Moon River, Bristol Rhythm bring music fests back to East Tennessee
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If you re in Tennessee and itching to get back to a good old-fashioned music festival, let us tell you: September s going to be a doozy.
On top of Bonnaroo, Pilgrimage and AmericanaFest making grand returns to the Nashville area that month, two stellar roots music fests are planned in East Tennessee over the same weekend.
There s the just announced Moon River Music Festival, coming back to Chattanooga s Coolidge Park on September 11-12.
This year s headliners are Wilco and Lord Huron, along with the festival s founder, Nashville singer-songwriter Drew Holcomb. Other acts include Old Crow Medicine Show, Lake Street Dive, Dr. Dog, Indigo Girls, Hippo Campus, Dawes, Coin, Shovels & Rope, Yola, Mipso, Amythyst Kiah, Molly Tuttle, Madison Cunningham, Rebirth Brass Band, Seratones, Overcoats, The National Parks, American Aquarium and Allison Russell.
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