Faulkner Literary Fest and Tallahatchie RiverFest Guide 2016

2016 Official New Albany Gazette

Faulkner Literary Fest and Tallahatchie RiverFest Guide

Event Schedules and RiverFest Map Inside

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Overview

Your guide to William Faulkner Literary Fest Weekend This year’s William Faulkner literary celebration is taking on a larger role since city officials separated the Tallahatchie RiverFest and moved it to a later date.

Three months of Faulknerrelated events will culminate Sept.

23 and 24 with the traditional luncheon where awards will be presented to winners of the William Faulkner Literary Competition.

Added to the luncheon will be music performances and other entertainment including an iron pour and foundry demonstration down by the river.

The BNA Bank-sponsored Tallahatchie RiverRun also continues to be that weekend.

The RiverFest and related events were created and tied to the celebration of Nobel Prizewinning New Albany native William Faulkner.

Later, local supporters decided it would be appropriate to also create a writing competition that would honor and be in Faulkner’s distinctive style.

Thanks in part to the internet, interest in the annual competi4

Highlights: Weekend Schedule Literary Luncheon Featured Speaker River Run Festival Exhibits Music Lineup

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tion has grown to the point that entries are submitted from the Far East, Europe, Africa, South America and, of course around the United States.

Today, about $5,000 is presented to winners in the categories of novel, short story, one-act play, poetry and student short story.

The highlight of the literary weekend is the awards luncheon held in the meeting room of First United Methodist Church.

In addition to the awards presentation, a distinguished guest speaker is chosen and this year the committee selected John Hailman, who has had a diverse writing and law enforcement career, writing as a nationally syndicated columnist, wine authority, instructor at Ole Miss and the FBI Academy, career prosecutor and counsel to Sen.

John Stennis.

Also Friday, a juried exhibit will open at the Union County Heritage Museum with works all based on the theme of Faulkner’s Light in August, and the Tallahatchie River Players will present some past Faulkner play winners.

Saturday, following the BNA Bank’s Fun Run, One-Mile Run and 5K, music will be presented in the courthouse area and Fire on the River, leading up to the iron pour, will begin in the farmers’ market area.

The iron pour will be midafternoon and other music performers will be at the stage, also in the farmers’ market area.

Performers include Cadillac Funk, Vinnie Chenney, The Blues Doctors and The Cakewalkers.

All events except the awards luncheon are free. Tickets for the luncheon are $15 each or a table of eight can be purchased for $100. Tickets are available at the Union County Heritage Museum and Union County Development Association. Call 662-538-0014 for more information.

William Faulkner Literary Fest Weekend 2016 Schedule of Events Noon - Literary Luncheon, featuring the William Faulkner Literary Awards, First United Method ist Church. Music by Cadillac Funk 5-7 p.m. - “Faulkner and Folk Art” juried exhibit opening, Union County Heritage Museum 6 p.m. - Tallahatchie River Players perform favorite of past oneact play winners, Downtown New Albany

Saturday, Sept. 24

Event Schedule

Friday, Sept. 23

10 a.m.-3 p.m. - “Fire on the River” and “The Hammer In” begins midmorning downtown by the Tallahatchie River, along with live music and food concessions.

It is a family-friendly event.

10:30 a.m. - Vinne Chenney playing after the Tallahatchie RiverRun awards in front of BNA Bank Morning - Tallahatchie River Players perform one-act play winners from 2015, Union County Courthouse Lawn stage.

All Day - Music, Biscuits and Jam Stage by the Tallahatchie River and down Bankhead Street

8 a.m. - BNA Bank Tallahatchie 1/2 Mile Fun Run, followed by 1 Mile Run for kids

The Blues Doctors, AKA Adam Gussow and Alan Gross

8:30 a.m. - BNA Bank Tallahatchie River Run 5K

The Cake-walkers (cakewalks will be held for Sugaree’s cakes).

