Besides Food,

Taste Has Great

Flavors of Music

The food won’t be the only thing piping hot at the Taste of Montgomery County on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum Aug. 24. The music line-up is sizzling, too!

The Stampede String Band opens the day’s entertainment playing from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. For over a decade, the Stampede String Band has earned a reputation for their hard-hitting acoustic performances, thoughtful lyrics, and powerhouse vocal harmonies. A taste of bluegrass and flat-picking sure to energize Taste attendees! You can check them out at www.thestampedestringband.bandcamp.com.

Playing from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. will be The Moon Cats. The Moon Cats are 4 guys who love the roots of rock & roll, legends like Elvis Presley, Bill Haley & the Comets, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, and The Who. With more than 50 years of stage experience between them, they have joined together to pay loving tribute to some of the greatest music in rock history. Along their rock & roll journey, some of the members have had the pleasure and honor of opening for acts like Mitch Ryder, Lou Christie, Mark Lindsay, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Moon Cats have appeared at venues such as the James Dean Festival, the, the Indiana State Fair, the Honeywell Music Center Summer Concert Series, Hoosier Park Casino, Horseshoe Stage in Lucas Oil Stadium and now the TASTE of Montgomery County! For more information on the Moon Cats, go to www.mooncatsrock.com.

Finishing up the evening will be the outstanding Michael Kelsey, playing from 7 – 9 p.m. Kelsey has toured nationally with Blind Melon and Dishwalla and has opened for the Doobie Brothers, 38 Special, Rodrigo and Gabriella and the California Guitar Trio. His acoustic rock shows are spiced up with improvisational instrumentation and soulful vocals. His performances seamlessly blend diverse musical genres. Kelsey and his band deliver a mix of original compositions and carefully curated cover songs. He was the winner of Guitar Center’s prestigious “Guitarmageddon” competition where he beat out over 3,000 or entrants. He is a virtuoso musician who will please and impress guests at the TASTE. For more information about Kelsey, visit www.michaelkelsey.com.

For more information and videos of performances by the 2024 musical lineup, visit the TASTE of Montgomery County’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/tasteofmontgomerycounty.