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or the past 37
consecutive stage where several
years the peo- bands, including Phil
ple of Mineral Wells Hamilton, will perform.
and Palo Pinto Bring a blanket or chairs
County have cele- and enjoy some terrific
brated their deep, music and performances
rich and colorful beneath the bright North
North Texas heritage. Texas stars in the beauti-
Here comes No. 38. ful setting that is TFTs
Festival organizers Western Heritage Park.
say they have the most Speaking of Hamilton
vendors ever signed up and Powell, they will play
and all local hotel rooms an acoustic set on the beer
are booked. garden stage beginning
The 38th Annual Crazy about 1 p.m. Saturday.
Water festival is Friday While the Crazy Water
and Saturday, returning Festival pays homage to
once again to the streets the Mineral Wells found-
in the area where Crazy ing and discovery of that
Water has been bottled, funny-tasting but will
shipped and sold for cure-what-ails-you min-
more than a century. crafts, offers, treats, admission for every Methodist church will eral water, the festival is
Thousands of people information and more. canned food item you operate the childrens more than just a ton of
are expected to once The festival begins the bring to benefit the play area located in the fun. Local non-profit
again pass through the evening of Friday, Oct. Mineral Wells Center of center of the festival. groups are heavily
festival gates to enjoy 13, with a car cruise Life Food Bank and Be sure and check out involved and supported.
great food and refresh- through town, leading to Back Pack Buddies. the judged Crazy Car Last years festival put a
ments (including those the festival grounds and Getting the festival off Show, put on by AmVets reported $32,000 back
sold in the Crazy Beer pavilion stage for a 7 p.m. and running Saturday is Post 133, alongside the into service projects in
Garden behind the performance by Texas the return of the Crazy old Crazy Water Hotel. Palo Pinto County.
Famous Water pavilion), musician Mark Powell. 5K. There is a washers When the gates close It looks to be another
childrens games, street The following day, tournament, and dont at 5 p.m., the fun shifts a fantastic day of festival
art, music and, of Saturday, Oct. 14, the forget about the fun and couple of miles north up fun in Mineral Wells at
course, vendors of all gates swing open at 8 popular Methodist Mens North Oak Avenue to the 38th Annual Crazy
kinds lining the festival a.m. Admission once Dunking Booth. Once Texas Frontier Trails Water Festival.
streets with their wares, again is $3, or $1 off again First United Western Heritage Park Enjoy!
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Mineral Wells
Let Us Be the First to
Introduce Cory Crenshaw.
CORY CRENSHAW
Market President, Mineral Wells
YOU FIRST
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FESTIVAL MAP
GETTING IN
You can enter the fes-
tival through any of five
entry gates around the
festival boundaries that
stretch along N.W. 1st
Avenue from N.W. 4
Street north to N.W. 7th
Street, west to N.W. 3rd
Avenue, south a block to
N.W. 6th Street and east
to N.W. 2nd Avenue.
Public parking is in
three areas north of
the festival grounds,
and handicap parking
is off N.W. 2nd Avenue
north of the festival on
the east side of the
Texas Packaging (and
now Crazy Water bot-
tling) plant.
Admission is $3,or
$1 off every canned
food item you bring
benefitting the Mineral
Wells Center of Life
Food Bank and Back
Pack Buddies of
Mineral Wells.
38th Annual
formance up with
one during the festi-
val the following
D T I M E S a t
CLARK
REAL ESTATE GROUP
G OO
REPRESENTING BUYERS AND SELLERS
OF COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL
AND RANCH PROPERTIES IN TEXAS!
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AFTER PARTY
Once the festival ends, the fun just begins
with music under the North Texas stars
After the Crazy Water best record of 2016.
Festival gates close, the fun is Hamilton challenged himself
just beginning. to once again take his talents to
Music In The Park is this a higher level and, he delivers
years festival after-party, tak- with incredible lyrics and a
ing place at Texas Frontier voice that grabs attention.
Trails Heritage Park at 3099 Brazos Wind is a very up
North Oak Ave., about one close and personal look into
mile north of N.W. 23rd Street Hamiltons life over the last
and just west of U.S. Highway couple of years and tells his
281 North. story with each soul stirring
The public is invited to bring song. With the new single Big
blankets and lawn chairs and News Small Town already hit-
enjoy some great Texas music ting radio airways and a num-
from the parks amphitheater ber of new tracks just as
stage from Wandering Daisy, strong, Hamilton has hit the
Ryan Wilcox and the Sunday road once again, booking
Shakes and headliner Phil shows all over the state.
