Jubilee Community Arts: 53rd Jubilee Festival

For over a half century we have showcased old-time music, ballads, blues, shape-note singing and other area music in this annual event. The 53rd Jubilee Festival will again be online due to ongoing concerns about the pandemic.

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Planning for our first festival started in the fall of 1969 with the implementation of an Appalachian Craft Festival in the spring of 1970 that included a music stage. In the next few years the traditional music component grew and the event came to be known as Jubilee Festival which Jubilee Community Arts has continued to produce each year. Our 50th Jubilee Festival was held during a historic flood, but still filled the Laurel for three days with old and new friends. Though the current pandemic forces us to cancel live events, we cannot let a year go by without the Jubilee Festival.

Schedule (subject to change)
Friday, March 11
+ 6:30 Epworth Old Harp Singers (from our archives) – shape note singing from the New Harp of Columbia
+ 7:00 John Alvis Band with Tim Harbin, Jodi Harbin, Austin Stovall, Dave Startup and Juanita Johnson – old-time string band
+ 7:30 Knox County Jug Stompers – with Drew Fisher, April Hamilton, Chris Bratta, Adam Cavendar, Buck Hoffman, Stirling Walsh, and Ken Bronson – jug band, country blues and old-time
+ 8:00 Seth Webster – old-time fiddle
+ 8:30 Greg Horne – songwriting and old-time music
+ 9:00 Mojo Tweed with Steve Michel, Paul Mcquade, Nicole Robinette, Frank Sewell, Bill Johnson & John Mahaffy – blues

Saturday, March 12
+ 7:00 Matt Morelock and Frank Bronson – old-time banjo and fiddle
+ 7:30 Kelle Jolly – jazz singer
+ 8:00 Dan Gammon – traditional song
+ 8:15 Y’uns with Steve Horton, Dan Gammon & J.P. Reddick – old-time and novelty songs
+ 9:00 Spring Lizards with Frank Bronson, John Mahaffy, Nate Black, Ken Bronson and Tom Cook – old-time string band
+ 9:30 Mumbillies (archival) – old-time string band

Contact: 865-522-5851, concerts@jubileearts.org, www.jubileearts.org