramedics will be on site.
Packet Pickup and registration begins at 6:30 am on race day in the parking lot beside McDonald’s in downtown Williamston. Race starts at 7:30 pm
All proceeds from the Spring Water Run go towards renovations for Mineral Spring Park.
Additional information including registration is available online at www.springwaterfestival.com and or email: Kellylanemoon@gmail.com

Spring Water Run registration – Click Here

Race results and other information can be found at www.runsignup.com and
www.go-greenevents.com

Spring Water Festival adds new vendor category for 2023

New this year, the Spring Water Festival has added a new vendor section. Vendor spots will be open to those that do not have “handmade” craft items.

This will open up a section of the festival for boutique owners and other small businesses in the area that would like to display and sell merchandise at the festival.

New vendor category added
Local boutique owners and other small businesses that want to sell merchandise that is not handmade at the Spring Water Festival – register online here

Organizers now accepting applications for 2023 Spring Water Festival!

Organizers of the 42nd Annual Spring Water Festival are now accepting vendor, display and car show applications for the two day festival August 25 & 26, 2023.
Hours for the festival this year will be 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday with an After Party Concert 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Any local craft vendor interested in participating in the event can pick up an application and guidelines at The Journal office or online at the Spring Water Festival website at www.springwaterfestival.com. Craft Vendors can also register online this year!
For more information on crafts contact Joy Zapada by email at swfvendor@gmail.com

New vendor category added
Business Vendor – Local boutique owners and other small businesses that want to sell merchandise that is not handmade (crafts) can also register online.

Due to limited space and tremendous response, the Spring Water Festival is no longer accepting craft vendor applications

Local businesses, and non-profits are also invited to have a display to promote their business at the festival.
Business displays should contact Dianne Lollis at 864-847-5743 or by email at missetta68@gmail.com.

The festival will again feature one of the Upstate’s largest antique and classic auto shows, being sponsored by the Williamston Fire Department. To register contact David Huff at 864-625-1281 or email wfdchief@williamstonsc.us. Also online at www.williamstonfire.com. There will be awards in a number of categories.

The Spring Water Run will also return this year. Registration information will be posted soon.

2023 SWF Application Forms

Craft Vendor Application – Register Online
Caft Vendor Application – PDF Mail In
Craft Vendor Guidelines PDF
New Category – Business Vendor Application – Register Online
Business Display Vendor – PDF Mail In
Business Display Vendor Guidelines – PDF
Non Profit Display Vendor – PDF Mail In
Spring Water Run Registration 
Food Vendor Application – info coming soon

More Information To Be Posted Soon!

Spring Water Festival August 25 & 26, 2023

The 42nd Annual Spring Water Festival will be held Friday and Saturday,
August 25 & 26, 2023 in Mineral Spring Park in Williamston SC

The two day festival will feature free kids activities, amusement rides, more than 50 vendors, antique and classic auto show, live music and other special attractions.

The festival will feature a variety of performers on the Park’s Center Stage and the Amphitheater Stage.

Organizers are in the process of making plans for the festival and will be posting 2023 application forms for Craft Vendors and Business Vendors on our website soon!

More Announcements will be coming soon!

The Spring Water Festival Features:

Arts & Crafts – Live Music –  Gospel Music Showcase
Free Children’s Activities –  Amusement Rides
Antique Car Show – Festival Food –  Exhibits – Souvenirs   
50 plus Crafters – 50 plus Display Vendors – 10 Food Vendors
Live Music on 2 stages
125 + Car Show entries – Fire Truck exhibit – Fire Truck Rides

FREE ADMISSION – FREE PARKING

2023 SWF Applications

Business Display Vendor – PDF Mail In
Business Display Vendor Guidelines – PDF
Non Profit Display Vendor – PDF Mail In

Due to limited space and tremendous response, the Spring Water Festival is no longer accepting craft vendor applications

Craft Vendor Application – Register Online
Caft Vendor Application – PDF Mail In
Craft Vendor Guidelines PDF

More Information To Be Posted Soon!


Spring Water Festival August 26 & 27, 2022

Thank You All For Making the 2022 Spring Water Festival A Success!

The 42nd Annual Spring Water Festival will be Aug. 25 & 26, 2023 in Williamston’s Mineral Spring Park

The Spring Water Festival Features:

Arts & Crafts  Live Music  Gospel Music Showcase
Free Children’s Activities  Amusement Rides
Antique Car Show   Festival Food  Exhibits Souvenirs   
50 plus Crafters – 50 plus Display Vendors – 10 Food Vendors
Live Music on 2 stages
125 + Car Show entries – Antique Fire Truck exhibit – Fire Truck Rides
No Alcohol

FREE ADMISSION – FREE PARKING

Kristi Stanley to headline 2022 Spring Water Festival Entertainment

 

The Spring Water Festival will feature Bluegrass/Americana music headliner Kristi Stanley. Stanley has become well known for performing a diverse mix of Americana and Bluegrass music. Her shows also include Gospel, Traditional Country, and an occasional Classic Rock song. Stanley is the daughter-in-law of Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley who was known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing as well as being the leader of his band The Clinch Mountain Boys.

