Location: Tipton High School Auditorium400 East 6th StreetTipton, IA 52772 (map)
Contact: Hardacre Theater Preservation Association (thehardacre@gmail.com)
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The Davenport-based music and comedy variety show Bucktown Revue will bring its Travelin’ Show to the Tipton on Friday, July 18, to benefit Tipton’s Hardacre Theater Preservation Association (HTPA). The show is appropriate for all ages and will be held in the Tipton High School auditorium.
This is the third in a series of 2014 fundraising events presented by the HTPA, the nonprofit organization that purchased the theater in February with donor funds. The group is now raising money to renovate and update the theater. All proceeds from this event will benefit the theater’s renovation.
The Bucktown Revue is an old-fashioned radio-style variety program, performed live in front of an audience. In the tradition of such radio programs as "A Prairie Home Companion" and the Grand Ole Opry, the family-friendly Bucktown Revue show celebrates Mississippi River Valley folk music and culture through a combination of music, storytelling, poetry and humor. Each show features a variety of regional musicians, with comic sketches and monologues, to offer an eclectic night of entertainment. The show is performed monthly at the Nighswander Junior Theater in Davenport.
The Bucktown Revue’s Tipton show will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, July 18, at Tipton High School. Tickets are $12 each.
For more information about this event, go to the HTPA website at thehardacre.org. To find out more about the Bucktown Revue, go to bucktownrevue.com.