The Niles Family Fun Fair and Music Festival will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2019;
3 to 11 p.m. Friday, May 31,
10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 1 and
noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Riverfront Park, downtown Niles, Michigan USA. The Riverfront Optimist Club of Niles host the event. Admission is free and open to the public. Wristbands must be purchased for the carnival rides. Those proceeds are collected by the Optimist Club and used to support a youth or music cause.
Josh Sitarz, 17, the event coordinator for the festival, said there are traditions and new events on tap for this year’s festival.
Those who attend will be able to see some crowd favorites, including Audie Blaylock & the Redline — a bluegrass band.
While bluegrass and Americana music will still take center stage, Sitarz said festival organizers wanted to diversify the genre of music that people could hear. This year, festival goers can also hear pop, country and gospel bands. Among the bands taking the stage will be the Toona’s – a group of Brandywine school district musicians and Fillmore’s Ladder — a Grateful Dead tribute band, to name a few.
The festival will also feature a petting zoo, camel and pony rides and a host of activities. New this year, Sitarz said there will be a dunk tank where people can dunk a cop or firefighter. The festival will also get a visit from a Captain Jack Sparrow impersonator – a popular character from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.
