The Boise Music Festival will bring back a free, family-friendly celebration to Ann Morrison Park on July 24. The 12-hour event will showcase more than 40 bands, including main stage headliners Bret Michaels and the Backstreet Boys, as well as Macy Gray, Green River Ordinanceand Ryan Star. Four local stages will showcase area musicians all day.
"There will be plenty of things to do all day long, so we are hoping the public attends early and makes an all-day activity out of it," said event coordinator Mike Owens of Peak Broadcasting.
Still, the main attraction will be Michaels, who goes on stage at 8:40 p.m. A brain hemorrhage, a minor stroke and non-stop reality TV exposure have transformed him into a megastar.
Michaels recently released a country-laced solo CD to mediocre reviews, but don't sweat that: His setlist will be heavy on rocked-up Poison favorites such as "Talk Dirty To Me" and "Something to Believe In." Michaels also has covered Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Sublime's "What I Got" during recent concerts.
About 75,000 tickets have been given away to the festival; tickets are available by listening to radio stations owned by Peak Broadcasting (Wow 104.3, Mix 106, Kiss 103.3, Lite 107.9 and KIDO 580/630). A limited number of tickets will be distributed at the gate early in the morning. However, a ticket is not required to get into the festival, and you can enter anytime. But you must have a ticket to get directly in front of the main stage or into the beer gardens.
Parking inside the park will be reserved for vendors and sponsors, but there will be five shuttles running throughout Boise picking up at Boise State parking lots, Downtown parking garages at 8th and Main streets, Boise Towne Square mall near the old Mervyn's location, 8th and Broad streets in BoDo, and multiple hotels in the Valley including Cambria Suites off Vista Avenue.
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