TEXAS CITY MUSIC FEST BY THE BAY

6th Annual Music Festival Grows to 2-day event - September 7 & 8, 2012!

Galveston/Harris Counties - Save the Date - September 7 & 8, 2012 for or an outdoor musical experience that's going to be the highlight of your summer.  The 6th Annual Texas City Music Fest by the Bay; A Charles Brown Day of Remembrance, is being brought to you by Miller Lite.  Carlos Garza Sports Park located at 3300 Magnolia Avenue in the heart of Texas City will be the venue and this year after increasing crowds has expanded to a 2-day event.  

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

Friday, September 7, 2012   

Gates Open at 5:00 PM  

6:00 PM  -  Black Dutch Sioux  

7:30 PM  -  Rosehill  

9:30 PM  -  Roger Creager

 Saturday, September 8, 2012

 Gates Open at 1:00 PM

 2:00 PM -  Kevin Herrin Band

 4:00 PM -  Trudy Lynn & Milton Hopkins

 6:00 PM - Spazmatics

 8:00 PM -  Wayne Toups & Zydecajun

 10:00 PM - Pat Green

ACTIVITIES & EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

The event is focused toward family, offering children of all ages fun and entertainment.  Our "Kids Zone" activities will include moon walks, rock wall and many more interactive activities to keep your little one busy and happy.  For the adults, to compliment all the day's great music, the festival also offers a number of arts and crafts booths, as well as a wide variety of food prepared by our vendors, including sausage, barbeque, fajitas, funnel cakes, and ice cold drinks.  Due to the array of food and beverage options for sale at the event, no food, beverage, coolers or glass containers or pets will be permitted upon entry at the gate.

FESTIVAL HOURS & ADMISSION

VIP tickets are on sale now at the Mayor's Office (City Hall) and only 100 tickets will be sold.  Get your VIP ticket to insure your reserved stage viewing area.  VIP area will be fenced off and will include a cash bar.  VIP tickets will only be sold for the Saturday, September 8th performance at a price of $30 per ticket.

Admission to the Friday concert event will be $10 for adult ages 15 and up, $5 for children ages 9 through 14, and free for all children under 8. Admission for the Saturday concert event will be $15 for adults and $5 for children.   A two day ticket is also available for general admission adults at $20 and $8 for child tickets.  Pre-sale tickets can be purchased at www.bythebayfest.com, the TC - LM Chamber of Commerce, all Galveston County Texas First Bank locations, the Nessler Center, City Hall in Texas City and First Choice Power (Texas City location).

The festival benefits the Texas City Cultural Arts Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization chartered to advance, encourage and promote cultural arts in Texas City by sponsoring cultural arts events, activities and programs and providing opportunities for individuals and organizations to promote the cultural arts in the city through Foundation grants.  For additional information, please visit www.texas-city-tx.org/Cultural Arts.htm