Spring Water Festival to feature Gospel, Beach, Bluegrass/Americana

The 41st Annual Spring Water Festival, August 26 and 27 in Williamston’s Mineral Spring Park, will feature a variety of music including Beach, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Blues Rock and Gospel.

Saturday’s entertainment will feature Bluegrass/Americana music with headliner Kristi Stanley. Her shows include an array of Americana, Bluegrass, Gospel, Traditional Country, and even an occasional Classic Rock song.
Kristi Ison Stanley is the daughter-in-law of Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley who was known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing as well as being the leader of his band The Clinch Mountain Boys.
While in the ban Sandy River, Kristi opened for National acts including Kenny Chesney, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Ricochet.

Dr. Ralph Stanley asked her to be a part of the Grammy-nominated album “Clinch Mountain Sweethearts”.
She joined Dolly Parton, Pam Tillis, Sara Evans, and Chely Wright on the project.

Kristi, at the time 18 years old, sang “I’ll Never Grow Tired of You” with the bluegrass legend himself, and was both honored and humbled by the experience.

Kristi had great success with her first studio venture “Heart Wide Open”, released in 2018.
After marriage and two children, she returned to performing.


She teamed up with engineer and producer, Steve Wilson, of Westminster and Bonfire Recording Studio in Greenville, and they got to work on pre-production for her next project in 2019.
Unfortunately, when the Covid shutdown occurred, things were put on hold. Kristi was scheduled to perform at the Spring Water Festival in 2020, however it too was canceled due to the shutdown.

The album is now finished and Kristi has recently been signed to the 615 Hideaway Record label to release her self-titled album in 2022.
Kristi said her new music release “is the music I’ve wanted to make, it’s me.” Stanley loves to combine her love of Classic country, bluegrass, gospel and even some rock and roll into her unique flavor of Americana. Her new album truly has something for everyone.

Also performing will be local Bluegrass and Americana groups Angela Easterling and the Beguilers and Crawford Colt.

Angela Easterling & The Beguilers
Singer/Songwriter Angela Easterling performs rootsy, refreshing, homespun tunes with her backing band, The Beguilers. The Beguilers feature complex styles, with instrumentation that fleshes out the stories in Angela’s songs, and adds some rocking fun. Their act is not quite country, not quite folk, but all together unique and engaging.
Angela lives with her musical partner and their three young sons on the Greer, SC farm that has been in her family since 1791. Her most recent release, “Common Law Wife”, went all the way to number 1 on the Roots Music Report Americana Country Airplay Chart, and remained in the top five on that chart for over 2 months, garnishing much praise in the press.
Her album, “BlackTop Road”, produced by Will Kimbrough, was on the Americana top 40 airplay chart for 7 weeks. It was chosen as a top pick in both Oxford American and Country Weekly.
She was selected for an official Americana Convention Showcase, official showcases at both NERFA and SERFA (Folk Alliance) and is also a four-time Kerrville New Folk Finalist, a Telluride Troubadour and a two-time Wildflower Performing Songwriter Top 10 Finalist.
In 2019, Angela had the distinct honor of performing her song, “Isaac Woodard’s Eyes” at the unveiling ceremony of an historical marker in honor of the late civil rights hero, Sgt. Isaac Woodard.
Angela has toured the U.S., both solo and duo with Brandon Turner, and has appeared with her crowd-pleasing band The Beguilers at numerous concert series and music festivals throughout the Southeast, including Shakori Hills, Fall for Greenville, NC Apple Festival, Strawberry Festival, Albino Skunkfest, Spring Water Festival and more.
She has opened for or appeared with Ray Price, Suzy Bogguss, Radney Foster, Will Kimbrough, The Oak Ridge Boys, and others.
In 2020, Angela and Brandon released several singles from Angela’s upcoming album. While COVID stalled her plans for a 2020 release and tour, she got busy recording a handful of new songs, written during quarantine, and plans to release her new album, “Witness”, soon.
Advance copies of the new CD will be available at the Spring Water Festival and they will be playing lots of the new songs.

