www.southerner.net JULY || AUGUST || SEPTEMBER || OCTOBER DATE EVENT LOCATION June 24 - Aug. 8 Brevard Music Festival Asheville, N.C. July 1 - Aug. 1 Appalachian Summer Festival Boone, N.C. July 2 - 3 Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree & Crafts Festival Smithville, Tenn. July 2 - 4 British Invasion Weekend Virginia Beach, Va. July 2 - 4 The Essence Music Festival New Orleans, La. July 2 - 4 Red, White & Blues Asheville, N.C. July 2 - 4 ReggaeFest Kansas City, Mo. July 2 - 18 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival Wintergreen, Va. July 3 Fifth Annual Baltimore Blues Festival Baltimore, Md. July 3 Fort Worth Alliance Independence Day Celebration Fort Worth, Texas July 3 Summer Breeze Jazz Concert Norfolk, Va. July 3 - 4 Shindig on the Green Asheville, N.C. July 4 Pops in the Park Chattanooga, Tenn. July 4 Red White and Blue Concert Mount Vernon, Va. July 4 - 5 Dallas Festival of Arts & Jazz Dallas, Texas July 4 - 17 Beethoven by the Beach, Florida Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Music Festival Fort Lauderdale, Fla. July 7 - Oct. 27 Wine down with Jazz Portsmouth, Va. July 8 - 10 Kenton County Bluegrass Festival Independence, Ky. July 9 Bluegrass Bash Lee's Summit, Mo. July 9 - 11 Summerfest Carthage, Mo. July 9 - 11 Uncle Dave Macon Days Murfreesboro, Tenn. July 10 Manassas Jazz Festival Manassas, Va. July 10 - 11 DeKalb International Choral Festival Atlanta, Ga. July 10 - 25 Big Gig Summer Musicfest Richmond, Va. July 10 - Sept. 25 Saturday On Trade Winston-Salem, N.C. July 11 - 16 Guitar Week Elkins, W.V. July 12 - 25 FolkMoot USA Waynesville, N.C. July 15 Blues, Brews, and Bar-B-Q's II Ocean City, Md. July 15 - 17 Master Musicians Festival Somerset, Ky. July 15 - 18 Cape Fear Blues Festival Wilmington, N.C. July 15 - 25 Lexington Lions Club Bluegrass Fair Lexington, Ky. July 16 - 17 Mid-Summer Nights, Mid-City Nights Festival Savannah, Ga. July 16 - 18 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival Kansas City, Mo. July 17 Doo-Wop Saturday Night Clifftop, W.V. July 17 Highway 2 Heaven Gospel Music Festival Natchez, Miss. July 17 - 18 Twelfth Annual Piedmont Blues Preservation Society's Amateur Talent Competition Winston Salem, N.C. July 18 Love Fest Music Festival Hollywood, Fla. July 18 - 23 Augusta Blues Week Elkins, W.V. July 22 - 24 Autoharp Jamboree Mountain View, Ark. July 22 - 24 Bluegrass Music Festival Patterson, Mo. July 23 Gran Fiesta De Fort Worth Fort Worth, Texas July 23 - 25 Bele Chere Festival Asheville, N.C. July 23 - 25 Canjoe Festival Blountville, Tenn. July 23 - Aug. 8 Florida International Festival Daytona Beach, Fla. July 24 Herndon Blues Fest Herndon, Va. July 24 Summer Band Jam Richmond, Va. July 25 - 30 Augusta Irish Week Elkins, W.V. July 26 - Aug. 30 Musical Mondays at Maymont Richmond, Va. July 30 - 31 Elton Britt Tribute and Yodeling Competition Mountain View, Ark. July 30 - Aug. 1 Buffalo River Elk Festival Jasper, Ark. July 31 Eastern Shore of Virginia Music Festival Cape Charles, Va. July 31 Foster Street Music Festival Dothan, Ala. Aug. 11 - 14 Atlantis Music Conference Altanta, Ga. Aug. 12 Swing, Wings and Guitar Strings Ocean City, Md. Aug. 12 - 15 Itchycoo Park '99 The Camping Experience Manchester, Tenn. Aug. 13 - 14 Bell Witch Bluegrass Festival Adams, Tenn. Aug. 13 - 14 Jazz Brevard 12 Brevard, N.C. Aug. 13 - 15 Le Cajun Music Awards Festival Lafayette, La. Aug. 13 - 15 Sunflower River Blues Festival Clarksdale, Miss. Aug. 