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Madison Regatta + Roostertail Music Festival

SPEED MUSIC FOOD FIREW ORKS

COMBINE THE AUDIO/VISUAL EXCITEMENT OF SPEED AND THUNDER ON THE OHIO
RIVER WITH THE POLISHED SOUNDS OF TODAY’S BEST MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
AND YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE MADISON REGATTA/ROOSTERTAIL MUSIC FESTIVAL
ON MADISON’S RIVERFRONT THIS SUMMER!

The heart-pounding excitement and visceral sounds MUSIC FESTIVAL BOOSTS FUN
of the world’s fastest competitive race boats thundering
Madison Regatta, Inc., the all-volunteer organization
down the Ohio River form an experience you’ll never
that promotes the world-class event each year, has in
forget. Combine that with beer gardens, food trucks,
recent years implemented changes to the festival in an
family fun, and a one-of-a-kind music festival on Mad-
effort to preserve—and ideally boost—the weekend
ison’s riverfront, and you’ve got the Madison Regatta/
experience and increase attendance. The organization
Roostertail Music Festival. Madison celebrates Indepen-
has expanded the music festival and the financial success
dence Day each year with racing and music. The week-
of the 2018 event indicates the Roostertail Music Festival
end of fast boats and bands is preceded by a week-long
will continue to become a more significant feature of the
festival of events that includes a 10K walk/run, beauty
weekend of attractions.
pageants, remote-control hydroplane races, firemen’s
“What we’re hoping to do is crossover,” says Madison
waterball fight, the huge Friday-evening Regatta Parade
Regatta President Matt True. “We’re hoping boat fans
on Madison’s Main Street, and twilight fireworks over
become music fans and music fans become boat fans.”
the river on Saturday.

Article photos courtesy H1Unlimited

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