Join us May 12th & 13th
Up in Smoke Food & Music Festival
The Batesville Main Street Program and the City of Batesville WELCOME YOU to the UP IN SMOKE Food and Music Festival! Get ready for SOMETHING NEW!!
This year’s “springfest” is making a big facelift that has been needed for a while. It’s now UP IN SMOKE Food and Music Festival, and it’s circling around culinary goodness and musical greatness!
Come together with us for a weekend of great music, delicious food, and fun for the family!
Saturday, May 13th
Color Me Happy Kids Color Run
WE ARE EXCITEDDDDDDDD for UP IN SMOKE’S first COLOR ME HAPPY Kids Fun Run on Saturday May 13th!
This is a fun kids color run for ages 5 through 12 that will begin at the American Legion Park and end at the Panola County Courthouse parking lot.
We will have a few “obstacles” to run through and LOTS of COLOR “poofs”!
The Junior Auxiliary, Batesville Police Department, Panola County Sheriff Department, and the Batesville Fire Department will all be there to make the event so much fun and cheer on the kiddos!
PLEASE NOTE: The color power is non-toxic BUT if you are afraid of getting color in your eyes, please wear protective glasses or goggles.
Color Run Details
Location: American Legion Park
Race Date: Saturday, May 13
Check-in Time: 7:30 AM
Fun Run Start Time: 8:30 AM
Check-in at 7:30 AM will be at American Legion parking lot. When the race ends, children can be picked up or met at the Panola County Courthouse parking lot.
More Information
• Limited to participants ages 5 – 12.
• Limited spots available.
• Registration fee is $25 per child. Payment must be received to fully register. We accept cash, check, or Venmo (@Joe-Azar-9).
• If paying by cash or check, please bring to Panola Partnership, 150-A Public Square, Batesville, MS 38606.
• Packets with t-shirts must be picked up at the office the week of May 8th. We will be open that week every day 8 AM to 4:30 PM.
Saturday, May 13th
Mississippi Cornhole Classic
Join up for the 8th Annual Mississippi Cornhole Classic sponsored by Liquorty Splitz and R & B Tobacco at the Up in Smoke Food and Music Festival in the downtown Basteville square!
FOOD – BEER – LIVE MUSIC – FREE FESTIVAL ADMISSION – SPECTATORS WELCOME
Cornhole Details
Two-person team | Double Elimination
Check-in for all teams @ 10:00 AM
Bracket Assignments @ 10:45 AM
Bags fly @ 11:00 AM
1st Place $900
2nd Place $450
3rd Place $150
Registration Details
$60 per team pre-registration
$75 on game day
Pre-registering guarantees your team a placement. Non-refundable.
Pay by Venmo, cash, or check. Your registration is not confirmed until payment is received.
Steak Off Details
The competition begins Friday evening (May 12) with a steak cook off and an “Anything Sherin Sauce” competition.
The Cook Off continues into Saturday with a double steak-off, a Bloody Mary and dessert competition.
UP IN SMOKE Steak Off Competition is organized by the Steak Cook Off Association. Contact jack and Lisa Jennings at 901-340-8966.
Steaks provided by Performance Food Services and Braveheart Foods.
Bloody Mary competition sponsored by Cathead Vodka.
“Anything Sherin Sauce” competition sponsored by Sherin Foods
City Mix
Peyton Aldridge
Reverand Robert Mortimer
Wilkins Sisters
Saturday, May 13th
Politician Row
May 12th & 13th
Junior Auxiliary Kids Corner
Grab something from our
Food Vendors
With the pleasing aroma of steaks sizzling on the grills, your mouth will be watering for something great to eat! Check out the variety of food vendors that will be gracing the Up In Smoke fest!
- Panola County Cattleman’s Association – Steak Sandwiches and more
- St Mary Catholic Church – Funnel Cakes and more
- Pick Thai
- Sissy’s Cajun
- Cousins Maine Lobster
- Partee’s Lemonade and more
- Doe’s Eat Place
- Bryant’s Shaved Ice and more
- Boy Scout Troop 478 for sodas, waters and more
Get Your
Up in Smoke Swag
You may be asking “Hey…. did I miss the TSHIRT pre-order for UP IN SMOKE Food and Music Fest this year?”
Well, no, you didn’t miss it!
This year we are NOT pre-selling shirts. We will only be selling shirts and other festival swag at our UP IN SMOKE Merchandise Booth on Friday night and all day Saturday.
**BUT we DO have hats for sale already in our office if you would like one! They are the ones pictured above, and priced at $30.
Thank you for understanding!!! In the past, this has put a bit of undue pressure on our small staff in the office. We are trying to work smarter, and not spread ourselves so thin!
JOIN US MAY 12TH & 13TH
Sign Up to Volunteer
As you can imagine, it takes a great team to put on a big event! We sure could use your help!
If you are interested in volunteering to work a few hours either Friday or Saturday, we’d LOVE to have you! (AND you get a free tshirt out of the deal).
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
Parking & Street Closures
See the maps below of downtown Batesville logistics around road closures, school bus routes, parent pick up routes for school, and where to find some public parking spots.
There is A LOT of thought and consideration that goes into these maps to help make it as seamless as possible, and for us to have a community event for our downtown!
