Columbia County is offering locals consistent family fun as spring approaches with the Food Truck Friday event.
The mini-festival is a free event coordinated by Columbia County Parks, Recreation and Events. Local vendors mobilize and live bands perform at a given location to offer crowds plenty of “food, beverages and family fun,” says county events coordinator Janet Wheatley.
Food Truck Friday started March of last year as “Brews, Blues and BBQ,” which was an event that the county had hosted before, but not for a while. The relaunch proved so popular that the county put it on once a month, calling it “Food Truck Friday with Bands & Brews.”
“Typically, we have anywhere between 1,500 and 2,500 people,” said Wheatley. “Last year we did it once a month, March through October. This year we’re doing it in two different locations per month.”
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The semi-monthly festivities kick off on March 11 at Gateway Park in Grovetown. Some of the vendors scheduled to set up shop for the evening include Sinless Sweets, Reggie’s Twisted Barbecue and Meadows of Grovetown ice cream shop. Sugar and Spice Cocktail Mixers will provide the drinks, and Augusta-based rock band King Size will provide the music.
Food Truck Friday comes back for the month on March 25, at the Columbia County Amphitheater.
For more information, visit the Columbia County Parks, Recreation and Events Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ExperienceColumbiaCounty. Interested vendors can contact Caroline Mooney at cmooney@columbiacountyga.gov
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter covering education in Columbia County and business-related topics for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
