Leeds 27th Annual Creek Bank Festival Announces American Idol Contender Tristen Gressett to Perform
Leeds 27th Annual Creek Bank Festival Announces American Idol Contender Tristen Gressett to Perform on the Creek Bank Stage
The Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce is very excited to announce that ABC’s American Idol contender Tristen Gressett is confirmed for a live performance on the Creek Bank stage at the 27th Annual Creek Bank Festival scheduled for Saturday, May 14 at Leeds Memorial Park on Highway 119 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This year’s festival is sure to be a crowd pleaser and bigger than ever. The festival is a free event with free parking.
American Idol Contender Tristen Gressett to Perform
This will be one of the first performances by Tristen fresh off the American Idol stage this season. This 17-year-old is a local recording artist and singer/songwriter from Pell City who loves Rock, Soul, Blues, and everything in between. Tristen clinched his spot as a Top 11 Contender who we cheered on every week and have grown to love throughout his wacky ride in the American Idol competition. He wowed the judges and millions watching each week with his amazing talent and stage presence along with his original style of entertainment. Following his unbelievable rendition of The Rolling Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” during Tristen’s last performance, he received a standing ovation and these are some of the judges’ comments: “He gave me Mick Jagger on steroids, baby!” Lionel Richie shouted. “Listen Bro, like, that is electricity in a bottle and I’m sorry to say, but none of the other contestants are doing a quarter of that…it was amazing!” said Katy Perry. “Your whole deal works for what you are and then you throw a cape on and you coordinate it in,” Luke Bryan shared.
Back by popular demand, The WingNuts featuring Judge Alan Furr will grace the stage as vintage rock ‘n roll specialists, with a knack for providing “groovy” music in a highly entertaining and professional manner! Their set list includes Top 40 rock & roll classics from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.
Birmingham-based singer/songwriter, Erica Ryleigh is also back who is best known for her country sound with a hint of “indy” twang. With musical and lyrical influences like Dolly Parton, Miranda Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves, not only does her upbeat attitude and grit make Ryleigh easy to remember, but her story telling throughout her songwriting is hard to be forgotten.
Singer, songwriter and recording artist, Eric Watters, and Roy Mac, today’s living legend of Wyatt Earp are also among the stage entertainers. Watters is a Leeds resident and his band, Suburban Love Junkies, have produced a number of albums and has a couple of new singles. Evan Riley, who is quickly becoming famous at the age of 9, will entertain on the Creek Bank stage. Riley is a dreamer, singer and believer from Birmingham who will also wow you with her stage performance.
The Stage Schedule is:
10:00 am - Roy Mac
10:45 am - Evan Riley
11:15 am - Dog Pageant
11:45 am - Erica Ryleigh
12:30 pm - Eric Watters
1:15 pm - Tristen Gressett
2:15 pm - The Wing Nuts
In addition to the stellar performers, lots of children’s activities are planned including hula hoop contests sponsored by Height’s Title, our famous balloon artist sponsored by Mills Pharmacies, face painting sponsored by The Outlet Shops of Grand River and more. Arts, crafts, food trucks and other vendors will abound with over 100 vendors already scheduled with a host of vendors from all over the southeast. Our mascot challenge sponsored by Chick-Fil-A Leeds is back this year as well.
For dog lovers, the Creek Bark Dog Pageant will highlight dogs of all shapes and sizes sponsored by EnviroSpray. Dogs must be up to date on vaccines to participate and there is no fee to enter the contest.
There are a few vendor spaces available for those last-minute schedulers depending upon your type of business but hurry and get your registrations in so your business can be represented. Creek Bank Festival T-Shirts will be available to purchase in a variety of sizes.
Also, in conjunction with Creek Bank Festival, the 6th Annual Cruising the Creek Car Show is scheduled from approximately 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This charity event is sponsored by C & C Motor Company to raise money for Leeds Outreach and Backpack Buddies and is also a crowd-pleaser.
Celebrating its 27th year, the 2022 Creek Bank Festival will provide plenty of fun, food and entertainment for you, your family and friends to enjoy so please help us get the word out and plan to spend all day so you won’t miss a single exciting event!
Our 2022 Corporate Sponsors include: Presenting Sponsor is the City of Leeds, Corporate Partner: Lehigh Cement Company, Gold Sponsors: Brunson, Barnett & Sherrer, P.C. and Hubbell Power Systems, Inc., Silver Sponsors: Leeds Water Works, Millennial Bank and UAB Leeds, Bronze Sponsors: adr Business & Marketing Strategies, AMAC Design Builders, LLC, America’s First Credit Union, BancorpSouth Bank, Guardian Systems, Inc., IKG USA, Inc., Kinetic by Windstream, M & M Tax Accounting, Power Composites, LLC and The Outlet Shops of Grand River.
In case of inclement weather, there is a rain date of May 21. For more information about all of the Creek Bank Festival festivities, events and entertainment, please visit www.CreekBankFestival.com or contact Sandra McGuire at 205-699-5001 or Sandra@LeedsAreaChamber.com.
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