Lakewood Summer Meltdown To Rock In Downtown Lakewood On Saturday

Come out and celebrate LakewoodAlive’s 6th Annual Lakewood Summer Meltdown on Saturday, July 11, from 4-10pm in Downtown Lakewood on Detroit between Elmwood and Marlowe. This year is going to be something really special.

The Meltdown sponsored by Melt Bar and Grilled kicks-off at 4pm with the expanded Meltdown Street Festival with interactive activities and local street vendors that encourage you to take advantage of summer weather. 50+ stations will be jammed into the 3 blocks to keep you entertained till 7:30pm, 90 minutes longer than in the past years.

Run in the 1-mile Kids Fun Run, sponsored by the Lakewood Family YMCA at 6pm or try the Meltdown 5K race at 7pm that snakes throughout Lakewood on a relatively flat and competitive course. This year there is a new shaded race course that will take you through one of Lakewood’s favorite neighborhoods with a portion of the course featuring an amazing lake view. With more than 500 runners last year, this unique evening race has become on of the region’s most popular. 1-mile registration is $15. 5K advance registration is $23; day-of $28. Sign up at LakewoodSummerMeltdown.com. Runners who pre-register may pick up their race bibs on Friday, July 10 from 4-7 p.m. at the Lakewood YMCA (16915 Detroit Avenue).

During and after the 5K race, check out the Meltdown Beer Garden (21 and over) featuring the summer sounds of the Burning River Ramblers and DJ Byron, cold draft beer, and food vendors. Buckeye Brewing Company has partnered with LakewoodAlive to sell 3 Buckeye beers in the Beer Garden including one made special for the Meltdown.

Thank you to our major sponsors: Melt Bar & Grilled, The City of Lakewood, University of Akron Lakewood, Geiger’s, Campbell’s Sweets Factory, First Federal of Lakewood, Lakewood Hospital, Discount Drug Mart, Cox Communications, Rozi’s Wine House, Health Spot, Peace Racking, NOOMA, Second Sole, The Movement Factory, Lakewood Family YMCA, Lakewood Recreation Department, Lakewood Observer, Ride & Workout, H & R Block, WestSide Skates, Buckeye Brewing Company, Window Universe, The Matthew Arbutina Agency, Thunder Tech and the Downtown Lakewood Business Alliance for their support.

Visit LakewoodSummerMeltdown.com for the most up to date Meltdown details. 

Ken Brand

Marketing and Event Director for LakewoodAlive

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Volume 11, Issue 14, Posted 3:05 PM, 07.07.2015