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Start making your "yacht" for this year's Rockin' RiverFest, a FREE day long festival sponsored by Asheville Radio Group and RiverLink at French Broad River Park featuring the ever popular raft competition, music competition featuring local bands, kids parade, live performances, local food and beverages, corn hole, frisbee golf, kayak demonstrations and much more!  There's something fun for everyone!

Now accepting raft race registration - click here for registration form and race details. 

WIN BIG! Raft Competition Prizes include:

Grand Prize: Diamond Brand boat

2nd Place: $100 Diamond Brand gift certificate

3rd Place: $50 Diamond Brand gift certificate

Celebrity Judges will be selecting Grand Prize, 2nd and 3rd place winners for the raft competition based upon creativity and ingenuity.

Non profits can enter for free and receive up to $1000 in free on-air advertising with Asheville Radio Group!  Raft competition registration is only $15 per raft with proceeds benefiting RiverLink and ends July 31st. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to make this a fun & successful event!  New this year are team captains to help coordinate parking, kids' activities, raft race, etc.  Click here for volunteer information and to sign up.  Captains will receive a Rockin' RiverFest 2009 t-shirt, 2 drinks of choice and RiverLink hat and volunteers will receive a Rockin' RiverFest 2009 t-shirt and drink of choice as a thank you for your hard work!

Rockin' RiverFest Event Schedule:

10am - Raft competition begins with launching at Hominy Creek Park

11:00 Rockin RiverFest opens & Kids' Parade Registration begins

Ongoing - local food & beer; kayak demos with Diamond Brand; aerial dance lessons with Asheville Aerial Arts; frisbee golf; cornhole competition and kids' activity area including WNC Nature Center live animals, facepainting, hula hoops with MelMacPink and interactive RiverLink art project.

11:30 – Kids' Parade/Intro

Noon – The Secret B-Sides kicks off Music Competition

12:30pm Belly Dancing with Baraka Mundi World Spirit Student Troupe Dancers

1:00pm Jason Ross Martin

1:30pm Musicians' Workshop Demo and RiverLink presentation

2:00pm Blackjack

2:30pm Asheville Aerial Arts aerial dance performance

3:00pm Hollowpoint

3:30pm MelMacPink Hula Hoop

4:00pm Brushfire Stankgrass

4:30pm Announce winners of competitions - raft, music & cornhole

5pm Festival closes

6-8pm After Party at Wild Wings on Biltmore Ave

Enjoy Tasty Treats:

Anna's Sweets

Blue Daisy Cafe

Luella's BBQ

Rolling Stone Pizza

Ultimate Ice Cream

Wild Wings

Yuengling

Rockin' RiverFest Parking:

Parking for the public will be available at Karen Cragnolin Park (former Edaco Junkyard) on Amboy Rd with shuttles provided to French Broad River Park courtesy of Buncombe County Department Recreation & Parks and EcoTrips.  Shuttles will begin at 10:45am and run continuously till 5:30pm.  Dogs are not permitted on shuttles.  Carpooling is encouraged. 

Please contact volunteer@riverlink.org with questions about volunteering, raft competition and festival.

                        Thank you to our sponsors!

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