Powell Festival celebrates 20th anniversary

For Immediate Release

Annual Powell Festival celebrates 20^th anniversary

(POWELL, Ohio)—June 19, 2017— The annual Powell Festival presented by Mount Carmel is from 5-11 p.m. Friday, June 23 and noon-11 p.m. Saturday, June 24 in Village Green Park, 47 Hall Street.

The Festival is a free event, featuring family-friendly entertainment, food, endless activities for children, shopping and more.

Entertainment Lineup
Technicare Stage
Friday, June 23
5 p.m. | DJ Matty Sexton
5 p.m. | Liberty Deep Down
7 p.m. | Wet Bandits
9 p.m. | The McCartney Project

Saturday, June 24
12 p.m. | DJ Matty Sexton
4 p.m. | The Lee Gantt Band
5:30 p.m. | Radio Tramps
8 p.m. | Three Ton Toad
10:15 p.m. | Fireworks, grand finale fireworks presented by KEMBA Financial

Food & Beverages

• A Cut Above
• Backyard Fry Shack
• The Blue Chew
• Boy Scout Troop 428
• Cosmic Kettle Corn
• Giant Eagle Market District
• Glass City BBQ
• Kiwanis Club with Jet’s Pizza and Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt
• Kona Ice
• Niko’s Street Eats
• Ohio Farm Direct
• Parkway Grub
• The Lemon King Donuts
• Pepsi products
• The Powell Village Winery
• Rhinegeist
• Heidelberg Distributing Company

Mount Carmel Kid’s Zone
The Mount Carmel Kid’s Zone will feature more than a dozen rides, games and activities for children. Interactive games include a mobile zip line, extreme trampoline, skid loader bounder, construction zone obstacle course and more. Wristbands are $10 per day per child.

A free kid’s area will include games and activities from Recreations Outlet and the first-ever Recreations Outlet Tots Zone for toddlers and preschoolers.

Parking
Guests are encouraged to use public parking lots and street parking spaces in downtown Powell. Additional parking will be available in the Village Academy parking lot as well as along South Liberty Street.

Road Closures
South Liberty Street will be closed to northbound traffic from 4 p.m.-midnight Friday, June 23 and from 11 a.m.-midnight Saturday, June 24 for parking. Bennett Parkway will serve as the detour.

Partners
This year’s Powell Festival is made possible thanks to presenting partners Mount Carmel and Technicare as well as Comfort Xpress, Jill Patricia King, KEMBA Financial, Giant Eagle, Goldfish Swim School, Auto Assets, Pepsi, Recreations Outlet, Powell Senior Living, Rhinegeist, Mathnasium, Fishel Hass Kim Albrecht Downey LLC., JamesHardie, The First Citizens National Bank, Three Lemmons Insurance Agency, Powell Grand Communities, Margello Development Company, Savko, Powell Village Winery, Chipotle, Davey Tree Service, Heidelberg Distributing Company and Amber Elizabeth Photography.

More information including a detailed schedule of events, list of marketplace vendors and FAQs can be found on the Festival’s website.

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