A funny thing happened on the way to SunFest 2025, and by now, practically everyone knows what it is.
After years of not turning a profit, and on the heels of its 40th anniversary in 2024, the festival announced last November that fans should expect a “significant shift” in dates and location and that the event “will no longer take place on the traditional first weekend of May” starting this year.
All of which proved to be music to the ears of Ben Childs and Hector Diaz, singing multi-instrumentalists for area roots music trio the Killbillies and co-hosts of the popular 561 Music (561music.com) audio and video podcast. Their first three celebratory 561 Music Festivals had taken place at Mathews Brewing Company in Lake Worth Beach before an opportunity arose out of the SunFest vacancy…