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Welcome to King Fest! KingFest, held annually the first Saturday in October at King Central Park, includes a variety of activities for all ages. Live music performed at the amphitheatre features 50's, oldies, bluegrass and gospel music. Also included in the day's events are arts and crafts, children's activities, a youth fishing tournament, a horseshoe pitching tournament, community-prepared country food, heritage demonstrations, miniature train rides, a classic cruise-in car show, a cake bake-off, contests and prize drawings. Admission and parking are free, and parking is adequate for bus tours. King Central Park, located on Kirby Road, is a 17-acre municipal park, with paved walking trails; a stocked fish pond; picnic shelters, restored eighteenth century cabins, a veterans' memorial and an amphitheatre. Directions: From US Hwy 52, take the King exit and go 1/2 mile toward King. Turn right onto Kirby Road and go 1/2 mile, just past P.B. Clark's Restaurant. King Central Park will be on the left. There is a sign and U.S. flag flying at the first entrance to the park. Public parking will be in the amphitheatre lot at the second park entrance. Location of Central Park in King,NC Get Google map directions to Central Park                                            2010 KingFest Sponsors                                   Festival Sponsors                                       City of King                         King Chamber of Commerce          Music   Stage                                                  Little Folks Tent R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company        Stokes Partnership for Children    NewBridge Express Train                McDonald's Kids' Olympics      NewBridge Bank                                  McDonald's Restaurant              Hospitality Tent AJW Development, LLC   Associate Sponsors Forsyth Technical Community College King Lions Club King Senior Center Magnolia Construction, LLC David L. May, Jr.  Nationwide Agency Mountainview Medical Center Slate Funeral Home Stokes County EDC Stokes Family YMCA Stokes Tire and Automotive, Inc. Universal Health Care of King    Corporate Sponsors A &  A  Signs, Inc. American Legion Post 290 Carroll Memorials, Inc. Cres Tobacco Company  Duke Energy First Baptist Church of King First Citizens Bank Imperial Vault Co. James River Equipment Company LTD Farm & Garden Mitchell's Nursery and Greenhouse Piedmont Natural Gas Rotary Club of King Shannock's Music & Loan  Stokes Pharmacy, Inc. Stokes-Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc. Wachovia:  a Wells Fargo Company     Inflatable Village Sponsors Bank of the Carolinas  King Family Dentistry Stokes-Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc. Unlimited Success/Partnership for a Drug-Free NC   Patron Sponsors Elke's Shoppe King Antique Mall King Christian Center Northview Animal Hospital, PA Tuttle's Body Shop Inc.    Friend Linda Lane Realty, LLC   Donor Tradewinds Consignments