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Chairman: Experience makes for better event

By Mark Ambrogi • [email protected]

As a CarmelFest volunteer for five years, Gary Sexton seemed well prepared for his role as CarmelFest chairman last year.

Yet nothing is quite as valuable as a year of experience in that role.

“Experience is important for learn-ing what roadblocks lie ahead and how to better deal with it,” said Sexton, in the second year of a three-year chairman stint. “So I feel I’m bet-ter prepared to handle little situations that arise, preparing for the festival as well as things that occur during the festival.”

Sexton said he realized he couldn’t be in sev-eral places at once during the July 3 and 4 festival.

“I rely on a huge number of volunteers and committee people that are super helpful and have a lot of years of experience doing what they do,” said Sexton, who had been in charge of the facilities committee before taking the chairman’s post.

“I’ve learned a lot from previous chairmen, Gary Frey and Jeff Worrell, who have really lent their support and expertise in helping me transition from year to year with the planning

and execution of the event,” Sexton said. “My whole team has been phenomenal as far as taking ownership of their roles.”

Sexton said CarmelFest has continually improved the parade entertainment.

“The quality of our entrants has never been better,” Sexton said. “Every year, we’re excited to have a better and better parade with more entertainment, more things to see, more floats, more music.”

Sexton estimates 50,000 people attend CarmelFest activities.

“The parade route is two miles long, and people are three and four deep on both sides of the road for that whole distance,” Sexton said. “You have to get your lawn chair out really early, because if you wait until the day of the parade, there is not a space for a lawn chair anywhere.”

Sexton will conclude his chairmanship after the 2017 festival.

“I’m looking forward to recruiting the next co-chair for next year and help that person transition into the role and pass along ev-erything I’ve learned over the last couple of years,” Sexton said.

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The free fireworks show will begin at 9:45 p.m. July 4. WHJE 91.3 Carmel High School radio will synchronize the show to music.

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By Anna Skinner • [email protected]

A key driver behind many Fourth of July festivals is food, and the vendors at CarmelF-est don’t plan to disappoint.

Along with the traditional elephant ears, funnel cakes and other fried foods, there will be rib vendors as well as a s’mores vendor.

“There are some weird ones you re-ally don’t see at festivals, then there also are elephant ears and sausage and such,” said Jess Lawhead, food vendor chairman. “Every vendor has to be there for both days. They are spread around the entire festival.”

Among some of the newer vendors are a grilled cheese tent, frozen coffee drinks and German food.

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provider. “We have a lot of vendors that are grilling.

There are two big rib stations,” Lawhead said. “That’s what I think about with Fourth of July

is a lot of grilling. Beyond that, with a festival, people just let loose and eat fried food like elephant ears and funnel cakes, and anything fried gets them excited.”

Lawhead said 38 vendors max out the amount of available space at CarmelFest.

“CarmelFest is a well-established festival … We have a lot of vendors that have been coming for 10-plus years, and so there are a lot of fan favorites, and we try to mix in new vendors,” Lawhead said. “There’s a very large variety.”

CarmelFest hours are 2 to 10 p.m. July 3 and noon to 10 p.m. July 4. Attendees are also wel-come to bring their own food and drinks to the festival. For more, visit carmelfest.net/vendors.

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Courtney Krauter has already had one mo-ment of glory in CarmelFest Has Talent.

Krauter, then a Carmel Middle School student, captured the 12-and-under division when she was 12 years old.

“It was insane,” said Krauter, who sang Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”

When she was eligible for the 13 to 17 age group, she entered twice but wasn’t selected, so she skipped it until this year.

“I was ill-prepared, because I hadn’t prac-ticed my song a lot,” said Krauter, who lives in Carmel and will be a Herron High School se-nior. “I listened to the other girls singing, and they were awesome. So I was going in there a little nervous. I was shocked when I made the top five. I was really proud of myself.”

Krauter, 17, sang “Cups” (“When I’m Gone”) during the audition, but isn’t sure what she will sing in the semifinals July 3. The top three advance to the July 4 final. Krauter, who de-scribes her singing style as a belter, has per-formed in musicals for Civic Theatre’s Youth Artists Program and Summer Stock Stage.

In addition to Krauter, the 13 to 17 age group semifinalists are Alexandra Burgess, Noblesville, Grace Eckelbarger, Noblesville,

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Breanna Jaffe, Indianapolis, and Reilly Spiller, Westfield. Burgess and Eckelbarger were 2015 semifinalists.

Alexandria Boaz, who moved to Carmel with her parents in December, earned a semifinal spot in the 18-and-older category.

