City of Roses Music Festival starts today

The City of Roses Music Festival kicks off tonight with a schedule of bands that organizers are calling one of the most diverse musical offerings in the festival's 10-year history. Bands will perform on three outdoor stages downtown -- on Themis Street, on Broadway and at the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau parking lot. The majority of the nearly 50 bands on outdoor stages are local, but some acts from outside the area will play. Downtown bars will also book their own acts during the two nights of the festival.

Here's the most recent, complete schedule for the outdoor stages:

Miller Lite Stage -- Themis Street

Friday

5 p.m. - No Other

6 p.m. - Diamond Odyssey

7 p.m. - Our First Summer

8 p.m. - Knotted Fear

9 p.m. - Rock Solid

10 p.m. - Fists of Phoenix

Saturday

1 p.m. - Ireyerta

2 p.m. - A Lesson In Tact

3 p.m. - Bare the Betrayal

4 p.m. - Candid Nightmare

5 p.m. - Falcon Drive

6 p.m. - Field of Grey

7 p.m. - Poor King

8 p.m. - The Sickle Theory

9 p.m. - Emaciation

10 p.m. - Drivin' Rain

Bud Light True Music Stage -- Broadway

Friday

5 p.m. - On The Rocks

6:15 p.m. - TBA

7:15 p.m. - Poten-C

8:15 p.m. - 10-49

9:15 p.m. - Minus the Star

10:15 p.m. - Catatonic

Saturday

1:15 p.m. - Centerpoint

2:15 p.m. - Dissonance

3:15 p.m. - The False Affair Drums

4:15 p.m. - Holiday Formal

5:15 p.m. - The Otto Modest

6:15 p.m. - K.R.T -Street Team, $T. Chuck, & CT

7:15 p.m. - Andy Tanas of Black Oak Arkansas/Krokus

8:15 p.m. - Mid-Life Crisis

9:15 p.m. - Ninth Life

10:15 p.m. - Mike Renick Band

Kohlfeld Stage -- CVB parking lot

Friday

5 p.m. - SEMO Dance Ensemble

6:15 p.m. - SEMO Jazz Ensemble

7:15 p.m. - The Intention

8:15 p.m. - Faceless Stallions

9:15 p.m. - MojoFilter

10:15 p.m. - Thundertones

Saturday

10 a.m. - Jennifer Noble

11 a.m. - Julie Walker

noon - Daniel Seabaugh

1 p.m. - Kelly High School Band

2 p.m. - Dale Haskell

3 p.m. - Lindsey Bowerman

4 p.m. - Wooden Ships

5 p.m. - Stace England

6 p.m. - Groove Conspiracy

7 p.m. - The Melroys

8 p.m. - Bruce Zimmerman

9 p.m. - Flashback

For more information, visit the Web site www.cityofrosesmusicfestival.com.