04/18/16   36th Annual Fordyce On The Cotton Belt Starts Today

The 36^th annual Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival kicks off today and runs thru Saturday with activities going on every day except Wednesday.

Tonight at 6:30 at the Courthouse lawn, the Gospel Explosion gospel singing.

Tomorrow night at 6pm, the CASA Karaoke competition at the courthouse stage.

Thursday night at 7pm at the courthouse, more gospel singing featuring Rough and Ready. The carnival will be offering rides Thursday thru Saturday in the courthouse area. Joe Bill Meador tells us about the activities on Friday.

For information about the festival you can call the festival headquarters at 870-352-5125. Festival t-shirts are available at the headquarters building in the old Benton Furniture store downtown on Main Street.