TUNICA — Tunica’s 9th annual Delta Day Festival is an event you don’t want to miss. This year’s festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29, and it is shaping up to include some of the best family fun you’ll find anywhere this Fall. Admission is free of charge and all the fun begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. in downtown Tunica’s Rivergate Park.
The Delta Day Festival will feature lots of children’s activities so there will be lots of excitement for the younger crowd. There will be a petting zoo, kiddie train, face painting, balloon artists, moon bounce, pumpkin painting, and a giant slide, just to name a few activities. A costume contest will let your little goblins strut their stuff in their Halloween best, and a pet costume contest will leave your pooches howling with delight.
The highlight of the children’s activities is always the Children’s Tractor Pull for ages 5 to 8. Kids get a chance to compete against each other to see who can pull the most and the farthest. The winner gets bragging rights for a full year.
There will be just as much fun for the adults as there will be for the little ones, too. Arts and crafts vendors from far and wide come each year to sell their goods—from homemade sweet potato pies to delightful children’s clothing, and everything in between. Another fun activity in the lineup is the ever-popular Hospital Wings. A medical helicopter will land in downtown for viewing and photo opportunities beginning at 2:30 p.m. New this year, for all ages, an old fashioned cakewalk will be going on in the park. Come ready to walk and leave with a scrumptious sweet treat.
Be sure to stroll through the park and around the downtown businesses to see how many fall Scarecrows you can spot. Winners of the downtown retailers contest will be announced on the stage at 3 p.m. Many classes from local schools will also be constructing scary scarecrows, which will be judged and winners announced on stage.
The annual antique car show brings beautiful classic autos from all over the country to downtown Tunica. The cars are on display throughout the Festival, with judging in several categories early on, and prizes awarded to the best of each category in the afternoon. Coming back to Delta Day will be an antique tractor show. Tractor enthusiasts will see all sorts for wonderfully restored machines.
Live entertainment this year will be provided by The Gents from Amory, Miss. and by Tunica’s own Bone and the Twins. Both shows will be featured on the amphitheatre stage in the middle of Rivergate Park.
And, finally, what festival would be complete without some fantastic food? Delta Day will have plenty of variety to please any palate. Barbecue with all the trimmings, southern fried catfish, sweet tea, and all of the traditional fair foods from corn dogs to funnel cakes will be available.
For more information on the upcoming Delta Day Festival, visit the website tunicamainstreet.com, or call Tunica Main Street at (662) 363-6611, or you can send an email to info@tunicamainstreet.com.
Major sponsors include the Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau, Gold Strike Casino and Waste Management Tunica Landfill.
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