NEWS4U SEPTEMBER 2022 | MUSIC
7th Annual Parksfest Evansville
Photo Credit: Alex Morgan
Free, all-day music festival returns to Garvin Park on October 1 with a great lineup of area bands and more
A
lways the perfect
artists, including Mock
Louisville and St. Louis.
way to welcome
Orange, Faerie Ring,
in the fall season,
Cynthia Murray, Georgia
Of course, all that
ParksFest is once again
Funkadelic, The Smoke
rocking out will inevitably
positioned to help
Rings, Cage Willis and
whet your appetite for
tri-staters recover from
LaTasha Shemwell. While
some of the delicious
the summertime blues.
some of these talented
grub provided by the
This free, all-ages,
acts are veterans of the
Evansville Food Truck
all-day music, arts and
Evansville music scene
Association - 12 food
food festival presented
and beyond, others,
trucks in all on-site. No
by the Arts Council of
such as Cage Willis,
one should go home
Southwestern Indiana is
are relative newcomers
hungry, in other words.
an annual highlight on
creating a serious buzz
Or thirty, for that matter.
the community calendar,
in the tri-state. Taken as
Pro tip: there will be a
drawing thousands of
a whole, this may well be
beer garden provided
people to beautiful
the most exciting lineup
by Bokeh Lounge and
Garvin Park in early
to date for ParksFest,
Working Distributors.
October as the leaves
featuring everything
are turning colors. The
from alternative/heavy/
And as always, ParksFest
scenery is truly ideal
indie rock to folk, funk,
will feature free kids
for such a cool event
hip-hop and R&B. If you
activities and workshops,
- especially as the sun
somehow thought that
as well as art, craft and
starts to fade and the
Evansville lagged behind
nonprofit vendors. So
beautiful sounds from the
bigger cities, artistically
bring the young ones
stage waft into the crisp
speaking, think again.
along, too, and let them
evening air.
Just come to Garvin
experience the joy of this
Park on October 1 and
most excellent festival.
This year, those beautiful
you'll see - and most
sounds will be made by
importantly, hear - that
For more info, follow
some of the area's most
we're right up there with
ParksFest Music Festival
notable bands and solo
the likes of Indianapolis,
2022 on Facebook.
A n d a s a lw ay s , P a r k s F e s t w i l l f e a t u r e f r e e kids activities and workshops, as well as a r t, c r a f t a n d n o n p r o f i t v e n d o r s .
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Photo Credit: Mustard Seed Photography