Mayberry
In
The
Midwest
May 15 - 17 2020
Danville IN
About
Plans are now underway for the Seventh Annual Mayberry in the Midwest Festival! We are just getting started so if you would like to join the planning committee or help us out by being a financial sponsor please send an email to
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Join us in Danville, Indiana May 15-17, 2020......because everybody needs a little Mayberry.
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Ticketed Events
Join us Friday, May 15, 2020 for the Seventh Annual Mayberry in the Midwest Meet & Greet Dinner as we welcome Maggie Mancuso(Charlene Darling), Dixie Griffith(Andy's daughter), Ronnie Schell(Duke Slater from Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.), George Lindsey Jr., the zany Tribute Artists and more. Dinner will be straight from Aunt Bee's Kitchen, catered by the Mayberry Cafe. Meet our special guests, get autographs, make new friends and start your Mayberry weekend with a smile and lots of laughs. We will once again have a wonderful silent auction filled with TAGS items.
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Paper tickets will NOT be mailed. Your confirmation will serve as your ticket. Contact: danvillepartnership@gmail.com
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SORRY but there will be NO REFUND
Events Schedule
Friday, May 15th:
6 pm - 9 pm: Meet & Greet Dinner
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Saturday, May 16th:
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7 am -10 am Firemen's Pancake Breakfast 77 N. Kentucky Street
9 am - 7 pm Welcome Center Marion Street Tent
10 am - 5 pm Opie's World Play Area Jefferson Street
10 am - 5 pm Tractor Town N. Washington Street
10 am - 7 pm Vendor Booths Open Courthouse Square
11:00 am Mayberry Themed Parade
11:30 am Whistling Contest FREE Stage
Noon Tribute Artist Show FREE Stage
12:30 pm Mayberry Trivia Contest FREE Stage
1:30 pm Pickle Eating Contest FREE Stage
2:00 pm Ronnie Schell: On the Road with Crawley Business Center
Andy Griffith
2:00 pm Birch Creek Bluegrass Band FREE Stage
3:00 pm Squad Car Nationals Government Center
3:20 pm Bluetown Bluegrass Band FREE Stage
4:30 pm Tribute Artist Show FREE Stage
5:15 pm New Balance Bluegrass Band FREE Stage
7:00 pm Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers FREE Stage
Sunday, May 17th:
11 am Mayberry Bible Study/Steve Pyatte FREE Stage
11 am - 4 pm Welcome Center Marion Street Tent
11 am - 5 pm Vendor Booths Open Courthouse Square
11:30 am Stones Crossing Gospel Music FREE Stage
Noon - 5:00 pm Opie's World Play Area Jefferson Street
Noon - 5:00 pm Tractor Town N. Washington Street
Noon Tribute Artist Show/Opie Winner FREE Stage
1:00 pm Ambassador Turner's History Lesson Crawley Business Center
2:00 pm LeRoy McNees & Friends Bluegrass FREE Stage
3:15 pm Rumbletown Bluegrass Band FREE Stage
4:30 pm Tribute Artist Show FREE Stage
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Tribute ArtiststT
Special Guests
Terry Varvel as Barney Fife
Allan Newsome as Floyd Lawson
Kenneth Junkin as Otis Campell
Tim Pettigrew as Goober Pyle
Michael Oliver as Gomer Pyle
Eric Lowry as Mayor Pike
Phil Lee as Ernest T Bass
Jeff Branch as Howard Sprague
Jeanette Kleiber as Aunt Bee
Michelle Bryson as Daphne
Mike Haviland as Sgt. Carter
Ted Womack as Mr McBeevee
Maggie Peterson Mancusso
"Charlene Darling"
Dixie Griffith - Andy Griffith's Daughter
George Lindsey Jr.
Son of George "Goober" Lindsey
Ronnie Schell
"Duke Slater"
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Sponsors
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Danville Christian Church