William Faulkner Literary Fest Sponsors The New Albany Gazette BNA Bank Toyota Mississippi New Albany Tourism Holiday Inn Express Eric Saul Friends of the Union County Library Junta Club

New Albany Pilot Club New Century Club The Rotary Club Tallahatchie River Players Tallahatchie Arts Council Historic Northside Garden Club Retired Teachers of Union County KAPPA Museum Guild

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Literary Luncheon

William Faulkner Literary Competition The heart of the William Faulkner LiteraryFest is the annual Community Literary Luncheon on Friday, Sept. 23, in the meeting hall of the First United Methodist Church on Bankhead Street.

This ticketed event is observing its sixth anniversary.

It was organized to boost the literary aspects of RiverFest by putting more emphasis on the William Faulkner Literary Competition, which has been a part of the festival since its beginning 24 years ago.

The non-profit Tallahatchie RiverFest Literary Association, the sponsoring group, has secured author John Hailman as the keynote speaker this year. His works include Thomas Jefferson On Wine; From Midnight to Guntown: A Prosecutor in the Land of Faulkner and Elvis; Return to Guntown, Good Wine, a compilation of his columns, and a law school text: Law and Literature from Confucius to John Grisham.

During the event, winners of the annual William Faulkner Literary Competition will be announced.

The competition, which has a record number of entries from around the world, includes categories for best short story by adults/college-age students, best one-act play, best novel, best poem, and best story by a high school student.

Cash prizes are provided the winners through grants from Eric Saul of Brentwood, Tenn., and the New Albany Gazette.

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Literary Luncheon Featured Speaker Author John Hailman will be the guest speaker at the annual Literary Luncheon on Friday, Sept. 23, at noon at the First United Methodist Church in New Albany.

Hailman began his writing career as a columnist for the Washington Post. He served as a nationally syndicated wine, food and travel columnist for Gannett News Service. His weekly column appeared in 100 daily papers for 15 years.

He is the author of a critically acclaimed biography entitled Thomas Jefferson On Wine. As an Overby Fellow, Hailman also has penned From Midnight to Guntown: A Prosecutor in the Land of Faulkner and Elvis; Return to Guntown, Good Wine, a compilation of his columns, and a law school text: Law and Literature from Confucius to John Grisham.

In his day job, Hailman was a career prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Oxford for 33 years. He served as Legal Counsel to the late U.S. Senator John Stennis when he was chairman of the Armed Services and Ethics Committees, during the historic period known as Watergate. Hailman served for two years as law clerk to Chief Judge William C. Keady, when the Judge integrated the public schools of North Mississippi. He worked as a civil rights lawyer for both North Mississippi Rural Legal Services and California Rural Legal Assistance.

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John Hailman bonne in Paris for two years, the Universite Laval in Quebec and the National School for Magistrates in Paris. He is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, holds a Masters Degree from Tulane, and his J.D. from the University of Mississippi. He was a Graduate Fellow in Trial Practice at Georgetown University Law School.

Hailman has taught law at the University of Mississippi for over

20 years as well as the FBI Academy and the Justice Department’s school for prosecutors. He has taught law internationally for DOJ in over a dozen countries, from Morocco and Tunisia to Indonesia, the Republics of Georgia and Moldova, and the Sultanate of Oman. Hailman speaks fluent French and has served as an interpreter both for France and DOJ’s Office of International Affairs.

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BNA Bank River Run

BNA Bank River Runs For those who like to run or walk in races, visit New Albany for the annual BNA Bank Tallahatchie River Run. This challenging 5K race/walk winds throught the streets of historic downtown New Albany and residential areas, including a few hills along the way.

The race will begin at 8:30 a.m., Sept. 26, in front of BNA Bank, at 133 East Bankhead.

For children, the River Run includes a 1/2 Mile Fun Run for ages 7 and under (under 5 must be accompanied by an adult) starting at 8 a.m. at 133 East Bankhead. Following the Fun Run, a 1 Mile Healthy Kids Challenge, co-sponsored by Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, will be held for children, ages 12 and under, at 8:30 a.m., also in front of BNA Bank.

