Marshall, Texas- The Marshall Main Street program is excited to announce the arrival of a new monthly event, the fourth Saturday “Family Fun Day”. The event will run every fourth Saturday of March through October and feature family friendly activities and live music. Activities are free and many businesses offer special promotions.
“The Main Street board wanted to create an opportunity to showcase all of our existing business and the fun things there are to do downtown,” said Tourism & Promotions Director Sarah O’Brien. “We believe this is a perfect way to do this and are so excited to see it bring families out to celebrate in our historic downtown. The downtown merchants are delighted about this and have really pulled out all the stops to make this debut a blast!”
The debut of Family Fun Day will take place March 26, 2016 downtown and a variety of activities will be hosted by different downtown businesses. The activities and promotions are as follows:
The General Store will host a bounce house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the corner of Rusk and Washington.
The Infield Downtown is offering a special Family Fun Day discount of 10% off all day.
Hop over to the Art Event from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to chalk the walkway outside, then come inside and make a watercolor, crayon, and/or colored pencil drawing. Parents can sign up for a drawing to win a free MVAC Kids Art Event!
To celebrate Easter weekend, the Easter Bunny himself will be at Blissmoor Valley Ranch handing out free fudge cones for kids and taking pictures from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Finish up the day at Musicians Unlimited with a free concert starring Salvation From Sundown, a rock band of 11-13 year olds, perform in the newly refinished Paramount Room at 5 p.m. They will also have kids karaoke inside.