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Get ready to enjoy a down home family festival that will rock your boots!
Saturday, August 26th, Multi-Platinum-Selling Country Superstar Josh Turner will be kicking his boots up at the Watseka Family Festival. Enjoy a night of country music with Josh’s chart-topping hits like “Your Man,” “Would You Go With Me,” “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” and “All Over Me”. Opening for Turner, a Southern Illinois native turned Nashville star, Drew Baldridge! Baldridge’s viral hit, “She’s Somebody’s Daughter,” has amassed over 260 million TikTok impressions and has been streamed over 65 million times within a year.
On Friday, August 25th, be prepared to have your world rocked! The Silver Bullet STL Band offers a show-stopping 10-piece tribute to the music of Bob Seger that will take you back on a trip to a time when music and life was simple! Joining Silver Bullet STL is the Revel in Red band showcasing music spanning from the 70's through today with rock anthems and classics from Prince, Van Halen, Boston, Night Ranger, Bon Jovi, Journey & REO, to Pink, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran & My Chemical Romance.
The festival is a family fun event that includes a carnival, craft-flea markets, car show, bags tournament, beer garden, food vendors, and more! Free parking Friday Night and Saturday free Parking with on-line concert ticket purchase, without online concert ticket purchase it will be $5/car load for parking.
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Aug 25 to Aug 26, 2023
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Address:
968 S. 4th
Watseka IL 60970 - Phone: (815) 383-4194
- Email: watsekafamilyfestival@gmail.com
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