New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ TOCO Family Festival) For the 10th consecutive year, the TOCO (Tapestry of Community Offerings) Family
Music Festival offers an amazing array of activities including
Music & Camping, Art, Food, & Beverage Vendors, plus a Campsite Decorating Contest,
Collective Arts Project, Kids' Concerts & Party Zone with a variety of children's entertainment including face painting, performances & workshops by St. Louis Science Teachers & St. Louis Hoop Club , Playground, Mini Golf, Game Room, Swimming, & Hiking, & Sunday
Boogie Brunch. The 2011 10th Anniversary benefit takes place at scenic Jellystone Park ResortĀ© at Six Flags St. Louis (5300 Fox Creek Rd.Eureka,Missouri) Friday
September 9th through Sunday
September 11th. With camping options ranging from primitive to deluxe, there is a choice for every kind of festival family member. FAMILY FUN IS THE FOCUS!
The gates of fun open at 3pm on Friday & close at 3pm on Sunday. Local & regional musical acts including Aaron Kamm & the One Drops, A Unplugged, Mom's Kitchen, Melvynville, Scandaleros, Babaloo and T-Bone, Bootiegrabbers Delight, Sully, Ellen the Felon & Mattranome, Elemental Shakedown, The Sparrows, Following the Water, Langen, Patrick Clark Band, Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Stone Sugar Shakedown, Auset Music Project, Boss Hall, BOB, Racketbox, Fire Dog, Thomas Whitfield Project, Tony Rola, Tulera, The Peoples, Big Chief & the Smoke Signals, Roads End, Roscoe Beano, Ukulele Fight Club, & Flea Bitten Dogs will perform on diverse stages throughout Jellystone ParkĀ©. For charitable & educational purposes, TOCO assists regional children & families in need through community partnerships & takes a progressive role to promote the community pledge to reduce, reuse, & recycle, all in order to build a strong, diverse, & sustainable community.kept an estimated 80,000 pounds of materials out of landfills in 2010!
In addition to beginning our own direct service programs such as the TOCO Textile Pantry, providing clothing, & house wares for families & youth in need, we have also supported, & continue to support important community organizations such as: The Make-A-Wish Foundation, Camp Ondessonk, The Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois, Lydia's House, The Center for Women in Transition, The Foundation's TOCO Single Parent's Scholarship at Southwestern Illinois College, YMCA of Southwestern Illinois, Helping Hands Food Pantry, Community Interfaith Food Pantry, Guardian Angel Settlement Association, Beacon of Belleville, & Christian Clothing Ministry.
To purchase tickets or to find out more information including great camping options & complete band line-up, please visit www.tocofestival.com or call 618-257-TOCO (8626).
Do something good this summer while making wonderful memories with your family this year at TOCO Family Festival.