Exchange Club Announces ZZ Top to Perform at Ribfest

The Exchange Club of Naperville and the 2012 Ribfest Committee are pleased to announce that ZZ Top will hit the Navistar stage on Sunday, July 1 at Ribfest.

The 25th Ribfest will be held June 29- July 3 in .  Ribfest consists of family activities throughout the event, 16 rib vendors from across the country and music.  Over the past 25 years,  $12M has been donate  from Ribfest proceeds to over 50 local agencies who are working for the elimination of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence.  

ZZ Top is an American icon.  This sturdy American blues-rock trio from Texas consists of Billy Gibbons (guitar), Dusty Hill (bass), and Frank Beard (drums). ZZ Top plays red-hot Texas boogie and blues, and no one does it better - or has done it longer - than this “little ol  band from Texas.” The trios enduring appeal owes much to their mastery of and feel for rootsy forms. Guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard were influenced by such blues masters as Freddie King, Lightnin. Hopkins, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. From the beginning they took a hard-rocking power-trio approach to the blues, cultivating a new audience for it in the Seventies and Eighties with superior musicianship as well as attitude, style and some devilishly funny songs.

“By adding ZZ Top to the Ribfest line-up in addition to the Steve Miller Band, should set the stage for a very successful event,” stated Mark Wright, 2012 Ribfest Chair.  “Tickets will go on sale in March and will be date specific for these first two groups.  The rest of the dates will have tickets that can be used any of the other three days of the event. “ 

For more online ticket and event information visit www.ribfest.net.  Ribfest is sponsored by in part by Miller Lite, Pepsi Beverages Company, Navistar, Exelon Nuclear, ABC 7 Chicago and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment in conjunction with the Exchange Club of Naperville, the City of Naperville and the Naperville Park District.

The Exchange Club is a national group of men and women working to make our community a better place through its primary mission, the Prevention of Child Abuse, and through local community service projects. The club organizes fundraising activities such as Ribfest over the Fourth of July to provide financial assistance and to promote Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities and to Prevent Child Abuse and Domestic Violence.   If you are interested in any of the activities mentioned above, call 630-585-8881 or visit our Web site at www.ExchangeClub.org. We need your help to continue this vital service to our community.

Submitted by the Naperville Exchange Club.