FAIR SAINT LOUIS ANNOUNCES ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP FOR 34th ANNUAL EVENT

“America’s Biggest Birthday Party”

will take place July 3rd, 4th, and 5th at Forest Park

As plans for Fair Saint Louis 2014 continue to take shape, representatives of the Fair St. Louis Foundation gathered this afternoon at the Living Worldbuilding at the St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park to announce that Bonnie Raitt, The Band Perry, The Fray and Musiq Soulchild will be among this year’s headline performers as Fair Saint Louis moves its Fourth of July celebration to Forest Park, July 3, 4 and 5. Rounding out the headlining entertainment lineup will be

Gavin DeGraw, Matt Nathanson, Mary Lambert,Capital Cities and The Neighbourhood.

“This year marks a very special time for Fair Saint Louis,” said Bob Ciapciak, chairman of Fair Saint Louis 2014. “For the first time ever, America’s Biggest Birthday Party will be held over three fun-filled days in the space that once hosted the1904 World’s Fair.”

In keeping with Fair Saint Louis tradition, Ciapciak also noted that fairgoers can look forward to a variety of family friendly activities and spectacular, custom fireworks shows, sponsored by Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Edward Jones which will be tailored to the new Forest Park venue.

The schedule for the headline entertainment and other cornerstones of the Fair Saint Louis experience is shaping up as follows:

Thursday, July 3, beginning at 5 p.m

•FairSaint Louis

Opens with Presentation of Colors by a Color Guard from one of the Commands at Scott Air Force Base and a performance by the USAF Band of Mid-America’s Hot Brass Band as part of the Post Foods ParadeTown experience

• Performance by

Smash Band

• Performance by The Band Perry

 

Friday, July 4, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

*Three World Record Attempts, sponsored by Post Foods

*131st annual Veiled Prophet Parade steps off at 10 a.m.

• Fair Saint Louis kicks-off at noon

•Evening performances by Gavin DeGraw, Matt Nathanson and Mary Lambert, followed by headliner Bonnie Raitt

Saturday, July 5, beginning at 7

a.m.

•Schnucks Freedom 4 Miler & Family Fun Run, organized and produced in conjunction with the St. Louis Sports Commission

•Fair Saint Louis kicks off at noon

• Webster University’s Salute to the Troops

•Performances by Musiq Soulchild, Capital Cities and The Neighbourhood,

leading up to The Fray

Additional performers and a host of exciting new programming elements made possible by the new venue will be announced in the coming weeks.

As fairgoers make plans to attend the event, representatives of the Fair Saint Louis Foundation want them to know that they are working closely with a transportation consultant and all the appropriate agencies and neighboring communities to develop a comprehensive transportation plan that will be published at the end of May

For the latest news and information on Fair Saint Louis, fairgoers are encouraged to visit www.fairsaintlouis.org, where

they can also find links to the Fair’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, as

well as volunteer and vendor applications.

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