14 Feelin' Fine Festival Brandywine, Md. Aug. 14 Jamaican Band Festival Knoxville, Tenn. Aug. 14 14th Annual Ocalifest Ocala, Fla. Aug. 14 Summer Beach Bash Oak Grove, Va. Aug. 14 - 15 Fourth Annual Fais-Das-Dos Cocoa, Fla. Aug. 19 - 22 Vinton Old-Time Bluegrass Festival Roanoke, Va. Aug. 21 Jazz Summer Heatwave Odessa, Texas Aug. 21 King-Lincoln Music Festival Newport, Va. Aug. 22 Blacktop Boogie N. Little Rock, Ark. Aug. 23 Streetbeat Greenacres, Fla. Aug. 25 - 29 Seventh Annual Cutting Edge Music Business Conference and Roots Music Gathering New Orleans, La. Aug. 27 - 28 Dixie Bluegrass Festival Holly Pond, Ala. Aug. 27 - 29 Kenlake's Hot August Blues Festival Kenlake, Ky. Aug. 27 - 28 Tribute to Jimmie Rodgers Concerts Mountain View, Ark. Aug. 28 Cajun-Zydeco-Rockin' Blues Cruise Knoxville, Tenn. Aug. 28 "Bishigendan Akii" (Respect the Earth) American Indian Festival Norfolk, Va. Aug. 29 Symphony Under The Stars Chesapeake, Va. Sept. 2 - 6 American Music Festival Virginia Beach, Va. Sept. 2 - 4 28 Annual Armuchee Bluegrass Labor Day Weekend Festival Rome, Ga. Sept. 2 - 6 Central Texas State Fair Belton, Texas Sept. 2 - 6 Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Morgan City, La. Sept. 2 - 6 Northwest Missouri State Fair Bethany, Mo. Sept. 2 - 6 Upper South Carolina State Fair Greenville, S.C. Sept. 3 Howlin' Wolf Blues Festival West Point, Miss. Sept. 3 - 5 Banjo Rally International Eureka Springs, Ark. Sept. 3 - 5 Bedford Blues Festival and Art Fair Bedford, Texas Sept. 3 - 5 Beethoven Festival Williamsburg, Va. Sept. 3 - 5 Labor Day Bluegrass Festival Burlington, N.C. Sept. 3 - 4 Tribute to Grandpa Jones Concerts Mountain View. Ark. Sept. 4 11th Annual D.C. Blues Festival Washington, D.C. Sept. 4 Everly Brothers Homecoming Central City, Ky. Sept. 4 21st Annual Prarie Arts Festival West Point, Miss. Sept. 4 Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival Plaisance, La. Sept. 4 Zydeco Extravaganza Lafayette, La. Sept. 4 - 6 Appalachian Folk Festival Roanoke, Va. Sept. 4 - 6 Beethoven Festival Williamsburg, Va. Sept. 4 - 5 Blues Fest '99 Jonesboro, Ark. Sept. 4 - 26 Covered Wagon Blue Grass Festival Anacoco, La. Sept. 4 - 6 Kansas City Spirit Festival Kansas City, Mo. Sept. 4 - 6 Montreux Atlanta International Music Festival Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 4 - 5 Piney Woods Festival Wilmington, N.C. Sept. 4 - 6 Southwest Mississippi Blues & Heritage Festival McComb, Miss. Sept. 4 - 5 Wonderful Winery Jazz Weekend Asheville, N.C. Sept. 5 Creole Zydeco Festival St. Martinville, La. Sept. 5 Pops in the Park Raleigh, N.C. Sept. 6 Labor Day Jazz Celebration Herndon, Va. Sept. 6 Labor Day Jazz Fest Charlottesville, Va. Sept. 9 - Oct. 21 BellSouth Music on Main Spartanburg, S.C. Sept. 10 Fall of the Century Austin, Texas Sept. 10 The Shore Thang Austin, Texas Sept. 10 - 12 Blues At The Beach Virginia Beach, Va. Sept. 10 - 11 Blues To The Point / Two Rivers Blues Festival Carrollton, Ky. Sept. 10 - 11 Bull Durham Blues Festival Durham, N.C. Sept. 10 - 11 Fall Fun Fest Cookeville,Tenn. Sept. 10 - 11 Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival Ft. Smith, Ark. Sept. 10 - 11 The Greater Ozarks Blues Festival Springfield, Mo. Sept. 10 - 12 Official Shrimporee of Texas Aransas Pass, Texas Sept. 10 - 18 Permian Basin Fair & Exposition Odessa, Texas Sept. 10 - 12 The Recipe Family Cook-out Albright, W.Va. Sept. 10 - 11 Reggae on the River Norfolk, Va. Sept. 10 - 11 Rockbridge Mountain