The 36th annual Saturday in the Park Festival is seven weeks off, and Blues Musician Joe Bonamassa the headliner at the free festival at the Grandview Park Municipal Bandshell.
Festival co-founder Dave Bernstein on Thursday announced the three acts who will close the main stage , plus two others who will be prominently featured on the second Abe Stage.
“We are looking forward to another great year,” Bernstein said at a press conference,
Bernstein said Bonamassa fits back to the original year of the festival, when it was called a Blues-fest. He has had 20 albums that have placed at No. 1 on blues music charts.
The other closing acts in the seven-band main stage lineup are Evan Honer and The Marcus King Band.
On the Abe Stage, the two acts announced are Tech N9ne, and 2 DEAD BOYZ to mark the 36th year of the festival. More acts will be announced prior to the event.
Crowds of up 25,000 often come to SITP, which is held the closest Saturday to the Fourth of July. This year it is exactly on July 4.
