Kirk Franklin Headlines JoyFest Gospel Music Festival Saturday, September 26 at Cedar Point
21 September 2009 - 11:56PM
PR Newswire (US)
SANDUSKY, Ohio, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of gospel music's
best-known performers will take center stage at Cedar Point next
weekend when the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort will host
the JoyFest Gospel Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26. During
JoyFest, Cedar Point guests will be able to watch some of the most
popular entertainers in gospel music and a family-friendly
comedian. The JoyFest Gospel Music Festival will be held from
4-9:30 p.m. in the Soak City parking lot. (Admission to Cedar Point
is required.) Performing at JoyFest will be: -- Kirk Franklin whose
album, Hero, won two Grammy Awards; -- Dr. Marvin Sapp, the 2008
Best Gospel Artist award winner; -- Crystal Aikin, winner of BET's
Sunday Best gospel competition; -- Tye Tribbett who received a
Grammy Award nomination for his Victory Life! album in 2006; and --
Comedian Bone Hampton, who has appeared on BET's Comic Views, will
emcee the festival. Combo tickets to Cedar Point and the concert
will be available online until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 and at
Cedar Point on the day of the show. Concert only tickets for season
passholders and deals for groups of 15 or more are also available.
For more information and a link to purchase tickets, please visit
cedarpoint.com. Inside the park, Cedar Point will be hosting its
HalloWeekends festival that combines the thrills and excitement of
the park's rides and roller coasters with the fun and frights of
Halloween. New this season are two haunted houses, three live shows
and the Overlord, the chieftain of the monsters who prowl the park
during HalloWeekends. HalloWeekends also offers plenty of
entertainment for young families that includes the Monster Midway
Invasion Celebration parade, the Magical House on Boo Hill, the Hay
Bale Maze and Planet Spooky and Camp Spooky children's areas.
HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will be held Friday nights, Saturdays
and Sundays through Nov. 1. Cedar Point will be open 6 p.m. to
midnight on Friday nights (only a portion of the park is open);
noon to midnight on Saturdays; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.
(On Sunday, Oct. 11, the park will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
For more information, please visit cedarpoint.com or call the
park's General Information Line at 419.627.2350. DATASOURCE: Cedar
Point Amusement Park/Resort CONTACT: Robin Innes, Director of
Public Relations of Cedar Point, +1-419-627-2226, Web Site:
http://www.cedarpoint.com/
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