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Fourth Fest Features Free Music

Big crowds are expected at the Bond County Fourth Fest on Friday and Saturday in downtown Greenville.

The event will be filled with two days of free music.  Military bands will perform both days.  The U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, Shades of Blue, will play at 6:30 p.m.

The headliner on the main stage at 8 p.m. Friday, July 4 will be Boys In The Band, the nation’s premiere Alabama tribute band.    The group performs many of the big hits by the most successful country band ever, Alabama.

Saturday’s music starts at 4 p.m.  with a military band.  The Greenville Municipal Band will perform at 5 p.m. at the Greenville United Methodist Church.

On the main stage, the local rock music cover band, The Crush, will start at 6 p.m.   The Crush, formed in the spring of 2024, includes dynamic lead singer Katie Morse, Brennan Stover of Centralia on guitar, Ken Boeker of Carlyle on bass, and Todd Meadows from Irvington on drums.

Morse, who performed on season five of American Idol, and her husband, Tyler, live in Hoffman and they own Capri Market in Greenville.  She began singing in cover bands in 2012 and has many years of experience singing in choirs and musical theatre.

The headlining act Saturday is the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.  That concert is scheduled for 8 p.m.  With a history of 53 years, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils are on their final tour and Greenville is one of their stops.

Fireworks follow the Daredevils’ concert, then the After-Party will kick off with rock music by Super Jam, a St. Louis-based band which plays arena rock classics.

For the latest updates, schedules and day-of announcements, visit My Fourth Fest . com.

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