An Ironton native and 22-year-old college student wants to rock his hometown.

Rob Brumfield, a 1999 graduate of Ironton High School and a student at Ohio University in Athens, is putting the finishing touches on ZoneFest 2003, which he hopes to make an annual event. The outdoor music festival will be 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21 at the End Zone. Music will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 11 p.m. both nights.

The festival will feature country and 1970s rock bands June 20, and modern rock bands June 21, as well as vendors selling food, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. The Planet, a new Tri-State area radio station, will also broadcast live from the festival.

During the festival, the End Zone parking lot as well as Adams Street between Second and Third streets. No specific area has been assigned for parking, but Brumfield said parking will be available on the streets. However, festival organizers are trying to work with nearby businesses who are closed when the festival begins to provide a parking lot for those going to the festival.

The Ironton Police Department will patrol the festival area, and the area will have security at night after the festival because of equipment at the site, Brumfield said.

Because his mother, Anne Haynes, owns the End Zone, Brumfield already had a place for a festival, he said. Even though he already wanted to do the festival, he is also receiving internship credit from OU for his media product management major. Brumfield's band, Red Shift, will be the final act for the festival. The acoustic rock band formed in Athens nine to 10 months ago, and Brumfield is the lead singer and rhythm guitar player.

"Everything has gone smoothly and really well," Brumfield said.

The festival has underwent cancellations from acts, but things are running on schedule, he said. End Zone has a permit to sell alcoholic beverages, but another permit was needed to sell alcohol outdoors. Festival organizers expect to have this permit in a week, Brumfield said.

Despite his traveling back and forth between Athens and Ironton, Bob McDowell, an Ironton native in the Columbus-based Damnits band that will play Saturday has acted as his co-promoter, he said.

Tickets for the event are $3 for each night at the gate and cost $2 if purchased in advance from the End Zone. The festival's Web site is www.red-shift-band.com/zonefest.htm.