The Magnolia Summer Fest, a three-day music and community festival, kicks off its fourth year June 13 at Unity Park and proceeds from the event will be used to help fund local nonprofit and community organizations.

"This event allows us to work with, and help, so many of Magnolia's nonprofit groups and volunteer organizations," said Deborah Rose Miller, president of the Magnolia Community Foundation, which sponsors and puts on the Summer Fest. "The goal of this year's Summer Fest is to build a pool of funds available for all Magnolia nonprofit organizations."

In the past, money raised from the Magnolia Summer Fest have helped numerous community groups including the Boy Scouts, the Magnolia ISD Debate Club and Swim and Dive Club, and also provided funding for emergencies such as the tri-county fires, she said.

Miller said she expects attendance at this year's Summer Fest to surpass 5,000.

For the first time in the four-year history of the Summer Fest, the Magnolia Community Foundation has teamed up with Real Life Real Music to sponsor the event, Miller said.

"This is the first year that we are partnering with the Magnolia Community Foundation to help create a down-home, community festival at the Magnolia Summer Fest," said Kyle Hutton, a country music singer/songwriter and founder of Real Life Real Music. "The Summer Fest is a great way for folks to experience what Magnolia has to offer, have some amazing family fun and enjoy an incredible lineup of performers."

The Summer Fest, which runs June 13–15, boasts a music lineup that features Texas music acts including Uncle Lucius, Folk Family Revival and Grammy-winner Rick Trevino, Miller said. In addition, the festival features an old-fashioned carnival, a dock dog competition and more than 50 vendors.

There will also be performances by local students who attended a weeklong songwriters experience camp put on by Hutton, she said.

"We're so excited to have a wide variety and a high caliber of musical acts," Miller said. "This, coupled with [Hutton's] songwriting camp, will make it an event our community will not want to miss."

The Magnolia Summer Fest will run from 5 p.m.–midnight on June 13, noon–midnight on June 14 and from noon–5 p.m. on June 15. Tickets for one-day admittance to the festival are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Weekend passes, which include admission to all three days of the festival, are available for $12 for students and $23 for adults.

For more information on the Magnolia Summer Fest including ticket pricing and music lineups, visit www.magnoliasummerfest.com. For more information on Hutton and his Real Life Real Music Songwriters Experience Camps, visit www.realliferealmusic.com/experience.