“The reason I am competing in the CarmelFest is because my dad told me about the opportunity, and I decided to seize it,” Boaz said. “I also thought it would be really cool to per-form on the Fourth of July.”

Boaz, who will be a Middle Tennessee State sophomore this fall after transferring from Illinois State, has performed the national anthem at several sporting events, including a University of Illinois men’s basketball game and a Chicago White Sox game.

12 and younger – Ben Boyce, Carmel; Keegan Connor, Westfield; Jill McCoskey, Noblesville; Lori Olin, Greenfield; Allie Rosenfeld, Carmel 13 to 17 years old – Alexandra Burgess, Noblesville; Grace Eckelbarger, Noblesville; Breanna Jaffe, Indianapolis; Courtney Krauter, Carmel; Reilly Spiller, Westfield 18 and older – Alexandria Boaz, Carmel; Amy Conrad, Westfield; Gerald Dycus, Indianapolis; Jayson Hofmeister, Sweetser; Seth Voegele, Noblesville

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CarmelFest parking typically is not easy, and this year might be even more difficult.

“It might be a little more challenging with construction in the area,” CarmelFest Chairman Gary Sexton said. “(Volunteer) James Bednarksi has done a great job putting our action plan together with maps and ordering all new signage and color-coded lots. There will be better guidance along with the roadways for handicapped parking and event sponsors.”

Bednarski, a Carmel resident, said July 3 being a Sunday should help.“It’s not a lot different, because it’s a Sunday and a Monday, a lot of the

local business owners won’t be open,” Bednarski said. “So I think there’s a little more flexibility. The only public parking beyond the street is at The Center for the Performing Arts’ garage. There is handicapped parking off of Range Line Road.”

A free shuttle service from the center’s garage will run to the entrance of the festival on West Gradle Drive.

Bednarski said the old Party Time Rental lot was a place where people used to park. “That’s all now dirt because it is being developed,” he said.

Bednarski said his biggest challenge is finding parking spaces for food vendors, VIPs and handicapped spots.

“All those areas are more restrictive than they have been in the past,” he said.

Bednarski said the business community has been accommodating in helping him find additional spaces. He said he is excited the city is building a new public garage in the area that should be ready for 2017.

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MarketPlace brings 100 vendors By Lauren Boughner

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Starting in February each year, Kay Thomp-son becomes a much busier person. As direc-tor of the CarmelFest MarketPlace, she prepares and reviews applica-tions, answers thousands of emails and plans and organizes the 100 spots available for vendors.

Each year presents a challenge to bring new, fun and creative booths to the festival.

“If I can provide festival-goers an interesting variety of booths with items to buy or games to play and booths with interesting displays or fun giveaways provid-ing community info, then I’ve done my job,” Thompson said.

Although this year is officially Thompson’s 12th as director, she assisted her husband in his five years as director before she assumed the role. Cindy Roberts-Greiner, public rela-tions director of CarmelFest, said Thompson is always looking for ways to improve the MarketPlace.

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Thompson said she cares not just about the attendees, but about the vendors, too.

“For many vendors, craft fairs such as Car-melFest are their sole source of income,” she said. “I encourage everyone to remember this

and make a vendor’s day by buying their products. It’s well worth your effort to walk around and look at the booths.”

Thompson and Roberts-Greiner are excited about the MarketPlace this year because they look forward to seeing people interact with the ad-ditions, including a photo booth.

The vendor lineup can change up until the day of the event, so the work doesn’t end for Thompson until the festival is over.

“Kay Thompson is a modest person who puts in countless hours,” Roberts-Greiner said. “She does an incredible amount of work and doesn’t expect to be the star of the show.”

Attendees can find booths surrounding the Carmel fountain (south of the fire station), lined up on Gradle Drive and in the CarmelFest NorthZone (north of the fire station) during the festival.

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tattoos• Kid’s Kloset: tutus and

accessories• Lolo Doll: American Girl doll

clothing• Over the Line: caricaturist• Sam Indy: fun, unique helium

balloons• Sparkle Program: interactive

arts and crafts, hair glitter• Wizard Barts: wizard supplies

Craft vendors• Adams: Lilla Rose hair

accessories• Archer Rustic Creations: Barn-

wood and Mason jar lights• Artfully Dished Up: repurposed

dishes for birds, kid-safe bows and arrows

• Baraka Ethnic Jewelry: jew-elry and clothes

• Barnhouse Farms: recycled

wood signs and home décor• Birane Tall: sunglasses• Boutique on Wheels: women’s

apparel and accessories• Brown Bag Soap: homemade

soap• Chelleter Skelter: fabric flower

bouquets• ChemiChic: home décor based

on science• Confident You Beauty: skin

care products• Copper Dragonfly: jewelry• Costello: homemade soap• Cynthia Frank: tie-dyed

