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A First Timer’s Guide to Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival

July 28, 2021 By Caroline Eubanks Leave a Comment

The Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival was founded in 2015 over two days in Franklin, Tennessee. The music festival is held at Harlinsdale Farm, a nearly 200-acre horse farm from the 1900s. Kevin Griffin, a Franklin resident and musician from Better Than Ezra, is one of the founders. Two-day admission is around $200, while VIP admission is $1,000. The Musicians at … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival

A First Timer’s Guide to Bonnaroo Music Festival

May 26, 2014 By Caroline Eubanks Leave a Comment

The South is home to many well-known music festivals, but it's Bonnaroo Music Festival that brings in music lovers from all over the country to the small town of Manchester, Tennessee every year, a town an hour outside of Nashville. The farming community is transformed from fields into its own village full of tents, campers, and stages. It's four days of friendliness, as … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to Bonnaroo Music Festival

A First Timer’s Guide to Spoleto Festival USA

May 12, 2014 By Caroline Eubanks Leave a Comment

Charleston, South Carolina may have dozens of big events throughout the year, but the one that brings it the most acclaim is Spoleto Festival USA, an arts and music festival that was based on the Festival Dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy. Pulitzer Prize-winner Gian Carlo Menotti brought it to the southern city in 1977 and it has brought in artists from all over the world … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to Spoleto Festival USA

The Best Southern Music Festivals to Attend

July 22, 2013 By Caroline Eubanks Leave a Comment

The South has a longstanding musical legacy covering most styles of music, from R&B to rock to bluegrass. All trace their heritage to the region. It has also produced some of the country's most famous artists, such as Elvis Presley and the Allman Brothers Band, to name a few. So it makes sense that music festivals would thrive here. Here are our picks … [Read more...] about The Best Southern Music Festivals to Attend

Small Town Saturday: Manchester, TN

June 29, 2013 By Caroline Eubanks Leave a Comment

It may not look like much, but for four days out of the year, the small town of Manchester, Tennessee is flooded with some 100,000 music fans for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The farm becomes its own little town, with tents and RVs set up around food stalls and booths.  Located between Chattanooga and Nashville, Manchester's other claim to fame is being near the … [Read more...] about Small Town Saturday: Manchester, TN

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