Gracfest Av 2014 Grammy & Multiple Dove Award Winners Appearing at This Years Event!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yvette Emard, Publicity/Founder (661) 810-0275 GRACFEST AV 2014 GRAMMY & MULTIPLE DOVE AWARD WINNERS APPEARING AT THIS YEARS EVENT! Palmdale, CA, August 21, 2014 – The 7th annual GraceFest AV returns Friday and Saturday, September 12th and 13th to the Palmdale Amphitheater. Friday presents the return of the PRAYER RALLY from 5pm to 8pm featuring local pastors and The Outsiders band, gates open at 4:00pm and admission is Free! Saturday’s MAIN EVENT opens at 11:00am and closes an hour later at 10pm this year. GraceFest AV will feature 4 national Christian artists including FRANCESCA BATTISELLI, MARK SCHULTZ, AUDIO ADRENALINE, and PLUMB. Several local artists will also perform, see website. Francesca Battistelli is a Grammy nominated artist who has performed at local and international venues and was recently featured on Good Morning America, singing “Write Your Story.” Mark Schultz has been nominated for fourteen Dove Awards, winning his first at the 2006 Dove Awards when the CD/DVD Mark Schultz Live: A Night of Stories & Songs was named Long Form Music Video of the Year. Audio Adrenaline is a Christian rock band that formed in the mid-1980s at Kentucky Christian University, in Grayson, Kentucky. The band has received two Grammy Awards and multiple Dove Awards. Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, better-known by her stage name Plumb, is a songwriter, recording artist, performer and author. Plumb has sold more than 500,000 albums and over two million singles worldwide. GraceFest is a family event featuring national and local Christian artists, merchants, vendors, kid’s games, a youth performance stage, concessionaires, interactive arts, speakers, 3 performance stages and much more! This years featured speaker is nationally recognized Evangelist Tom Henderson from Compassion International. In 2013 over 300 volunteers participated, over 80 local churches supported GraceFest and last year’s attendance totals were near 5,000. Advanced ticket prices for General Admission seating is $20 per person and $25 at the gate. Youth tickets (ages 6 to 15) are $10.00, with a student ID (ticket price does not change day of event for teens), and ages 6 and under are FREE. Group discount tickets are also available. Visit to purchase tickets at www.gracefestav.com or see website for list of local ticket purchasing locations. GraceFest AV is a fundraiser for the Kids Charities of the Antelope Valley. Funds raised from festival proceeds go to numerous local Christian school scholarship programs. Year to date Kids Charities of the Antelope Valley has raised over 4 million dollars for the kids from various local fundraising events. For more info or tickets visit the website or call (661) 942-4111. # # # .