Picture This… Friday After 5 Ready to Open Season 26

May 16, 2022

Owensboro City Night Launches a Memorable Friday After 5, Great Music, Special Events, Outstanding Street Fair, Free, Friends and Family Fun May 15, 2022 – Owensboro, KY: Are you ready for the start of Friday After 5 season 26 this Friday, May 20th? As Friday After 5 prepares for their opening night with a fresh…

Friday After 5 Hosts Boy Band Artists AJ McLean of Backstreet Boys, Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees, Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, and Chris Blue, the Winner of the Voice Season 12, Presented By DJ Lux

July 23, 2021

Friday After 5 Welcomes AJ McClean Of The Backstreet Boys, Jeff Timmons Of 98 Degrees, Chris Kirkpatrick Of *NSYNC, And Chris Blue, The Voice Season 12 Winner To Perform Together In Owensboro, Ky‘All The Cool Kids’ ‘ATCK’ Friday After 5’ July 23rd, 2021 – Owensboro KY: As the news continues to tease possibilities of collaboration and tours…

OH to hold vaccine clinic at Friday at 5

June 1, 2021

Owensboro Health will hold a walk-up vaccine clinic at this week’s Friday After 5.Currently, the plan is to have the clinic available at Friday’s event only, according to Jason Collins,OH director of inpatient pharmacy. However, that could change depending on demand.“Mayor (Tom) Watson reached out to us about doing a vaccine clinic for the opening…

Friday After 5 has come a long way

June 1, 2021

My wife and I were downtown Friday night, eating at a food truck and listening to music at Friday After 5.And I thought, “There aren’t many of us left who were here for the first one on July 11, 1997.”Some have moved on and some have passed on.But there were only about 300 or so…

Rolling Stone magazine says there are seven “Must-Visit Places Country Music Fans Should Flock to Now.”

June 1, 2021

And Owensboro is one of them. The article, published last Thursday, also lists Nashville, of course; Southwest Virginia; Austin,Texas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Branson, Missouri; and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.The article says, “This year, fill up your gas tank, sing along with the radio and take a drive downcountry roads. A country music trip is about more than…

Baha Men coming to Friday After 5

June 1, 2021

Friday After 5 will answer the question, “Who let the dogs out?” when it kicks off its 25th season onMay 21.The Baha Men, who scored with that Grammy-winning earworm in 2000, will take the stage at theRuoff Mortgage Party Pier on opening night to kick off Owensboro’s “Mile of Music.”“We are so excited and honored…

Friday Night Fun!

May 18, 2021

WBKR’s Friday Night Fight is back! We’re teaming up with the Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center to bring you an awesome talent contest that’s going to be part of Friday After 5’s 25th Anniversary Season: The Mile of Music! And the singer or band that wins is going to pocket $1000 and get to headline the Pier on Friday, September 3rd,…

DO YOU KNOW WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

April 15, 2021

Friday After 5 Will Open Their 25th Anniversary Season with The Answer. The Grammy Award Winning BAHA MEN Will Take the Stage During the Friday After 5 Opening Night Owensboro, KY – April 13, 2021: There are certainly several questions that have been left unanswered over the last year, but Friday After 5 is about to answer…

Friday After 5 Announces Their 25th Anniversary Season for 2021

April 5, 2021

Owensboro, KY – March 10th, 2021: The buzz has been growing, about whether Owensboro will celebrate this summer at the Riverfront for the Friday After 5, 25th Anniversary-Mile of Music. The long-awaited answer is yes! The season will be opening on May 21st with a wonderful line-up, will take place each Friday night through Sept 3rd. Though it…

Friday After 5 celebrating silver anniversary

January 13, 2021

Friday After 5, Owensboro’s free summer-long music festival, is hoping the coronavirus pandemic is over in time to its 25th season to open on May 21. “We have become an official ‘Mile of Music’,” Francine Marseille, the organization’s executive director, said recently. That happened when the Holiday Inn Owensboro Riverfront added its outdoor stage to…

FRIDAY AFTER 5 WELCOMES A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AHEAD OF 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

For Immediate Release: September 15th, 2020 – Owensboro, KY

The Friday After 5 Board of Directors is happy to announce that they have selected a candidate to serve as the new Executive Director for the signature riverfront music Festival.

“After a very thorough search and the hard work of our search committee, the Board of Directors is delighted to welcome Francine Marseille to lead Friday After 5 into the future,” said Jay Velotta, President of Friday After 5. “Francine comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and an extensive background in entertainment and event management.” Velotta continues “We are pleased that our search efforts helped us select such a skilled candidate.”

Given the growth of Friday After 5 over the years and preparing for the 25th Anniversary next year, the board began searching for a strong team leader in July to take the reins and continue the growth and success of the event. Working together with their newly established Search Committee, they received several qualified applicant hopefuls for the position.

“The decision was challenging. Our newly established Search Committee received 20 qualified applicant hopefuls, from those applicants we had a several very qualified finalists.” stated Kirk Kirkpatrick, Friday After 5 Founder and Historian. “We are thrilled to work with Francine to forge a brilliant future for Friday After 5. We know Owensboro will discover some of the great attributes we realized in during the interview process.”

Jay Velotta states “Francine has hit the ground running and is acquainting herself with long-time Friday After 5 sponsors and the CVB. In fact she will be at an O. Z. Tyler event at 10:30 this morning and at the CVB Board meeting at 3:30this afternoon”.

Marseille returned home to Owensboro last year, after being away for more than 30 years.

She had begun her career at WVJS-TV-2 before heading west to complete her education, receiving a master’s degree in Communications – TV/Radio/Film emphasis, along with achieving her career goals in the Entertainment and Music Industry.

Her desire to return home to Owensboro and give back to a community that provided her start, was essential to her. She

quickly became involved in her hometown and volunteered with Friday After 5 at first opportunity. Francine will begin her tenure at Friday After 5 immediately.

“I would like to start by saying that it is an honor to have been chosen as the new Executive Director of Friday After 5.” remarked Marseille. “In the coming weeks and months, I look forward to working with our Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and our extraordinary volunteers to make the upcoming 25th Anniversary season and beyond a resounding success.

DID YOU KNOW:

We host Class Reunions for free. Most Class Reunions are on Saturday, that’s why we invite the classes to our party on Friday for their “Class PreUnion”. We’ll supply a great venue, fun band, cash bar, beautiful venue and all at no charge. No kidding. Get your classmates together and pick a date then click here and we’ll take care of the rest.

Friday After 5 allows non-profits to set up a booth at our street fair at no charge. Any week! We’re a non-profit, too so we know how difficult it is for our non-profit family of organizations to get the word out on all the good they do for our community, so we invite them to our party at no charge. If you want to be part of our street fair,

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