47th ANNUAL
GRIFTON SHAD FESTIVAL
April 18 – 23, 2017
Most events will be on the
weekend of April 20-23.
Pageant is April 8th & Fishy Tales April 10th
Some events are earlier.
Most are outdoors and FREE.
Grifton “The Family Town”
Grifton Shad Festival
PO Box 928
Grifton, NC 28530
On NC 11 & 118, halfway
between Kinston & Greenville
FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE – Signs will mark the way. You can use the free shuttle to and from the air activities.
We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at the 2017 Grifton Shad Festival Parade! Eat Mo Shad! Saturday, April 22, 2017 @ 10:30am.
Sponsored by Doug Henry of Ayden
Emceed by John & Cameron Moore
Contact us from the numbers below or send us an email.
Jean Sugg @ 252-939-6198
Denice Dixon @ 252-341-7031
Jackie Suggs @ 252-258-5597
Grand Marshal - Wood Ducks Mascot
The schedule below is the hourly intenary for each day of the festival. Please check back often for updates as the schedule could change without prior notice.
Entertainment 2017
Fri – Music/Times – Grifton Depot
- 7:30 – 9:00 pm “Bryan Mayer” CMA Artist – Band
- 9:15 – 11:00pm “Silver Wings” Band
Sch. – Sat Acts – Town Commons
- 10:15am “Carolina Girls” – Dancing
- 10:30 – 6:30 “Sky High Stilt Walker & Juggler” – Performance
- 10:30 -12:30 “3 Wishes & a Hero Characters” – Parade and Street
- 12 noon “Carolina Heat Martial Arts” – Performance
- 12 noon “Captain Jim Is Magic” – Magic Show
- 12-4pm “DJ Justin Rouse” playing Beach, Boogie & Blues
- 12 – 3pm “Purple The Clown”
- 1pm & 3 pm “Circus Stella” – Circus performance (2 Shows)
- 1:00 pm “Shimmy Shakers” – Dancing
- 1:30 pm “Protown BMX” – BMX Bike Riders Performance
- “Protown BMX Clinic” after performance – Ride with the Pros (Bikes & Safety gear provided- Bring your own is encouraged)
- 2:00 pm “Captain Jim Is Magic” – Magic Show
- 2 – 6 pm “Gonzales Sights & Sound, Greene Co. Male Chorus, Asia, & The Kingdom Builders “ – @ Gospel Music Mattie’s Mini Park
- 3 – 4 pm “Shagging on the Street” – Dancing
- 3:15 pm “Protown BMX” – BMX Bike Riders Performance
- 4:00 pm “Captain Jim Is Magic” – Magic Show
- 6:00 pm “Captain Jim Is Magic” – Magic Show
Sat – Music/Times – Grifton Depot
- 12:00 – 2:00 pm Motown, S. Wonder, & M Jackson songs by”Pamlico Sound Machine”
- 2:30 – 4:30 pm “8Track Band” Classic Rock
- 6:00 – 7:00 pm “Tunes by Tony LeFavi (In the Beer Garden)
- 7:30 – 9:00 pm “Dakota Blue” Band
- 9:15 – 11:00 pm “Bill Lyerly” Band
Sun – Music/Times – Grifton Depot
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm “The Still Shakers” Bluegrass Band
- 2:00 – 2:45 pm “Green Grass Cloggers with The Sandy Ridge Ramblers Band”
- 3:00 – 3:45pm “Andro C. Brown” Songs of Worship
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