Popcorn Festival Kick-Off Concert

Name: Popcorn Festival Kick-Off Concert — Valparaiso Events
Start: 2025-09-04T19:00:00-0400
End: 2025-09-04T20:30:00-0400
Location: Central Park Plaa

Thursday, September 4, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30

Central Park Plaa 68 Lafayette Street Valparaiso, IN, 46383 United States (map)

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Pre- Popcorn Festival Event:

Popcorn Festival Kick-Off Concert

Thursday, September 4, 2025

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Central Park Plaza

Peformance by : SMALL TOWN

Celebrate the official start of the 46th Annual Popcorn Festival weekend with the annual Kick-Off Concert in Central Park Plaza! Bring chairs or blankets, snacks and sips, and get your dancing shoes on – it’s about to get poppin’ all weekend long in Valpo!

Food & drink available for purchase

SMALL TOWN first embarked on their musical voyage of discovery together as a tight-knit Musical Group in 2019. The members of the band grew up listening to a variety of musical genres that played an influential role in shaping their paths as musicians and ultimately led them to join forces and create SMALL TOWN! The goal of the band was to create and replicate the live Mellencamp concerts utilizing all of the same instumentation!

Presenting Partner : Lori K Bath

Small Town has collectively created the signature Mellencamp sound with Jen Cimbala on Fiddle, Bob Heckler on Accordion, keyboards, and melodica, Jim Croke on electric guitar, acoustic guitar and Mandolin. Chris Sulcer joins in on guitar and vocals and Lous Sameniego brings the deep tones on Bass guitar while Shane Sameniego keeps the Kenny Arronoff beat on drums. Doug Clapp leads the night full of #1 hits and sing alongs on vocals! .