{"id":11539,"date":"2025-06-03T15:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=11539"},"modified":"2025-06-03T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:30:26","slug":"rock-for-kids-saturday-at-lake-sara-to-benefit-crisis-nursery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/11539-rock-for-kids-saturday-at-lake-sara-to-benefit-crisis-nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock for Kids Saturday at Lake Sara to Benefit Crisis Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Crisis Nursery of Effingham County in partnership with Poss Music Works will be hosting their annual Rock for Kids benefit concert event at The Stage at Lake Sara on June 7, 2025, starting at 2:00pm and running until 9:30pm. This event will feature the amazing talent of our local youth bands.<\/p>\n<p>There are 11 bands in the Rock for Kids lineup with music artists from 9 years-old to early 20s ready to rock this benefit. Be sure to check out the line-up so you don\u2019t miss your favorite performers:<\/p>\n<p>2:00pm Hevyn with special guest Jon Clarkson<br \/>\n3:00pm Jude Metzelaars<br \/>\n3:20pm Annabelle Bruels<br \/>\n4:00pm Jancin Cronkhite<br \/>\n4:30pm Poss Family Jam<br \/>\n5:30pm Blue Poss<br \/>\n6:10pm Ben Esker<br \/>\n6:30pm The Hip Huggers<br \/>\n7:30pm Dylan Reed<br \/>\n7:45pm Jake Bushur<br \/>\n8:00pm Max Heuerman &amp; the Little Truckers<\/p>\n<p>In addition to phenomenal music sure to make you dance and sing along, there will be fun activities, such as Paddi\u2019s Air Filled Fun balloon animals, delicious food provided by the Floating Goat, and CEO vendor Keyaira Candles.<\/p>\n<p>A special thank you to Bill Passalacqua and Poss Music Works, Scott Greenwood of Greenwood Carpentry Services, and Marty Williamson for their time and dedication to making this event possible. Their musical expertise and passion for showcasing the musical talents of our local youth have been the foundation and driving force for this annual event.<\/p>\n<p>For event updates and sneak peeks, you can follow along on their FB event page: \u201cRock for Kids\u201d. To purchase tickets for you and your family, scan the QR code or go to:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/for\/rockforkids\/event\/rockforkids\/<\/p>\n<p>To contact the Crisis Nursery of Effingham County, email ad@crisisnurseryofeffingham.com or call (217)342-3000&#215;3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crisis Nursery of Effingham County in partnership with Poss Music Works will be hosting their annual Rock for Kids benefit concert event at The Stage at Lake Sara on June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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