New Port Richey Main Street

Title: Downtown Market
Location: Historic District Downtown New Port Richey
Description: The Downtown Market runs weekly from October through April and then goes to its summer schedule.  The weekly market returns on Octobef 24th with the Pumpkin Stroll.  Find great deals and great shopping it this quarterly event!
Date: Applications on line under ‘Resources’.  Listen to WJQB for uptodate information

Title: RIVER LIGHTS BOAT PARADE
Location: Pithlachascotee River alongside Sims Park
Description: The Holiday season begins with the first weekend in December when we host the ever Popular River Lights Boat Parade.  The activity coincides with Holiday Joy hosted by the City of New Port Richey Recreation and Aquatic Center with the Cultural Affairs Committee. The second weekend includes the Merchants Shop ‘n Stroll and includes a festival in Sims Park with Arts and Craft Show, Carnival, Food vendors, live music all weekend and the Holiday Rotary Street Parade on Saturday evening.
Start Date: December 5, 2009 Noon
End Date: December 5 - 9pm

Title: 2nd Annual CoteeMAN Triathlon
Location: NPR Recreation & Aquatic Center4
Description: Founders Day encompasses three weekends of wonderful family activity. Starting with this USAT sanctioned triathlon
Date: September 12, 2009

Title: Founders Day Fall Celebration
Location: Sims Park and Orange Lake
Description: Founders Day encompasses three consecutive weekends. It includes a car show, pumpkin painting, Scarecrow Making, pet friendly activities, weekend long Live Musical entertainment including True Oldies WJQB concert, and the return of the Friends of Florida Folk, plant sale hosted by the Native Plant Society, Miss Daisy Boat Tours, Arts & Craft show, petting zoo, pony rides, food vendors and a carnival. This is the middle weekend of a three weekend celebration.
Start Date: 2009-09-25
End Date: 2009-09-27

Title: Founders Day Fall Celebration GOLF TOURNAMENT
Location: Magnolia Valley Golf Course
Description: Founders Day encompasses three consecutive weekends. It includes Triathlon, car show, crafters, food vendors, live musical entertainment and a carnival. Today is the Golf Tournament
Date: October 3, 2009

Title: Bright House Networks - Night in the Tropics
Location: Downtown/Mainstreet New Port Richey
Description: Key West Style Street Festival celebrated in the historic downtown District. Classic car cruise-in, artists and crafters, commercial vendors, food vendors, beer and wine sales, hand rolled cigars, live music including the Havana Stage featuring Latin dance music, the Margaritaville Stage with Jimmy Buffett style music, and pet friendly hosted activities like ‘pet/master look alike contest’.
Date: 2009-08-15

Title: Friendly KIAFEST 2009
Location: Sims Park and Orange Lake
Description: This year is the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, so we will be celebrating in a ‘60s style! Car show, crafters, food vendors, beer and wine sales, live music and fireworks display at dark.
Date: 2009-06-27

Title: David Council’s Suncoast Ford Cotee River Seafood Festival and Bright House Networks Boat Show
Location: Sims Park and Orange Lake
Description: (with Blues by the River concert) Mothers Day weekend in Sims Park and the surrounding Orange Lake area. The event includes a car show, boat show, Kayak race, nautical and marine exhibits, commercial vendors including boat vendors, food vendors, beer and wine sales and live music all weekend long including TRUE OLDIES Music Night. This year experience ‘Swamp Master Alligator’ show with live alligators!
Start Date: 2009-05-08
End Date: 2009-05-10

We bring you a grand salute to America’s Independence Day celebrated in true hometown style! And again this year, thanks to the friendly folks at Friendly KIA, enjoy a FREE concert as we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of WOODSTOCK with a glorious TRIBUTE to that summer of Love!  Friendly KIAFEST Main Street Blast – A TRIBUTE TO WOODSTOCK starts early in the day with the local talent of Boneyard Dogs and the 60’s GROOVE band and continues the fun with tributes to bands who performed at Woodstock ’69!

Bring the whole family downtown to enjoy classic rock music, food & beverages,  the eighth  annual “Miss Firecracker” Contest (tentatively scheduled);  a Motorcycle “Fun Run”;  a Classic Car, Truck and Corvette Cruise-in; two Beer Gardens; kids’ games and much more.

