FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 8, 2006

Tall Stacks Announces 2006
Local Entertainment Schedule
Best of Cincinnati's Local Music Scene Showcased at Tall Stacks

CINCINNATI – The Tall Stacks Music, Arts & Heritage Festival announced today the schedule for local musicians performing at the event October 4-8. More than 30 local performers are scheduled to perform each day of the event. (EDITORS NOTE: Schedule Attached.)

The best of Greater Cincinnati’s local music scene will be showcased daily on-shore at Tall Stacks 2006, along with 48 national headliners including Wilco, Al Green, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Buddy Guy and the Blind Boys of Alabama. The festival, which has grown to be among the biggest and best roots music festivals in the Midwest, showcases the music that grew up on the river, from blues, jazz and Cajun to country, rock, folk, bluegrass and gospel. The schedule and lineup for the new Starbucks Emerging Artist stage, which will feature acoustic performances by local singer-songwriters, will be announced soon.

The entertainment is available for an unbeatable value: five-day general admission is just $22, or $20 when bought at select Kroger stores using your Kroger Plus Card, and free for kids 12 and under. For adult tickets, that comes to less than 25 cents a band!

General admission tickets and riverboat cruise tickets are now on sale at www.tallstacks.com, 513-562-4949, 1-866-5STACKS, at the Tall Stacks box office in Macy’s downtown store and at select Kroger Ticketmaster locations (check website for participating locations).

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About Tall Stacks Music, Arts & Heritage Festival

Tall Stacks, Music Arts & Heritage Festival returns to the Port of Cincinnati October 4-8, 2006. With 16 riverboats hailing from 10 cities and nightly headline musical entertainment onshore, the sixth installment of the popular festival expects more than a million visitors to the banks of the Ohio River. Tall Stacks presenting sponsors include Duke Energy, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Hamilton County, Kroger Company, Fifth Third Bank, Bud Light, Cincinnati Bell, Edyth and Carl Lindner and WLWT-TV. For information on the Tall Stacks Music, Arts & Heritage Festival, visit www.tallstacks.com.