Parkfest Music Festival To Be Held In Lee District Park

Want to support local musicians while entertaining yourself on a beautiful summer weekend? Parkfest, an all-day music festival, is being held at Leonadus K. Plenty Amphitheater in Lee District Park Saturday, July 14.

According to the festival's social media page, it is a "new and exciting music festival to support the local scene! bringing bands and their fans together to have an all day jam session." The lineup includes musicians from Washington, DC to Richmond and genres from rock to pop and EDM.

Here is the schedule:

• Dark Mattah (EDM, Richmond): 12 p.m.
• Sunshine Hysteria (alternative rock, Woodbridge): 12:40 p.m.
• Calling Down Fire (hardcore, Reston): 1:20 p.m.
• Watersdeep (pop punk, Washington, DC): 2 p.m.
• Sam McCoig (pop, Glen Allen): 2:40 p.m.
• Sarah Benrazek (contemporary, Algiers, Algeria): 3:20 p.m.
• Lucy J (hip-hop, R&B, Washington, DC): 3:50 p.m.
• Deli Rowe (indie soul, Richmond): 4:30 p.m.
• Akali: 5:10 p.m.
• Chris Barrett (pop, Alexandria): 5:50 p.m.
• Hytension (hard rock, Washington, DC): 6:30 p.m.
• Vice Years (alternative rock, Alexandria): 7:10 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of. Kids under 6 are free. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.parkfestva.com.

Lee District Park is located at 6601 Telegraph Road, Alexandria.

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