Lake Wylie Music Fest e-News July 22, 2015 edition

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So, you're coming to the annual LW Music Fest by boat and looking forward to enjoying an afternoon/evening of area bands while kicking back on your own party barge.

But what about those folks who don't have boats?

That question's been posed to us over and over since the Fest began in 2010; so this year we've got an answer ... LW Craft Beer Extravaganza ... on land while the Fest floats on The Waters of Wylie!

As you know, the Music Fest is free but there is a ticket price for the beer tasting. Why? Because it's part of the effort to bring ongoing support to keep LW Music Fest going forward, to bring new popular events to our area, and to create an all-new flavor of fun.

Tell your non-boating friends, co-workers, and neighbors to BUY TICKETS for the on-land Craft Beer Extravaganza sponsored by Sweetwater Sports Bar & Grill & help support 2 great causes:

Your favorite floating fest, Lake Wylie Music Fest
& our hosts for the day, The Charlotte Area Shriners

WHERE TO GET TICKETS:

VIP Tickets can be purchased at Sweetwater Sports Bar & Grill in Lake Wylie

& offer the VIP Ticket holder early entrance (1pm) for special tastings, goodies, and participation in Opening Ceremonies

General Admission Tickets can be purchased through our website, LakeWylieMusicFest.com or simply CLICK HERE!

& offer the ticket holders admission at 2pm, tastings of over 75 craft brews, & special vendor shopping

VOLUNTEERS needed

Want to volunteer? Here's what's needed now:

Folks to distribute flyers, banners, posters around the lake area
Prep on the grounds on the day before the event to decorate and prepare
Volunteers to work on the day of the event on land (from set-up to tear-down as well as directing folks and giving one-on-one support to performers and vendors)

Music starts at 1pm on The Waters of Wylie

Anchor your boat early for the best spot ... and float out in front of The Red Fez Club for an afternoon of great music!

plus

VIP admission to the Beer Extravaganza on the grounds of Red Fez club is at 1pm (VIP's get in an hour early for extra delicious special samples, goodies, & participation in Opening Ceremonies of Lake Wylie Music Fest!)

General Admission ticket holders can enter at 2pm on land

Note please and thanks for honoring the folllowing requirements: There can be no entrance to the land from the water. Please do not dock your boat on club property. The Music Fest is a FLOATING FEST to be enjoyed from The Waters of Wylie. The Beer Extravaganza requires tickets to enter and the entrance is Red Fez Club Road off of Hwy 49.

Lake Wylie Music Fest 2015 Performer Line-up

1-2pm Opening Ceremonies with drumSTRONG & The Backstage Jam

2:15pm Lenny Loafer & The Lazy Rhythm Section

3:15pm The Wiggle Wagons

4 - more from drumStrong and The Backstage Jam

5 - The Bryan Anderson Band

6 - Analog Daze

7 - The Mighty Rhythm Busters

Get your TICKETS early!

Tickets to this year's Beer Extravaganza are limited so you'll want to get yours pronto! VIP tickets ($60) are available exclusively at Sweetwater Sports Bar & Grill in Lake Wylie (4582 Charlotte Hwy.) General admission tickets ($40) are available on our website .. or you can go straight to the ticket link and GET YOURS NOW!

Previously published in LWMF e-news:

Greetings Festitarians!,

It's with great excitement that we announce a new venture in fun on The Waters of Wylie...

In honor of the 5th anniversary of Lake Wylie Music Fest, we're giving the annual event a special trio of gifts: A New Venue! A New Date! and A New on-land Event!
Sweetwater Sports Bar & Grill of Lake Wylie and Satisfaction Marketing are bringing a new flavor to our lake community with the first Lake Wylie Craft Beer Extravaganza which will be set up on the property of the Red Fez Club while the Music Fest frolics in the waters off the shores of the club. "We're expecting over 50 local and craft beers to provide unlimited samples until the kegs run dry," shares Steve Lorusso, owner of Sweetwater. To get into the Craft Beer Extravaganza, folks will need a ticket providing them full access to the craft beer samplings, food from Sweetwater, on-land arts vendors, a commemorative glass, and a "backstage" experience of the music.

As always, to get into Lake Wylie Music Fest, you just need to enjoy the Fest from your boat. Performers will be staged at the shores of the Red Fez Club. The Music Fest is a FREE community event. In celebration of the Fest's 5th year, organizers have invited back a special selection of Fest Favorites to perform. "We've had such great music! For this celebration, we're bringing back a selection of much-loved bands from previous years;" says Fest Organizer, Jan Pendleton. "It's all about celebrating our anniversary and the new steps we're taking to bring something more to The Waters of Wylie."

The History of the Fest:

Lake Wylie Music Fest is a free community event designed specifically for boaters. Opened to The Waters of Wylie in the Summer of 2010 by a fully-volunteer team, the Fest ran 3 events that year and the next, took off 2012, and returned for single event spectaculars in 2013 and 2014. Known as a "floating fest," Lake Wylie Music Fest has performers on a stage overlooking the lake with all audience in and on the water. The not-for-profit event has become an expected kick-off to Summer here on the lake drawing upwards of 200 boats (and hundreds of people!) Moving from its birthplace in a portion of Boyd's Cove affectinately known as "The Cow Cove," to the Red Fez Club in 2015 and from its usual date of June to September, organizers expect these shifts plus the partnership with the Craft Beer Extravaganza to be grand opportunities for more participation and fun. "It's going to be the Saturday of Labor Day weekend; kind of a good-bye to Summer and usually an active weekend on the Lake;" offers Pendleton. "Our intention for 2016 is to present both the kick-off and the good-bye to Summer with events in June and September. You know, we set out in 2010 with the battle cry of bringing funky fun to The Waters of Wylie. In our fifth year, we're just continuing the mission for the folks of our beloved Lake! Buy a ticket and join the fun of the Craft Beer Extravaganza on land or hang out on your boat for free as Lake Wylie Music Fest rocks the waters!"

QUESTIONS?

contact jan@lakewyliemusicfest.com to volunteer, to inquire about vendors, to learn more

Music Fest SPONSORS:

Performing this year:

JUST 4 FUN!

Sing this to the tune of Jimmy Buffett's "Come Monday" ..

Headin' down to the river

for the Labor Day weekend show

I've got my boat all dressed up

And my neighbor's are goin' in their car

And buddy, it'll be fun

On the water and on the land

Come Saturday, September 5

Come Saturday, Craft Beer & the Fest

I've spent a long sizzlin' Summer

waitin' for this

and I can't wait till September 5th!

Anyone wanna write the next verse??

LAKE WYLIE MUSIC FEST

is a completely volunteer-driven not-for-profit community effort started by an individual lake resident who pulled together musicians, sponsors, equipment, website, e-news, stage and support production, and many, many, many details that can't be remembered.

If one person can do all of this, what can a whole team do?!!!!

Save the Date!

Labor Day Weekend

Saturday

September 5, 2015

Music Begins at 1pm

Lake Wylie Music Fest

Promotions by Satisfaction Marketing

2879 Hwy 160 West, PMB 4100

Fort Mill, SC 29708

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