Raise Your Voice Festival draws crowd in Monessen

Linzi Troilo / For the Mon Valley Independent
Crowds gathered Saturday for the 10th annual Raise Your Voice Festival at Monessen City Park. The all-day, free event was presented by the Monessen Amphitheater Committee to highlight local talent and businesses and to commemorate Monessen’s 125th anniversary. Throughout the day, there were vendors, food, activities and live music. In the top photo, Chris Fafalios (at right) and Steve Soboslai of Punchline play their first hometown show in over a decade.

Linzi Troilo / For the Mon Valley Independent
Crowds gathered Saturday for the 10th annual Raise Your Voice Festival at Monessen City Park. Matt Shorraw of the amphitheater committee, Dan Zyglowicz of the Greater Monessen Historical Society and Jarrett Niecgorski from U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler’s office, are shown with a congressional citation commemorating Monessen’s anniversary.