Public Parking & Road Closures
The map shows all the available parking, and mentions a few other places where you can park outside the area. All the red are areas CLOSED during the fest. The BLUE is private parking only!! PLEASE be courteous and do not park in people’s yards…. You will be towed at your expense.
Up in Smoke
FAQs
UP IN SMOKE Food and Music Festival is a new branding for the former Batesville Springfest! UP IN SMOKE is circled around food and music with a sanctioned steak off competition (with ancillary competitions, e.g., bloody mary, dessert, etc) and music Friday evening and all day Saturday. There will be a wide variety of food vendors from steak sandwiches to Thai to lobster! The kids will enjoy a color run and a busy children’s corner with lots of activities. And the Mississippi Cornhole Classic will be tossing bags for cash prizes on Saturday. Please check home page for official dates and details.
If we did not address your question, please direct any other questions to our Contact page.
Downtown Batesville, MS, on the square. See “How Do I Get Downtown to Up In Smoke Food and Music Festival” for address and directions.
If you want to map it, type in our office location and it will take you right to the square!
Panola Partnership, 150 Public Square, Batesville, MS 38606
From I-55 NORTH
- Exit #246 to MS-35 S / Hwy 35 N.
- At end of exit ramp, turn RIGHT onto Hwy 35. (Love’s Truck Stop will be on your right.)
- Drive approximately 3.2 miles. (Hwy 35 becomes “Broadway.”) You’ll have the railroad tracks on your right side the whole way. Broadway runs right into the square!
From I-55 SOUTH
- Exit #243 on to MS-6 W/US-278 W.
- At end of exit ramp, go RIGHT to merge on to MS-6 W/US-278 W.
- Turn RIGHT at 3rd stop light (US 51 North)
- Turn LEFT at Pamela Street (Landmarks: Magnolia Pharmacy, Ace Hardware on your left.)
- Continue on Pamela to stop sign. Proceed straight (Pamela becomes Creek Drive, and then Court Street.)
- Continue all the way to the square!
From MS-6 WEST / US 278W
- Approaching Batesville from the west, drive EAST into town.
- At Hwy 51 intersection stoplight, turn LEFT (Landmark: Walgreens will be on your left.)
- Turn LEFT at Pamela Street (Landmarks: Magnolia Pharmacy, Ace Hardware on your left.)
- Continue on Pamela to stop sign. Proceed straight (Pamela becomes Creek Drive, and the Court Street.)
- Continue all the way to the square!
From MS-6 WEST / US 278W
- Approaching Batesville from the east, drive WEST into town.
- At Hwy 51 intersection stoplight, turn RIGHT (Landmark: Walgreens and BP Station on your right side.)
- Turn LEFT at Pamela Street (Landmarks: Magnolia Pharmacy, Ace Hardware on your left.)
- Continue on Pamela to stop sign. Proceed straight (Pamela becomes Creek Drive, and the Court Street.)
- Continue all the way to the square!
UP IN SMOKE is a FREE event. There is no cost to enter. Kids corner is free to all participants. Food, beverages, beer, and competition entries are NOT FREE. Please consider bringing money (cash is best, some vendors take credit cards) for what you may want to purchase.
There will be no parking on the square, as Springfest takes up the entire square area. Late afternoon, the south side of the square (by Flint Hardware, Davis Pharmacy, Polished, etc) will open back up for parking once the Junior Auxiliary Kids Corner has closed down.
Otherwise, there will be parking on side streets connecting to the square, such as Panola Avenue, College Street, Broadway Street, etc.
There will be a wide variety of food vendors on site from Thai to steak to lobster. The beloved funnel cakes too! There are also two businesses on the square that serve beverages – Downtown Nutrition and HoneyBee Coffee Cupboard. Please check their hours of operation.
The Boy Scouts will be selling water, Gatorade and soft drinks. A few of the food vendors will have drinks as well. Absolutely NO COOLERS will be allowed at Up In Smoke.
Yes. The square is handicapped accessible around the sidewalks and streets. Plus, there will be an ADA portable toilet available.
Absolutely no coolers allowed – no exceptions. Boy Scouts and food vendors will have drinks available to purchase, and there will also a beer tent (IDs will be checked and you must purchase a festival cup at the beer tent.)
All will accept cash. Some will accept cards. Please plan accordingly. There will NOT be an ATM on site.
No ATM on site.
The Panola County Emergency Management office will have a tent set up on the square for an emergency contact point. We ask that parents and guardians please write your phone number in permanent marker on your child’s arm. This will help law enforcement and our festival volunteers locate you if your child approaches us lost.
Call 911, and then if you are able (or someone nearby), find a law enforcement officer, security guard, or Springfest Volunteer to assist you until First Responders arrive. There will be First Responders on site, as well as Emergency Management Services.
See pictures from the last
Up in Smoke Food & Music Festival
Click through the tabs on the gallery to the right to see pictures from the 2023 Up in Smoke Food and Music Festival. Load the full photos by clicking on any of the images.
Click through the tabs on the gallery to the right to see pictures from the 2023 Up in Smoke Food and Music Festival. Load the full photos by clicking on any of the images.