clothing• Debra May: author of “Legend-

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pictures and doggy dresses• Emily Kai: jewelry• First Sgt. Woods: wooden

pens and puzzle boxes• Horizon Wind Spinners: wind

spinners• Kindred: boheme clothes

• Le Jardin Cottage: gnome homes

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• My Pretty Babi: fabric wallets• Name on Rice: your name on a

grain of rice• Native’s Touch: jewelry and

clothes• Nectar of the Vine: prepack-

aged slushy mixes for wine• Nerium: skincare products• No Assumptions: 3D pictures• Old Post Road Oils: homemade

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A 4.5-mile run and a 1.5-mile family walk will take place July 2 to kick off Car-melFest weekend and celebrate Fourth of July.

The Freedom Run has been a part of CarmelFest for approxi-mately 10 years, and Don Carr, president of Tuxedo Brothers, an event management platform based in Zionsville, said the structure of the event rarely changes.

“It’s always the same format, if you register, you get a T-shirt, and we do awards and an awards ceremony,” he said.

Food, drinks and music will be avail-able at the event. Online registration is available through July 1, or runners and walkers can register on the morning of the event on site. The run/walk begins at Carmel High School, 520 E. Main St.

Carr said he expects approximately 1,000 people to show up for the run and a few hundred for the walk.

The run starts at 8 a.m., and runners

will leave from CHS, travel along Main Street to Range Line Road and branch off to the Monon. Walkers start five minutes later and travel on First Avenue to the north side of CHS and then loop back

around. Roads will not be closed, but

lanes will be restricted. Carr said those traveling that morning should keep in mind the run will last from 8 to 9 a.m.

“It’s one of the few runs in the area on that Saturday morning,” Carr said. “It’s certainly a good

event, and a lot of people come out and show patriotism to kick off the weekend.”

Awards will be given to the top three overall finishers, as well as the top three in each age group.

Both the walk and the run are $23 in advance and $28 the day of the event. Parking is available at CHS and surround-ing neighborhoods, strollers are welcome and there will be two water stations on the course.

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By Lauren Boughner • [email protected]

The 2015 CarmelFest saw a record number of attendees, with approximately 60,000 guests enjoying the festivities, 10,000 to 20,000 more attendees than most years. Organizers expect this year’s attendance could be just as big – or bigger – and are putting safety measures in place to protect the crowds.

The Carmel police and fire departments have been working with the CarmelFest committee for years now, and a detailed safety plan is always discussed two weeks prior to the festival.

“CarmelFest is one of the few events—prob-ably the only event—all year where all divisions of the police department are involved,” CPD Lt. Jeff Horner said.

A police tent will be in the southwest corner of the MarketPlace by the fire station. This is the first place for guests to look for a lost child, which police said is one of the two most com-mon safety issues to occur. The other is heat-related problems, such as heat stroke.

Last year, the CarmelFest committee intro-duced a new rule: no pets. This will be more strongly enforced this year to keep attendees as safe as possible.

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tions Director Cindy Roberts-Greiner said. Public safety officers recommend attendees

have patience, especially with large crowds. Families should have a plan ready in case they become separated. Attendees can always ask a public safety officer for help. The fire department also welcomes families inside the station during the festival.

“The crowd, as big as it may get, as hot as it may be, is very courteous,” Roberts-Greiner said. “They keep it a family-friendly atmosphere.”

From left, Carmel Fire Dept. Engineer Michael De-Long, Lt. Ted Lenze and firefighter Marcus Nalley rest on a truck at the 2015 CarmelFest. (Submitted photo)




The CarmelFest parade committee an-nounced in early June that it had imple-mented a no-candy policy for parade floats and entries.

The decision to change the tradition was not made lightly, and officials examined other parades, CarmelFest chairman Gary Sexton said. The idea had been discussed for several years. This year the 16-person parade committee decided it could no longer table the decision, and those in attendance voted unanimously to no longer hand out candy at the event.

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The more than 100-unit CarmelFest 4th of July Parade will bring with it beloved tradi-tions, as well as a few changes.

Peggy Powell, CarmelF-est Parade director, said there will be a wide variety of floats included in the parade this year, such as the Indianapolis Chinese Community’s Lion Dance and the Carmel Rotary Club’s 10-person bicycle.

