{"id":1254,"date":"2010-06-14T15:37:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T15:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/06\/joyfest-gospel-music-festival.html"},"modified":"2010-06-14T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T15:37:08","slug":"joyfest-gospel-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/06\/joyfest-gospel-music-festival.html","title":{"rendered":"JoyFest gospel music festival hits Ohio, Virginia and Missouri this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first of four JoyFest events, the annual summer celebration of black gospel and urban music, took place this weekend in Charlotte, NC. The event, which will also hit amusement parks in Ohio, Virginia and Missouri this summer, features gospel greats Fred Hammond and Donald Lawrence, with host Bone Hampton.<br \/>\nThe remaining dates for JoyFest are:<br \/>\nJune 19 &#8211; Kings Island, Cincinnati (Mason), Ohio<br \/>\nJuly 17 &#8211; Kings Dominion, Richmond (Doswell), Va.<br \/>\nJuly 24 &#8211; Word of Fun, Kansas City, Mo.<br \/>\nCanton Jones will join the concert line-up for the June 19 event in Cincinnati, OH and the July 17 event in Richmond, VA. Gospel artists 21:03 and Martha Munizzi will appear at the June 19 date, and Sinbad is scheduled to appear at the July 17 date.<br \/>\nJoyFest is one of Premier Festival&#8217;s most successful annual concert series and is produced in partnership with Cedar Fair Entertainment, the industry leader in family-oriented amusement park properties in North America.<br \/>\nTicket information can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/joyfest.com\" target=\"_blank\">the JoyFest website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of four JoyFest events, the annual summer celebration of black gospel and urban music, took place this weekend in Charlotte, NC. The event, which will also hit amusement parks in Ohio, Virginia and Missouri this summer, features gospel greats Fred Hammond and Donald Lawrence, with host Bone Hampton. 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