ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP — Voted Best Country Band in northeast Ohio by fans, Tony Rio and Relentless will headline this year’s Lake Shore Park Rib Burn-Off, organizers said Wednesday.
The band is scheduled to go on stage at 8 p.m. Sept. 20 at the main pavilion. The entertainment is free, with nine national and local barbecue rib vendors booked for this year’s burn-off.
Originally from Akron, Tony Rio and Relentless have been playing clubs, fairs and concerts for the past 10 years. The group’s original songs are starting to get airplay on local radio stations. “Girl of My Dreams” is in regular rotation zzzzzzon country radio stations in the Cleveland area, according to the band’s Web site.
“They opened for Kenny Chesney,” said Lori Zebrasky, administrative assistant at Lake Shore Park. “Their playlist includes contemporary country, rock and original music.”
Tony Rio and Relentless also played with Toby Keith, Diamond Rio, Aaron Tippin, Lee Greenwood and Wynonna.
The sixth annual Rib Burn-Off, set for Sept. 19-21, also will feature several additional concessions, more musical entertainment, a car show and vendors selling Lake Shore Park souvenirs. There is no admission fee.
Zebrasky said a lot goes into planning the event.
“We are just hoping it doesn’t rain,” she said. “We are really hoping for sunshine.”
Newcomers to the park will discover the park’s fenced-in playground, waterfowl ponds, horseshoe pits, bocce courts and well-groomed grounds.
Local News
Rib Burn-Off announces entertainment
- Local News
-
-
Murder suspect kills self at mother’s grave
Madison Township police officers found the body of a murder suspect in the Alexander Harper Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, ending a day-long, multi-county manhunt.
-
Presses stopped
It was June 23, 1969.
-
Airport takes off with a new name
A new name for the Ashtabula County Airport is winding its way through the regulatory channels.
-
Property owners must pay for meth labs in Jefferson
An ordinance requiring landowners to pay for the clean-up costs of clandestine drug labs was unanimously adopted by Village Council.
-
Elections board gets help with time-consuming tasks
A Xenia company specializing in election services will take on some time-consuming tasks that should help contain the Ashtabula County Board of Elections’ labor costs, members said.
-
Commissioners pay to get the business
Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $15,000 contract with Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County to provide business service representation on behalf of the county’s One-Stop job training center.
-
Grand Valley sixth grader wins Ashtabula County Spelling Bee
James Elliott, a sixth grader at Grand Valley Middle School, clinched his win of the 29th annual Ashtabula County Area V Spelling Bee by successfully spelling the words “physique” and “daffodil.”
-
Sports, academics to come together
SPIRE Institute will expand its educational base and accept international students into its sports performance programs through a partnership with the Andrews Osborne Academy, Ted Meekma, SPIRE management team member, announced Wednesday.
-
Conneaut Chamber lauds top citizen, ‘Champions’
Nicholas Iarocci, Conneaut’s 2011 Citizen of the Year, needed plenty of gulps of water to complete his acceptance speech Tuesday night.
-
Felony charge filed in robbery
An Ashtabula woman who police said grabbed a woman’s purse inside a Conneaut supermarket late Monday afternoon faces a felony charge in Conneaut Municipal Court, according to reports.
- More Local News Headlines
-
