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Downtown Closure Planned for Winfield Main Street Music Crawl

The Winfield Main Street Committee of the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce is planning another Pre-Festival Hamburger Feed and Music Crawl on Tuesday, September 17^th to celebrate the 52^nd Walnut Valley Festival. Downtown streets will be closed to traffic in order to have a safe and relaxed crawl.

The closure will be from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, September 17^th. The area closed will be Main Street from 5^th Avenue to 12^th Avenue, and 9^th Avenue from Loomis Street to Manning Street.

The businesses/organizations that will have musicians playing at their storefronts are as follows:

BMO,  1113 Main St. - Yesenia Aguilar - 5:30-7:30 PM
Grammie's Sandwiches & More, 1103 Main St. -  Art Blackburn & Jeff Morrison + Special Guest - 6-8:00 PM
Trunk N Treasures, 1016 Main St.- Tim Durham -  5:30-8:00 PM - Free Friendship Bracelets Inside the Shop
Marquee PAC, 1007 Main St. -  Mark Sganga - 6-8:00 PM - Will have concessions available inside by donation
Gallery 1001, 1001 Main St. - Full Circle Old Time String Band - 5:30-9:00 PM
Walnut Valley Association, 920 Main St. - Haymakers - 5-7:00 PM
Ashbury Lane,  919 Main St. - Jared Brown & Jan Hatfield - 7-9:00 PM
First United Methodist Church, 1000 Millington St. - Josh & Jennifer Melcher - 6-8:00 PM - Giving away FREE root beer floats
Winfield Main Street Hamburger Feed, 9th & Millington St. - Mandolin Monroe - 5:30-7:30 PM
Eagle Nest Inc, 112 E. 9th Ave. - Clayton Crawford - 5:30 PM
RCB Bank, 900 Main St. -  Heartland Trio - 6-8:00 PM - Giving away FREE ice cream
Union State Bank, 823 Main St. - Barry Patton w/ Pop & The Boys -  6:30-8:00 PM - Giving away FREE water & popcorn
Advantage Family Chiropractic, 805 Main St. -  Helen Avakian & Dave Irwin - 5:30-8:30 PM - Winfield Rotary Club giving away FREE Sno Cones
Edge Performing Arts Center/Cutting Edge Custom Tees, 721 Main St. - Carter Humphreys & Kerwood - 5:30-8:00 PM
Ladybird Brewing, 523 Main St. - Tom Pevear w/ Thomas Trapp & One Way Sound - 6-9:00 PM

Ladybird Brewing will have their tap wagon parked at the intersection of 9^th Avenue (HWY 160) and Main Street (HWY 77) selling beer and more. The entire closed downtown area will be a temporary drinking district. A valid I.D. must be presented in order to purchase alcohol. No outside alcohol is allowed into the drinking district. Alcohol must be purchased from one of the designated vendors.

The Winfield Main Street Hamburger Feed will be held at its usual location at 9^th Avenue and Millington Street starting at 5:30 PM. Hotdog meals will be sold for $7, Hamburger meals for $10, and Double Meat Meals for $15. 100% of the proceeds from this event go into the Winfield Main Street Committee’s mini grant fund for downtown business improvements.

Many businesses downtown will also have merchandise, games, informational booths, and more outside their storefronts including; Kansas Children’s Service League, Cowley County Democratic Headquarters, and the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce building hosting Legacy Regional Community Foundation and Cowley County Economic Development Partnership.

For more information, contact the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce at 620-221-2420 or follow the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Winfield Main Street on social media.