Thousands taking part in day-time activities at 2014 Amelia Earhart Festival . Photo courtesy Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Atchison Kansas could see its population triple overnight as people flock to take part in the 19th annual Amelia Earhart Festival.
Activities will kick-off Friday night with LakeFest. Jacque Pregont with the Atchison Chamber of Commerce said the concert is held in the natural amphitheater on the shores of Warnock Lake. Gates open at 4 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. with the national anthem and the opening act.
“I would anticipate that we’ll be about where we were last year with probably 8 or 9,000 people down at the lake,” Pregont said.
The Eli Young Band, Easton Corbin, Cassadee Pope, and Atchison County native Erik Dylan will take the stage.
Tickets are $25 until Friday when they go up to $30 the day of the concert. CLICK HERE for tickets.
Then Saturday afternoon Pregont said the festival will draw around 5 to 7,000 people into downtown.
“We have things going on all day long. We start at 9 o’clock in the morning and we won’t be done until dark with the fireworks show,” she said.
Everything from a 2K/8K run-walk to a craft show and Aerobatic Performances. CLICK HERE to view the brochure.
But Saturday night the town with a 2010 Census of only 11,021 could see 30-thousand people line the riverfront to view the city’s firework display.
“When people ask me how many people are on the riverfront I always tell them however many can fit,” Pergont said. “The music is simulcast over speakers up and down the river. So it truly is a concert in the sky.”