Greenville council approves Rhythm on the River concerts with food-truck safety requirements

Greenville City Council voted to approve the Greenville Rotary Club’s Rhythm on the River concert series for Thursdays, June 11 through Aug. 6, 2026, granting an encroachment license and relief from the no-parking ordinance on Franklin Street.

The event permission includes specific safety and administrative conditions: the food truck must face the sidewalk to keep customer lines off the street; the Rotary must provide cones arranged in a half-moon shape around the truck; “caution drive slowly” signs must be placed on the south and north approaches (the Rotary will pick them up and drop them at Public Services); the Rotary must provide updated liability insurance and sign a hold-harmless agreement; and the City will issue a parking permit to be affixed to the truck.

Councilperson Moss moved the measure and Councilperson Johnson seconded; the motion was adopted unanimously. The council did not record additional conditions or a staff report in the transcript.

The decision allows a recurring downtown event intended to draw residents and visitors to Franklin Street and shifts public-safety responsibility for on-site traffic control largely to the event organizer, subject to the city permit and insurance requirements.

The council meeting record does not include a named representative of the Rotary Club on the record, nor direct quotes from a club representative. The next administrative steps described in the motion are delivery of updated insurance documents, execution of a hold-harmless contract, and issuance of the food-truck parking permit by the city.