Scott Burgess Freedom Fest and 5K Ready to Roll

The Scott Burgess Memorial Scholarship was founded in 2014 in honor of SSG Scott Burgess. The scholarship is awarded to one male and one female Robertson County high school student. The goal of the scholarship is to instill core values in young adults and honor SSG Scott Burgess. Funds are raised for the scholarship via community events such as the Scott Burgess Memorial 5K and Freedom Festival.
This year’s musical line up includes national headliners as well as local favorites. All the musical numbers are known for their ability to get a crowd up on their feet and dancing to the beat. The Festivities take place on June 7 at Franklin City Park.
This year’s line-up includes Corey Morrow, Hayden Haddock, with this year’s headliner Cody Canada and the Departed. The event features a full day of music as well as plenty of fun things to do in between sets.
Organizers are getting all the fun activities ready for the big event, and they are looking for vendors, classic car enthusiasts and lovers of horseshoes and running to participate in the different activities.
There is plenty to do while waiting for your favorite act to appear on stage, from perusing the classic cars in the annual classic car show, to enjoying the stiff competition of the annual crawfish cook off. There’s also the annual 5k run that benefits the Scott Burgess Scholarship fund that helps worthy students from the area accomplish their college goals.
Local artisans, crafters, boutiques and food vendors can click here to download the Vendor form. The booth spaces are large and affordable for an event that draws such a large crowd.
The annual 5K is ready to kick off as well and runners are encouraged to sign up early. They can click here to sign up to participate in the annual 5K. For the younger runners, the kid race forms are here.
Classic car owners can sign up to show off their beauties and win fabulous prizes. Awards for Classic Car, Classic Truck, Custom Truck, Muscle Car, Street Rod, Hot Rod, Street Car/Truck and Best of Show will be given. Sign up to show off your car or truck by clicking here.
Try your hand at the crawfish cook-off and show your Cajun style. Each team will be provided with one bag of crawfish; however, they must bring their own corn, potatoes, and other supplies. Water stations will be available for rinsing and purging the crawfish. Additionally, each team will receive four festival wristbands and two cooler entry tickets. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. There will also be an award for Best Theme, and decorations are encouraged. Other criteria for awards include taste (rated 1-10), peel (rated 1-10), presentation (rated 1-10), spice (rated 1-10), and creativity (rated 1-10). Click here to download an application.
Tickets are still available online here for all the events at the Scott Burgess Freedom Festival. Folks can still register for any of the events that take place during this annual festival as well. Get your tickets while there’s still time and don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to see some great music and help worthy students from the area.