Rock 'N' Rib fest announces entertainment lineup

Palm Coast Observer
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The entertainment lineup for Palm Coast’s Rock N’ Rib Festival held Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13 is a little bit country and a little bit rock-n-roll.

In addition to the headlining Eagles tribute band “The Long Run” Saturday night, this year’s Rock N’ Rib will host seven acts in Round 1 of the $100,000 Texaco Country Showdown Friday night and Saturday.

Also performing Saturday night will be singer/songwriter Johnny Bulford, co-writer of the No. 1 country hit “A Woman Like You,” and 2009 grand-prize winner of the Country Showdown national competition.

The Long Run, based in Fort Lauderdale, features five musicians who realistically reproduce the sound that makes the Eagles one of the most successful bands in rock and roll history. The Eagles tribute band will take the Rock N’ Rib stage at 9 p.m. Saturday.

Rock N’ Rib will be 5-9 p.m. Friday, April 12, and noon-9 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave.. Admission is $3 per day; children 12 and under free. Lawn chairs are OK, but no coolers and no pets will be allowed. The carnival will continue Sunday, April 14, from noon-3 p.m.

In addition to live music, the festival will include plenty of barbeque, a Backyard BBQ Contest, car show, carnival, hourly Wildlife Tree Animal Discovery programs with animals from every continent on earth, and a fireworks finale on Saturday night. Rock N’ Rib is presented by the city of Palm Coast, Beach 92.7 and Kix Country 98.7.

The entertainment schedule is as follows:

Friday, April 12
5-5:45 p.m. Alexis – country (competing in the Showdown)
6-7 p.m. David Lane – country (competing in the Showdown)
7:15-8:15 p.m. Uproot Hootenanny – country (competing in the Showdown)
8:30-9:30 p.m. The Afterwhile – country (competing in the Showdown)

Saturday, April 13
12:30-1:30 p.m. Category 5 – variety hits
1:45-2:45 p.m. Nalani Quintello – country (competing in the Showdown)
3-4 p.m Easy Posse – country (competing in the Showdown)
4:15-5:15 p.m. Diablo Canyon – southern rock
5:30-6:30 p.m. Beach Street A GO GO – ‘60s hits
6:45-7:45 p.m Greg Warren Band – country (competing in the Showdown)
8-8:45 p.m. Johnny Bulford – country
9-10:30 p.m. The Long Run Eagles Tribute

There’s still time to enter the Backyard BBQ Contest (novice and intermediate only) – with a $5,000 prize purse. Information and applications are available atwww.palmcoastgov.com/rocknrib. Application fee is $100. The Backyard BBQ Contest is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society.

Rock N’ Rib is sponsored by Palm Coast Ford, the Palm Coast Observer, BrightHouse Networks, Waste Pro, Palm Coast and the Flagler Beaches Tourist Development Council, Town Center, the Daytona Beach News-Journal/News-Tribune, Shock Top Ale and the Hilton Garden Inn.