The Exchange Club of Naperville and the 2016 Ribfest Committee are pleased to announce nine-time GRAMMY winner Sheryl Crow will hit the Navistar Main Stage on Saturday, July 2.
The 29th Ribfest will be held July 1-July 4 in Knoch Park, Naperville. The family festival is set to return with four days of food, fun and music, all with a purpose. Over the past 28 years, $14.5M has been donated from Ribfest proceeds to more than 50 local agencies, all working to prevent and eliminate child abuse and domestic violence.
About Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow has sold more than 35 million albums around the world and has performed duets with musical luminaries such as Sting and Mick Jagger, has been nominated for an additional 27 GRAMMYs and has released eight studio albums (seven charting Top 10, four of them platinum-plus), a quadruple-platinum greatest hits collection and a Christmas album. Her most recent album, FEELS LIKE HOME, captures the sound of a great and established artist enjoying a kind of fresh start. It features songs on which Crow collaborated with her longtime guitar player and frequent co-writer Jeff Trott (with whom she co-wrote such past Crow classics as “If It Makes You Happy,” “My Favorite Mistake” and “Every Day Is A Winding Road”), as well as such Nashville songwriters as Chris DuBois, Luke Laird, Natalie Hamby and Chris Stapleton, among others. Crow has a combined 40 Top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Mainstream Top 40, Triple A (with the most No.1 singles among women in the chart’s 17-year history) and Hot Country Songs charts, Crow can also count a Top 20 solo country single to her long list of accolades.
“Sheryl Crow is an American icon, and we are thrilled to add her to our lineup this summer,” stated Jen Odin Cavalier 2016 Ribfest Chair. “Her incredible body of work and her musical talent is inspiring and it has made us all very happy to have her join our efforts to eliminate child abuse and domestic violence.”
For more online ticket and event information, visit www.ribfest.net.
About Ribfest
Ribfest is produced by the Exchange Club of Naperville and sponsored, in part, by Navistar, Exelon Nuclear, Meijer, Miller Lite, Coca Cola Beverage Company, ABC 7 Chicago and many other wonderful sponsors in conjunction with the City of Naperville and the Naperville Park District. Volunteer run and mission driven, the Exchange Club of Naperville welcomes volunteers to assist in making Ribfest the premier outdoor summer festival in the area.
