{"id":33430,"date":"2016-05-07T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=33430"},"modified":"2016-05-02T12:31:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T17:31:06","slug":"batesville-springfest-2016-may-13-14-presented-by-batesville-main-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/batesville-springfest-2016-may-13-14-presented-by-batesville-main-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Batesville Springfest 2016 May 13\u201314 Presented by Batesville Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Batesville Springfest 2016<\/strong> is rolling back around on May 13 and 14. The festival, similar to Oxford\u2019s <strong>Double Decker<\/strong> <strong>Festival<\/strong>, has no fee for admission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This year\u2019s Springfest features two days of music. Friday is set to have <strong>Honky Tonk Heroes<\/strong> starting at 7 pm, followed by Oxford All-Stars Band at 8:30 pm. Saturday will bring a day long line up starting at 1:30 pm with <strong>Austin Smith &amp; Company<\/strong> and closing out with <strong>Craig Morgan<\/strong> at 9 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Batesville_MS_022.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-33433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Batesville_MS_022.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Batesville_MS_022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Batesville_MS_022.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Batesville_MS_022.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Batesville_MS_022.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Oxford regulars playing the festival include popular cover band <strong>Whiskey Barrels<\/strong> and the <strong>Tyler Keith<\/strong> lead four-piece <strong>Teardrop City<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In addition to music, Springfest also offers entertainment for all ages. <strong>The Mississippi Cornhole Classic<\/strong> will take place on May 14. There is a $60 entry fee with a first-place prize of $900, second and third place receive $450 and $150 respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Beginning at 8 am on May 14 will be the <strong>Racing for Paws<\/strong> 5k run. The Starting line and packet pick up will be at the <strong>Batesville First United Methodist Church <\/strong>on <strong>Panola Avenue<\/strong>. The finish line is also set on Panola Avenue and the awards ceremony will be held at Gazeebo on the Square as always.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Junior Auxiliary Kids Corner<\/strong> has a slew of activities to keep the little ones buy. Attractions include an inflatable obstacle course &amp; slide, rock wall, bungee jumper, and touch a truck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Batesville Springfest is presented by <strong>Batesville Mainstreet<\/strong> as part of the state-wide mainstreet program designed to reinvigorate town centers in Mississippi.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14544 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batesville Springfest 2016 is rolling back around on May 13 and 14. The festival, similar to Oxford\u2019s Double<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":33432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[8522,8519,8520,1123,1380,8521,3,753],"class_list":["post-33430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-localfestivals","tag-5k-run","tag-batesville-spring-fest","tag-children-events","tag-family","tag-music","tag-paws","tag-the-local-voice","tag-tlv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-02-springfest.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}