Awards will be handed out in several different categories and refreshments will be available for all participants.

Race packets will be available for pick up on Thursday afternoon and Friday prior to the race at BNA Bank.

Race packets will also be available for pick-up on race day before 8 a.m.

To register for any of these three races, go to www.racesonline.com.

Entry fees are $22 for the 5K before race day and $25 on race day morning, $10 for the 1/2 Mile Fun Run and $15 for the 1 mile run.

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BNA Bank 1/2-Mile Fun Run Route

BNA Bank 1-Mile Kids Run Route

BNA Bank 5K River Run Route BNA Bank River Run

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Literary Fest exhibits Alabama Art Casting presents ‘Fire on the River’ Alabama Art Casting is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and education organization devoted to educating the public about traditional and modern methods of pattern making, mold making, and iron casting processes. The group has been in operation at Tannehill Ironworks Historic State Park in McCalla, Ala. since 1999. They maintain an active art foundry there, presenting introductory and advanced mold making workshops and their popular “Sparks in the Dark” nighttime iron casting demonstrations during the spring and fall months.

They sometimes use a miniature coke-fired furnace to heat the metal while Johnny Williams explains the process. Those wanting to participate can purchase open molds and carve a design of their choice backward into the packed sand mold.

When the iron reaches the required temperature, all the forms will be filled with molten steel and cooled to become three-dimensional works of art.

Iron pouring is described as a labor-intensive and hot work, so the crew works in two shifts of four trained people.

Faulkner and Folk Art Exhibit For the past few years, one of the attractions in New Albany has been the Faulkner and Folk Art Exhibit at the Union County Heritage Museum. Artists come out of the woodwork of the region to showcase different and interesting aspects of the challenge of interpreting Faulkner the man and his work.

The exhibit opens September 23, from 5 – 7 at the Union County Heritage Museum. It is an aspect of New Albany Literary Fest 2016.

The book Light in August is this year’s artist’s challenge. Interpreting William Faulkner, the man, is always a part of the artist’s challenge. So there are two sets of awards that are handed out to the participating artists. Those interpreting the book and those interpreting the writer.

Two-dimensional and three-dimensional works are part of the exhibit– and it all doesn’t have to be so serious!

Paintings, photographs, sculpture, textiles have all been entered in past exhibits and there is a new crop for this year.

Artists use characters, quotes and/or scenes to interpret. And this is wide open for interpretation.

There are as many ways to interpret the book and man as they are artists to interpret, said Jill Smith, director of the museum.

“We are always excited about this exhibit, because there are new ways to look at the man and his work. It’s always exciting to see what is produced.”

A purchase award and cash prizes are awarded.

The museum is located at 114 Cleveland Street in New Albany.

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Literary Fest music lineup The Blues Doctors

Cadillac Funk The Cadillac Funk band, led by Andrew “CadillacFunk” Yurkow of Indianola, has built a strong following and has performed countless shows since they began over five years ago. The band performs its funky brand of the blues at such venues as Rooster’s Blues House in Oxford the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale and Foxfire Ranch in Waterford.

The Cadillac Funk band is a four-piece band known to have a guest appearances by artists such as Bill Perry Jr., Scott Albert Johnson, and Johnny Blackthorn White.

Cakewalkers The Cakewalkers are an Oxford-based band that performs music in the Mississippi Skiffle genre. In other words, their music contains jazz, blues, folk and roots influences performed with homemade or improvised instruments.

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Music Lineup

Adam Gussow and Alan Gross, a.k.a. the Blues Doctors, are Mis-sissippi-based blues veterans who play a mix of down-home Delta standards and urban grooves from the Texas-to-Chicago axis with some New Orleans funk thrown in. They’re a two-man band with a full-on sound: Gussow on harmonica and drum set, Gross on guitar, with both men sharing vocal duties.

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Your guide to Tallahatchie RiverFest Weekend Come out and enjoy yourself.

We’ve got the lowdown on all the activities at the 24th annual Tallahatchie RiverFest.

What started 26 years ago as the Tallahatchie River Run evolved three years later into a festival and now encompasses an entire weekend of activities.

Sponsored by the City of New Albany, Tallahatchie RiverFest Weekend kicks off Thursday evening with Lowery’s Carnival Midway, including plenty of rides and fair food for the whole family.

The carnival will be located in the Farmers’ Market area, near the Tallahatchie River.

On Friday evening, attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy some of the fine eating establishments in downtown New Albany, some of which will be offering specials to coincide with the festival. Visitors are encouraged to then walk to see Friday night’s music concert at the CSpire Riverview Stage, located in the Park Along the River.

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Highlights: Weekend Schedule - Page 13 Festival Map - Page 14 Friday Music - Page 16 Duck Regatta - Page 18 Kids Activities - Page 20 Saturday Music - Page 21

The Friday night headline act is the Eisenhauer Band, a family of musicians who blend Americana, bluegrass, Southern rock and other styles of music. They will be joined on stage by legendary Blues artist Bobby Rush. Live music should get underway about 6:30 p.m. with the Eisenhauer Band and Bobby Rush taking the stage about 9 p.m.

The Tallahatchie Riverfest Arts and Crafts Market will return to Bankhead Street this year. The street will be closed between Railroad Ave and Snyder/W Main Street from 6:30 a.m. until 6:30

p.m. Many downtown merchants will be setting up tents in front of their businesses and artisans and craft sellers from around the region will have booths down the middle of the street. As a new addition this year, a golf-cart shuttle service will be available. The market will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

At noon Saturday, you can take in the Tallahatchie River Rubber Duck Regatta, down at the river bridge. The fundraiser event, sponsored by the Rotary Club and the Union County Historical Society, benefits the Union County Heritage Museum.

Saturday night music will start about 4:45 p.m. on the CSpire Riverview Stage. Americana rock band Mississippi Stomp will perform at 4:45 p.m., followed by Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Kevin Sekhani and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.

There’s something for everyone at Tallahatchie RiverFest Weekend.

Thursday, Oct. 6 Evening - Carnival Midway to open in the Farmers’ Market area near the Tallahatchie River

Friday, Oct. 7 Dine Around Downtown - Some downtown restaurants will be offering specials on Friday night (TBD); visitors encouraged to dine downtown and walk to concert 6:30 p.m. - Music begins at the CSpire Riverview Stage 6:30 p.m. - Paul Tate Electric Trio 7:30 p.m. - Paul Rainey Band 9 p.m. - Eisenhauer Band, with special guest, Bobby Rush The Carnival Midway will be open until midnight

Saturday, Oct. 8 10 a.m. - Bankhead Street Market opens; downtown shops open

Event Schedule

Tallahatchie RiverFest Weekend 2016 Schedule of Events 10 a.m. - Kids Row activities begin at Cooper Park by Macaroni Kid 10 a.m. - Pony rides at Park Along the River 11:30 a.m. - “Street” Magic Show at Trailhead Plaza Noon - Tallahatchie River Rubber Duck Regatta Noon - Carnival Midway opens until midnight 1:30 p.m. - “Street” Magic Show at Trailhead Plaza 2:30 p.m. - Bonfire Orchestra acoustic show at Trailhead Plaza 6:30 p.m. - Bankhead Street reopens 4:45 p.m. - Music begins, C-Spire River Stage (times subject to change) 4:45 p.m. - Mississippi Stomp 6:15 p.m. - Rising Star Fife & Drum Band 7:15 p.m. - Kevin Sekhani 9 p.m. - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

There will be designated handicapped parking at the Library parking lot on the Carter Avenue side.

Golf cart shuttles will pass through every 15-20 minutes and carry folks up to the market area and down to the carnival and back during the day. In the evening, the shuttles will run a route between parking-concert area-and carnival. If anyone sees an empty seat on a cart, they’re welcome to flag the driver down.

