[NEohioPAL]Mardi Gras comes to Akron on June 26

Tue Jun 15 10:36:51 PDT 2004

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Anyone who hasn't made it to Mardi Gras can experience the homespun
musical ethnicity of the Louisiana bayou at the Ragin' Cajun Fest, to be
held at Lock 3 Live! and FirstEnergy Stage in downtown Akron on
Saturday, June 26 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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Featured groups at the Ragin' Cajun Fest will crank out everything from
traditional zydeco tunes to contemporary and crossover zydeco. Folks
will be hard-pressed to sit still, stirred by the sounds of squeezebox
riff and French rockin' boogie. Dance instruction will be available to
anyone who wants to learn the two-step stomp or Cajun jig. For those who
prefer to experience ethnicity via culinary samples, vendors will serve
up Cajun-style foods in addition to the usual festival fare.

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FirstEnergy Stage will spotlight America's most popular Cajun band,
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, as festival headliner. Beausoleil will
serve up a musical sauce pequante blending Cajun and Zydeco music with
New Orleans jazz, blues, Tex-Mex, Caribbean and more. Together for three
decades, Beausoleil consistently wins "Best Cajun Band" in New Orleans'
Offbeat Magazine "Best Of The Beat Awards."

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Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie - one of Louisiana's best
traditional zydeco bands - will also light up FirstEnergy Stage. Fusing
his Creole roots and modern voice through a multi-accordion attack,
young Geno's unique sound distinguished him as Best Zydeco Artist at the
2003 Big Easy Awards in New Orleans. Delafose also mines Cajun music,
French Creole, blues and country swing.

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French Creole fiddler and accordionist Dennis Stroughmatt and his band,
Creole Stomp, will bring their special brand of Creole, Cajun, zydeco,
and Missouri French Creole music straight from the bayous and prairies
of southwest Louisiana. And, with a repertoire of well-crafted original
tunes and an eclectic blend of party songs, Cats On Holiday delivers a
potent dose of American influenced roots, country, Cajun and blues.
Finally, the inspiration of Zydeco Dependents stems from musical styles
of South Louisiana, Cajun, Zydeco and Swamp Blues.=20

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The Ragin' Cajun Fest runs from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 26
at Lock 3 Live! Park and FirstEnergy Stage on Main Street in downtown
Akron, located next to the Akron Civic Theatre. A $10 admission charge
to the festival includes all concerts and entertainment associated with
this event, with the exclusion of inflatable rides for children, where
tokens will be sold. Admission to the festival is free for children
under 48 inches. If you bring a canned food item to Lock 3 park to
benefit the Akron/Canton Food Bank, you can buy one ticket at full price
and get the second ticket for half price.=20

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Cash-only tickets are sold at the Lock 3 Live! gates one hour before
show time.  For advance tickets, call the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office
at 330.253.2488 between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday.
Tickets are also available at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall Ticket
Office at 330.972.7570, or through Ticketmaster Centers or
Charge-By-Phone at 330.945.9400.=20

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NOTE: Due to popular demand, WKSU's Homegrown Saturday Mornin' at Lock 3
Live! has been expanded this season. Homegrown provides the perfect
outdoor setting in which to shop, experience and enjoy, every Saturday
(except July 3) between 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. When the Homegrown vendors
close shop at 2 p.m., folks can stick around town or come back later for
the festival.

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Free parking is available in the O'Neil's Deck (entrance off State
Street), Cascade Parking Deck (enter from Quaker Street) and Landmark
Deck (entrance off Bowery Street). Paid parking is available in the
Summit County Parking Deck (entrance off High Street).

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For event information and updates, visit
<outbind://16/www.lock3live.com> www.lock3live.com or call the Akron
Civic Theatre Info Line at 330.535.3178, or 330.535.3179.

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<FONT=20
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prairies=20
of southwest <st1:State><st1:place>Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State>. =
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entertainment associated with this event, with the exclusion of =
inflatable rides=20
for children, where tokens will be sold. Admission to the festival is =
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children under 48 inches. If you bring a canned food item to Lock 3 park =
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<FONT=20
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provides the=20
perfect outdoor setting in which to shop, experience and enjoy, every =
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close shop at <st1:time Hour=3D"14" Minute=3D"0">2 p.m.</st1:time>, =
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<o:p><FONT=20
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Cascade=20
Parking Deck (enter from <st1:Street><st1:address>Quaker=20
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<st1:Street><st1:address>Bowery Street</st1:address></st1:Street>). Paid =
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visit <A=20
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call the Akron Civic Theatre Info Line at 330.535.3178, or=20
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