HerrinFesta Italiana to offer free entertainment
Marilyn Halstead • April 15, 2022
HerrinFesta Italiana will return to featured entertainment for this year’s Herrin festival, which will run from May 23-30 in downtown Herrin.
The enlarged Farmers State Bank Free Entertainment Tent will be on the north side of the Herrin Civic Center.
Music starts with two rock favorites in Southern Illinois on Friday, May 27. Jungle Dogs will open for the feature act of Hairbanger’s Ball. Both bands are past Festa favorites.
The 80’s cover band Hairbanger’s Ball has graced the Festa stage eight times between 2005 and 2013. Hairbanger’s Ball is one of the most sought-after “80’s Hair Rock Tribute Bands” in the United States and exhibit the same expert musicianship as their idols.
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