Large crowd expected at CareFest
By Donnie A. Lucas
Six well-known country performers including headliners Pat Green and Kevin Fowler will be in Albany in just over a week for the fifth annual CareFest concert held at the Happy Life, Happy Wife Weddings and Event venue located just west of town on FM 1084.
Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26. The price for a general admission ticket is $60 per person if purchased in advance online, while the ticket price at the gate will increase to $70 per person.
The advance price for parking and cooler passes is currently $20 each, but will also increase to $25 each on the day of the event.
Tickets are now on sale at www.outhousetickets.com, which has a link on the festival’s new website www.resourcecarefest.com.
Carefest benefits several programs sponsored by ResourceCare across six Big Country communities including Albany, Breckenridge, Baird, Clyde, Cross Plains, and Merkel.
“We are really encouraging everyone to buy tickets in advance before coming out so we don’t get backed up at the gate,” co-organizer Ragan Riley said.
Ticket holders should have their online digital tickets printed out or ready to show on a phone.
“We do have a few sponsorships still available, but it is too late to add names to the merchandise or publicity,” she said.
Riley said that there are a few $500 and $750 smaller sponsorships remaining, as well as $1,000, $1,500 $4,000, $15,000 and $20,000 major item sponsorships. VIP tickets are included with sponsorships of $1,000 or more.
“Since it is too late to be added to the printed lists of sponsors, we will compensate last-minute sponsors with other perks,” she said.
Anyone interested in helping sponsor the event is urged to contact -Mindy Ary at mindyary@resourcecare.org, or call the ResourceCare office at 325-762-2447.
Proceeds from the event this year will be used primarily to purchase a car for workers to use for client transfers to the doctor or even taking them to the grocery store.
“If we raise enough money, we could possibly buy two cars,” Riley said. “We have used our personal vehicles to do transports in the past, but that is no longer allowed due to insurance concerns.”
This year’s acts and performance times include Della Rose – 5:00 p.m., Mike McClure – 6:00 p.m., Cooder Graw – 7:00 p.m., Cody Canada and the Departed – 8:00 p.m., Cory Morrow – 9:00 p.m., Kevin Fowler – 10:00 p.m., and Pat Green 11:00 p.m.
A complete schedule of the lineup is also available on the website.
Proceeds help serve communities through programs such as Vittles by Vehicle, ASPIRE (an after school program located in 6 school districts), Day Camp (a two-week camp for children ages 3 years to 6th grade; Day Camp employs over 50 junior high and high school students), Senior Citizen Day, Christmas for Teens, Toys for Tots, Christmas for the Senior Citizens, and the Emergency Assistant Program that helps those that are struggling financially.
