Saturday is going to be a busy day downtown.

Another event to add to the list is the Downtown Vicksburg Fall Festival, which will start at 10 a.m. and last until 5 p.m., at the Vicksburg Farmers Market lot on the 1000 block of Washington Street.

Great weather and big crowds are expected.

“It’s supposed to be beautiful weather this weekend, so it could be a little over 5,000 [people],” Vicksburg Main Street executive director Kim Hopkins said.

The event kicks off the fall Farmers’ Market season with music, kids activities and vendors who will sell their local, home-grown products like produce, jellies, jams, canned goods and cheese.

Five different musical acts, Nick Secoy, Aron Shiers, Corey Scallions, Ralph Miller Band and Dustin Moulder, will entertain the crowd over the seven-hour party.

There will be an obstacle course, inflatable slide and a bouncy house for the children to play. Ricky Noble, a local cartoonist, will be on hand to do caricature drawings, and Percy King will bring animals for the crowd to see and pet like snakes and parrots. Antique tractors will be on display, and a few food vendors will be on hand in addition to the farmers market fare.

After taking two months off at the end of the summer market season, the fall market season will meet every Saturday through Nov. 28 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., rain or shine.

“I think everybody’s ready to get started because it feels so nice outside,” Rebecca Sigh, Vicksburg Main Street assistant director, said. “It’s a good time to be outside and just spend a day at the market. And because there’s new produce.”

The party doesn’t stop at the market lot, some of the downtown merchants are going to have sidewalk sales. Owner Nancy Bullard said Sassafras, 1406 Washington St., will have their semiannual sidewalk sale on Saturday.

“We take overstocked or last season’s stock and it’s marked well below half price,” Bullard said. “So we have regulars that like to check out those good bargains.”

Some inside merchandise will be 50 percent off. She said the biggest rush is usually first thing in the morning, and the rest of the day stays busy but is more relaxed.

“We just look forward to an often cooler day and just a relaxed party atmosphere for a work day,” Bullard said.

Other stores like Shoofly Shoes and Accessories located in Art and Soul of the South, 1312 Washington St., won’t have an outdoor display but will have some purses marked down and some women’s shoes, up to size 15, on sale for 75 percent off.

The Wine House, 1408 Washington St., will be hosting their own Oktoberfest event in conjunction with the fall festival from 5 p.m. to midnight Friday and 11 a.m. until midnight Saturday.

“We’re trying to celebrate a traditional German Oktoberfest with traditional food and traditional music,” Gabriela Morogan, event manager, said. “Most of us that work there are going to wear traditional German wear.”

Those who wear lederhosen or dirndl get 25 percent off their entire order. The restaurant will serve soft-baked pretzels with cheese, bratwurst, German pork steak on a Kaiser roll and they have about four Oktoberfest beers available.

“I’m excited to see what kind of crowd we can get down here,” Ashley Clark, The Wine House kitchen manager, said. “I think Washington Street is coming up a lot more, and the more people get down here and see what’s down here the better.”

Lorelei Books, 1103 Washington St., will host their monthly story time at 10 a.m. with Robin Beswick reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Suess.

The sixth annual Bricks and Spokes bike ride will kick the day off at 8 a.m. along with the Old Court House Flea Market, which also starts at 8 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m.

The Saturday events will be a family affair with something for people of all ages. Hopkins said some families have members who participate in the bike ride while the rest of the family goes to the flea market and later they’ll meet at the fall festival.

Hopkins and Sigh have worked hard to bring these events together but they are ready for the weekend.

“We’re excited,” Hopkins said. “The more the merrier.”