Hamilton. The music is set to Having recently partnered
begin at 7 p.m. with Artist Events Nashville
The gates will open at 6 p.m. agency for booking, his secure
on Saturday, Oct. 14. Tickets label home with Winding Road
are $20 and available in Music and his talents both as a
advance at Bennetts Office writer and a performer Hamilton
Supply and the Mineral Wells remains steady on his success-
Area Chamber of Commerce. ful path.
They will also be available at
the gate. Ryan Wilcox
Food and beverages will be & The Sunday Shakes
sold at the venue and no cool- Ryan Wilcox is an entertain-
ers will be allowed. er. You see lots of singer song-
writers who can play well or
Phil Hamilton write a pretty good song, but
Phil Hamiltons music has Wilcox is able to do all that and
been a staple in the Texas connect with an audience like a
music scene for over seven much older, seasoned artist.
years and has made his mark He has a long list of songs
with powerful songs and a cap- and isnt stuck in one era.
tivating show to back it up. Original works range from
Hamilton signed his first deal Junior Kimbrough-influenced
with Winding Road Music. The blues jams, to Dylanesque folk Phil Hamilton
song Nothing To Lose from the
first record yielded his first sin-
gle landing in the top 15 on the
Texas Music charts. This debut
album also delivered the follow
up hit Nine Mile shortly after.
Having set the bar high for
success, Hamilton dove
straight in with his sophomore
record Renegade Rock N
Roll, showing a more mature
side of his music as well as an
honest look at life on the
road. Renegade Rockn
Roll delivered one top 10 sin-
gle and three number one hits
on the on the Texas Music
charts, including one of his
strongest tracks Bad.
Things moved quickly for
Hamilton and the band, leading
to his third release, Live from
the Whiskey Girl. With a pow-
erful, raw, live recording cou-
pled with two new studio cuts,
Hold on Tight, which also hit
top 10, and Tragedy, the
future was never more clear for
Hamilton and his music.
Life changes, and love was
found. Hamiltons marriage to
Texas music singer/songwriter
Erica Perry, and the birth of
their first child, June, led to the
newly released record, Brazos
Wind. With songs so compel-
ling, Brazos Wind has already
been said by many to be the Ryan Wilcox & The Sunday Shakes
HOT WHEELS
Speedway in
Denton County.
Crazy Beer is
made with Crazy
Water No. 2 and
Crazy Car Cruz returns will be brewed to
perfection.
along with Crazy Car Show This years
Crazy Beer beer
offerings will once again fea- Brewing strives to maintain a
Once again the Crazy Water Friday evening, Oct. 13. There ture a lighter Kolsch-style brew constant level of community
Festival will feature a street is no fee to take part in the and a darker beer for those activity, especially within the
lined with classic auto, trucks, cruise through town, and at the desiring a heartier, richer taste. home brewing community for
hot rods, muscle cars, custom end will be live music, a food Rabbit Hole Brewing is not marketing and philanthropic
trucks and more. truck and Crazy Beer. just another brewery offering reasons. The production facility
Entry fee is $20 and entrants For more information about the same range of beer styles. is clean, environmentally cog-
can register the day of the festi- the cruise or the car show, con- As such, they strive to provide nizant, and a fantastic atmo-
val, on Saturday, Oct. 14. tact Clay Roundtree at 940- customers with a story and sphere in which to work.
The show and contest takes 284-1833.
place on N.W. 4th Street, along- The cruise and car show and
side the old Crazy Water Hotel contest are sponsored and
off North Oak Street. organized by AmVets Post 133
Back this year is the Crazy of Mineral Wells.
Car Cruz which will take place
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TANKS A LOT
First United Methodist Church and Central
United Methodist Church will once again
sponsor and operate the Crazy Water
Festival dunking booth (next to the pavilion).
Check the schedule below to see what
local celebrity, elected official or other vic-
tim is sitting on the dunking bench, daring
you to hit the target to send them plummet-
ing into the water below.
Proceeds benefit both churches mens
groups and their community endeavors.
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