Music Festival Buena Vista, Va. Sept. 10 - 12 Septemberfest Midland, Texas Sept. 10 - 11 South Carolina Tobacco Festival Lake City, S.C. Sept. 10 - 18 West Texas Fair and Rodeo Abilene, Texas Sept. 11 Blind Lemon Jefferson Festival Wortham, Texas Sept. 11 Chestertown Jazz Festival Chestertown, Md. Sept. 11 Festival Hispano Charleston, S.C. Sept. 11 Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Festival Biloxi, Miss. Sept. 11 QuakeFest Union City, Tenn. Sept. 11 Ybor Blues Fest Tampa, Fla. Sept. 11 - 12 Butterfly Festival Haynesville, La. Sept. 11 - 12 Fall Jamboree Salisbury, N.C. Sept. 11 - 12 Greater Ozarks Blues Fest Springfield, Mo. Sept. 12 Bayou Blues & Zydeco Festival Lake Charles, La. Sept. 12 Creole Festival French Settlement, La. Sept. 12 - 18 Southeast Missouri District Fair Cape Girardeau, Mo. Sept. 13 - 18 National Quartet Convention Louisville, Ky. Sept. 13 - 18 Cumberland County Fair Fayetteville, N.C. Sept. 14 - 18 Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival Morehead, Ky. Sept. 16 - 18 Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival Greenville, Miss. Sept. 16 - 19 Eureka Springs Jazz Festival Eureka Springs, Ark. Sept. 16 - 19 Kentucky Bourbon Festival Bardstown, Ky. Sept. 17 - 18 North Georgia Folk Festival Athens, Ga. Sept. 17 - 18 Riverfest Decatur, Ala. Sept. 17 - 19 Second Annual Pioneer Days Festival Lincoln, Ala. Sept. 17 - 19 Spotlight Festival Knoxville, Tenn. Sept. 18 Denton Blues Festival Denton, Texas Sept. 18 Rock Around the Clock in Fairfield Winnsboro, S.C. Sept. 18 Taste of the Blue Ridge Blues & Jazz Festival Roanoke, Va. Sept. 18 Virginia Children's Festival Norfolk, Va. Sept. 18 - 19 Blues in the Canyon Crystal River, Fla. Sept. 18 - 19 Indian Summer Jam '99 Elkton, Md. Sept. 18 - 25 Four States Fair Texarkana, Ark. Sept. 18 - 25 Tri-State Fair Amarillo, Texas Sept. 19 Seventh Annual FREE Bluebird Blues Festival Landover, Md. Sept. 19 - 25 Baton Rouge Blues Week 1999 Baton Rouge, La. Sept. 19 - 26 18th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival Savannah, Ga. Sept. 22 - 26 Texas Forest Festival Lufkin, Texas Sept. 23 - Oct. 2 East Texas State Fair Tyler, Texas Sept. 23 - 26 24th Annual Kudzu Festival Blythewood, S.C. Sept. 23 - 25 Mayberry Days Mount Airy, N.C. Sept. 23 - 26 Savannah Jazz Festival Savannah, Ga. Sept. 23 - 26 World Chicken Festival London, Ky. Sept. 24 - Oct. 2 Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair Ft. Smith, Ark. Sept. 24 - 25 Arkansas State Old-Time Fiddle Championships Mountain View, Ark. Sept. 24 - 26 Big Spring Jam VII. Huntsville, Ala. Sept. 24 - 25 Farish Street Festival Jackson, Miss. Sept. 24 - 26 Friends of Old Time Music and Dance Fall Fling Gandeeville, W.Va. Sept. 24 - 25 North Carolina Country Stampede Williamston, N.C. Sept. 24 - 25 Ozark Folk Festival Eureka Springs, Ark. Sept. 25 B. B. King Blues Festival 1999 Live Oak, Fla. Sept. 25 Inman's Gospel Music Celebration Waynesville, N.C. Sept. 25 - 26 Irish American Music Festival Washington, D.C. Sept. 28 New Millennium Blues: A Benefit for The New Orleans Blues Project New Orleans, La. Sept. 29 - Oct. 1 U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Ministerial Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 1 - 2 Bittersweet Festival Mount Vernon, Ky. Oct. 1 - 3 Bayfest '99 Mobile, Ala. Oct. 1 - 2 Bluestock International Convention & Festival '99 Memphis, Tenn. Oct. 1 - 9 Heart O' Texas Fair Waco, Texas Oct. 1 - 3 Kentucky Wool Festival