Country Music 10K
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Country Music Half Marathon, 5K & 10K
The Country Music Half Marathon, 5K & 10K is a set of road races held in Clewiston, Florida, at 108 Royal Palm Avenue. The races are part of the three-day Clewiston Sugar Festival and take place on the festival day.
The event offers these distances:
- Half Marathon - 13.1 miles
- 10K - 10 kilometers
- 5K - 5 kilometers
The running events are embedded in a festival that traces its origins to the 1930s end-of-harvest celebrations hosted by the United State Sugar Corporation. Historically, the festival included a cleanup and barbecue after the final cane grinding, a dance at the Sugarland Auditorium (now the John B. Boy Auditorium), and the crowning of a King and Queen of Sugar.
In 1986 the Clewiston Merchant Association expanded the tradition into a city-wide festival. The contemporary Sugar Festival includes live entertainment, cane-grinding demonstrations, a car show, a kids park, and food booths run by local civic, school, and church organizations. Additional festival activities have included a rodeo, a bass tournament on Lake Okeechobee, and Seminole Heritage Day at the Clewiston Museum. The festival highlights community history and the local sugar industry and uses the slogan "We Raise Cane!" Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.