Visitors to downtown Johnson City will have another opportunity to enjoy live music this weekend.
Down Home Plum Fun, a free live concert, will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at King Commons Park.
Performers will include regional and national acts like Bill & the Belles, Beth Snapp, the Untamed String Trio, the Dependents, the Brother Boys and more. Michael Knowles, a piano player, will perform between acts.
The Down Home, a famed local music venue that officially reopened last week after remaining closed during the pandemic, will also be collecting donations to help with expenses.
Several artists will also put together a work of art during the event that theyâll auction off for a donation to the Down Home. Additionally, the event will have beer and may feature a record shop selling used vinyls.
After more than a year of postponements and cancellations, festivals and events are slowly making their way back to Johnson City â including some newcomers â like Saturdayâs Downtown Yoga Festival â that aim to be more than a one-off event.
Festival organizer and Downtown Yoga Center owner Kim Blaine said the festival was made possible by a grant from the Blue Plum Organizationâs Blue Plum Gives Back program. The program aims to âsupport public programs, events and initiatives that stimulate art, music and culture in downtown Johnson Cityâ by offering $20,000 in small grants to those who host a festival in June.
The Blue Plum Organization announced Thursday that it will not host its annual Blue Plum Festival this year due to continuing concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In its place, the organization will offer $20,000 worth of small grants through its Blue Plum Gives Back program to âsupport public programs, events and initiatives that stimulate art, music and culture in Downtown Johnson City.â Last yearâs festival was also canceled because of the pandemic.
âThe Blue Plum Organization had really hoped to be able to bring the festival back this summer, but for a festival the size of ours, planning begins 9 months ahead of time,â Board President Jenny Lockmiller, said in an emailed statement. âThere were too many unknowns for the all-volunteer organization this winter, without knowing what the pandemic numbers would be in June. But the Gives Back program is a way that our board felt we could support downtown businesses and organizati
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