Falmouth, Ky. Oct. 1 - 3 Moonshiners Reunion New Prospect, S.C. Oct. 1 - 3 Seabrook Music Festival Seabrook, Texas Oct. 2 Aiken Gospelfest North Augusta, S.C. Oct. 2 The Celebration of New Orleans East Festival New Orleans, La. Oct. 2 Robert Ealey Blues Festival Ft. Worth, Texas Oct. 2 Jazz! Carolina Hartsville, S.C. Oct. 2 Pumpkin Festival Osage, Ark. Oct. 2 Rock Hall Fallfest Chestertown, Md. Oct. 2 - 4 4th St. Blues Fest Louisville, Ky. Oct. 2 - 3 Fall Music Festival Gaithersburg, Md. Oct. 2 - 3 Heart of America Quilt Festival Kansas City, Mo. Oct. 2 - 3 Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers Convention Athens, Ala. Oct. 3 Occasion for the Arts Williamsburg, Va. Oct. 7 - 9 Third Annual Carolina Downhome Blues Festival Camden, S.C. Oct. 7 - 10 Charleston Jazz and Arts Festival Charleston, S.C. Oct. 7 - 10 Fulbright Association 22nd Annual Conference Washington, D.C. Oct. 7 - 10 King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, Ark. Oct. 7 - 10 Fifth Annual Reno Revival Lebanon, Tenn. Oct. 7 - 17 South Texas State Fair Beaumont, Texas Oct. 7 - 10 Tennessee Fall Homecoming Norris, Tenn. Oct. 7 - 9 World Championship Quartz Crystal Dig Mount Ida, Ark. Oct. 8 Fleet Week Concert Norfolk, Va. Oct. 8 - 17 Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show Little Rock, Ark. Oct. 8 - 10 Garvin Gate Blues Festival Louisville, Ky. Oct. 8 - 10 Harvest Music Festival Fairburn, Ga. Oct. 8 - 10 Lake Eden Arts Festival Black Mountain, N.C. Oct. 8 - 10 1999 Lynx Jazz Festival Orlando, Fla. Oct. 8 - 10 Rocktoberfest Fort Worth, Texas Oct. 8 - 10 Southern Festival of Books Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 8 - 10 Viva Broward Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Oct. 8 - 17 Withrow Renaissance Festival & American Crossbow Tournament Huntsville, Ark. Oct. 9 Germantown Oktoberfest Germantown, Md. Oct. 9 - 10 Carnaval Latino New Orleans, La. Oct. 9 - 10 Blues on the Bayou '99 Tarpon Springs, Fla. Oct. 9 - 23 Harvest Festival Mountain View, Ark. Oct. 9 - 10 Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival Carolina Beach, N.C. Oct. 9 -17 Clearwater Jazz Holiday Clearwater, Fla. Oct. 14 - 25 Novello Festival of Reading Charlotte, N.C. Oct. 15 -17 American Music Festival Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Oct. 15 -16 Fiddle and Dance Jamboree Mountain View, Ark. Oct. 16 Columbia Blues Festival Columbia, S.C. Oct. 16 Fall Music Festival Goodlettsville, Tenn. Oct. 16 Heaven Gospel Music Festival Natchez, Miss. Oct. 16 Yank-Reb Blues Festival Fitzgerald, Ga. Oct. 16 - 31 Tour of Southern Ghosts Stone Mountain, Ga. Oct. 20 - 24 Lake of the Ozarks Dixieland Jazz Festival Osage Beach, Mo. Oct. 22 - 23 Charlotte Blues Fest '99 Charlotte, N.C. Oct. 22 - 23 Rudy's Autumn Festival Anderson, S.C. Oct. 22 - Nov. 7 State Fair of Louisiana Shreveport, La. Oct. 23 BellSouth International Festival Spartanburg, S.C. Oct. 23 Fall Fever Music & Arts Festival Tallahassee, Fla. Oct. 23 11th Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue Lynchburg, Tenn. Oct. 23 - 30 Norway Jazz Festival Miami, Fla. Oct. 24 - 30 October Old-Time Week Elkins, W.Va. Oct. 28 - 30 Bluegrass Festival Bellville, Texas Oct. 29 - 30 Bean Fest and Great Championship Outhouse Race Mountain View, Ark. Oct. 29 - 30 10th Annual Fiddler's Reunion Elkins, W.Va. Oct. 30 Jazz on the Lawn Concord, Va. Oct. 30 - 31 Celtic Nations Heritage Festival New Orleans, La. 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