The 18th Annual Red White and Blue Festival gets into full gear this week with the biggest fireworks show yet and a free concert featuring recording artist Aaron Tippin. The event runs from Thursday through Saturday.Serving as co-coordinators of this year’s event are Joel Bratton and Brian Plumlee.Bratton, who is in his third year with the event, says each year organizers strive to make the fireworks bigger and better than the previous year.
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Bratton says this year’s Red White and Blue Festival features a significant event.
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The Aaron Tippin free outdoor concert is set for Thursday evening at 7 on the campus of Arkansas State University Mountain Home with special guests The Steel Woods and Chris Bandi.
Bratton said funding from the city’s Advertising and Promotion Commission plays a key role with the overhead for the concert.
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While new features have been added to this year’s festival, favorite events are back, including the annual parade, rodeo, turtle races and more entertainment on Friday evening.
For a full schedule of events for this year’s festival, Bratton encourages everyone to see the website, redwhitebluefestival.com.
This month Our Community Cares, sponsored by Danny Porter of Century 21 LeMac Realty, Kent P. Nachtigal MD General and Vascular Surgery; Guild Mortgage Company; and KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, highlights the Red White and Blue Festival.
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