Finish off the day with a fabulous fireworks display over Orange Lake (weather/conditions permitting) but get there early, more than 25,000 people enjoyed New Port Richey’s fireworks display last year!

This event received “Honor Award for Best Event in Florida for 2006” by Florida’s Secretary of State and was named one of the “Top 20 Events in the Southeast” by Southeast Tourism magazine.

Friendly KIAFEST 2009 - A Tribute to WOODSTOCK
Another MAIN STREET BLAST!
 FREE concert featuring:

Marrakesh Express - A CSNY Experience

The Fortunate Son Band featuring Stan Adams (Tribute to Creedance Clearwater Revival)

Pearl - (Janis Joplin Tribute)

The Wholigans - A Tribute to the WHO

Jimi’s Image Hendrix Tribute
And MORE!
Opening Bands
Bone Yard Dogs
60’s Groove - A favorite Main Street band last seen at True Oldies Night at Cotee River Seafood Festival 2009

ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!

 The KIAFEST Main Street Blast 2009 - Tribute to Woodstock the most important cultural event of a generation.  There will be bands that play tribute to some of the original Woodstock stars: Crosby, Stills and Nash, Credence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix. As we always include a salute to our troops, this year will be a salute to Vietnam Vets, who were much a part of that era.  The Military Vehicle Preservation Association will be displaying over ten VIETNAM era military vehicles and equipment in and around Orange Lake and Sims Park.

The ever popular Corvette & Classic Car Cruise-in hosted by Sunset Corvette and Classic Car Club, and sponsored by SMITH COLLISION, a Motorcycle Fun Ride hosted by District 2 Eagle Riders will be raising money for Fisher House (which is a facility similiar to Ronald McDonald House for Veterans Hospital patients’ families), and of course, West Pasco’s only public fireworks spetacular!

As always with Main Street events, there will be Arts and Crafts, Kid’s rides and games, fabulous festival food and beer gardens!  The music is FREE, thanks to  John Gilliss of friendly KIA and the fireworks courtesy of Law Offices of Lucas, Green and Magazine

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

12 noon — Boneyard Dogs Band

                       Military vehicles on display, Arts and Crafts, Commercial Vendors, Food Booths, and Kid’s Games

1 pm - 60’s Groove Band one of the area’s favorite bands back again on center stage!

            “Paint a Soul” - have fun and get Groovy with your best psychedelic renderings on the KIA Soul - the newest, coolest Crossover - that will be in front of center stage. Proceeds go to Operation  Shoebox to help mail comfort items to our troops serving in Afganistan or Iraq.

3 pm The Fortunate Son Band with Stan Adams (Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival)

4 pm - Classic Car Cruise-in south side of Orange Lake

4:30 pm - Motorcycle Fun Run arrives in Sim’s Park

5 pm - Color Guard and National Anthem

             Marrakesh Express (a CSNY Tribute)

6:30 pm - tentatively scheduled Miss Firecracker 2009 Contest

7 pm - Pearl (a Janis Joplin Tribute)

7:30 - The Wholigans (Who Tribute)

9 pm, after dark - Fireworks (weather and conditions permitting)

9:30 pm, Immediately after fireworks - Jimi’s Image (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

(Performance times subject to change)

Thank You to our 2009 Sponsors!

Presenting Sponsor

Foundation Sponsors - Fireworks Sponsors

Law Offices of LUCAS, GREEN & MAGAZIN

Radio Sponsor - TRUE OLDIES WJQB 106Three FM

Print Media Sponsor - St. Petersburg Times

Thank you to our Partner Sponsors

DEX IMAGING

Participating Sponsors:

SMITH COLLISION

GOLD GALORE

STOP AND PLAY

SHOWMAR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Waste Services of Florida
Road Runner Business Class DSL

Special thanks to Sunset Corvette and Classic Car Club for hosting our car cruise-ins; District 2 Eagle Riders for hosting the 1st Annual Fun Run; Major Duane Wright and the members of the  Florida Guard; Boy Scout Troop 24; Al Crozier of US Armed Services  
To all of our Volunteers - a HUGE thank you!  We can not do what we do without YOU!