Live Music Performances Highlight 16th Annual Red, Hot & Blue Festival in the Woodlands

THE WOODLANDS, TX – Four live music performances will be showcasing alternative rock to toe-tappin’ Texan sounds at the 16th Annual Red, Hot & Blue Festival in The Woodlands on July 4, 2013 with performances in both Town Green Park and Waterway Square. The Festival and Fireworks Extravaganza are brought to you in part by The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau, Ellis & Ellis Private Wealth Advisors and BBVA Compass.

Singer and songwriter Parker McCollum will take to the Festival Stage in Town Green Park, sponsored by Bud Light, for two performances at 6:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. Texas musician Grady Skelton will present his unique blend of country sounds on the Festival Stage at 8:15 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Over at the nearby Festival Stage in Waterway Square, sponsored by Talisman Energy, the alternative rock band from Austin, TX – The Knowhow, will perform at 6:10 p.m. and SERAPH, an Americana rock band also from Austin, will perform in Waterway Square at 7:55 p.m. following The Knowhow. “The live music sounds create a great atmosphere at the Red, Hot & Blue Festival,” notes Nick Wolda, president of The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We’ve scheduled music that will appeal to everyone in the family.”

In addition to the free live music, families can enjoy games, H-E-B hot dog and watermelon-eating contests and more at Town Green Park and Waterway Square. The Festival’s Fireworks Extravaganza, presented by BBVA Compass, will conclude the evening with fireworks launched from two locations – Timberloch Place near I-45 and Waterway Square – and will be simulcast on Sunny 99.1.

The annual Red, Hot & Blue Festival is free and open to the public thanks to The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau’s generous sponsors: Ellis & Ellis Private Wealth Advisors, BBVA Compass, H-E-B, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, Coca Cola, Talisman Energy, Xfinity, Planet Ford, City of Shenandoah, Bud Light, First Choice Emergency Room, The Woodlands Development Company, Wright’s Printing, St. Luke’s – The Woodlands Hospital, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, Waste Management, City of Oak Ridge North, SplashTown, Rico’s Mexican Grill, The Woodlands Country Club & Canongate, Sunny 99.1, Houston Community Newspapers, The Courier, The Villager, reviewit Magazine, The Woodlands Lifestyles & Homes, WoodlandsOnline, Champions Printing, The Woodlands Community Magazine and Kidnnected Magazine. For more information on this year’s festivities, visit www.RedHotBlue.org or call 281-363-2447. Also, “like” The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/VisitTheWoodlands, “follow” them on Twitter www.Twitter.com/TheWoodlandsCVB and “view” them on YouTube www.YouTube.com/TheWoodlandsCVB.

Photos and information brought to you courtesy of The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau