By Tim SchmidtRecord Managing EditorWarrenton officials are working to bring a “high-end” musical act to town when a street festival is held Sept. 26.Mayor Mike Shilharvey said they are contacting record labels to inquire about the availability of musical acts, as well as looking to see what acts might be in the region around the event date.Earlier this month, the city announced plans to revive a downtown street fair to be held in conjunction with Auto Fest, a one-day show.The event will be similar to Catch the Glow, featuring a variety of food booths and vendors, children’s activities and live music on Main Street. The last Catch the Glow was held in 2012 and typically drew thousands of visitors to the downtown area.“There will be a main stage opening band, followed by a main event, high-end concert designed to draw the public into the community,” said Terri Thorn, director of operations/finance officer.“It would be very much like Catch the Glow, maybe on a bigger scale.”Warrenton aldermen unanimously approved spending $30,000 from the tourism budget for concerts to be held at the street festival at the March 17 board meeting.Shilharvey said he has heard several positive comments since it was announced that the Main Street festival is being revived.“I think it’s a good move on the city’s part,” he said. “After the announcement in the newspaper, people out in the public are happy to see something come back on Main Street. Everybody seems receptive.”All together, aldermen approved $65,820 in six funding requests from the tourism budget. Of that amount, $65,400 was requested by the city. That included $3,000 for three Movie in the Park nights, $7,400 for Auto Fest, $20,000 for the street festival and $5,000 for a concert at the Warren County Fair.The music entertainment at the Fair is being scheduled in an effort to keep visitors in the city who might be participating in a weeklong baseball and softball tournament at the athletic complex.“We’re trying to provide something to keep those families in town for that weeklong period,” Thorn said. “There will be tickets included at a reduced rate that the Fair Board has agreed to. They are providing an opening act and doing this on the main stage Friday night of the Fair.”The only other funding request came from the Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce. Aldermen approved spending $420 to pay the annual hosting fee for warrentonevents.com, a website currently sponsored by the Chamber. The website allows organizations to publish a wide variety of community events for free.Thorn recalled that the city initially paid for the website’s setup fee several years ago.It’s likely the city will take over future operations of the website, though approval is still needed from the Chamber board. The city was planning on developing its own event website as part of a project current underway to redesign its website. “It’s something where we don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” Shilharvey said. “We can take what is already there.”All of the funding requests were passed by the tourism commission at its March 17 meeting.City of Warrenton