Other unit entries include marching bands, motorcycle drill teams, clowns, color guards, Colts cheerleaders, designed floats, veterans and more.

The parade begins at 10:30 a.m. July 4 at AAA Way and Carmel Drive and will head west on Carmel Drive and north on Range Line Road. The parade will end at Carmel High School on Main Street at 12:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial.”

“Our grand marshals this year are the (Car-mel High School) girls swimming and diving championship team, because they just com-pleted their 30th (consecutive) state champion-ship which broke a national record,” Powell said.

In addition to the 2016 state winners, Car-melFest is attempting to locate as many past swimmers from 1986 to 2016 to march in the parade.

A military grand finale will take place at 12:15 p.m. Roads will reopen as the parade passes, Powell said she believes that all roads will be closed by 10 a.m.

“It’s a great way to come out and celebrate

our country’s birthday, and we are also cel-ebrating the bicentennial of the state of Indi-ana,” she said. “It’s a wonderful way to come out and have a good time and show your patriotism.”

For more, visit carmelfest.net/parade-information.

The parade begins at 10:30 a.m. July 4 at AAA Way and Carmel Drive and will head west on Carmel Drive and north on Range Line. The parade will end at Carmel High School on Main Street at 12:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Cel-ebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial. (Map data ©2016 Google)

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2. Carmel VFW Color Guard

3. American Legion Post 155 Color Guard

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5. GRAND MARSHAL – Carmel High School Girls Swim Team

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17. Carmel High School Cheerleading

18. Carmel Clay Color Guard

19. Carmel City Council Kevin Ryder and Laura Campbell

20. Carmel City Council Bruce Kimball

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22. RTV6 – Jason Fechner, Kevin Gregory

23. Carmel Clay Republicans with U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks

24. Patty Spitler-Boomer TV and Pet Pals TV

25. St. Mark’s UMC Children’s Choir Float

26. Master Yoo’s Tae Kwon Do

27. Indianapolis 500 Gordon Pipers

28. Stewart and Stewart Law Firm NASCAR Float

29. Goldfish Swim School

30. Ballet Folklorico Mosaicos

31. Diamond Entertainment – Clowns, Jugglers, Stilt walkers

32. Cub Scout Pack 188 from Cherry Tree Elementary

33. Cub Scout Pack 197


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38. Famous Hoosiers, Abraham and Mary Lincoln

39. 49th Indiana Civil War Re-enactment Group

40. Guerin Catholic High School-Walking Flag

41. Miss Indiana 2016, Brianna DeCamp

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43. Chateau Kitchens – Kermit the Frog Balloon

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47. Nationalities Council of Indiana

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63. Indianapolis Indians mascot, Rowdy

64. ICE All-Stars – Cheerleaders

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67. Century 21 Scheetz Float

68. Indianapolis Youth Hockey – Zamboni

69. Ronald McDonald

70. 18th Indiana Light Artillery Re-enactors

71. Museum of Miniature Houses – red, white & blue house

72. Fishers High School Marching Band

73. WTHR Channel 13

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75. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office squad car

76. Carmel Community Players cast in costume with music

77. Hamilton County Democratic Party

78. International Talent Academy float

79. Carmel Farmers Market Float

80. Concordia Lutheran High School Marching Cadets

81. Adamson Karate Studios

82. Carmel City Attorney, Doug Haney

83. Carmel Glass & Mirror Float

84. Corvette Indy

85. Carmel Clay Public Library Mobile Library

86. Josh Kaufman, Winner of The Voice, Season 6

87. Hamilton County Republican Party

88. Wright Bros Band

89. RE/MAX Float

90. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 49

91. HVAF

92. Freedom PT

93. Navy Club of Hamilton County

94. Hoosier Base Submarine Veterans Float

95. Island X4 Navy Seabees Float

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97. United States Coast Guard Boat

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CarmelFest’s KidZone will feature multiple beloved attractions from previous years as well as a few new activities.

KidZone Director Tom Blessing said the Chi-nese dragon maze, which debuted last year, should be a highlight again this year.

“It is about a half a football field long, and kids can go in, and it’s a big, inflatable maze,” Blessing said. “You enter through the mouth. It was a huge attraction last year.”

Other returning activities include a rock wall and a fast-pitch softball game. An attraction involving fairytale characters is new this year.

“We’ve got stuff for all the way up through high-school age and certainly as young as toddler age,” Blessing said.

Some toddler-age activities include an inflatable bounce house with an obstacle course and a paddleboat ride in an inflatable swimming pool.

Older children will have several options, too, Blessing said.

