Hometown Holiday Music, Taste Of Rockville Schedule: Memorial Day 2017

ROCKVILLE, MD — More than 25 local, regional and national performing artists will take the stage as the streets of Rockville Town Center come alive with music, amusements and the best local food during the Hometown Holidays Music Fest, Saturday, May 27, and Sunday, May 28.

The 29th annual Memorial Day weekend music festival is a destination for music lovers, featuring performances on four stages across six city blocks.

Three acts on the Bud Light Beach Stage who call New Orleans home will perform. Big Sam's Funky Nation brings its "Noladelic Powerfunk" at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Honey Island Swamp Band plays bayou Americana and roots rock at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Mardi Gras Indian funk band Cha Wa represents the Big Easy on the stage at 4 p.m. Saturday. Maryland represents on the stage with roots reggae from Baltimore's Jah Works at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and the "phat blues music" of Baltimore's Kelly Bell Band at 4 p.m. Sunday joined by the original "Bad Boys of Bethesda," The Nighthawks, at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Artists on the Maryland Avenue Stage will include:

• The Appalachian rock of Big Daddy Love at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
• The folk/rock/country of Shane Smith & The Saints at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
• The '70s lo-fi pop/rock/contemporary soul/blues of Hannah Gill & the Hours at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
• The funk/reggae/rock/hip-hop Tropidelic at 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

Find the full lineup at www.rockvillemd.gov/hometownholidays.

The weekend will once again feature favorite food from local restaurants at the Taste of Rockville, kids' amusements, the return of "the beach" sand pile and the 73rd Annual Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade on Monday, May 29.

Taste of Rockville 2017

The Taste of Rockville at Hometown Holidays is presented by the Rockville Chamber of Commerce and Community Ministries of Rockville. Enjoy food, beverages and desserts from nearly 20 of Rockville's best restaurants. Each ticket is $1.25 and can be purchased at a Taste of Rockville ticket booth.

Participating Restaurants:

• Armand's
• Buffalo Wild Wings
• Carmen's
• Dawson's Market
• Lucky Strike
• Matt's
• Mellow Mushroom
• Miller's Ale House
• Nothing Bundt Cakes
• Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar
• Saffron Indian Cuisine
• Golden Samovar Restaurant
• Seasons 52
• Seven Seas
• Spice Xing
• Summer House Santa Monica
• Trapezaria Kuzina

Image courtesy of the City of Rockville