All-Day Family Music And Arts Festival On Southbury Green, August 13

SOUTHBURY — Local musicians will play live rock, pop, blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, metal and rap music from 11 am until 9 pm on Saturday August 13, at Southbury Green, 775 Main Street South.

Net proceeds from the event will benefit The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) of Connecticut.

There will be something for everyone at the family friendly event, which is being billed as Local Musicians Collaborative Festival.

Food vendors will include Artisan Food Store, Nardelli’s and Rita’s Italian Ice of Southington. RJ Fost Studio and Designs will offer face and arm painting, and artists from across the state will be displaying their work. Dave Brooker, an abstract painter, will have a special expo area for his work.

And of course there will be plenty of music, beginning with jazz by Mark Vialva and Brian Somma at 11:15, right after opening remarks at 11 am. The music will continue as follows: Hennri Behnen, an acoustic performance, at 12:10 pm; Fuzzy Bunnies, blues/funk, at 12:45; Cinema 24, pop punk, at 1:45; country singer Emily Colt, at 2:30; Changes Urban Instrumental, progressive rock, at 3:30; rapper Ryan Hackett at 4:30; Lee-Ann Lovelace and friends, performing bluegrass, at 5:30; an acoustic performance by Bound for Pain, 6:30; Mile Marker Zero, progressive rock, at 7:25; and hardcore by A Call To Arms will close the festival beginning with their set at 8:20 pm.

A minimum $5 donation gets one admission and a $10 donation gets an admission Cure Cystic Fibrosis bracelet showing their support for this cause that affects four families in Region 15 (Southbury and Middlebury).

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chair but are being asked to coolers and outside beverages at home. The event is proudly alcohol, drug and smoke free for the safety of our community.

Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and obstructs the digestive system making absorption of food a challenge. As such some of the more common early signs of cf are excessive saltiness and failure to thrive.

In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, advances in research and medical treatments allow the median age of survival to be 37 years old.

It is grassroots efforts like this music festival that have allowed the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to help bring to market multiple medications to help treat this disease. Today CFF leads the way with research towards a cure with over thirty medications or therapies in the pipeline!

For additional information send email to LMCFinfo@gmail.com or call 203-231-8733.