Blue Ridge Electric will host its annual fundraising festival, Blue Ridge Fest, on Friday, May 3, 2019, at the cooperative’s headquarters in downtown Pickens. The largest classic car cruise-in and Beach Night show and dance event in the Upstate, Blue Ridge Fest attracts nearly 6,000 attendees and more than 500 classic cars from across the Southeast annually to benefit local charities in the cooperative’s four-county service area. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $2.7 million for human-help agencies in Anderson, Greenville, Oconee and Pickens counties.

The charities receiving funds in 2019 include: A Child’s Haven, Anderson Free Clinic, Anderson Interfaith Ministries, Cancer Association of Pickens County, The Dream Center of Pickens County, Feed a Hungry Child, Fostering Faithfully, Golden Corner Food Pantry, Grace’s Closet, The Lachlan McIntosh Tannery Foundation, North Greenville Crisis Ministry, and Pickens Meals on Wheels.

To register, visit https://blueridgefest.com/.