The city is holding its first Triple Crown Street Fair tonight before Saturday's running of the Aiken Trials. It will be a family affair with rides for children and adults, food vendors, street magicians, clowns and the East Coast Party Band on the main stage from 8 to 11 p.m.
There will be other kinds of performances as well, including dance and karate demonstrations, and a horsey area for kids where they can pretend to be cowboys and jockeys on the fastest stick ponies in the South. The Kids' Corral will encourage children to make a horse-related craft that they can take home.
An adult adventure area will feature an inflatable obstacle course and a bungee run.
Aside from a Christmas celebration with the lighting of Aiken's tree, the city hasn't had much opportunity to use its new festival center on Newberry Street. The street fair will be a trial run with downtown merchants, with parking kept open until 5:45 p.m. on the southbound side of Newberry except for the center spaces. Those will be closed at 3.
Advance tickets are available at the H. Odell Weeks Recreation Center on Whiskey Road and Citizens Park on Banks Mill Road for $2 for children and $5 for adults. Tickets at the gate will be $4 for children and $7 for adults.
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