KGSR’s annual Fan Fare Friday kicked off this morning, 8:30am, at Threadgill’s World Headquarters, but plenty’s happening throughout the afternoon and well into the evening, and all for a terrific cause. The Summer Fan Drive benefiting Family Eldercare helps make sure senior citizens stay cool in the blistering heat.

For the last 22 years, the drive has provided portable fans, air-conditioning window units, and other critical services to Central Texans in need heat relief. More information on how to donate to this worthy cause is on their website.

The afternoon schedule looks like this:

3-3:30pm: Matt the Electrician
4-4:30pm: The Eric Tessmer Group
5-5:30pm – Jon Blondell, Denny Freeman & Frosty
6-6:30pm: Saints of Valory

KGSR’s Lone Star State of Mind live radio show broadcast:

9pm: Guns of Navarone
10:30pm: Bluebonnets w/ special guest
11:30pm: Black Bone Child

Plus, Fan Fare’s yet another fine excuse to eat at Threadgill’s.

This article appears in June 22 • 2012.

A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.

SUPPORT US