Sunshine Festival July 4th 5k & 1 mile

🎉 Annual July 4th Sunshine Festival 5k Race and 1-mile

Join us on July 4th for the 42nd Annual July 4th Sunshine Festival 5k Race and 1-mile on St Simons Island!

🥇 Finisher Medals

• Medals: Finisher medals for all 5k and 1-mile finishers!
• Website: This is our OFFICIAL Race Website!
• Social Media: Many local social media and web "local event" calendars for the Golden Isles may not be up to date.

🏨 Hotel Discount

Attention Runners! Getting a good night's rest is essential for crushing your 5k race, come stay with us at Sea Palms for a quiet and peaceful rest with a view! Use this link for 10% off! Sea Palms Resort (travelclick.com)

📅 Important Notes

• Self-Seeding: Starting Line is self-seeded by average expected pace per mile.
• Strollers: ARE ALLOWED, please be careful and respectful of the Adaptive Athletes.
• Dogs: ARE NOT ALLOWED due to insurance liability and safety issues.
• Registration: Pre-race day walk-up registration on July 3rd: NO race day registrations on July 4th.

🏁 Race Day Details

• Packet Pickup: RACE DAY packet pickup on July 4th from 6 am.
• 5k Start: 7 am.
• 1 Mile Start: 8 am.
• Awards Ceremony: 8:30 am.

🚻 Facilities

• Bathrooms: 2 multi-stall bathrooms across the street in Mallery Park.
• Porta-Potties: 8 Porta-potties by the starting line.

📸 Event Photography

Sports in Motion Photography will be photographing our event this year. We are providing the digital images for FREE! Please look for an email after the event with a direct link to your images or you can go to www.simphotos.com to view photos too.

🍉 Food and Snacks On-Site

• Sandy Bottom Bagels: bagels available.
• Parkers: handing out water bottles.
• Georgia Watermelon Association: handing out watermelon.
• Starbucks: serving cold brew.

🏃‍♂️ Race Routes

5K Route: USTAF Certified 5k route. 5K Route video preview

1 Mile Route: Start and Finish will be at 5K starting line. The 1-mile fun run will be chip timed. Sunshine Festival 1 Mile MAP

🏆 Awards

All 5k and 1-mile participants who complete the course and are wearing a bib will receive a Finisher medal.

• 5k Awards: Overall, Masters, Grand Masters, Senior Masters, and top 3 male and female finishers in each age group.
• 1 Mile Awards: 1st, 2nd, 3rd male and female for 12 and under and 13 and over.

🚗 Parking

Parking is a challenge: please carpool, be dropped off, ride a bike, or walk! Additional parking options include Mallery Street, around the ballpark, and in the village. Avoid private residences.

🎆 July 4th Activities

Be sure to visit our 3-day festival with many activities:

• Craft Show: Featuring artists and makers, July 3rd-5th.
• Golf Cart Parade: July 4, 11:00 am.
• Live Music: Bands will entertain throughout the day on July 4.
• Fireworks: July 4, 9:00 pm.

For more information, check out www.facebook.com/CraftsintheVillage.

📍 Location

601 Mallery Street, Saint Simons Island, GA

For more details and registration, visit here.