“We have a Velcro wall where the older kids can put on a suit and go up and jump and stick themselves to (it),” Blessing said.

Tickets for KidZone attractions may be pur-chased at a booth for 50 cents each. Activity

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Children enjoy the festivities at CarmelFest. (Submitted photo)

costs vary from one to 14 tickets. For more, visit carmelfest.net/kids-zone.

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July 42 p.m. Magical Moments with CR Ryan3 p.m. School of Rock House Band5 p.m. Master Yoo’s Tae Kwon Do Demo6 p.m. International Talent Academy7 p.m. Master Yoo’s Tae Kwon Do Demo

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Tommy Baldwin, a 20-year-old guitar player, said it’s funny how just saying hello to some-one can change your life.

A brief introduction to a rock ’n’ roll veteran has now led to recording a full-length album and being scheduled to perform as part of CarmelFest this year.

“A lot of amazing things have been happen-ing,” he said. “It’s an absolute blessing and I would never have thought I’d be in this area.”

Baldwin grew up on the north side of In-dianapolis and attended North Central High School. He has grandparents and aunts and uncles who are longtime Carmel residents. He began playing the guitar at 8 years old and has played and rehearsed at Kingston’s Music Showcase in Carmel.

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Baldwin has been invited to perform at Car-melFest on July 3 in Guitar-mel Fest. He talked to Pinnick, who agreed to fly here to play bass and provide backup vocals for Baldwin’s performance.

“It all happened because I decided to say hello to him,” he said. “It’s an absolute bless-ing and it’s all God.”



Guitar-mel Fest has been a fixture at Car-melFest for the past four years.

Now it will become the featured evening session of CarmelFest presents Guitars and Stars July 3 on the North Zone Entertainment Stage. Brian Carriger, who has been CarmelF-est entertainment director for 12 years, said the biggest difference is adding the bands.

The Cosmic Situation will open the day-long session at 2 p.m., followed by The Warrior Kings at 3:30 p.m. and Tommy Baldwin at 5:30 p.m.

The evening session from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. will belong to the Guitars & Stars Legends.

Carriger, owner of the PBJ Pro DJs, is a 2003 Carmel High School graduate.

“We have a good variety of talent,” Carriger said. “They’re all specializing on their talents on the guitar. We picked bands that have a guitar-centered feel to their group.”

Carriger said the evening follows the tradi-tional Guitar-mel Fest format.

“Benito DiBartoli and I collaborated to cre-ate the show and he helped gather the origi-nal headliners of the Guitar-mel Fest show,” Carriger said.

DiBartoli, Gordon Bonham, Doug Henthorn and Paul Holdman, all original members, con-tinue to rotate as the main guitar players in different sets.

“Tad Robinson is a very special guest,” Carriger said. “He’s a vocalist and harmonica player.”

Greg Baker serves as the bass player and

Guitar-mel Fest expands into Guitars and Stars

Gordon Bonham is among the guitarists sched-uled to perform at CarmelFest. (Submitted photo)

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Charlie Bushor as the drummer for all the dif-ferent guitar headliners.

“At the end, they all get up and jam togeth-er,” Carriger said.

Carriger, 31, got involved in CarmelFest at 19.“My dad, Richard Carriger, is a Rotarian, and

he was asked to volunteer at that time for CarmelFest in doing entertainment,” said Car-riger, who is not a Rotary member himself. “He said, ‘Sure, I’ll contribute,’ and he gave them my number. That’s how I got started.”

Rick Stump, left, and Nathan Klatt from the band My Yellow Rickshaw. They will perform at the Market District North Zone Stage on July 4. (File photo)

July 3Gazebo Stage Sponsored by Geico

2 p.m. – The Tides4:40 p.m. – CarmelFest Has Talent: Vo-cal talent competition semi-finals7:30 p.m. – The Wright Brothers

Market District North Zone Stage2 p.m. – The Cosmic Situation3:30 p.m. – The Warrior Kings5:30 p.m. – Tommy Baldwin7:30 p.m. – Guitars & Stars Legends

July 4Gazebo Stage Sponsored by Geico

Noon – Circle City Bucket Drummers1:30 p.m. – Midwest Rhythm Exchange3:30 p.m. – CarmelFest Has Talent: Vocal talent competition finals5 p.m. – Benito DiBartoli: An acoustic session8:30 p.m. – Carmel Symphony Orchestra

Market District North Zone StageNoon – Brooke Roe Band2 p.m. – Phone Club4 p.m. – Dwight Lightning and the Conch City All-Stars6:45 p.m. – My Yellow Rickshaw

CarmelFest 2016

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