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2023 CELEBRATION SCHEDULE (subject to change)

5pm

Celebration Begins
 5 pm

Greased Pole opens

 Field 5
 5-8:30 pm  Kid’s Activity Field  Field 5
 5:30 pm

Frog Jump Contest

Field 3
 5:30 – 7 pm
7:45-9:15 pm

Live Music:
Fantasy Band

 

 Field 1
7-7:45 pm

The May Belles

 Field 1
 9:15 pm

National Anthem – The May Belles

 Field 1
Fireworks
 Celebration Ends
Full Concessions will be available at the hub (building between Fields 1-5) We will also have food vendors throughout the event.
Child safety armbands are available at the information tent or the tent on the games field. These armbands are placed on the child with parental contact information in the event you are separated.
Frog Jump Contest

Frog Jump Contest — Bring your own frog!
Field 3, 5:30 pm

Amusement Games

Amusement Games & Inflatables

Games will be open from 5-8:30 pm ONLY.
Inflatable games are available free of charge! There will be wet and dry ones so come prepared to get wet! It is July in South Georgia so the kids will want to cool off! Please remember no shoes are allowed on the games.
Tattoo Art and  Games– Available free of charge to anyone interested!
Firetruck– Available for kids to look and explore from 5-8 pm

Greased Pole

Greased Pole Climb

Short pole for participants 10 years of age and younger.
Tall pole for participants 14 years old and younger.
Each participant gets (1) 2 minute try to climb the greased pole
Participants are not allowed to have help from others. It must be an individual effort.
After 2 minutes, participants are allowed to have another try, but they must get back in line.
The ONE person who gets to the top of the taller pole first will win $20 and the second gets a free t-shirt

  1. The ONE person who gets to the top of the smaller pole first will win $20.
    1. The second gets a free t-shirt
  2. After prize money is won, participants can continue to climb the greased pole.

The greased pole opens at 5:30

TRAFFIC PLAN
Mill Creek Regional Park Traffic Exiting Plan

 

Please note the following flow of traffic on Highway 24 for Saturday, July 1st:

Starting at 8:45PM, no traffic will be allowed down Highway 24 from the 301Bypass to the recycling center just past the main entrance to Mill Creek Regional Park.  From 9:30PM until 10:30PM, traffic will exit out of the main entrance of the park using both lanes.  The right lane will be directed right or left onto Highway 24; the left lane will be directed left onto Highway 24.  Traffic exiting from residences and businesses across Highway 24 from Mill Creek Regional Park will only be allowed to turn right (west) onto Highway 24.  Both lanes of Highway 24 will go straight to the by-pass.  The right lane of Highway 24 will be allowed to travel right onto the by-pass or straight on Highway 24/East Main.  The left lane of Highway 24 will be directed left onto the by-pass.

Traffic from Mill Creek Elementary will be directed right onto Beasley Road to Highway 80.  Traffic exiting from Bible Baptist, Trinity Church, and Barnes Lumber will be directed right onto Highway 24 to the by-pass for access to Highways 80 and 301.  Exiting preference will be given to people parked in designated areas within Mill Creek Regional Park.

Any traffic wishing to travel down Hwy 24 after 8:45pm will be rerouted to Hwy 80 east to Burkhalter Road where you will turn left and travel down to Zettwell Road and turn left again. This will take you back to Hwy 24 on the opposite side of Mill Creek Regional Park.

 This plan has been created for your safety with the expertise of local law enforcement and Georgia highway patrol. Be safe.

The Back Exit property is no longer owned by Bulloch County therefore this exit is not an option for our parks access. We do have an emergency entrance created for the use of emergency personnel only.

 

Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.s)

You may bring a tent and set up for your family/group but all tents must be down by 7:30pm when the main band begins! You may not set up tents on Field 2 or 5.

You may bring coolers but please no glass or alcoholic beverages. Concessions will be open.

Mill Creek Park is a tobacco-free park. Absolutely NO SMOKING or ALCOHOL in the park.

No pets are allowed in the complexes (around the buildings) or on the fields.

No fireworks of any kind are allowed inside the park by guests.

Grills are not allowed in the complex area. However, there are some provided in the area around the large playground.

Bring your chairs and blankets and find a spot for your family

No selling items unless approved and no handing out information except at booths.

Lost children will be taken to the information tent in the 5 Field Complex hub near concessions. – Child safety armbands are available at the information tent or the tent on the games field. These armbands are placed on the child with parental contact information in the event you are separated.

Traffic on Hwy 24 will be stopped at 845pm.

The lights will be turned off at approximately 9:15pm and will remain off for 20-25 minutes.

Vendor Boooths
Boro The Hatchet Axe Throwing
Food Lion RV
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
Ava’s Lemonade for a Cause
Character Pros – Face Painting
The Bees Knees
Little Women Bowtique
Mothership Designs
East Main Church of God
Skeins and Things
His and Her Designs
Beads by Barbara
NelVerna Limited Co.
Southern River Co.
The Outrage Room LLC
Gameday Sports Gifts
Victoria Jade’s Creations
Food Vendors
Jacci’s Italian Ice
Coastal Kettle Corn and Pork Skins
Sno Blast, LLC
Wavee Shavee Ice
Statesboro Hots
A Forceful Taste
A and J Funnel Cakes
Bearded Pig BBQ
Deens Cookin LLC
2C Coffee and Tea
Kona Ice of Effingham Co