Soulfest returns to Ridge Ferry Park Saturday while Robert Stevenson Memorial Concert takes place at city auditorium
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly will headline the third annual Soulfest on Saturday.
The event will take place at Ridge Ferry Park starting at 2 p.m.
The concert will benefit the shelter and is headlined by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, a soul band founded by Beverly in Philadelphia in 1970. Under its original name Raw Soul, the band relocated to San Francisco and later toured with Marvin Gaye. Maze released 9 gold albums from 1977 to 1993. Their well-known songs include “Happy Feelins,” “While I’m Alone,” “Golden Time Of Day,” “Southern Girl,” “The Look in Your Eyes,” “Joy and Pain,” “Before I Let Go,” “We Are One,” “Back in Stride,” “Can’t Get Over You” and “The Morning After.”
The concert will also feature the Infinity Show Band, Something for the Soul and Tara Sabree & The Seduction Band.
Tickets are $60 and the show is open to all ages. Kids 10 and under enter free.
Gates open at 10 a.m. on Saturday and the concert begins at 2 p.m. Donations of nonperishable goods will also be accepted to benefit the Rome Community Kitchen and Davies Homeless Shelter.
Coolers, tents and lawn chairs are allowed. For tickets and event information visit online at www.soulfestofrome.com
Stellar Award Winners Doc Mckenzie & The Hi-lites and Lisa Knowles & The Brown Singers will perform in Rome on Saturday.
The groups will headline the Robert
Stevenson Memorial Concert which takes place at the Rome City Auditorium, 601 Broad St., starting at 5 p.m.
The concert will also feature the Gospel Legends, Slim’s Supreme Angels and Darrell Mcfadden & the Disciples.
Tickets are $30 and are available at Kroger as well as online at www.freshtix.com by searching “Robert Stevenson Memorial Celebration.”
For additional information, call 706235-2065.