Art & Apples Festival Announces Entertainment Line-up

Paint Creek Center for the Arts (PCCA) today unveiled its entertainment line-up for the 52nd Art & Apples Festival. These performances are made possible by DTE Energy, the Main Stage sponsor.

This year’s exciting lineup of musical entertainment includes Denise Davis and the Motor City Sensations, a Motown-inspired revue group that performs Motown classics, as well as R&B, funk, Blues and 80s classics; and the Swing Shift Orchestra, an 18-piece orchestra with vocals performing superior big band arrangement from past to present including swing, Latin, fox trots and others. Locally renowned artist Sheila Landis returns to Art & Apples Festival this year as the Friday evening headliner.

“Our stellar entertainment lineup includes sights and sounds for everyone to enjoy during this year’s Art & Apples Festival,” said Tami Salisbury, executive director, PCCA. “Festivalgoers will be able to take in stage performances from creative and talented jazz, Motown, pop and other musical acts to contemporary performing dance troupes and high school marching bands, all while browsing hundreds of artists’ exhibits and savoring food and beverages from more than a dozen vendors that will be on site.”

All performances will be located on the main stage in the Rochester Municipal Park and are upbeat and family-friendly. The festival will run Friday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 10.

The show schedule:

Friday, Sept. 8

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Stoney Creek High School Cougar Marching Band

5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Eisenhower Dance Youth Ensemble

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Sheila Landis

Saturday, Sept. 9

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Rochester Adams High School Highlander Marching Band

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. LL7 Latin Jazz

12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 2nd Street Studio of Dance

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lisa Mary

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Deborah’s Stage Door Center for the Performing Arts

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Cindy Young with Anthony Zack

5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. After Blue

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Denise Davis and the Motor City Sensations

Sunday, Sept. 11

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Rochester High School Falcon Marching Band

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Oh Brother Big Sister

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Melissa Lee Zenker

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Swing Shift Orchestra

For more information about Paint Creek Center for the Arts or the Art & Apples Festival, visit www.pccart.org.

The 2017 Art & Apples Festival -- sponsors include Genisys Credit Union, Meijer, Shelton Buick GMC, DTE Energy, Chief Financial Credit Union, Comcast, and many more.

The Art & Apples Festival is a program of Paint Creek Center for the Arts (PCCA), a regional nonprofit art center located in Downtown Rochester. Since 1982, PCCA has been dedicated to enhancing life in the region by promoting, encouraging, and creating opportunities to participate in and appreciate the arts.