Autumn Leaf Festival is this weekend

Katrina Loucks will be soliciting hugs starting at 9 a.m. on the roadside by the parade. She will have one hour to collect the 2,000 embraces, all of which will be recorded on video.

Otherwise, the festival will highlight the usual events, singing from the stage opposite the park, a parade on Saturday, and booths selling food, crafts and other merchandise. The lineup is as follows:

Friday

•5:00: cakewalk

•7:00: The Dalton Gang

•8:00: the Haunted Hayride

Saturday

•9:00: Let the hugs begin

•10:00: Parade

•11:00: Opening ceremonies

•12:30: Commerce School of Dance

•2:00: Regeneration performs

•3:00: Matt Joiner performs

•4:00: Regeneration performs

•5:00: Cake walk

•6:00: Smokie Jones performs

•8:00: The Bourbon Cowboys perform; cake walk

Sunday

•1:00: Glory Road performs

•2:00: The Mitchells perform

•3:00: Freddie Smith performs

•4:00: Ray of Hope performs