The Annual July 4th Hot Chicken Festival at East Park is the primary fundraiser for Friends of Shelby Park (beer sales). This year’s festival will be a bit longer than previous years; and if you’ve been before, you know it continues to grow in size. As a result, we need more volunteers than in previous years and we are very short on bodies at this time. Please consider volunteering for one of the time slots below.
Please note the volunteer time slots are only 2 hours long. When your slot is over, you can continue to enjoy the festival.
Below is more information from Kate Monaghan, Volunteer Coordinator:
The 2010 Music City Hot Chicken Festival is gearing up and we need you…
Nashville’s fourth annual 4th of July Hot Chicken festival is gearing up for another celebration of all that’s hot about Nashville. As always, volunteers are a critical ingredient.
The festival’s hours have been extended this year from Noon – 5:00 p.m. which means we’ll need extra volunteers. You, and anyone you can encourage to join us, will be especially appreciated this year.
There are many volunteer positions available and volunteers willing to do “whatever” are also greatly appreciated. If you’d like to join the volunteer corps this July 4th, e-mail kate@partneringservices.com and indicate which activity and time slot you’d like.
Here are this year’s volunteer positions and shifts:
Event set-up (10:00 – NOON)
Event clean-up (5:00 – 6:30)
T-shirt & souvenir sales (Noon -1:45, 1:45 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 5:00)
Beer Garden sales, serving and ID check (Noon -1:45, 1:45 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 5:00)
Non-alcoholic beverage sales (Noon -1:45, 1:45 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 5:00)
Children’s activities, including inflatables and face painting (Noon -1:45, 1:45 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 5:00)
Hot Chicken samples (11:00-1:00)
Entertainment area (Noon -1:45, 1:45 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 5:00)
Trash Patrol (Noon -1:45, 1:45 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 5:00)
Volunteer tent (10:00-Noon, Noon-1:45 & 1:45-3:30)
Watermelon giveaway (11:00-1:00 & 1:00-3:00)
Parking direction (Noon -1:45, 1:45 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 5:00)
About the Music City Hot Chicken Festival:
As always, the Music City Hot Chicken Festival is a free event featuring hot chicken and other local culinary delights, professional & amateur cooking competitions, face painting and inflatables for the kids, the Yazoo Brewery Beer Garden for the grownups, and home-grown Nashville music. The festival is held on Sunday, July 4th in East Nashville’s own East Park at 700 Woodland Street.
The first 500 festival attendees are treated to free hot chicken samples. After the free bird is gone, there’s more hot chicken available for purchase and lots of other food specialties both hot and cold.
It’s a fabulous, unique-to-Nashville event that has become a 4th of July tradition for many Nashvillians. Join us!
Kate Monaghan, Volunteer Coordinator
