ParksFest 2016 IS This Saturday! Live Music And So Much More

It's tough to beat great music played outdoors with the backdrop of mother nature.

ParksFest is back with the fans choice of musicians in the lineup. ParksFest 2016 is an all-day, FREE, family fun event happening this Saturday at Garvin Park  featuring music from talented bands that fans helped select for this year’s Festival.

From headliner to opening act, and everywhere in between, our community members played a role in selecting this year’s lineup. ParksFest is growing into an iconic, can’t miss, music festival, with fan-picked headliners, well-known international touring acts, and more family activities than ever before. For more information visit www.ParksFestEvansville.com.

This year’s lineup, influenced by the fans, includes: Houndmouth, out of New Albany, Indiana, said to be the “Best Little Indy Rock Band in Americana.” The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, offers a unique style of fingerpicking inspired by Delta blues heroes. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, solemn one minute and electrifying the next, command attention with two acoustic guitars and super-sized baritone vocals. The 23 String Band, deliver a signature sound that’s difficult to categorize—not really bluegrass, ragtime, or folk funk, and certainly not (gasp!) rock-n-roll—but in a word: fun. Along with The 23 String Band, returning by popular demand are Factor Primo and Osiella.

Arrive early to,Garvin Park, and visit local artisans’ booths. The single-day music festival takes place at Evansville’s Garvin Park from 11 a.m. through 11 p.m. and offers something for everyone.. Early on, the festival is geared toward family, with games for children and families. Activities include bounce houses, Zorb Balls, hula-hooping and a harmonica workshop by Art the Dude. As evening comes, the music intensifies and the expanded beer garden, with multiple craft beers from all over the region, becomes the place to hang out and enjoy the music.

ParksFest includes a marketplace for local artists to trade their art, crafts and hand-made items. Food and beverage selections are plentiful, include many of the areas favorite local food trucks, Pizza Revolution and Lamasco on Location. ParksFest is a nonprofit event made possible with the support of Miller Lite, Leinenkugel, the Benjamin Bosse Trust, City of Evansville Dept of Parks and Recreation and through collaborative efforts with the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, local businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals dedicated to bringing fun to Evansville’s residents and showcasing our city parks’ beauty. Through Evansville’s community-wide, citizen-driven visioning process, Evansville VOICE, this music festival that the entire community can enjoy is one shared vision that emerged and became a reality.   Sounds like a helluve fun time. Support ParksFest 2016, so next year's can be bigger and better.