Andrew Crawford and Brandi Colt

Crawford Colt
Crawford Colt features a mix of the mountain sounds of Appalachia and the spirit of traditional country music. Brandi Colt and Andrew Crawford began as two songwriters getting together to swap songs and collaborate as writers. They had so many requests for duo performances that they formed Crawford Colt.
Andrew Crawford is a career guitarist, instructor, singer, song writer, and producer. He has shared the stage and performed on albums with multiple Grammy Winning and well known artists in the Bluegrass, Americana, and country genres including Vince Gill, Jim Lauderdale, Dale Ann Bradley, Rhonda Vincent, Randy Kohrs. He is also a multi-instrumentalist with a reputation for skillful guitar playing and song writing. Andrew is from the Williamston area.
Brandi Colt is a songwriter and artist from Upstate South Carolina. After the success of her debut album, “Appalachian Hearts”, she released “Unbreak a Heart” as the first single from her two volume sophomore album in December 2021. Currently she performs as a duo in Crawford Colt.
Crawford Colt performs regionally in the south East and all over the US. They have opened shows for Sunny Sweeney, Josh Morningstar, Clint Park, 49 Winchester, Creed Fisher, Little Texas, Alex Williams, Billy Don Burns, Kayla Ray, and more.

The Spring Water Festival will kick off on Friday evening with live music by Blue Sky Blues Band and the Carolina Coast Band.

The Carolina Coast Band features some of the Upstate’s most talented professional musicians. Included are Joey Werner, the band’s manager who plays keyboards and is lead vocalist. He has performed with many artists, including early stints as a drummer with the original members of the “Swingin’ Medallions”. Bass guitarist Frank Wilkie has toured internationally with The Marshall Tucker Band, Rickey Godfrey Band, and Garfeel Ruff Band.

Lead guitarist and vocalist Kym McKinnon has toured nationally with Nappy Brown. Drummer and vocalist Big Tez Sherard tours frequently with national artist Edwin McCain and has worked with other artists including Darius Rucker, and The Tams.

The band also features Rhonda McDaniel, ten year CBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, a recording artist with several number 1 hits. Rhonda also plays keyboards.
Rickey Godfrey, of Nashville, TN, is on guitar, keyboards, and lead vocals. Rickey is a beach and blues artist and the recipient of many CBMA awards including a song of the year and male vocalist of the year. He took the Blues Artist award for the City of Nashville in 2018. Ron Davis will be on trumpet. Alan Nowell is on saxes, woodwinds, and vocals.
Blue Sky Blues is a local blues/rock band from Piedmont that includes Ian Alerre on drums, Steve Myers on bass and Adam Lindsley on guitar and vocals. They will perform a variety of classic blues and rock songs with a few originals mixed in.

Blue Sky Blues Band

Blue Sky Blues Band

Blue Sky is a blues/rock band from Piedmont that boasts some of the area’s top local talent. Featuring Ian Alerre on drums, Steve Myers on bass, and Adam Lindsley on guitar and vocals, Blue Sky is sure to deliver a fun and energetic performance. Listeners can expect to hear a variety of classic blues and rock songs with a few originals mixed in! Be sure to visit their website at www.reverbnation.com/blueskybluesband.

Gospel Stage
On Saturday, the park’s Center Stages, also known as the Gospel Stage, will feature The Maples, New Beginnings, Living Truth, All for Him, Jennifer Phillips, Catlin Tierce, Trevor Thomas, New Day, Talya Starrett, Singing Tornadoes, The Other Side and Revealed.
The festival will also feature free kids activities, amusement rides, more than 50 vendors, antique and classic auto show, fire truck rides, festival food and other special attractions.

