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It Won't Be Long: The New York Metro Fest is This Month!
The Fest For Beatles Fans
Monday 4 March 2019

THE FEST FOR BEATLES FANS 2019 NEW YORK METRO FRIDAY - SUNDAY  MARCH 29, 30 & 31 HYATT REGENCY JERSEY CITY ON THE HUDSONCELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF  ABBEY ROAD Leading up to the Best Advance Ticket Price Deadline of March 8th (Fab Four days away), we have been focusing on different Special Guests, Authors, and other Events and aspects of our upcoming 45th Annual Beatles Celebration! This email highlights them and teases some surprises as we prepare for Fest weekend! Come Together at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City, as we celebrate all things Beatles! We're back at the Hyatt Regency for the third straight year - with Festers again getting to enjoy the layout and the spectacular views of the World Trade Center, the entire NYC skyline, the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty.  The hotel sold out of rooms this year and once again, the Hyatt House (just around the corner) is our overflow hotel. Their #201-395-0500, 1-800-993-4983, or click HERE to book your rooms online (same rate). All Day/Night Parking at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City is reduced to $15.00 per day for the FEST. Valet Parking is also available, at $25.00 per day. For directions to the hotel, HEAD HERE Head to thefest.com for Tickets To Ride and all Guest and Activity info!

STEVE HOLLEY joins his former bandmates for a 40th Anniversary Salute to Wings' Back To The Egg Album on the Saturday Show. We have a terrific lineup of musical guests this year, with Denny Laine, Laurence Juber, and Steve Holley from Wings immersing in Beatleness with us all weekend during talks and concerts, including sizzling jams with Liverpool on Saturday and Sunday night, where the band will be joined by our other guests including Mark Rivera, Alan White, Blac Rabbit, and Jon Cobert.  #ComeTogether2019 as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road and all things Beatles! See Denny, Laurence, & Liverpool perform 'Go Now' at the 2017 Fest See Liverpool perform 'I Want You' (She's So Heavy) at the 2018 Fest See Blac Rabbit perform 'All My Loving' at the 2018 Fest LIVERPOOL 40 YEARS AS THE FEST HOUSEBAND In Concert Friday, Saturday, and Sunday LIVERPOOL, featuring Drew Hill, Chris Camilleri, John Merjave, and Glen Burtnik (John Montagna will be filling in for Glen on Friday night), is the World’s finest Beatles tribute band. Their amazing concerts highlight every FEST, including the last hour of the concert when they bring up all the musical legends of their time to perform their hits live on our stage. In honor of its 50th Anniversary, the guys will be performing Abbey Road in its entirety - Side One on Saturday and Side Two on Sunday! They’ll also be performing dozens more Beatles  and solo Beatles cuts! See Liverpool perform a 'Revolution 1'/'Revolution' mashup at the 2018 Fest Presented by Marc Rubinstein Best known for Bill Graham's Fillmore East, John Scher's Capitol Theatre, the CBS series "Comedy Tonight", the Avco Broadcasting "Midsummer Rock" and NBC's "Super Elastic Plastic Goggles" children's series, The Museum At Bethel Woods Center for the Arts honored him with the retrospective exhibition: Pig Light Show: The Music Videos of Marc Rubinstein. This is Marc’s 9th year at FEST and 50th year as Pig Light Show. CHARITY RAFFLES In addition to all the activities going on at the FEST, we have raised over $610,000.00 since 1974. The two main Organizations are the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Spirit Foundation.One of the Grand Prizes for Gun Control is Ringo's new hand signed book of photos and stories - Another Day in the Life. A Grand Prize for Spirit the signed super deluxe Edition of Imagine John Yoko Book. So please stop by their tables and buy some Raffle Tickets. As always, 100% of the moneys raised go directly to the organizations.   BEATLES FINE ARTIST ERIC CASH Internationally acclaimed artist Eric Cash is back again this year at the FEST displaying and selling his traditional style oil paintings of scenes from The Beatles history through his imaginative eyes. Eric, who has been at most Fests since 2008, continues to be one of the most well known Beatles artists going. CELEBRITY ART WITH NEAL GLASER Neal Glaser of Celebrity Art started with us 24 years ago as a traveling John Lennon art show and now is the exclusive distributor for Paul McCartney's artwork and the publisher of Ringo Starr's Computer Art. Showing at The Fest, this is the only exhibit that features the signed artwork of John, Paul and Ringo all together. This is an incredible showcase of The Beatles' multiple talents. Come see this one-of-a-kind exhibit and maybe walk away with a hand-signed Beatles masterpiece. Denny