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Abbey Road on the River Announces Partnership, Line-Up and Discounted Tickets

AROTR_Fountan_CrowdWAVE 3 News and Abbey Road on the River are partnering this year to bring the world’s largest Beatles-inspired music festival back to Louisville for its eleventh year. The five day event will take place over Memorial Day weekend, May 21-25, 2015, at the Belvedere Festival Park and the Muhammad Ali Center. To kick off the partnership, single day tickets can be purchased for just $19.64 (a $35 value) at www.arotr.com by using promo code “wave3news” now through February 28.

WAVE 3 News Vice-President and General Manager Ken Selvaggi says the station is ecstatic about the partnership. “We strive to help build a better community and this internationally recognized music festival brings more acclaim to our region as a very special place to live,” says Selvaggi. “Experiencing memorable moments fuels our community. This wonderful event stirs passion and joy, just like the Beatles have for decades!”

The line-up for the 2015 WAVE 3 News Abbey Road on the River includes rock band The Orchestra, starring former members of ELO and ELO II – Louis Clark, Mik Kaminski, Eric Troyer, and Parthenon Huxley. ELO’s spectacular run of success in the ’70s and ’80s included numerous gold and platinum albums and Top Ten hits such as “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” and “Telephone Line.” Continue reading

This year’s Abbey Road on the River on the Louisville waterfront is in full swing.  Although the World’s Largest Beatles-Inspired Music Festival officially kicked off on Thursday, the weekend will undoubtedly be the busiest days.  AROTR features more than 200 concerts, including headliners The Beach Boys, talks and lectures, art displays, vendors and more with events spread between the Muhammad Ali Center, Belvedere Festival Park and the Galt House Hotel.  Even if you didn’t win the pair of tickets in our giveaway (congratulations, Kyle B!), you still have time to get tickets and enjoy some of this weekend’s beautiful music and great music on the Louisville waterfront.

Check out the photos below from Louisville’s 2014 Abbey Road on the River.  Be sure to check back often for more as they become available.

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Win AROTR TicketsAbbey Road on the River returns to the Louisville waterfront May 22-26.  Don’t miss out on the music, art, atmosphere and fun this Memorial Day weekend as musical acts from around the world perform in over 200 live shows.

Grab a friend and enter for your chance to win a pair of general admission tickets (arv $60) good any day of the largest Beatles-inspired musical festival in the world as it celebrates 50 years of Beatlemania.  You can enter below by connecting with us on Facebook or Twitter (enter every day on Twitter!) or by signing up for the Louisville Dispatch Newsletter between now and the contest close date.
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Abbey Road on the River Returns to Louisville

AROTRThe world’s largest Beatles-inspired music festival, Abbey Road on the River, returns to Louisville’s waterfront May 22-26.  The 2014 AROTR is made extra-special as it marks the golden anniversary of Beatlemania – the world-wide fan frenzy surrounding the Fab Four.  Although music promoter Andi Lothian may have coined the term a year earlier, Beatlemania was budding as the Lads from Liverpool arrived in the United States in February 1964 and really exploded after their performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.  The five day celebration here in Louisville aims to capture some of the Beatles craze.

The five day celebration – covering the Belvedere Festival Park, Galt House Hotel and Muhammad Ali Center – features many events to help longtime fans relive the group’s glory days as well as bringing new fans into the mix.  Abbey Road on the River is, first and foremost, a music festival so you know that there is no shortage of music.  The event draws bands from around the world for over 200 live performances on eight stages (including one by Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Beach Boys) as well as many other activities including the Give Peace a Chance photography exhibit at the Muhammad Ali Center, screenings of the Good Ol Freda documentary, special presentations and plenty of vendors offering vintage music memorabilia, art, fair food and more. Continue reading

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