Program Announced for St. Louis Route 66 Festival
Celebrate the Mother Road at the second annual St. Louis Route 66 Festival to be held Saturday, October 3, at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, 10950 Riverview Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63137. The event offers an afternoon of FREE fun and activities on both the Missouri and Illinois sides of the Bridge from 11:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Classic cars will span the length of the bridge. "A honk-off will start the festivities," said Laura Cohen, Confluence Partnership Director. "The signal will be ladies and gentlemen, honk your horns!" Visitors will be able to vote for the Fan Favorite Award, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The event emcee will be Greg Damon, host of Auto Show and NASCAR Nights on KMOX radio. In addition to being the answer man on everything related to cars including vehicle technology, keeping your "old clunker" on the road, auto racing, ownership and maintenance, Greg is also an avid trivia buff. His wife says, "He is the master of useless knowledge." Greg is sure to entertain by sharing some of that useless knowledge including Route 66 trivia!
Motorcycles will be on display at the Illinois Bridge entrance. The cars and motorcycles will be on display 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. At 4:30 p.m. the vehicles will parade off the bridge via the Missouri entrance.
Four bands will provide musical entertainment, Noon – 6:30.m. with Route 66 themed speakers and entertainment sprinkled in between the bands. The musical entertainment schedule is: Gene Dobbs Bradford & The Blues Inquisition at Noon, The Second Half at 1:30 p.m., Trip Daddy's at 3:15 p.m. and Kim Masse closes with the last performance 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Food and product vendors will be dispersed throughout the Festival grounds on both side of the Bridge. Be a Route 66 roadie, purchase some road food from the vendors and take a tour down memory lane by visiting the tables staffed by featured attractions along historic Route 66.
Directions: Limited paid parking is available at the Missouri Bridge entrance, $5 per vehicle; some spaces will be reserved for handicapped visitors at no charge. Free parking will be available at the St. Louis Welcome Center at Riverview and I-270 and North Riverfront Park. A free shuttle will be available, 11:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. to the Visitor Center. Expanded free parking is also available at the Illinois bridge entrance. From I-270 take IL Route 3 south to Chain of Rocks Road. Turn right (west) on Chain of Rocks Road crossing the Chain of Rocks Canal to the Bridge entrance. Visitors will be directed to the new and improved parking.
The 2009 St. Louis Route 66 Festival is produced with the support of: The Confluence Partnership, City of Madison, Edward Jones, Grossman Iron & Steel, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, KMOX, Metro, Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, Missouri History Museum, Regional Arts Commission, The Route 66 Association of IL, The Route 66 Association of MO, City of St. Louis and Trailnet.
For more information on the Route 66 Festival and other events in The Confluence visit www.confluencegreenway.org/route66festival.php
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The Confluence is a network of conservation, heritage and recreation attractions along America's Great Rivers in the heart of the bi-state St. Louis region. This linked system of parks, historic sites, interpretive centers and multi-use trails is being developed by a unique partnership of public and private agencies. The goal of the Confluence Partnership is to reconnect people to the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois Rivers.
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