{"id":204,"date":"2005-03-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/article\/bransonfest-2005-apr-59"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"bransonfest-2005-apr-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"BransonFest 2005, Apr. 5-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>Branson, dubbed the &#8220;Live Entertainment Capital of the World&#8221; kicks off its new season of family entertainment with its biggest bash of the year-Branson Fest. Branson Fest celebrates a new season of entertainment with five days of great music, luscious food and <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">Ozark <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">Mountain arts. Branson Fest 2005 will be held April 5-9 at the Welk Resort Theatre in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">Branson, <st1:State w:st=\"on\">Missouri.<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>This five-day event kicks off on Tuesday, April 5th. Activities begin at Noon on the grounds with the first show on the Main Stage at 7:00 pm.<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><A href=\"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/article.php?news_ID=341\"><FONT size=4>Indoor Super Shows<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=4> featuring a variety of legendary performers will be held inside the Welk Resort Theatre, Tuesday concert &#8211; 7:00 p.m., Wednesday &#8211; Saturday &#8211; 2:00 p.m. Main Show Daily &#8211; See highlights of 10 shows each day. <\/FONT><A href=\"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/article.php?news_ID=341\"><FONT size=4>Click here <\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=4>for information on the Super Shows, tickets, and who will be appearing.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT size=4><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">The Hospitality and Business Expo features representatives from area theaters, attractions, businesses, plus several area civic organizations on hand to answer questions about the various shows and entertainment at their venues or provide information. V<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">isitors will get the chance to visit with their favorite Branson entertainers during special autograph sessions. Visitors can also pick up free information, prizes and give-aways at the Hospitality and Business Expo.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>The spotlight is on <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">Ozark <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">Mountain culture and heritage at the Arts, Culture and Heritage section of the Expo. Visitors have the opportunity to view the art of nationally recognized Branson artists, and autograph sessions allow visitors to meet the artists with a featured artist, author or musician daily. <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>The Real American Entertainment Tent holds a stage where festival visitors can see a variety of performances from local shows and organizations.<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>Branson Fest &#8220;Streetmosphere&#8221; will be featured throughout the festival outside the Entertainment Tent. Dance troupes, choirs, flag corps, special demonstrations, and costumed characters will be sure to entertain visitors during the warm spring days of Branson Fest.<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4> <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=4>Taste of Branson &#8211; Inside the Taste of Branson Food Tent, guests can sample traditional Ozarks cuisine and feature some of the best fare from several of Branson&#8217;s finest eating establishments.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Branson&#8217;s biggest bash of the year starts season&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows-attractions-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}