{"id":6573,"date":"2018-02-15T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2022-11-09T16:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:45:04","slug":"express-announce-national-acts-2018-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/2018\/02\/15\/express-announce-national-acts-2018-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Express Announce National Acts for 2018 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-6631 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/All-Performances-1-700x368.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/All-Performances-1-700x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27368%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20700%20368%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27368%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/All-Performances-1-120x63.jpg 120w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/All-Performances-1-250x131.jpg 250w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/All-Performances-1-700x368.jpg 700w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/All-Performances-1-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/All-Performances-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eau Claire, Wis.<\/strong> \u2013 The Eau Claire Express continue releasing their promotional schedule with the announcement of performance acts for the 2018 season at Carson Park. The Express welcome back two hit acts from the 2017 season, as well as some new additions and some recurring events on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>June 8<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>, <strong>Bucket Ruckus <\/strong>makes their return to Carson Park. Bucket Ruckus will be performing before and during the game between innings. You will also find them banging on the dugout tops, running through the stands leading cheers and interacting with fans all game long.<\/p>\n<p>The second national act returning the Eau Claire is the <strong>ZOOperstars<\/strong>\u00a0on Saturday, <strong>June 23! <\/strong>The ZOOperstars is a unique show that features hilarious inflatable characters with clever names such as Harry Canary, Clammy Sosa, Shark McGwire, and many more! The inflatable performance combines dance routines, acrobatics, tricks and comedy in order to connect with fans of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The famous <strong>Russian Bar Trio<\/strong> is the newest addition to the promotional schedule! The Russian Bar Trio has been featured on Oprah, Ellen, and America\u2019s Got Talent; they\u2019ve toured with Cirque du Doleil; and performed at sporting events across the entire United States. And now they\u2019re coming to Carson Park to perform for you on <strong>July 27<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Previously announced as Day of the Week promotions, we absolutely cannot forget about the weekly <strong>Fireworks Shows <\/strong>that will be a staple every Friday night and <strong>pre-game bands<\/strong> that will be performing in the Carson Park Plaza before every Saturday game.<\/p>\n<p>The Express begin season number 14 in the Northwoods League on May 29 as they travel to Rochester, Minn. for the season opener against the Rochester Honkers. They continue to La Crosse to take on the Loggers for one game before opening their home schedule at Carson Park on Friday, June 1 versus the La Crosse Loggers. First pitch of the home opener is set at 7:05 p.m. and the game will be followed with a fireworks show.<\/p>\n<p>Season tickets and 5-Game Packs are on sale now.\u00a05-Game Packs include a reserved seat, Express jersey, Express hat, Express mug, and unlimited food and beverage for $70.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eau-claire-express.nwltickets.com\/Package\/Tickets\/SelectSeats\/1262\"><strong>Click here to purchase your 5-Game Pack online<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and we will contact you about your seats. You can also call us at\u00a0<strong>(715)839-7788<\/strong>. \u00a0Jersey sizes will be available on a first come, first serve basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<br \/>\nThe Eau Claire Express are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Entering its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 185 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR). \u00a0All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\"><em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a><em>. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eauclaireexpress.com\/\"><em>www.eauclaireexpress.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Express as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Eau Claire, Wis. \u2013 The Eau Claire Express continue releasing their promotional schedule with the announcement of performance acts  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,45,27,43,31,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-permanentslider","category-league-news","category-team-news","category-the-hot-corner","category-update-ticker-all-categories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Express Announce National Acts for 2018 Season - Eau Claire Express<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/2018\/02\/15\/express-announce-national-acts-2018-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Express Announce National Acts for 2018 Season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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