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Annual Milford Oyster Festival announces 2014 Entertainment Headliners
The 40th Annual Milford Oyster Festival will host Bret Michaels at the Festival Main Stage on Saturday, August 16th. The committeewanted a special performer to celebrate of 40th year of thefestival and Bret Michaels fits the bill. “This is a wonderfulopportunity for fans to enjoy a free outdoor concert in our beautifuldowntown harbor area” said Paula Smith, Festival president.Bret Michaels is a multiplatinum global superstar who has turnedhis passion for music into a multi faceted brand that encompasses record breaking touring sales, Reality TV stardom, legendarysongs that have sold over 32 million records, product endorsements as well as being a devoted philanthropist, all supported and followed by three generations of loyal fans.Bret was born in the small town of Butler PA on March 15, 1963.Rising to fame as the front man of Poison, one of rockʼs mosticonic and enduring bands, he helped define the rock n roll sceneon the Sunset Strip. Their massive success includes selling over30 million records worldwide and numerous hit singles. Equally assuccessful, Bretʼs solo career has charted its own course withmultiple solo albums. His last album, Custom Built, topped thecharts, reaching #1 on Billboards Hard Rock list. His new cdBret Michaels: Good Songs and Great Friends is set to bereleased June of this year and features a myriad of legendaryartists, who just happen to be great friends of Bret's. The albumcontributors is a whoʼs who list including Joe Perry (Aerosmith)Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Buffett, Ace Frehely (Kiss), Michael Anthony(Van Halen) and members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, to name a few.The 40th Annual Milford Oyster Festival will be held, rain or shine,on Saturday, August 16th, 10:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. In addition tothe Main Stage entertainment and live local bands, the eventincludes the Childrenʼs Stage at Fowler Pavilion, the HarborStage and Festival Car Show at Lisman Landing, Armory SquareBig Toys, 200 Arts & Crafts vendors on the green, amusementrides, schooner cruises, canoe & kayak race, and 20,000 oystersfrom the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association.Oyster Eve, the Festival kick-off event, will be held on Friday,August 15th, from 6:00 p.m. till 10 p.m. at Lisman Landing. Thefeatured band will be “BEATLES FAUX SALE” , a musical tributeto live Beatle concerts. They will also play on Saturday afternoon.Beer, wine, oysters, and pizza will be available on Oyster Eve. For more information please visit our website atwww.milfordoysterfestival.org



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