NEWS

Saturday, August 1 at 9:30 a.m.

At the Davidson Farmers Market

Come in Your Best Waldo Look!

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Hundreds and hundreds of Where’s Waldo searchers have been all over Davidson since the scavenger hunt started July 1 in 33 establishments across town. All participants are welcome to attend the Grand Finale party at the Davidson Farmers Market on Saturday, August 1. Festivities will begin at 9:30 a.m. and Waldo finders who are interested in entering the prize drawing are encouraged to line up at 9:15 a.m. to show their stamped passport in exchange for a raffle ticket.

Grand Finale party details:

• 9:15 a.m. – Arrival. Get your raffle ticket! Bring your stamp card (aka passport) with 28+ stamps to enter our prize drawing.
• 9:30 a.m. – Music and story time with Jamie Hofmeister-Cline
• 10:00 a.m. – Live prize drawings. Bring your stamp card (aka passport) with 28+ stamps to enter our prize drawing. We will be giving away dozens of kid-friendly prizes donated by our generous Find Waldo locations.
• 10:20 a.m. – Waldo Look-Alike Contest Judging. Come dressed as your favorite Waldo character and we’ll choose a winner.

Additionally, party-goers can enjoy:

•     Party snacks and drinks, complimentary for Waldo Searchers
•     Mini scavenger hunt around the Farmers Market
•     DFM Kids Club activities

Many thanks to all our participating locations:

• Bamford Fine Violins
• Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
• Bungalow Market
• Carrburritos Davidson
• Catawba River Outfitters
• Copeland Richards, PLLC
• Davidson College Store
• Davidson Library
• Davidson Provision Company
• Davidson Soda Shop
• Davidson Village Inn
• Dwell Home Supply
• Famous Toastery
• Fifth Third Bank
• GiGi’s Gelato
• Hearts On Fiber
• Homewood Suites Davidson
• Honeysuckle Home
• Howard Hanna Allen Tate Real Estate
• The Jewel Box
• KF Studios Handmade Marketplace
• King Canary
• Knotty and Board
• Mestizo Mexican restaurant
• NOVEL Davidson
• PostNet LKN Davidson
• Rumor Mill Market
• Sincerely Tea House
• Storyhill Church
• Summit Coffee
• The Village Store
• Whit’s Frozen Custar

RAIN PLAN: In the event of heavy rain, the party will move to the community room at the Davidson Branch Library located at 119 South Main Street. Please stay tuned to our Instagram @mainstreetbooksdavidson for announcements.

For more details, please visit our website: https://www.mainstreetbooksdavidson.com/where-s-waldo                         

ABOUT HOFMEISTER-CLINE

Jamie came to the area as a Davidson College student and stayed; you might recognize her from working at Summit Coffee, teaching Music Together, or currently teaching elementary music to students at Community School of Davidson. She performed musical “Tunes and Tales” for Main Street Books before and during the pandemic, brightening our days with her talents. She lives in Cornelius with her wife, two awesome daughters, and their cats.

ABOUT WALDO

Martin Handford’s collections of crowd scenes took the world by storm in the late 1980s, and since then the books have held a cherished place on bookstore shelves, in family libraries, and in classrooms around the world. More than 80 million Waldo books have been sold worldwide, and they’ve been translated into over thirty languages.

For more information about hunting for Waldo in Davidson, call Main Street Books at 704-892-6841 or visit our website at mainstreetbooksdavidson.com/events to learn more.

ABOUT MAIN STREET BOOKS

Main Street Books has been a fixture on Davidson, NC’s Main Street since 1987, and our mission is to enrich and sustain the reading lives of local readers and writers with an inclusive, thoughtful literary collection, a creatively curated events calendar, and an engaged staff.

To join in the fun, people can simply pick up a “Find Waldo Local in Davidson!” passport at any of the participating stores. With each miniature Waldo they spot, searchers get their passport stamped or signed by the participating shop. Eagle-eyed hunters can also look for Waldo’s special 2025 red and white-striped magnifying glass in Main Street Books! Collecting store stamps or signatures at 25 or more businesses will entitle diligent seekers entry into a grand-prize drawing for Waldo books and other prizes, including items from Ben & Jerry’s, KF Studio, Copeland Richards, PLLC, and Honeysuckle Home. All participants are welcome to attend the Grand Finale party at the Davidson Farmers Market on Saturday, July 26, starting at 10 a.m.