Toast of Toccoa Scheduled for May 4, 2019

Press Release

Release: Immediate
Contact: Sharon Crosby
Date: 4/29/19
Re: The Toast of Toccoa

Toccoa, GA, April 29, 2019 – Toccoa’s second largest event is coming on May 4 in downtown Toccoa from 12:00 noon until 5:00 pm. This will be the third year that the city has sponsored the Toast of Toccoa. It is quickly becoming a popular event in northeast Georgia.

This spring event features an art show, craft beer tasting, wine tasting, entertainment, food vendors, and a classic car cruise-in.

Once again this year, the Currahee Artists Guild and other regional arts organizations who will display their artwork in separate booths set up throughout the downtown area. Visitors will be able to talk one-on-one with the individual artist about their particular work and will be able to purchase selected works of art. The children’s art work will be shown in the breezeway in the center of Doyle St. Winners of the show will be announced at 5:00 p.m.

Food vendors are a popular part of the event. This year there will be two food trucks, Carter’s Smoke House and Mike’s On the Go. The popular, Just Right Catering, will be located in front of their downtown storefront and Asia House will be located in the Food Court. Downtown restaurants are available for lunch or dinner as well as Victoria’s Sweet Treats.

Eight different styles of craft beer and cider, from breweries like Creature Comfort, Dalton Brewing, Mercier Orchards and more will be available from a beer truck will be located at the corner of Doyle Street and Pond Street.

Area wineries will be located on Doyle Street from Sage Street to Pond Street and will offer wine tastings. Bottles of wine can be purchased at the different wine booths.

Individual souvenir 16 ounce beer glasses and 8.5 ounce wine glasses will be on sale for $4 each OR $10 each which will include four separate pour tickets (which are valued at $2 each). Sample beer pours will be 4 ounces each while wine tasting pours are 2 ounces each and will be handled by the individual wineries. The individual tasting tickets are $2 each. Each ticket would be good for a 2 ounce wine pour or 4 ounce beer pour.

Tickets can be purchased at the corner of Doyle Street and Sage Street. ID’s will be checked at the ticket booth before tickets can be purchased for the beer and wine. Beer and wine open containers will not be allowed outside of the festival area.

Tickets and wristbands can be purchased at the intersection of Doyle Street and Sage Street. ID’s will be checked at the ticket booth before tickets/wristbands can be purchased for the beer and wine. Beer and wine open containers will not be allowed outside of the festival area. Event t-shirts will be available for purchase at the booth.

The entertainment stage will be located at the intersection of Sage Street and Doyle Street. Radford Windham and Step Back Cadillac, a popular band which performed at the Ida Cox Music Series in 2018, will be onstage from 12 – 3 pm. The Mobtones, an up and coming local band, will be on stage from 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Another popular event at Toast of Toccoa is the Classic Car and Specialty Cruise-In, featuring dozens of restored vintage and specialty automobiles. It will be held on Doyle Street between Pond and Hill Streets. Everyone is invited to participate. There will be plaques given for the Top Five. For more information, contact Dereck Martin at 404-915-3923. Awards will be given out at 3:30 p.m.

Streets will close at midnight on Friday night and open up again on Saturday at 6:00 pm. Car owners are asked to park in the parking lots on Foreacre Street beginning Friday night.

There is no cost for admission to the event. For more information go to www.mainstreettoccoa.com.

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