PET ROCK FESTIVAL

www.petrockfest.com

Press Release

August, 2010

Contact: Charlene Arsenault                                                        RELEASE UPON RECEIPT

508-832-8918

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jeannie Hebert

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

508-981-5782

Allie Simone

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

508-853-0030

“Pet Rocking Again: Boston Style” with Charlie Farren and Jon Butcher leading the lineup for 2010

Worcester, Massachusetts: The 12th Annual Pet Rock Festival, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010 [rain date, Sept. 19] noon to 5 p.m., at Quinsigamond Community College, 670 West Boylston St., Worcester. Tickets: $12 adults, $5 kids.

Celebrating 12 years, Pet Rock Fest is the largest event of its kind in the Northeast. An annual festival that promotes kindness to animals and responsible pet ownership, it is sponsored by the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, WAAF, The Weekly Shuffle, and the Worcester Animal Rescue League.

Pet Rock Fest is a family festival that features speakers, vegetarian food, live music, games, events, a raffle, vendors, and hundreds animal welfare organizations. Pet Rock is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization. Donations are tax deductible. Proceeds benefit New England animal welfare organizations. Pet Rock has given tens of thousands to worthy charities, including the Sterling Animal Shelter, the ASPCA Bird Program, Foster Parrots, Humane Society of the US: Youth, NEADS, the MSPCA, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Mass Vest A Dog, Commonwealth Cats, Echo Dog and many more.

Pet Rock boasts vendors, a food court sponsored by Boston Vegetarian Society, a “kind kids” booth, speakers, Clifford the Big Red Dog, games, prizes, raffles, speakers, rides and more than 200 breed rescues, shelters and animal welfare organizations. Also includes rabies clinic, doggie massages, amateur dog show (with categories such as “owner-dog look alike” and “best vocalist”), New England Frisbee Dog Group, adoptable pet parade with prizes for participating rescues, agility course by MasterPeace, professional photos portraits of your pet, cat photo contest and the popular doggie water park.

This year, we welcome back The Worcester Telegram, which is once again producing a program guide to be included in its Thursday edition, and also handed out at the festival.

Pet Rock has enlisted PH Productions (Boston) to present a true Music Festival within our festival featuring regional artists including Bruce Marshall (Toy Caldwell/Marshall Tucker), Grace Kelly (penned "the future of Jazz"), Doug Bell and Friends (leader and founder of Bellevue Cadillac), Jon Macy and Steven Gilligan (Fox Pass, The Stompers), and special guest Ian Mitchell of The Bay City Rollers performing many of the Rollers hits during the planned “all in” finale.

Headlining will be Jon Butcher and Charlie Farren, who helped mold what is now the legendary Boston music scene and will be debuting their new duo here in Worcester (with help from percussionist Pete Hackel) with a set that is a must see. Log on to www.farrenbutcher.com for more on this exciting new collaboration.

At Pet Rock your pet is the star (your dog is more than welcome, but for safety reasons we ask that other pets stay home). The purpose: to promote kindness to animals, raise funds and awareness of animal welfare issues and inform the public how they can help our furry friends.

Remember, they can’t talk, so we will.

For more information, please visit www.petrockfest.com.