ANSONIA — The Beatles-themed “Fab 4 Music Festival’ is scheduled for Saturday, July 10 at Nolan Field, 350 Wakelee Ave.
The festival starts at 12 p.m. and concludes at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $19.99 in advance and $25 at the door.
Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs or blankets. There are also a number of seated V.I.P. tickets available. Parking is free.
Advance tickets are available at fab4musicfestival.ticketleap.com/fab4/ or through the link on the website www.Fab4MusicFestival.com.
Click here for the Facebook event page.
Here is the band lineup:
12:30 p.m. The Navels
1:15 p.m. One Sweet Dream
2 p.m. MerseyBeatCT
2:45 p.m Zilch (Monkees)
3:30 p.m. Britains Best NJ
4:15 p.m. DoubleTheDial
5 p.m. Number 9
5:45 p.m. The Black Ties
6:30 p.m. Brute Force (performs “King of Fuh!)
7 p.m. The Hofners
The family-friendly festival will also feature Beatles memorabilia and music dealers, special guests and authors, area vendors and artisans, along with food trucks.
Brute Force, performing at 6:30 p.m., is Stephen Friedland, a man who earned a place in Beatles history. He wrote and performed the sorta profane/surprisingly funny tune “King of Fuh” in 1967. John Lennon and George Harrison took a liking to it, and it was released on Apple Records, the record label created by the Beatles.
Click here for more on its unique history.
The ‘fuh king’ song (get it?) was re-released in 2010 by Apple Records on “Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records.”
Friedland went on to have a prolific career, writing songs performed by Peggy March, Del Shannon, The Chiffons, The Cyrkle, and others.
The festival is being put on by the City of Ansonia and Liverpool Productions, a company headed by Connecticut’s Charles Rosenay that has been producing Beatles conventions since 1978.
For more info, visit website www.Fab4MusicFestival.com or call (203) 795‑4737.
Info from a press release.
