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PORT LAVACA THE SUMMER ENDS ON THE BEACH IN PORT LAVACA!! At the 8th Annual FLIP FLOP FESTIVAL FESTIVAL How do you wanna spend the end of summer? Why on the beach of course! Where do they have a great events right on the water this year? Port Lavaca of course! The City of Port Lavaca is proud to present the only festival that’s dedicated to the shoe that flops right on to your feet and is excited to bring you the 8th Annual Flip Flop Festival! What can be better than 2 full days of stellar live music, food, games, an IBCA BBQ Cook-off, shopping and fun, fun, fun on the Texas coast! The annual Flip Flop Festival is an exciting, family-friendly event that everyone looks forward to each year and is held right on the water! What more could you want for the perfect end of the summer beach party?!! The festival kicks off Friday evening with the arrival of the IBCA cook-off teams! Get there at 6pm when the gates open, settle in and get ready for an evening full of great food, drink and fun featuring live music from recording artists and bands across the state. Friday night can’t come fast enough but when it does everyone in Port Lavaca will be dancing on the beach. 48 WHEN: Fri. & Sat. Sept 2–3rd, 2016 TIMES: Friday Gates open @ 6pm Saturday Gates open @ 9am WHERE: Bayfront Peninsula Opening for Friday night’s headliner, The Electric Cowboys is San Antonio Lights a five man Journey Tribute Band. This high energy group has been playing together for the past 5 years and brings any stage they land on to life!! You’ll be held captive by their perfected covers of Journey songs and your favorite classic rock tunes. These guys are awesome and perform their shows in both English and Spanish!! This bank was voted San Antonio’s best tribute band in 2013 and 2014, and they’ve been featured on the city’s local television stations! These guys will get you up and dancing in the aisles. But that’s just the start because headliner, The Electric Cowboys are up next and you’ll be swinging from the lights! These guys have won more awards than you can keep track of. Over the course of their career The Electric Cowboys have received multiple awards in some of the country’s major music categories, including three Grammy nominations, over 1 million views on YouTube and a top eight-7 million vote finish on CMT’s Music Madness Video Contest! They toured with the Dixie Chicks on their “Fly” Tour and have shared the stage with such acts as Patty Griffin, Willie Nelson, Ricky Skaggs, Joe Ely, Jo Dee Messina, Clay Walker, Toby Keith, SHeDAISY, Kevin Fowler, Dwight Yaokam, Kyle Parks and many others as well as have performed at many Country Thunder events throughout their career. This is a complex, unpredictable, ball of talent and energy. Recently, The Electric Cowboys were declared one of CMT’s Music Madness’ finalists! A huge indication of what effect this group can have on an audience so you’re in for a treat on Friday night!