2022 Spring Water Festival Craft Vendors


Elyssa Maddox – Jill of All Trades (Williamston) –
Custom Tumbler, Resin Art
Chase Maddox – Maddog’s BBQ Co (Williamston) –
BBQ Sauces and Rubs
Alma Crawford – Craft Needles and Threads (Pendleton) –
Bears, Pocketbooks, Jewelry, Dish Cloths, etc
Noel Martin Noel’s Crafts N Creations (Williamston) –
Earrings, Bracelets, car hangers, keychains, t-shirts, etc
Carrie Moon CTM Designs (Williamston) –
tumblers and tshirts
Tammy McClure – Rylee Woods Designs (Inman)
Beaded jewelry, clay earrings, totes, keychains, necklaces, etc
Renee Bailey (Hodges) –
Skillet handles, wood design,tumblers, hand towels, etc
Emily Johnson – South Carolina Chic (Greer) –
tshirts, earrings, bookmarks, tea towels, games etc
Danielle Beecher – DRK Creations (Pelzer) –
Ceramics, tees, tumblers, crochet animals
John & Sarah Collins – Modern Forestry Events (Easley) –
100% Pure Soy Candles
Kimberly Baldwin – K&KCrafts (Ware Shoals) –
Tumblers, signs, bibs, towels, car tags, etc
Brandee Lewis (Williamston) – quilts, aprons, napkins, pillowcases, etc
Mark Jones – Getcha Tye Dye On (Inman) –
Tye Dye apparel
Johnny Greene (Easley) – abstract photos
Cynthia Cox – CC’s Intuitive Creations (Easley) –
wreaths, decorated rounds, seasonal decor
Lillian Ballentine (Pendleton) –
quilts, pillowcases, table toppers, adult bibs, etc
Juan Velasquez – Angelina Latina’s Designs (Taylors) –
loomed bracelets, ethnic jewelry
Madison Lurrie – Fresh Sniffs (Greenville) –
freshies….car fresheners
Patty Walker – Patty Pours Paint (Anderson) –
applied poured paint canvas
Cierra Hutton – Earring Meadows (Belton) –
artisan earrings, necklaces, pendants.
Ann Hadden (Greenwood) –
wooden scarecrows, pumpkins, wreaths, flower arrangements, etc.
Cindi Whitten – Car Bags by Cindi (Belton) –
cloth car bags
Beverly Sutton (Easley) –
wreaths, microwave and kitchen items
Ana Nyeholt – Wick and Spice (Greenville) –
hand poured soy candles
Linda Poock – Lighthouse Crystal Jewelry (Williamston) –
handcrafted jewelry
Michael Harrison – Color Me Happy Face Painting (Tocca GA) –
face painting, hair color
Andy Addison – WAA Woodworks (Pelzer) –
wood flags decor
Shannon Tapp – Tapp’ Out Cannin (Greenville) –
chow chow, jam, jelly, BBQ sauce, etc
Doug Bullock – The Farm at Tumbling Shoals (Gray Court) –
Bourbon Barrel rings, spheres, cutting boards, etc
Vicki Vehorn – Mimi’s Home Made Soap (Anderson) –
homemade soap, body butter
Pegg Richey (Anderson) –
baby blankets, fabric crafts, seasonal decor, etc
Jennifer Craft (Elberton, GA) –
crystal jewelry, leather earrings, beadwork, etc
Dawn White (Bowman) –
dreamcatchers, jewelry, tumbled stones & crystals
Brittany Wallace – A Little Sheepy (Surf City, NC) –
crochet childrens items seasonal gifts
Kevin Jones – Splintered Raven Wood Designs (Anderson) –
wooden art, boxes, decor

2022 Spring Water Festival Craft Vendors

Food Vendors Offer A Variety Of Items


The Spring Water Festival offers a wide selection of food items that festival goers are sure to enjoy. From festival favorites and staples including barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers, corn dogs, polish dogs, nachos, grilled cheese, footlong corn dogs, chicken tenders, curly fries, french fries and more.
If you are looking for something sweet or something cool, there will be include funnel cakes, deep fried oreos, gourmet shaved snow desserts and more.
And of course there will be boiled peanuts and cotton candy!
Vendors will also offer soft drinks, tea, lemonade and water.

All of this and more can be found at this year’s Spring Water Festival!
Twelve food vendors, some local and some not, will offer their specialties.

They are:
Danny’s Dog (Hot Dogs, Polish Dogs, BBQ Sandwiches)
Carolina Classic Diner (BBQ, Hamburgers, Corn Dogs, Nachos)
Fun Memory Treats (Grilled cheese, PBJ Sandwiches, Nachos, Breakfast Items)
Vampire Penquin (Gourmet Shaved Snow Desserts)
5 Road runner Enterprises (Funnel Cakes, Deep Fried Oreos, Nachos)
New Season Inc. (Hawaiian Shave Ice)
Mile High Concessions (Foot Long Corn Dog, French Fries, Curly Fries, Ribbon Fries)
Hutt’s Peanuts (Boiled Peanuts)
Upstate Kettle Corn (Strawberry Lemonade, Kettle Corn)
Paws Diner (Philly Steak, Fries, Tea)
Lip Smackin BBQ (BBQ sandwich, Cole slaw, Brisket)
Retro Sno LLC

Spring Water Festival Food Vendors Offer A Variety Of Items

5K Spring Water Run on Saturday


The 5K Spring Water Run is back. The run will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27. Advance registration deadline has passed, however runners can still register on the day of the race.
The race will be timed and the overall top three male and female winners will receive prizes.
The course includes city streets and country roads with rolling hills. Food and drink will be provided for runners. The Williamston Police Department will secure all major intersections and paramedics will be on site.
The 5K open race will begin at 7:30 a.m. Registration fee is $35 and includes a race shirt, bib, and timing chip. Advance registration deadline to receive a shirt is August 11.
Packet Pickup and registration begins at 6:30 am on race day in the parking lot beside McDonald’s in downtown Williamston.
All proceeds from the Spring Water Run go towards renovations for Mineral Spring Park.
Additional information including registration is available online at www.springwaterfestival.com and or email: Kellylanemoon@gmail.com

Spring Water Run on Saturday, Spring Water Festival 2022