Announcing the 9th Annual White Squirrel Festival: May 26-27, 2012 (Memorial Day Weekend)! And this year’s music and street festival promises to be bigger, better and nuttier and ever! Experience two days of free concerts right on Main Street, with headliners Firecracker Jazz Band and Jeff Sipe Group… nearly 14 acts in all! Plus over eight blocks of street vendors, food vendors, merchants, artists, craftsmen, potters, painters, games, kid’s activities and loads of plain old fashioned fun!  And did we mention our Squirrel Box Derby? Kids from 8 to 80 come from all over the region for a chance to race handmade derby carts down the infamous Jailhouse Hill. From fastest to squirreliest, there are prize categories for everyone.

Got a knack for photography? Then grab your camera and take a few snaps of our most famous residents… Brevard’s very own white squirrels. They scamper all over the downtown area, and we’ll even take you to see them on our scheduled White Squirrel Tours. Already have a great shot of one of these fuzzy little critters? Then submit it in our White Squirrel Photo Contest.

And speaking of scampering, be sure to check out the 5K and 10K White Squirrel races sponsored by the Rotary Club. Runners from the entire southeast love to go nuts in the cool morning mountain air at 2500 ft. It’s all happening in beautiful downtown Brevard, voted one of the “Top 10 Coolest Small Towns in America by Budget Travel.” From festivals to waterfalls to hiking and biking, you can find it all this Memorial Day weekend in downtown Brevard, NC,  “Where Music Meets the Mountains.”

2011 White Squirrel Festival Schedule

SATURDAY – May 28

Memorial Day:  Parade                                                                      9:00am
“Presentation of the Wreath” 10:00am (Gazebo)
4th Annual 5K/10K White Squirrel Race                                   8:00am
(Brevard Music Center)
Squirrel Box Derby (Jailhouse Hill)                                          9:00am – 6:00pm
(Races begin at 1:30pm)
White Squirrel Guided Tours (Brevard College)                        11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm
White Squirrel Exhibit (TC Heritage Museum)                           10:00am – 5:00pm
Squirrel Feeder & Photo Contests
Street Festival:  10:00am – 6:00pm
Food Court (West Main, between Caldwell/England)
Street Vendors (Gazebo block, South Broad)
WSQL Live (West Main)
Pisgah Pete (real white squirrel on the Gazebo block)
Jennifer Burgin, Wildlife Rehabilitator

Zero Gravity Skate Park Festival Activity: schedule being finalized

SUNDAY – May 29

Squirrel Box Derby (Jailhouse Hill)                                     10:00am – 6:00pm
(Races begin at 1:30pm)
White Squirrel Guided Tours (Brevard College)                    2:00pm and 5:00pm
White Squirrel Exhibit (TC Heritage Museum)                      12 noon – 5:00pm
Squirrel Feeder & Photo Contests
Street Festival:  12 noon – 6:00pm
Food Court (West Main, between Caldwell/England)
Street Vendors (Gazebo block, South Broad)
WSQL Live (West Main)
Pisgah Pete (real white squirrel on the Gazebo block)
Jennifer Burgin, Wildlife Rehabilitator

Zero Gravity Skate Park Festival Activity: schedule being finalized

Comporium Sets Up Communications Center for White Squirrel Festival

BREVARD, N.C. – (Apr. 20, 2011) - Comporium announced today that it will be adding a communications center to be co-located with the Heart of Brevard’s information booth on Main Street for the upcoming White Squirrel.

Included will be three, open “hot” Wi-Fi routers at the corner of Main and Broad in one of Comporium’s trucks.

“In addition, we’ll make available two phones from which people can make free long distance calls for up to two minutes anywhere in the continental U.S.,” said Comporium General Manager Frank Porter.  “It’s our way of saying ‘thank you’ to the many customers who have signed up for our Unlimited Long Distance plan.”

The 8^th Annual White Squirrel Festival is set for Memorial Day Weekend (May 28 and 29).  Voted as one of the top events in the Southeast for the month of May, the festival attracts thousands of fans to Downtown Brevard.

According to the Heart of Brevard, the White Squirrel Festival kicks off with the 4th Annual Memorial Day Parade, which is organized by the American Legion and VFW. This crowd-pleasing event will take place on Saturday at 9 a.m., followed by a “Presentation of the Wreath” ceremony at the county’s War Memorial.  There will be free, live concerts by groups including Acoustic Syndicate, Jill Andrews and Town Mountain.  Heart of Brevard promises a surprise headliner for Saturday night.

Saturday morning also features the 4th Annual 5K/10K White Squirrel Race, hosted by the Brevard Rotary Club.  The festival also includes a photo contest, guided tours and other family oriented activities.

Comporium will also be showcasing its Cable TV system using one or more wide-screen TV sets.