A Festival To Build A Veteran’s Memorial
6th Annual Port Lavaca Flip Flop Festival
LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2014 – August 29th & 30th
The City of Port Lavaca, TX, is excited to bring you the 6th Annual Flip Flop Festival benefiting the Bayfront Veteran’s Memorial, honoring all military veterans past, present and future.
A secluded area of the City’s Bayfront Park, also the site of the festival, will be the location of the memorial, which will include bricks engraved with a veteran’s name (available for purchase at the festival) and pavers that line a donor walkway. Construction on the memorial is planned to begin by September. The Veteran’s Council along with members of the local VFW, GI Forum, and American Legion will be working hard at the festival.
The Flip Flop Festival is an exciting, family-friendly event that visitors and locals alike look forward to each year.
The waterfront location and festival experience gives attendees a taste of what you can expect when you visit Port Lavaca – a welcoming atmosphere, friendly conversation, a great view of the water, cold drinks, great food and shopping, and of course, flip-flops!
Visitors are encouraged to stay the weekend and explore all that Port Lavaca has to offer, including boating and saltwater fishing, RVing and camping, historical site-seeing, birding and a white sandy beach with a 2200-foot boardwalk.
This year’s festival will kick off Friday evening, August 29th, with a Street Dance on the Bayfront Peninsula with music by Night Moves. There will be live music all day on Saturday, August 30th, with performances by Riptide, Kayla Ray, TipJar Romeo, The Scott Taylor Band and the festival’s headliner, Bart Crow!
Saturday morning, gates open at 10AM. You can expect the best in food and arts and crafts, professional sand sculptor, Fred Mallett, a huge kid’s zone with a splash pad, rides, games/prizes and face painting. Contests include a Children’s Sand Sculpting Contest (new this year!), a Horseshoe & Washer Tournament and the Annual Fling Flong Contest.
The festival will include an IBCA-sanctioned barbecue cook-off with a $10,000 guaranteed payout!
Admission to The Flip Flop Festival will be FREE!
Whether you live in, near or far from the community of Port Lavaca, we invite you to spend Labor Day weekend with us. Flip-flops welcome!
For up to date information on the Flip Flop Festival and to find lodging options, go to www.flipflopfestival.com and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/flipflopfest.
