Pitcher Park and New Sun Rising are proud to announce the first annual PITCHER PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL, to be held on Saturday, August 8, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the South Park Amphitheater in South Park, PA.

Fifteen bands will perform live, with music ranging from Emo, Rock & Roll, Irish Folk Music and everything in between. The line-up includes the following very talented bands from the Pittsburgh area: The Jay Wiley Band, The Fuzz, The Kozmonauts, Instead of Sleeping, Victims of Contagion, The Bastard Bearded Irishmen, Third From First, Bacchus, The Justin Fabus Band, Cardboard Roosevelt, The Young Bucks, Flounder and Obscured by Pink. Also we are thrilled that all the way from Virginia Beach, Adalei, will also be performing.

Among the many special events we will be featuring are: Pro Skate Team from One Up Skate Shop performing on their Red Bull Ramp and a spooky magic performance for all to enjoy by Midnight Monster Hop of Castle Blood TV Show MDIMProductions/ spookymagic.com. Also, there will be door prizes and raffle items including an autographed , framed Tony Hawk poster and a poster signed by the group Korn. Food groups will abound, featuring wings, ribs, fries, gyros, and so much more. This is an alcohol free event for the entire family to enjoy a fun day together.

Adult Admission is $15.00 Children under 10- $5.00 by donation. Purchase of tickets in advance is recommended and they are available directly on-line at: WWW.PITCHERPARK.COM

ABOUT PITCHER PARK:
This benefit is in support of Pitcher Park, a skate park to be created in memory of Vincent and Stephen Pitcher who tragically drowned at Kinzua Reservoir on July 15, 2008. Their mother, Mary Pitcher and an entire community of amazing friends and supportive strangers have joined together in this grass roots effort in their honor and for the good of the youth in the community that they loved and the community who loved them both so much.

Pitcher Park has recently been nominated as one of ten finalists nationally to receive one of two $25,000.00 grants from Markham Vinyards, Nappa Valley, CA called the Markham Mark of Distinction Award This nomination stems from passiosn shown and community effort to a project that will make a diffence in a commmunity. Winners are determined by on-line voting from the general public. Each email address may vote every day from 7/27 through 8/24/09 at the website: www.markhammarkofdistinction.com

To learn more about Pitcher Park or if you can help in any way:
Website: http://www.PitcherPark.com
Huff Blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-pitcher/pitcher-park-in-honor-of_b_151479.html