Five acts to perform at Windsurfing Regatta & Music Festival
BY SAMUEL MARTIN
The Globe
WORTHINGTON —
Stylistically spanning across country, modern pop and rock, the 2025 Worthington
Windsurfing Regatta & Music Festival will see five artists take the stage between Friday and Saturday evenings. The music festival stage is located on Sailboard Beach, on the shores of
Lake Okabena. Parking is available in the JBS Fieldhouse parking lot, city- and countyowned lots between Fourth and Fifth avenues along Ninth Street, and wherever on-street parking is allowed.
Drink-182
Ringing in the festivities at 7 p.m. Friday is Drink-182. Taking inspiration from such groups as Toad the Wet Sprocket, Backstreet Boys, Hootie and the Blowfish, Gin Blossom and more, the group will perform beloved hit songs of the 1990s.
Viva Kneivel
Following Drink-182 at 9 p.m. is Viva Kneivel. Described as an “8-to-100 piece fearless American wrecking ball,” the group performs “face-melting guitar solos and earthrumbling renditions of all your favorite songs that other bands are too afraid to play.” Also boasting a horn section, the group will perform funk and soul songs.
507 Grupo Quinientos 7
Opening Saturday’s performances at 4 p.m. is 507 Grupo Quinientos 7. Based in Marshall, the group will perform Tejano and Norteño music of
the Tex-Mex region until 7 p.m.
Dylan Schneider Following 507 Grupo Quinientos 7 at 7 p.m. Saturday is Nashville country artist Dylan Schneider. Since his arrival to Nashville at age 16, Schneider has amassed two Gold-certified hits, 2 million social media followers, 420 million-plus on-demand career streams and a Top 5 hit as a songwriter on
Line and Morgan Wallen and earning “Artist to Watch” accolades from Pandora, Amazon Music and more. 2024 has by far been his biggest year, having embarked on his coastto-coast headlining “Bad Decisions Tour” before joining Mitchell Tenpenny through the end of last year. He was hailed as a “2024 Next Big Thing” by MusicRow and debut of his first album “Puzzled.”
the independent artist has racked up more than 250 million streams, a massive digital presence of more than 15 million followers across all social media platforms and a touring footprint that sold over 125,000 tickets to date. In addition, Alan was named a 2024 Pandora 10 Artists to Watch and named to the Sirius XM and Pandora 2024 Future Five List after the release of his 2023 single
Contributed / Barry Roberts
This year’s Worthington Regatta Festival will have music peformed ranging from rock and pop to country and Tex-Mex.
Regatta to feature variety of good eats
BY HOPE MOURAL
The Globe
WORTHINGTON —
Come one, come all and come hungry to Worthington’s Windsurfing Regatta & Music Festival this Friday and Saturday. Over 10 food vendors will be set up along Sailboard Beach to keep bellies full all throughout the weekend-long event.
Enjoy everything from authentic El Salvadorian cuisine to BBQ and common Midwestern fried foods, including:
Asian Hut: Serving chicken teriyaki with Jasmine rice, fried rice, egg rolls, spring rolls, crab rangoon, bao bun and boba smoothies.
Best Way: Serving gyros, chicken, pop and water.
The Cheese Carriage: Serving cheese curds, corn dogs, hot dogs, pop and water.
Diventuri Concessions: Serving fried food, fresh cut French fries, corn dogs, funnel cakes, cheese curds, chicken strips and bubble tea.
A taco salad from TnT Indian Style Tacos is among the variety of foods available for purchasing during Worthington’s Windsurfing Regatta & Music Festival this week.
nachos, loaded fries, Jarritos drinks, desserts and flautas.
Jon-E-1 BBQ: Serving an assortment of barbecued meats, corn mac and cheese, beans and beverages.
TnT Indian Style Tacos: Serving fry bread tacos (beef, bean, combo), taco salad, nacho supreme, nachos (chips and cheese), elephant ear (with or without ice cream), pop and water.
Dave’s Mini Donuts: Serving mini donuts, soda and water.
JBS: Serving grilled pork chop on a stick, pork riblets.
Midwest Concessions: Serving fried food.
Pupusas Salvadorenas: Serving pupusa, which are made from corn flour, pork meat, mozzarella cheese and blended beans.
Fruit-Mix 502: Serving mixed fruit.
Shoosters Grill: Serving homemade lemonade and flame-grilled burgers.
Food vendors open at 11 a.m. each day of the festival and are located along Sailboard Beach on Lake Okabena in Worthington.
ArtMobile, CCSI to offer children’s activities Saturday at Sailboard Beach
BY CHLOE FARNSWORTH The Globe
WORTHINGTON —
The ArtMobile will make its way to Sailboard Beach for its seventh year, offering creative crafts for children attending the annual Worthington Windsurfing Regatta and Music Festival.
Gail Holinka, founder of the ArtMobile, said the traveling art bus will have a few different activities, including maracas to be decorated and wind kites to create.
“(It’s) kind of fun to keep that music and
wind theme,” Holinka said.
The wind kites start from weaving paper into different shapes, such as a star or flower, then putting it on a stick. Another craft will be coloring fabric and placing that on a stick as though it was a baton twirler.
The crafts will be on the beach from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. “Hopefully we’ll have beautiful weather,” Holinka said.
Client Community Services Inc. will have about 10 different games, offering a variety for children of all ages.
“We have a little dino dig for the younger kids
and a duck pond,” shared Ashley Clark, CCSI support services director. “Then some basketball shooting games and football shooting games for the older kids and some stuff in between there.”
CCSI will provide temporary tattoos and face painting along with carnival games from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, or until supplies run out.
“This is free of charge for anybody who’s participating,” said Jeri Schettler, CCSI executive director. “This is something that CCSI does to give back to the community.”
