2009 St. Louis Rib America Festival – Dates and Band Info
The 2009 Rib Fest in St. Louis, MO will again be over Memorial Day weekend. Friday, May 22 – Monday, May 25, 2009. The event will be in the same location in downtown St. Louis at Soldier’s Memorial park at the crossing of Market and Tucker Streets.
The festival features BBQ Ribs and Music! What a great way to kick off the summer. The lineup for this year’s musical entertainment is as follows:
Friday – May 22
- Healing Sixes – 5:00 PM
- Shooting Star – 6:30 PM
- Night Ranger – 9:00 PM
Saturday – May 23
- Sean Holland- Noon
- Shemekia Copeland – 1:30 PM
- Firehouse – 4:00 PM
- Warrant – 6:30 PM
- Bret Michaels – 9:00 PM
Sunday, May 24
- TBA – Noon
- The Elms – 1:30PM
- TBA – 4:00 PM
- Cowboy Mouth – 6:30 PM
- Third Eye Blind- 9:00 PM
Monday, May 25
- Fabulous Motown Revue – 11:30 AM
- Beatlemania LIve! – 1:30 PM
- TBA – 4:15 PM
- Saving Abel – 6:30 PM
(All artists and times subject to change)
Admission is FREE before 5:00 PM on Friday and before 1:00 PM on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. After these times, admission is $5 and includes the concerts. Children 12 and under are free. There are also a limited number of reserved seats in front of the stage available for $25 each Friday, Sunday and Monday. The reserved seating will be $40 each for Saturday night. These tickets include $10 in food and beverage tickets and if purchased before May 21 the tickets also include your $5 admission. Get your reserved tickets here!!
Brian and I have been to this music festival for the past 2 years and we really enjoy it. Jonny Lang was amazing last year and Night Ranger was good considering the show was rained out after 7 songs. I would like to share a few words of wisdom though, it usually rains at some point over the weekend and the grounds get really wet and muddy. I would suggest not wearing shoes that you don’t want to get wet or muddy and bringing along a rain poncho is probably a good idea. The music and the crowd are always very entertaining and we’re looking forward to the festival again this year!
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i went to the first 2 rib americas,,but at 7.50 a beer then,,and walking thru sloppy mud to hear HAS BEEN bands is a joke
Joe,
I will agree that the prices are a little high, but the admission is very reasonable and I suppose they have to make money somehow. As for listening to HAS BEEN bands, I love it. It brings back memories of a much more care free time in my life and for an hour or two makes me feel like a kid again. The mud isn’t pleasant either, so my advice is to not wear your good shoes.