The Beach Boys to headline All Ohio Balloon Fest in Marysville on Aug. 10

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The Beach Boys, which include original member and co-founder Mike Love, will perform at the All Ohio Balloon Fest on Aug. 10. The Marysville festival runs through Aug. 12 at Union County Airport.
The Beach Boys, which include original member and co-founder Mike Love, will perform at the All Ohio Balloon Fest on Aug. 10. The Marysville festival runs through Aug. 12 at Union County Airport.

The Beach Boys, America’s quintessential California surf music band, will headline the 2023 All Ohio Balloon Fest in Marysville on Aug. 10, the first day of the festival, which runs through Aug. 12.

Tickets for the three-day event, which takes places at the Union County Airport, 15000 Weaver Road, Marysville, are on sale at AllOhioBalloonFest.com. General admission is $26.99 on Aug. 10; $14.99 on Aug. 11; and $10.99 on Aug. 12. There also are preferred seating and VIP options. Parking each day is $20.99.

With more than 100 million albums sold, The Beach Boys are one of Billboard/Nielsen SoundScan’s top-selling American bands for albums and singles, as well as the American group with the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits at 36. Their catalogue features a massive number of hits including four No. 1's: “I Get Around,” “Help Me Rhonda,” “Good Vibrations,” and “Kokomo,” along with 15 songs that appeared in Billboard’s Top 10.

The All Ohio Balloon Festival in Marysville features activities for kids, balloon rides, live entertainment and more.
The All Ohio Balloon Festival in Marysville features activities for kids, balloon rides, live entertainment and more.

The Beach Boys' 1966 album “Pet Sounds” is listed by Billboard magazine as the second greatest album of all time, and Rolling Stone lists the band 12th on its list of Greatest Artists of All Time.

According to event organizer Kevin Behrens, the Beach Boys were scheduled to headline the All Ohio Balloon Fest in 2020 before the pandemic canceled the show.

“We are so happy to be able to bring The Beach Boys to Marysville,” Behrens said. “We heard from so much of the community in 2020 that wanted to have them here. The response that year was more than we could have even imagined.

“When we got a second chance to book them, we felt like it was an opportunity we couldn’t pass up."

Also performing at the festival are The Wallflowers, who will appear on Aug. 11. Fronted by Jakob Dylan, son of folk icon Bob Dylan, the Grammy-winning band is known for songs like "One Headlight" and "6th Avenue Heartache."

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Beach Boys headlining All Ohio Balloon Festival Aug. 10 in Marysville