The 44th Annual Spring Water Festival will be held in Williamston’s historic Mineral Spring Park on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3.
It will be the first time ever for the festival to be held in May. The event has always been held on the fourth Saturday, and later the fourth weekend, in August.
“We are thrilled to invite you to be part of the 2025 Spring Water Festival, happening this year on May 2-3rd, 2025 Spring Water Festival Committee member Joy Zapada said. “We’ve made some exciting changes, including moving the festival to May, and we want you to be part of this incredible event that brings together the local community, small businesses, and vibrant creative talents.”
Zapada is the craft vendor organizer for the festival. “This year, we have a variety of vendor spots available, and we would love to see your business represented at this fantastic celebration.”
Vendor Opportunities include:
Retail/Craft Vendors: If you’re a retail or craft business, this is your chance to showcase and sell your products to a large, engaged audience. Whether you specialize in handmade goods, unique crafts, or retail items, we’d love to have you join us!
Non-Profit/Business Display Vendors: If you’re a non-profit or a business looking to promote your cause, services, or products, we have display spaces available. These spots are perfect for advertising and connecting with attendees. Please note, display vendors are not allowed to sell directly during the event, but it’s an amazing opportunity to raise awareness and interact with potential clients, partners, or supporters.
“This is the perfect opportunity to connect with other local businesses, showcase your work, and be part of an event that celebrates everything we love about our community,” Zapada said. “Whether you’re selling products, spreading the word about your business, or engaging with potential customers, the Spring Water Festival is sure to be an unforgettable experience.”
“We can’t wait to spend the weekend with you and other local businesses to celebrate the season, showcase your offerings, and create lasting memories. Let’s make this year’s festival the best one yet!”
To reserve your spot please complete the application link that corresponds with your vendor type. “We look forward to having you be a part of this year’s festival.”
The 44th Annual Spring Water Festival will be May 2 & 3, 2025 in Williamston’s Mineral Spring Park
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The Spring Water Festival Features:
Arts & Crafts – Live Music – 5K Run – Free Children’s Activities – Amusement Rides – Antique Car Show – Festival Food – Exhibits – Souvenirs – 50 plus Craft and Boutique Vendors – 40 plus Display Vendors – 12 Food Vendors – 150 + Car Show entries – Jeeps – Fire Truck Rides
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
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
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.
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
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