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FridayĘźs RiverFest music lineup Friday Music

Paul Tate Electric Trio Tate, a New Albany native, graduated from New Albany High School, and then studied music theory and composition at Ole Miss. He is a multi-instrumentalist and was inspired at the young age of 8 by his mother listening to her play the piano. Paul plays jazz, blues, and rock n’ roll music.

Paul Rainey Band The Paul Rainey Band, a local favorite, has been around in various incarnations for more than 40 years.

The name, as legend has it, came not from honoring the colorful millionaire but rather because of where they practiced: in the ballroom of the old Rainey Hotel before it burned for the final time.

For years, the group was known as the Paul Rainey Ballroom Band, in fact.

Over the years they have played all over the South from the Peabody to the Walter Anderson Museum to Atlanta with their strong horn section and rhythm and blues repertoire.

Current band members include Steve Livingston, Les Sumner, Suzi Land, Bill Farned, Keith Lind16

sey, Jody Lackey, Billy Eubanks, Gary Hall, Tom Coltharp, Brandon Garrett, Yuseff Nurrendin and Martin Lee.

The Eisenhauer Band, with special guest Bobby Rush Friday Music

“Mama” Rhonda Eisenhauer and her two children, Andy and Amelia make up the core of this band, playing a mix of Americana, bluegrass, Southern rock and other styles of music.

The Nashvillebased band claims a variety of influences, such as Nickel Creek, Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris, Zack Brown Band, James Taylor, Nina Simone and Led Zepplin.

The creator of a singular sound which he dubbed “folk-funk,” multi-instrumentalist Bobby Rush offers a unique style that incorporates elements of blues, soul, rap and funk.

Born Emmit Ellis, Jr. in Homer, LA, on Nov. 10, 1940, he and his family relocated to Chicago in 1953, where he emerged on the West Side blues circuit of the 1960s, fronting bands which included such notable alumni as Luther Allison and Freddie King. However, as Rush began to develop his own individual sound, he opted to forgo the blues market in favor of targeting the chitlin circuit, which offered a more receptive audience for his increasingly bawdy material.

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Rubber Duck Regatta

Tallahatchie River Rubber Duck Regatta Tickets are reported selling briskly for this year’s Rubber Duck Regatta, the third annual fund-raiser for the Union County Heritage Museum and New Albany Rotary Club.

“Sales are good but we have some left, but we already have more sponsors than last year,” Rotarian Alan Greer said.

The regatta will be Oct. 8 during the Tallahatchie RiverFest, which has been moved two weeks later this year.

To participate in the regatta, people can buy sponsorships for one or more of the yellow rubber aquanauts that are put into the river at noon. The first ducks to reach a finish line near the Park Along the River bridge win cash prizes for their sponsors.

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ducks and this past year they doubled that number, raising about $10,000 for the two organizations.

The slow-motion event also draws large, enthusiastic crowds of spectators.

Sponsoring a single duck costs $10 but a Quack Pack of six is available for $50 and a Box of Quackers with a dozen is $100.

The first duck to cross the finish line will win its sponsor $500.

Second place will get $300 and third will get $150. There also will be a Lame Duck award to the last one finishing and a couple of Plucked Duck prizes for yellow birds picked at random.

A sponsors’ race may be added as well.

Money raised helps pay for museum programs and Rotary charitable projects.

The first rubber duck regatta here had been held about 20 years ago as part of the Frog-A-Nal fund-raiser for the Dean Provence Excellence in Education Endowment Fund.

Museum director Jill Smith said that the historical society had wanted to do the event for some time but lacked the manpower, and it was the participation of the Rotarians that made it finally happen.

Sponsorship tickets are available from Rotarians, Historical Society members or at the Union County Development Association office in the former post office.

If you see a yellow rubber duck sign around town that says the word, “sponsor” on it, that business is contributing funds towards the Rubber Duck Regatta.

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Kids’ Activities

ʻStreetʼ Magic Show at Trailhead Plaza Magician Steve Thomas will provide spectacular entertainment at the Tallahatchie Trail Plaza Saturday morning and afternoon.

