Live music is back at the Memphis Botanic Garden
Live music is back at the Memphis Botanic Garden By Chris Luther | April 17, 2021 at 9:28 PM CDT - Updated April 17 at 10:41 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Live events are slowly making a return in Memphis with vaccines being administered every day.
Memphis and music go hand in hand and Saturday, one of the first concerts in the city was held since the COVID-19 pandemic with the return of Live at the Garden hosted on the beautiful grounds of the Memphis Botanic Garden.
You could tell there was excitement and anticipation for the first live at the Garden event since the summer of 2019 by looking at the line that formed more than an hour before doors opened Saturday evening.
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