Abbey Road festival draws Beatles fans
The Courier-Journal , KY - May 27, 2006
They still love you — yeah, yeah, yeah — John, Paul, George and Ringo... Liz Dugan, 18, especially loves the Beatles, and was proving it Saturday by getting autographs of Beatles tribute band members and others on a special quilt she made to take to the Abbey Road on the River festival...
Four lads from Woodstock, Ill., are world's youngest Beatles tribute band
The Courier-Journal, KY - May 26, 2006
The mini moptops, whose name is a twist on their hometown of Woodstock, Ill., were a sensation at last year's Fifth Third Abbey Road on the River festival. They're back again this year, with their black suits and Beatle boots, to rock Beatles fans of all ages... The massive festival of all things Beatles begins at noon today and runs through 11 p.m. Sunday at the Kentucky Center and Belvedere Festival Park. Seventy-five Beatles tribute bands, including Stockwood, will play on 10 stages...
Come Together: Abbey Road led organizer to Louisville
Kentucky.com, KY - May 26, 2006
As he drives down Interstate 71 to Louisville, Gary Jacob can sense the pull... For the past year, he has been organizing the biggest Beatles tribute imaginable, a sprawling, weekend-long festival that brings perhaps the most-championed pop voice of all time to life in a big way...
Abbey Road on the River
Kentucky.com, KY - May 26, 2006
A numerical guide to this weekend's Abbey Road on the River: Number of bands performing: 75, up from 50 last year. Estimated number of patrons: 30,000, up from 20,000 last year. Number of stages: 10 (seven outdoor, three indoor), up from 6 last year. Number of former Beatles attending: 1. Seriously. Original Beatles drummer Pete Best, who was replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, will speak and show clips from his TV documentary Best of the Beatles (10 a.m. Sat. and Sun., Galt House)...
Louisville's Beatles festival heads into year two with high hopes
LEO, KY - May 26, 2006
Fifth Third Bank Abbey Road on the River is here to stay — at least if you ask founder and promoter Gary Jacob... “If we can deliver on all the promises we’ve made, there’s no reason the one-year, five-year and 10-year outlook shouldn’t be for everyone to say, ‘Hey, this is good for our community,’” Jacob said...
Halifax Fab Four fan runs Beatles' marathon
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Jun 3, 2006
It was like a remake of the scene in the documentary Let It Be, when the Beatles’ impromptu rooftop concert at Apple Records gets cut off by the London constabulary. Halifax musician Hal Bruce probably appreciated the irony when a street concert at the annual Beatlesfest in Liverpool, England two summers ago took on a sense of deja vu...
Beatles karaoke kicks off Fifth Third Abbey Road on the River countdown
The Courier-Journal , KY - May 18, 2006
The Kentucky Center will start a countdown to Fifth Third Abbey Road on the River, a huge Beatles festival coming to town Memorial Day weekend, with Beatles karaoke at 11 a.m. Friday on the center's front steps... The May 26-28 festival will feature more than 75 Beatles tribute bands on 10 stages at the Kentucky Center and the Belvedere, as well as film screenings, speakers, Beatles merchandise and more...
