The Jim Krueger Memorial Music Scholarship Recipient is set to take the stage this weekend at the 24th annual Acoustic Fest.
Recipient Joey O’Connor will play on Saturday (August 17th) at 2:00 p.m. at Manitowoc’s Washington Park.
O’Connor will be entering his junior year at Lawrence University in the fall and is pursuing a degree in music education.
Since the scholarship’s inception, it has awarded over $23,000 to young musicians in the area.
Following O’Connor will be the Ten Strings band at 2:30 p.m. featuring Jim Van Lanen and Acoustic Fest Founder Pete Honzik.
Honzik has played acoustic guitar in many groups in the Manitowoc area while Van Lanen has played violin with the Green Bay and Manitowoc Symphonies.