NkyHatesHeroin has planned a music festival.
With six venues in Newport and 14 local bands have partnered up to fight the heroin epidemic in Northern Kentucky on Saturday, April 12 starting at 6 p.m. with a music festival. The event cost $10, which will get patrons in at all six venues. Raffle tickets for a split the pot and WWW.NKYHatesHeroin.Com T-shirts will also be sold at each location.
The lineup:
York Street CafeThe Chuck Land Band, Grand Oversoul, Honey And Houston, The Coreand Eva Ross
Little NashvilleMarty Connor Band and The Carter New Band
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Gary Devoto, Gary Webster and Friends
Birk’sNailed It J.R.’s Revenge and Altered Inc.
Mokka And The Sunset Bar & GrillDon Fangman (Frank Sinatra Impersonator) and Stonehaus Trail
Shortneck’sBand to Be Announced
The bands’ genres include bluegrass, country, rock, lounge/jazz andclassic rock. “There really will be something for everyone,” says Chris Stegner, chairman of NKY Hates Heroin and one of the event organizers. “It will be a fun night, with great music for a great cause.”
Event Proceeds will be given to NKY Hates Heroin, an organization that is dedicated to heroin education and prevention, as well as providing support to addicts seeking recovery and their families. The organization was founded by the Stegner/Specht/Schell/Layman families of Fort Thomas after Nicholas Specht lost his life at age 30 to a heroin overdose.
Visit WWW.NKYHatesHeroin.Com for more information.
