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Saturday’s new Beer Fest looks to carry on Rocktown’s spirit

After the Rocktown Beer and Music Festival announced its event in 2023 would be its last, two downtown businesses paired up to inherit that festival’s legacy.

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Tiller Strings: sales, rentals, repair, sheet music, accessories.

East Market cameras net 28,000 tickets while driving speeds down in work zone

Since last summer’s installation of speed cameras in the 25-mph work zone on East Market Street over I-81, more than 28,000 citations have gone out to drivers, city officials confirmed Tuesday. 

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City leaders mull 8-cent property tax increase to pay for new school’s opening, other services

The City Council is considering a proposed increase in the real estate tax next year, which would be the largest single increase in recent years and would take that tax rate to $1.04 for every $100 of assessed value on property. 

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A picture of a crowd with type saying: Rocktown friends, we have had an incredible time celebrating craft beer and music with you all since 2010! Harrisonburg is a special place. The 2023 Festival was our last. All good things must come to an end.

After 13 years, here’s why the Rocktown Beer & Music Festival is done

An “epic day in Harrisonburg every year” is how Jeremiah Jenkins, long-term Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance volunteer, described the Rocktown Beer and Music festival. 

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Summer concert series offers a preview of what’s possible with a downtown park and music venue, advocates say

On a clear Wednesday evening in July, people crowded the sidewalks along South Liberty Street as Mariachi music bounced off the walls of downtown Harrisonburg’s buildings. 

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Valley’s own Rebecca Porter sings her message that country music ‘is for everyone’

At the Golden Pony in early June, Rebecca Porter and her band took the stage in front of a crowd of Porter’s friends and family, JMU students, members of the LGBTQ+ community, even complete strangers — all in their best honky tonk get-ups. 

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