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It’s time to Get Down Downtown in the beautiful Downtown Searcy! From September 26-27, Main Street Searcy is hosting Get Down Downtown 2025, its two-day music festival, featuring attractions, family-friendly activities, vendors, and events.
At 8 p.m. on September 27, Nashville recording artist and Rogers native Joe Nichols will take the First Security Bank stage as the headline performer. With more than 2 billion audio streams to date, three Grammy nominations, a CMA award, ACM and CMT Music Award trophies, plus multiple gold and platinum-certified records, Joe Nichols has released Number One hits such as “The Impossible,” “Gimmie That Girl” and “Brokenheartsville”.
It’s his steadfast commitment to country music that has made Nichols one of Nashville’s most honest and versatile voices, regarded for his warm and distinctly country tone by everyone from Dolly Parton to Post Malone — he’s sung with both. On his new album Honky Tonks and Country Songs, Nichols continues to connect country’s traditional past with its diverse mix of more than 11 radio-ready tracks. The album’s first offering, “Bottle It Up,” is an easygoing yet irresistible celebration of country life, with Nichols singing about the simple joys of catching fireflies and kissing on a porch swing, wishing he could capture the feeling forever. He describes the song as “front-porch, rocking-chair country.”
Since arriving on the scene as a teenager, Nichols has had a knack for finding and singing just the right song for the right moment. He did it with his Number One hits “The Impossible,” “Gimmie That Girl” and “Brokenheartsville”, and with his back-to-back Number Ones “Sunny and 75” and “Yeah.”
On Honky Tonks and Country Songs, he finds that sweet spot with “People Still Doing That,” a song that speaks directly to listeners who might be feeling old school in a modern world. He delivers a heartfelt love song for the ages in “Doin’ Life With You,” a vow to one’s partner that you’ll be by their side through thick and thin — and wouldn’t want it any other way. Nichols sings the ballad through the lens of being a father and a husband. “Life can be hard, with its peaks and its valleys, but I love the person I’m doing it with,” he says. “That song will resonate with a lot of people.” He also collaborates with his opening act Annie Bosko on the album duet “Better Than You.”
At 6:30 p.m., the First Security Bank stage will welcome Nashville recording artist Annie Bosko as the opening performer. With a voice that resonates with her fans, singer-songwriter Annie Bosko is crafting songs that reflect her upbringing as a farmer’s daughter. With her latest release, “California Cowgirl,” from her forthcoming debut album, Bosko embraces her West Coast roots that run deep in the heart of California’s agricultural country, providing a backdrop that continues to inspire her blend of signature ‘90s country music. Her self-titled EP saw the Golden State native making her late-night debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with a performance of “Neon Baby” – a track that also marked her first charting single at Country radio. Bosko followed her acclaimed EP with stunning collaborations featuring country icons, including Vince Gill and Dwight Yoakam. Her current top 40 hit duet “Better Than You” with Joe Nichols hit the Country radio airwaves as a top-five most-added song for five consecutive weeks.
Bosko broke out in 2014 with the SiriusXM/CMT hit “Crooked Halo,” which has amassed more than 3 million streams, earning her a title as an Artist to Watch from Rolling Stone Country. She went on to write songs recorded by Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson, tour alongside Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton, sell out the famed Troubadour and perform on the Grand Ole Opry and at Ryman Auditorium.
Start your weekend at Get Down Downtown on Friday, September 26, with the headline act, the Little Rock Winds. For thirty years now, dedicated members of the Little Rock Winds have been presenting enriching and entertaining concerts that honor the wind band tradition while keeping the new and unexpected at the forefront. Concert-goers and musicians alike describe the programs of Little Rock Winds as a wide variety of music that leaves listeners and players feeling happy, inspired and energized. Their concerts present a collection of challenging and inspiring pieces that celebrate the wind band’s diverse musical heritage. The approximately 48 professional and semi-professional musicians are selected by audition and participate for personal development and enjoyment and as a service to the community.
Friday night’s music lineup is presented by Harding University’s Arts and Life Performance Series.
Unity Health Kid Zone
The Unity Health Kid Zone in Spring Park will be open Saturday, September 28 from 10:00 A.M.- 4:00 P.M. Visitors will enjoy kid-friendly entertainment at the Spring Park Pavilion, a petting zoo, pony rides, kiddie karaoke, carnival games, hula hooping clinic, inflatables and more. Spring Park carnival games only cost 25 cents each, pony rides cost $5. Entrance into the petting zoo, inflatable jumpers and other activities are free, thanks to our Kid Zone sponsor, Unity Health.
Unity Health Stage Lineup – Spring Park Pavilion
10 a.m. Searcy High School Choir, Searcy High School Cheer, Searcy High School Lionsteppers, and Ahlf Junior High School Cheer
10:30 a.m. Ahlf Junior High School Choir
11 a.m. 4 Mile Hill Taekwondo
11:30 a.m. Harding Academy Chorus
Noon Crosspointe Preparatory Vocal Ensemble
12:30 p.m. Katie Sunshine Hula Hooping
1:30 p.m. 4 Mile Hill Taekwondo
Main Street Searcy Entertainment Zone
This year, the Main Street Searcy Entertainment Zone will be at the Spring Street parking lot across from First Baptist Church. Throughout the event, you can find Arkansas Circus Arts, Fire Breathing, 4 Mile Hill Taekwondo and the Little Rock Zoo.
Funnel Cake 5k
You had me at funnel cake! The annual Funnel Cake 5k is on Saturday, September 27th, starting at 8 a.m. Everyone who finishes the 5k will receive a voucher for a FREE funnel cake during the Get Down Downtown festival. Pre-registration is $35 until midnight on September 26; the price will increase to $40 on race day. If the 5k is too much and you want a fun run, The Cotton Candy Classic is for you! Everyone who finishes the 1-mile fun run will receive a voucher for one FREE cotton candy during the festival.
For more information, visit the Main Street Searcy Facebook page or the Get Down Downtown website.
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