Main Stage acts for Friday night’s kickoff party on Friday, August 29
Maggie Speaks and ARRA will perform at the Last Fling Main Stage, located at the base of Rotary Hill near Naperville’s famed Riverwalk, beginning at 6PM on Friday, August 29. Advance tickets for Friday night are $10 each and include a $5 Beverage Ticket Voucher. Main Stage entertainment tickets will be available for purchase online and at local ticket sale locations the week of June 30.
Chicago’s own Maggie Speaks has been changing what people think of cover bands since 1997. Drawing from an extensive range of music, Maggie Speaks puts on a high-energy show where every song is a favorite! With seamless transitions between songs, they create amazing musical segues from song to song to song, all night long.
ARRA is one of Chicagoland’s most popular and best drawing cover bands for more than two decades. Band members include Ron Platt, Kevin Conner, Jim Zahrobsky, Steve Latka, Kevin Kreis and Rob Weisman. The audience will experience 3 and 4 part harmonies, rock solid bass grooves, the awesome sound of a 12-string acoustic guitar, and keyboard solos like no other.
Main Stage acts on Saturday, August 30
The Naperville Jaycees will present O.A.R. with openers Josh Holmes and Junkyard Groove as Saturday night Main Stage entertainment.
Indiana native and Chicago area favorite, Josh Holmes and his whole band, melds guitar-driven rock and roll with insightful lyrics and no-holds-barred live performances. His dynamic performances vary in format from playing solo, to the high energy and sound of his full band shows. The band has been described as “impressively cohesive and a group beyond their years.” Reviews like these, combined with an ever-growing fan base and exciting live performances have made Josh Holmes a favorite throughout the Midwest.
Junkyard Groove consists of members Jason Sturmon, Jay Moynihan, Roberto Agosto, Roger Femali, and Mike Aquino. They have put together an explosive and eclectic variety of Rock, Funk, Blues, and Country Cover Tunes. In the past, Junkyard Groove has opened for such artists as Joan Jett, Huey Lewis and the News, Steve Miller Bandand Sammy Hagar to name a few and are a talented band not to miss.
Of A Republic aka O.A.R. is a group renowned for an intense, vibrant live show — including selling out Madison Square Garden twice —and the communal feeling it shares with its fans. With each studio album, the band has endeavored to achieve that sense of immediacy. Founded in 1996, the Maryland natives are well known for 2005’s “Love and Memories” as well as No. 1 “Shattered” from their 2008 album titled All Sides. The band just released their 8th work, THE ROCKVILLE LP, which pays tribute to their roots and second chances as heard in the album’s first single “Peace”.
Josh Holmes, Junkyard Groove and O.A.R. will perform at the Last Fling Main Stage, located at the base of Rotary Hill near Naperville’s famed Riverwalk, beginning at 4PM on Saturday, August, 30, 2014. Main Stage entertainment tickets for Saturday night are $20 each and will be available for purchase online and at local ticket sale locations the week of June 30.
Visit the official event website at www.lastfling.org for more information and tickets.
Did You Know? The Naperville Jaycees is a not-for-profit service organization with more than 100 young people dedicated to providing Naperville area residents with the opportunity to better themselves and to grow personally and professionally while giving through community service and fundraising efforts. Annual events include, Mardi Gras Fundraising Event, Food Baskets, East Egg Hunt and countless other worthwhile projects that positively impact the community. The group also organizes and staffs The Last Fling in close cooperation with the City of Naperville, the Naperville Park District, numerous Naperville community organizations, and hundreds of volunteers. Proceeds from the Last Fling are given to other nonprofit organizations in the community and throughout DuPage County. Over the past two decades, the Naperville Jaycees raised and donated more than two million dollars to various organizations in the surrounding communities. Through recent partnership with the Naperville Chamber of Commerce Young Professional Network dues for both organizations are now available at a Dual Membership Rate. Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at Judd Kendall VFW located at 908 West Jackson Avenue in Naperville. Call the chapter’s hotline at (630) 961-9375 or visit their website at www.napervillejaycees.org for more details.