Laine will be doing all his signing sessions in this room. BEATLES KARAOKE WITH KAREN Karen will head up The Beatles Karaoke/Make Your Own Room. Karen has been us for over 25 years and brings years of experience and expertise to this room where fans can come and sing along to almost any Beatles and many solo Beatles songs. There will be lots of fun going on here. SUSAN SHUMSKY Author of Maharishi & Me" Susan has written a book from her personal experiences in the 1960s and beyond, called Maharishi & Me: Seeking Enlightenment. Susan learned TM in early 1967, and studied with the Maharishi in Rishikesh in 1970. She ended up working for him for six years in Europe, really getting to know him. We welcome Susan back for her second year. This story has never been told, until her book was published, and is very fascinating. CHERYL BREO, PIERS HEMMINGSEN, SANDI BOROWSKY, and ALEX CAIN Guest Authors Cheryl (above, top left) is no stranger to The Fest For Beatles Fans, but is now a first-time author with her book, Happiness Is A Warm Gun – A Vietnam Story. It is an autobiography of being married to a Vietnam veteran, and an exploration of the absolute power The Beatles ‘ music — the musical therapy that kept her alive in the face of the terror of that war. Piers (above, top right) is the author of The Beatles In Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania! It is a book that offers a whole new perspective for U.S. fans. We certainly did not know that She Loves You made it to No. 1 in Canada in December, 1963, before we ever heard of the Beatles! Piers has created the standard for Canada’s Beatles history, much as Bruce Spizer has done with his series of U.S. books. Sandi (above, bottom left) joins us for the first time as a guest author, with the release of her new book, Exploring Fab Four Landmarks. Sandi’s  2013 trip to the U.K. took on a life of its own and she took photos and notes of dozens of Beatles related sites in London and Liverpool. Alex (above, bottom right) had a lengthy and successful career in TV Sound, before combining his love of drumming and the Beatles to write (with Terry McCusker) Ringo Starr And The Beatles Beat – the definitive account of Ringo Starr’s drumming with the Beatles.   KARONHYAWAKE JEFF DOREEN Karonhyawake Jeff Doreen is a singer-songwriter from Tyendinaga, currently living in Hamilton, ON. He sings Beatles songs that he translates into Kanyen’kéha, Mohawk language. He is a speaker and teacher of Kanyen’kéha in the Grand Erie School Board. He has also taught at Six Nations of the Grand River at the adult immersion program. See Karonhyawake Jeff Doreen perform 'Blackbird' PURCHASE TICKETS NOW ADVANCE TICKET PRICES THROUGH THIS FRIDAY MARCH 8, 2019 TICKETS TO RIDE! ALL TOGETHER NOW (3 Days) $180.00 WEEKENDER (Sat & Sun) $136.00 MINI WEEKENDER (Fri + Sat or Sun) $112.00   DAY TRIPPERS! FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 5PM-12 Midnight - $47.00 SATURDAY, MAR 30, Noon-Midnight - $70.00 SUNDAY, MARCH 31, Noon-10:30PM - $70.00  ---------------------------- TICKET PRICES BEGINNING SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019 TICKETS TO RIDE! ALL TOGETHER NOW (3 Days) $199.00 WEEKENDER (Sat & Sun) $152.00 MINI WEEKENDER (Fri + Sat or Sun) $125.00   DAY TRIPPERS! FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 5PM-12 Midnight - $54.00 SATURDAY, MAR 30, Noon-Midnight - $79.00 SUNDAY, MARCH 31, Noon-10:30PM - $79.00 TICKETS AT THE DOOR - SINGLE DAY ONLY FRIDAY $54.00 SATURDAY $79.00 SUNDAY $79.00 *Now Junior, Behave Yourself* From 8 through 18 - Half Price Mini-Fans 7 and Under - FREE As A Bird! NOTICE FOR ALL WHO PLAN TO TAKE THE PATH TRAIN TO THE HOTEL There are no issues for Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1st. The PATH train directly to the hotel is closed every weekend in 2019 for servicing. There are a couple of options to get to the hotel from the New York side of the Hudson River. In regards to the PATH service you can still take the path to Hoboken and either take the light rail from there or take the PATH and switch at Grove station to get to Exchange place.    You can also utilize the ferry via NY Waterway from Brookfield place which is right next door to the Hotel as well.   Both are good options and Brookfield is walking distance to World Trade and most major NYC connections. Attached is some information as well as a link below that is a good reference.   https://www.panynj.gov/alerts-advisories/advisories-path-weekend-closures.html     AMERICAN AIRLINES If you are planning to Fly in, American Airlines is our Airlines of choice. Go to www.aa.com and book your flights. Newark Airport is the most convenient to fly in and out of, but LaGuardia and JFK are still options. Please us code A5139EL for a 6% discount off published fares (excluding basic economy and non-discountable fares). You may also call AA at 1-800-433-1790.