Inaugural downtown event kicks off summer season

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Hundreds of people showed out to downtown Clayton for the inaugural Ramshackle event June 1 to kick off the summer. Headliner band Futurebirds rocks out and excites the crowd as the all-day event wrapped up with music and dancing. Officials plan to make next year’s version of Ramshackle even bigger.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Local man Tyler Ratcliffe also know as the “Bubble Man” creates massive bubbles as children attempt to pop them at the City of Clayton’s inaugural Ramshackle event on Saturday, June 1. Ratcliffe was surrounded by a large number of vendors and tents for local businesses that were set up on Main Street.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Crowds of people dance and sing to the music of Scott Low & The Blue Bouillon during the June 1 Ramshackle event in downtown Clayton.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Gabriel Lopez of Blue Ridge Toys spins a yo-yo with ease as he shows off impressive tricks at Ramshackle that was held in downtown Clayton on Saturday, June 1.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. The downtown streets of Clayton begins to fill around 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 1 as the local businesses and vendors set up on Main Street for the first-ever Ramshackle event.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Local and out of town residents enjoy a slew of vendors on Main Street during the City of Clayton’s Ramshackle event that was held for the first time ever on Saturday, June 1. Hundreds filled the downtown streets to get a taste of what Clayton and Rabun County has to offer.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Nick Dittmeier and The Sawdusters perform on the Main Stage at the June 1 Ramshackle event in downtown Clayton.