SkyFest Marysville features hot air balloons, live music, food trucks and a majestic fireworks display, at Lakeview Sports Complex, 502 20th Street.

Volunteers will be on hand to direct traffic and to help spectators park. Handicapped parking will be on site; shuttles will be provided from the nearby parking lots.

We recommend wearing sunscreen and bringing a lawn chair or blanket.

The festivities start at 5:30 p.m. with kids’ activities – a bubble performer, bounce houses and lawn games. Food and craft vendors will be on site, too.

Vendors include:

Food

• Bite Me Barbecue – hamburgers, chips, baked beans, coleslaw, soda, water
• Southern Star Cafe – smoked chicken tacos
• Fire and Ice – French fries, cheese balls, pork tenders, chicken sandwiches
• Futher Muckers BBQ – Burnt ends, pulled pork, baby-back ribs, Hillbilly Philly Sandwich, baked beans  and  coleslaw
• Rainbow Ice Company – snow cones
• Cotton candy and meat sticks
• Free bottles of water from several churches
• Concession stand will be open selling concession items
• Caramel apples

Arts, crafts and other items:

• Bee Bums
• Forever Burned
• Autumn Fever Designs
• Farley’s Dips-n-More
• The Dorky Geek
• Sewing Made with Love by Ashley
• Trades of Home
• Essential Henna
• Lasting Links Permanent Jewelry
• Pampered Chef
• The Shed Stamped Jewelry

Several vendors will sell drinks. Marysville Chamber & Main Street will operate the beer bin.

Members of the Kansas State University Parachute Club will land on one of the ball diamonds between 6-7 p.m.

At 7 p.m., the Hot Club of Cowtown and Tyler Hilton take the stage to perform Elvis Presley’s hits from his days at Sun Studio.

Some of the songs Presley recorded on the Sun label include “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “Harbor Lights,” “Milkcow Blues Boogie” and “That’s All Right.”

The Hot Club of Cowtown consists of Elana James on violin and vocals, Whit Smith on guitar and vocals and Zack Sapunor on upright bass. They have been together for over 25 years and their signature musical style is Western swing and hot string jazz played in a vintage style.

The trio teams with Tyler Hilton, cast as Elvis Presley in the 2005 biopic, “Walk the Line,” to present Presley’s hits from his Sun Studio years.  Many remember Tyler from portraying Chris Keller on “One Tree Hill.”

After the concert, five hot air balloons will start to glow.

The Green Bean, Champagne Cowboy, Airhawk, Chimpley and Twister are the names of the five hot air balloons that will glow.

The hot air balloons inflate shortly after dark and light up the night sky like Chinese lanterns.

After the balloon glow, the sky will burst with a 20-minute fireworks display choreographed to music.  The display is put together by Rainbow Fireworks, Inman, Kan.

Date: Saturday, July 8, 2023

Time: 5:30 PM

Location: Lakeview Sports Complex, 502 20th Street, Marysville, KS 66508

For more information about the event, call 785-859-4260.

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