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The MontCo Heroes Festival Returns This Saturday
Heroes Fest Features 5K Race, Truck & Jeep Show, BBQ Cook-Off, and Live Music Concert
Lower Providence, PA โ The MontCo Heroes Festival, an all-day, family-friendly event and benefit concert to support the Montgomery County Hero Fund, will be held this Saturday, September 28, 2024 at the Lower Providence Fire Company Fair Grounds (3199 Ridge Pike
Norristown, PA 19403) from 8 AM ET to 9 PM ET. The day will kick off with a 5K Run at 8:30 AM ET followed by the Opening Ceremony at 2:30 PM with a special Flyover by the Pennsylvania State Police and the popular truck and Jeep show, sponsored by B&M Auto in Collegeville, from Noon to 4 PM ET.
The live music portion of the event starts at 12:30 PM ET with a special Acoustic Show featuring Camille K, Ava DiFiore, Kevin Bently and Calico Sparx, Josceppi, and Patrick Beissel. Followed by electric performances from eight bands including the world-renown headliners The American Vinyl All Star Band (AVASB), comprising Jeffrey โSkunkโ Baxter (Doobie Bothers/Steely Dan), Barry Goudreau (formerly of Boston), Robert โMouseyโ Thompson (James Brown), Leroy โLRSโ Romans (The Wailers/3rd World), Tim Archibald (RTZ/Peter Wolf) and Danny Beissel (Featherborn/Fosterchild).
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The MontCo Heroes Festival is organized by the Lower Providence Fire Company, the Hero Fund, and Rotation Productions, a premier audio, stage, lighting, concerts and events management company based in Norristown, PA. Rotations Productions specializes in bringing the best sound and events to venues, festivals, and concerts all over the tri-state region as well as arming artists with the best video, content and visual effects in the industry.
Schedule of Events:
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8:00 AM Donut Sale
8:30 AM 5K Begins (sign up at 5K Sign Up)
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Truck / Jeep Arrival (register vehicles at Register Truck or Jeep)
12:00 PM Gates Open
12:00 - 4:00 Truck/Jeep Show
12:30 PM Acoustic Show Begins*
2:30 PM Opening Ceremony with special Flyover by the Pennsylvania State Police
3:00 PM Bands Begin*
9:00 PM Event Wrap Up
*Acoustic Music Lineup
Camille K
Ava DiFiore
Kevin Bently and Calico Sparx
Josceppi
Patrick Beissel
*Electric Music Lineup:
AMERICAN VINYL ALL STAR BAND โ Headliner 7 PM ET
SideArm
Parker Barrow
Calico Sparx with Kevin Bentley
Ava DiFiore
Camille K
The event will also include a BBQ cook-off (contact Dan Furman- Dan.Furman@lpfire.com
to enter your team), vendors, beverages, food, and fun for the whole family!
The Montgomery County Hero Fund is a 501 (C)(3) corporation that was founded in 2012 by Sharon and Sean E. Cullen in response to the murder of Officer Brad Fox of the Plymouth Township Police Department and United States Marine Corps (Ret.). The purpose of the fund is to provide immediate and ongoing relief and services to any law enforcement officer, military personnel, firemen, paramedics and/or first responders or their loved ones as a result of tragedy on duty in or in service of the people of Montgomery County, PA.
Tickets for the MontCo Heroes Festival are $40 per person and includes unlimited food and drinks. Kids are free. Tickets are available at https://donorbox.org/events/656898
For more information, visit https://montgomerycountyherofund.org/montco-heroes-festival
The Lower Providence Fire Company Fair Grounds is located at 3199 Ridge Pike
Norristown, PA US 19403.