It was the third year for Angiepalooza, an annual street party event in downtown Jefferson City, and the event is continuing to grow.
Angiepalooza, held Saturday on High Street, began in 2013, after event organizer Tim Tinnin lost his wife, Angie, in 2012 to colon cancer. Tinnin met Angie at the Missouri Highway Patrol Troop F, where they both worked, as he was organizing barbecue benefits for local families in crisis, raising more than $100,000 during its tenure.
Starting and organizing Angiepalooza was a way to focus his energy, and he sees the annual street party as a way for anyone to come celebrate the lives of those loved and lost.
Tinnin said he's pleased to see how Angiepalooza has grown in the last three years, adding that many likely didn't see it moving past the first year.
"The first time we did this, it was just a broken-hearted guy with a dream," Tinnin said. "I don't think they could see the vision that we had and now it's become a thing."
Now, he said, sponsors seek him out, as do bands that want to play at the annual party on High Street.
"We've already got people contacting us for next year," Tinnin said Sunday. "They look forward to this every year."
The annual event also is intertwined with the ACT Project, which stands for Angie Capps-Tinnin, a charity designed to financially and emotionally aid those undergoing cancer treatment. Last year, the project helped place two ship's bells in chemotherapy units at JCMG, which are used to allow those finishing treatment to acknowledge and celebrate what they just achieved by ringing the bell.
Tinnin said he wouldn't have totals on the fundraising aspect until later this week, but he felt they did well, especially through the help of sponsorships. Some of the money raised will go to purchase iPads for cancer treatment wards, he said, as many seeking treatment spend hours in a waiting room by themselves. Tinnin said he wanted to provide some type of distraction for those who may not have someone with them at every appointment.
This year, Tinnin said Angiepalooza also partnered with the YMCA Livestrong program, a program designed to help adult cancer survivors, who did a color run Saturday before the street party.
"Overall, it couldn't have run any better," Tinnin said. "We had a full street and no problems."