Steve got his start in magic as most magicians did, with a magic set that was a gift from his parents during a trip to San Francisco way back in 1970.

Steve’s magic is a type seldom seen, and sticks to the idea of, “Definitely Different Magic”. From the smallest magical effect done on a one-to-one basis to large, audience interactive comedy stage effects, he never fails to entertain!

Along with his hilarious magic, Steve added balloon art to his arsenal of entertainment. He’s been ballooning for over 15 years, and loves the smiles it puts on the faces of the crowds. From restaurants to festivals, churches and all kinds of gettogethers, the people love getting a balloon almost as much as Steve loves twisting them.

In 2016, Steve celebrated his official 40th anniversary of entertaining. Join him in celebrating, have him visit your event and thrill your guests with the magical laughter his comedy illusions will certainly evoke. You’re sure to see a style of magic that is “definitely different.”

Activities for kids and the whole family Children have something to keep them busy, entertained and happy during this year’s Tallahatchie RiverFest.

Macaroni Kid will be providing artsy kids‘ activities at Cooper Park throughout the day. Additionally, Theresa’s Wild Kingdom will be on hand with an assortment of exotic animals, including monkeys and otters.

Children will also have the opportunity to ride some ponies, near the petting zoo.

And don’t forget Lowery’s Carnival Midway will be returning 20

to the Farmers’ Market area for Riverfest. There will be rides, including a Ferris Wheel, Roller Coaster, and Sea Dragon, as well

as games and plenty of fair food on hand. The carnival will open on Thursday evening and stay open through Saturday.

Saturdayʼs RiverFest music lineup Mississippi Stomp

Rising Star Fife & Drum Band Fife and drum music may not be what most people think of when they think of Mississippi blues, but until recently it was the soundtrack of rural life in the state, especially in the “hill country” region.

The legendary Othar Tuner, a traditionalist in every sense of the word, kept the tradition alive during his lifetime and passed the style to his granddaughter, Sharde Thomas, who is thought to be the last of the region’s fife players. Othar’s work was made most famous for its inclusion in Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York” soundtrack. Sharde has since travelled the world with the music, collaborating with notable musicians and even performing with blues legend, Eric Clapton.

Kevin Sekhani As a 20 year veteran of the Austin music scene, Kevin Sekhani has done it all. From blazing rockn-roll to Holy Ghost Honkytonk, for years Sekhani has entertained crowds with heartfelt enthusiasm and poignant lyrics.

In 2010, Sekhani moved back to his home town of Lafayette, Louisiana to front The Mercy Brothers, a Gospel group walking the fine line of sinners and saints.

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Saturday Music

Mississippi Stomp is a band of eight Mississippians who want to spread the music from the place where America’s music started: Mississippi, the birthplace of America’s music. Their sound can be called an amalgam of Mississippi music with influences from all regions of the state, such as the Piney Woods and the Flatlands, the Hill Country and the Muddy Waters, the Appalachian Foothills, the Black Prairie and the Coast.

Saturday Music

Ricky Skaggs & the Kentucky Thunder This year’s festival will culminate on Saturday night with music legend Ricky Skaggs and his band the Kentucky Thunder.

A native Kentuckian, Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. Skaggs found success early in life by appearing on the TV show Flatt & Scruggs at age seven and became a member of Ralph Stan-

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ley’s bluegrass band at age 15.

Skaggs primarily plays the mandolin, but is also at ease with the guitar, banjo and fiddle, in addition to being a well-renowned vocalist. He performed on stage since the early 1970’s and started his solo career in the 1980s.

Skaggs has played with numerous artists throughout the years, including Emmylou Harris, Bruce

Hornsby, Rodney Crowell, the Bellamy Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jesse Winchester, and Dolly Parton, Phish, the Raconteurs and has won numerous country music and Grammy awards over the decades.

Skaggs & the Kentucky Thunder will play the CSpire Riverview Stage beginning at 9 p.m. in the Park Along the River.

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